Originally Posted by
Rocsew
There was a temporary agency called the War Production Board formed by FDR's executive order that more or less had full control of civilian industry - directing factories what to make, allocating raw materials etc. I don't believe the industry owners were given choice in the matter, if you had a typewriter factory and they told you to make machine guns, you made machine guns.
That sounds correct to me, Rocsew. I couldn't remember exactly how it worked. Of course, like any other industry, wartime or not, you're going to have to make something that someone (probably a lot of someones) wants to buy to be successful. I'm sure that there was a govt coordinated effort to make sure that there were all the correct items being manufactured.
Thanks for the info.