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p014 Ch01 THE GENTLE GIANT
p009 Henry Morgenthau George Catlett Marshall
p020 Model T traversed the line start to finish in 90 minutes, 500 per day
- When William S. Knudsen arrived at Ford Detroit in 1913
- 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, so 50 cars per hour, 3000 cars per week
- 4500 hours of work in 60 hours, ...
- Soon to 8 hours per day, 5 days per week
p029 Knudsen showed a muffler with two minute assembly time to purchasing agent Donald O'Keefe, turned down
p029 Two weeks later, Knudsen is Chevrolet VP
p031 Knudsen: Speed produces nothing, accuracy is the only straight line to production. From workshop mentality to modern manufacturing. Sales went from 72K to almost 250K om 1922
p032 Knudsen: "I vanr vun for vun!" (Chevrolet sales up to Ford sales)
p033 "flexible mass production", constant modification and change
p034 1927 Chevy forced Ford to replace Model T with Model A, stopping production for almost a year
p035 Chevy outsold Ford almost every year until 1986

p085 Ch05 CALL TO ARMS
p088 instead of P-40 fighter copies, North American Aviation "Dutch" Kindleberger offers better in 120 days, delivers P-51 Mustang in 102 days
p103 Packard Model B first foot pedal speed control, Model C first steering wheel
p103 Jesse Vincent Liberty V-12 aircraft engine, also 4 wheel brakes, power brakes
- James Ward 1995 .. The Fall of the Packard Motor Company .. PSU Lib HD9710.U54 P39 1995
p105 Rolls-Royce Merlin engine Packard V-1650
- author mentions mechanical unit differences; Both UK and US used inches. 64ths to thousandths? Imperial to US gallons?
p105 Packard built 55,000 Merlin engines

p107 Ch06 ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY
p108 Republic Steel . Tom Girdler fought unions
p109 "I've never done it before, but I can do it again" Jesse Jones about Henry Kaiser
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p069 Alistair Cooke 2006 The American Home Front
- Forest Grove Library 940.5373 COO

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