The First Wave

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Neither Bob Nathan, nor anyone else in WPB or the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, intends to short-change the armed services. But the sudden cutback in planes has made both WPB and OWMR wary. From now on, Army demands will be currycombed as never before. Said one OWMRster: "If just one kid is killed in the Pacific for lack of any weapon, then we've failed in our jobs. But we don't see any sense in arming every doughfoot with five machine guns if he can shoot only one. That might wreck our chances of orderly reconversion—and his —of coming back to a job."