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He thought that it should be a definite and integrated part of this whole plan, which he was even then calling “the recovery program.” He felt that public works was a part of it, but only a part, and integrated with the whole thing. Integrated with it it would work like this. Whoever was directing the recovery program would see to these agreements between industries, but they would not always be sufficient in coverage of manufacturing and work opportunities to meet the whole situation. You would then have to stimulate, we'll say, the brick making industry, because there were great pockets of unemployment there, great pockets of idle plant machinery, and so forth. At that point this government official who was stimulating it all would say, “We've got to stimulate the brick industry. We'll give out a public works program with the brick industry.” Or, “We'll give out a public works program that will require a lot of electrical wiring to stimulate the Westinghouse Electric, which isn't in a position to make large electrical operating units unless it has some orders.” You'd give an order for some kind of a public works project that would require a lot of electrical equipment. You'd give the order to Westinghouse and that would stimulate industry. They would in turn stimulate other industries who supplied them with raw materials. You might have to use public works to stimulate the production





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