Freedom's Forge (2012)
“© AP Photo/George R. Skadding You cannot just order a Navy as you would a pound of coffee, or vegetables or meat, and say, we’ll have that for dinner. It takes time. It takes organization.
—Bernard Baruch ON TUESDAY, MAY 28, Knudsen sat in his office in the General Motors Building. The Detroit Free Press headline blared, BELGIANS SURRENDER ON KING’S ORDER. Knudsen, however, was looking over long rows of automobile production numbers. The phone rang.
“Mr. Knudsen,” said a voice on the other end,... “the president of the United States wants to talk to you—here he is.”
The resonant voice with its mid-Atlantic drawl, familiar from radio and newsreels, came on the line. “Knudsen? I want to see you in Washington. I want you to work on some production matters. When can you come down?”
Bill already had some idea what was coming. Bernard Baruch had called to give him a heads-up on what he had told Roosevelt. “I think you will be getting a phone call,” the elderly financier had said.1 Knudsen told Roosevelt he could be in Washington the day after tomorrow.MoreLess
—Bernard Baruch ON TUESDAY, MAY 28, Knudsen sat in his office in the General Motors Building. The Detroit Free Press headline blared, BELGIANS SURRENDER ON KING’S ORDER. Knudsen, however, was looking over long rows of automobile production numbers. The phone rang.
“Mr. Knudsen,” said a voice on the other end,... “the president of the United States wants to talk to you—here he is.”
The resonant voice with its mid-Atlantic drawl, familiar from radio and newsreels, came on the line. “Knudsen? I want to see you in Washington. I want you to work on some production matters. When can you come down?”
Bill already had some idea what was coming. Bernard Baruch had called to give him a heads-up on what he had told Roosevelt. “I think you will be getting a phone call,” the elderly financier had said.1 Knudsen told Roosevelt he could be in Washington the day after tomorrow.MoreLess
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