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US War Industries Board's Friends Samuel Prescott Bush 1918 director of the facilities division of the US War Industries Board under its chairman Bernard Baruch & his assistant, the banker Clarence Dillon. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Bernard Baruch Chairman of the War Industries Board and known as the Czar of American industry. (1 rating) More about this connection... Clarence Dillon Baruch selected Dillon to be assistant chairman of the War Industries Board. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Dillon Read The firm was owned by War Board member Dillon. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Buckeye Steel Castings Co. Samuel Prescott Bush was president of the Buckeye Steel Castings Co. and director of the facilities division of the US War Industries Board. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Department of Defense Became the Defense Department (1 rating) More about this connection... American Foreign Securities Corporation, Clarence Dillon Director. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Remington Arms Long history as a supplier, Remington is the only U.S. manufacturer of both firearms and ammunition products, one of the largest gun makers. (0 ratings) More about this connection... General Electric During World War I the Company was heavily involved in the war effort with products such as radios, signalling lamps and arc lamp carbons. During World War II, GEC was a major supplier to the milita... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Gerard Swope During WWI, Swope served on the the Army's procurement and supply program putting GE in the contract loop from day one.. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Robert A. Lovett In December 1940 Lovett accepted appointment as special assistant to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and four months later became assistant secretary of war for air. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Henry Stimson Stimson began his second tenure as Sec. of War in July 1940, having previously held the position from 1911 - 1913. He was first informed of the atomic bomb project in Nov. 1941, when he was appointed... (0 ratings) More about this connection... John McCloy As an assistant secretary in the War Department during the war McCloy blocked the executions of nazi war criminals, (0 ratings) More about this connection... DuPont du Pont developed the first American smokeless gunpowder in 1892 and the company grew very quickly due to advance payments on Allied munition contracts begining in WWI. WWI was enormously beneficial... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Western Union In 1861 Western Union completed the first transcontinental telegraph line, providing fast, coast-to-coast communications during the U.S. Civil War. (0 ratings) More about this connection... John Merrill Olin On December 14, 1940, a contract was signed with the government for the United States Cartridge Company, a subsidiary corporation of the Olin-owned companies, to build and operate the St. Louis Ordna... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Skull & Bones Yale Flying Unit Names below - These Yalie "Boodle Boys" founded their own flying unit before the US had an Air force, but shortly became the controlling members of US military policy and contractors. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Harvey Hollister Bundy Harvey was Special Assistant to the Secretary of War Stimson, during W.W. II. He traveled with the Sec. of War overseas numerous times. It is often said 1f you want to know where the real power lies ... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Percy Rockefeller In 1918, Samuel Bush became director of the Facilities Division of the War Industries Board. Prescott's father reported to the Board's Chairman, Bernard Baruch, and to Baruch's assistant, Wall Street... (0 ratings) More about this connection... George Herbert Walker Walker's friend Robert Brookings got into Bernard Baruch's War Industries Board as director of national Price Fixing (sic). David R. Francis became U.S. ambassador to Russia in 1916. As the Bolshevik... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Thomas Baker Slick Jr. After graduating Yale, Slick went to work for the War Board. He later created Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio, Texas which is at the center of controversial biolo... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Edwin Forrest Sweet Yale Bonesman, Congressman, served on the War Industries Board WWI. (0 ratings) More about this connection... OSS Many of the Wall Street Bankers who headed the War Board were business partners with the directors of the intelligence operations keeping the secrets among the same circle of friends. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Pfizer In 1941, Pfizer responded to an appeal from the U.S. Government to hasten the manufacture of penicillin to treat Allied soldiers fighting in World War II, and used its fermentation technology to beco... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Bristol Meyers Fromerly a maker of toothpaste,in 1943, the company acquired Cheplin Laboratories, Syracuse,NY manufacturer of acidophilus milk -- thereby becoming a producer of pharmaceutical products. Cheplin's ex... (0 ratings) More about this connection... American Cyanamid Company In 1929 Calco was acquired by the American Cyanamid and became the dye-making and organic chemicals hub of that corporation. They diversified into sulfa, or “wonder,” drugs, based on its dye interme... (0 ratings) More about this connection... E. Roland Harriman With Prescott gone off to play soldier boy, his chum E. Roland "Bunny" Harriman hurriedly married a Miss Gladys Fries. It's interesting to note that although he and Prescott were frequently in each o... (0 ratings) More about this connection... James F. Byrnes History: Established concurrently with and having charge of OEM, May 25, 1940, with the title of Administrative Assistant. Position redesignated Liaison Officer for Emergency Management by administra... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Office of Emergency Management - OEM The Office for Emergency Management was established in the Executive Office of the President by administrative order of May 25, 1940, in accordance with Section I (6) of Executive Order 8248, of Sept... (0 ratings) More about this connection... John Alex McCone In 1942 McCone and Stephen D. Bechtel obtained a contract to build aircraft at Willow Run in Alabama. The War Department agreed to pay all the company’s costs plus 5 percent on work estimates present... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Baker & Hostetler LLP Shortly after the partnership of Baker, Hostetler & Sidlo was formed, Baker became President Woodrow Wilson's secretary of the War Department. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Henry J. Kaiser He became most famous for the Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California during World War II, adopting production techniques that generated one cargo ship every 30 days. These ships became known as Libe... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Walter P Chrysler In the 1940s, American industry turned from consumer to defense production. Chrysler participated in may defense projects, most notably production of the 32-ton Sherman M4 tank. Chrysler produced 18,... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Armstrong World Industries During World War II, Armstrong made 50-caliber round ammunition, wing tips for airplanes, cork sound insulation for submarines, and camouflage. