WRIGHT PATMAN, Texas, Chairman JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama, Vice Chairman ABRAHAM J. MULTER, New York WILLIAM A. BARRETT, Pennsylvania WILLIAM B. WIDNALL, New Jersey PAUL A. FINO, New York WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Wisconsin HAROLD J. WARREN, Clerk and Counsel п CONTENTS WITNESSES Borum, Rodney L., Administrator, Business and Defense Services Administra- tion, accompanied by A. A. Bertsch, Assistant Administrator, Industrial Mobilization; Arthur U. Sufrin, Director, Mobilization Plans and Control Staff; Thomas Curtis, Director, Industrial Materials Staff; Gerald Stephenson, MOBILIZATION PROGRAMS OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PLANNING FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1967 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE PRODUCTION, Washington, D.C. The joint_committee met pursuant to recess, at 10:05 a.m., in room 2129 Rayburn House Office Building, Representative Wright Patman (chairman) presiding. Present: Representative Patman and Representative Widnall. Also present: Harold J. Warren, clerk and counsel, and George T. Ault, professional staff. Chairman PATMAN. The committee will please come to order. Section 712 of the Defense Production Act provides that it shall be the function of the Joint Committee on Defense Production to make a continuous study of the programs authorized in this act and to review the progress achieved in the execution and administration of these programs. We are glad to have Mr. Rodney L. Borum, Administrator of the Business and Defense Services Administration, Department of Commerce, and his capable staff meet with the committee today. Mr. Borum has had experience with both the Government and private industry, having been previously associated with the General Electric Co. The Business and Defense Services Administration has been assigned the defense mobilization and emergency preparedness functions which relate to industrial production and distribution, and maintains direct day-to-day contact with American industry through its various divisions. Title I of the Defense Production Act authorizes the President to establish priorities in the performance of defense contracts and to require the acceptance and performance of such contracts. Title I of the Defense Production Act also authorizes the President to allocate materials and facilities to promote the national defense. The priorities and allocations powers are administered by the Business and Defense Services Administration, and is accomplished through a series of regulations and orders designated as the Defense Materials System. In addition to the establishment of priorities for the Department of Defense and atomic energy programs, certain projects such as IRBM, ICBM, and satellite programs, have been specially designated by the President and given preference over other defense programs. The Industry Evaluation Board operates within the Business and Defense Services Administration, and has the responsibility for identi 1 |