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Wilbur-Ellis Company From corporate history on Wilbur-Ellis site, In 1940's The Pacific Rim undergoes rapid political, social, and economic changes during dismantling of colonial system after World War II. Connell Bros. ... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Imo Industries Inc From Imo corporate history: During World War I, the company was a key supplier of power generating equipment to the U.S. Navy. And during the postwar building program the company supplied precision r... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Miamisburg Environmental Management Project (MEMP) Mound was established as the first permanent Atomic Energy Commission facility in support of atomic weapons research when the site was first occupied in May 1948. The Dayton area had supported secret... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Monsanto The Dayton area had supported secret operations for the War Department during World War II. Known only as the Dayton Project, extensive chemical and metallurgical research had been done in the suppor... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Bechtel Corporation In 1942 McCone and Stephen D. Bechtel obtained a contract to build aircraft at Willow Run in Alabama. The War Department agreed to pay all the company’s costs plus 5 percent on work estimates present... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Robert Lovett Harvey Hollister Bundy (S&B 1909) was Henry L. Stimson's Assistant Secretary of State (1931-33); then he was Stimson's Special Assistant Secretary of War, alongside Assistant Secretary Robert Lovett ... (0 ratings) More about this connection... United Defense Industries The company started as a division of the agricultural machine business, Food Machinery Corporation (FMC), when they won a US government contract to build LVTs and became a weapon manufacturer during ... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP The New York Times described John J. McCloy as "Lawyer, Diplomat and Adviser to Seven Presidents." From 1941-1945, he served as Assistant Secretary of War. In 1946, he joined the Firm and, along wi... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was one of the first and largest projects to begin the black hole funding. (0 ratings) More about this connection... American Soybean Association ASA Soybean production greatly expanded during World War II and the two decades immediately after the war. During World War II domestically produced soybean oil replaced imported fats and oils and was us... (0 ratings) More about this connection... EXECUTIVE ORDER 13286 EO-13286 - Sec. 84. Executive Order 4601 of March 1, 1927 (``Distinguished Flying Cross''), as amended, is further amended by: (a) striking ``The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy,'' in sec... (0 ratings) More about this connection... U.S. Information Agency 1917-1919 - During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson creates the Committee on Public Information (CPI), also known as the Creel Committee, the first large-scale U.S. government entry into informa... (0 ratings) More about this connection... U.S. Army Chemical Corps In 1921, this insignia was approved for the Chemical Warfare Service. In 1924, the ring was changed to cobalt blue enamel. After the change in the designation of the Chemical Warfare Service to the C... (0 ratings) More about this connection... United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) USAFE originated as the 8th Air Force in 1942 and flew heavy bombardment missions over the European continent during World War II. In August 1945, the command was given its current name, U.S. Air For... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Ford Motor Company During World War II, Ford produced both land and aircraft for the military, including the B-24 Liberator that was produced in greater numbers than any other WWII American combat aircraft. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Rohm and Haas Company The company again grew rapidly as World War II approached, as it manufactured Plexiglas acrylic, a clear plastic which was needed for aircraft canopies. They sold this part of the business in 1998 to... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Merck George W. Merck," chairman of Merck & Co., drug and chemical manufacturers, was director of the War Research Service: Merck was the official chief of all U.S. research into biological warfare from ... (0 ratings) More about this connection... AMOCO Corporation World War II followed this period of exploration; Amoco participated in the war effort, discovering new means of refinement and even a way of producing TNT more quickly and easily. (0 ratings) More about this connection... Philippines After the Spanish-American War, when the United States War Department took over the chore of governing the Philippine Islands, it inherited a whole system for licensing narcotics addicts and supplyin... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Kiewit Corporation The lessons of successfully completing Fort Lewis helped the company participate in the wartime construction effort. Kiewit built additional army bases, military airfields and other facilities throug... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Scientific American Image - Scientific American Special Navy Supplement (1898) (0 ratings) More about this connection... Ingram Barge Company (IBCO) During World War II, the production at the refinery was increased to 35,000 barrels per day to support the war effort but, after the war ended in 1945, the refinery was producing more product than th... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Bristol-Myers bought Cheplin Laboratories—a Syracuse, New York, manufacturer of acidophilus milk—and broke ground for a new penicillin plant. Cheplin became a key supplier of penicillin for the Allie... (0 ratings) More about this connection... H.P. Robertson Robertson played a central role in American scientific intelligence during and after World War II. During the war years, Robertson was Chief American Liaison with British Scientific Intelligence, whe... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Swiss Re The German invasions of Poland signals the start of the 1939-1940 Corporate History Second World War, which again brings misery to many nations. ..The restrictions imposed on foreign reinsurers and... (0 ratings) More about this connection... The Iron Triangle - Carlyle exposee In the wake of World War II, food aid was central to the Marshall Plan, and as Ó Gráda explains, "the explicit aim of Public Law 480, passed in 1954, was 'to lay the basis for a permanent expansion o... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Thailand After World War II, Thailand had a contract with the US. Dr Love, a rice specialist from the US, came to Thailand to train government officials to collect rice varieties. A total of 120,000 varietie... (0 ratings) More about this connection... CIT - Commercial Credit and Investment Company During World War I, CIT financed the manufacture of 150 submarine chasers. During the war, CIT offered its 2000 employees a month's bonus, life insurance, and a guaranteed job on return if they ser... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Mannesmann AG With the Allies approaching, the plants were vacated and as far as possible protected against plunder by emergency crews. By order of the Allies, Mannesmann was liquidated and in 1952 divided into th... (0 ratings) More about this connection... Pinal Airpark The 2,200-acre Marana property originally was built by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II for training fighter pilots -- one of them, coincidentally, a Portland man named Melvyn R. Paisley ... (0 ratings) More about this connection...