Roosevelt Papers: Telegram
The President to the Director of War Mobilization (Byrnes)1
Extremely important and urgent that I know at once whether the present schedules for production and completion of landing craft can be increased during January, February, March, April and May. On the assumption that landing craft takes precedence over all other munitions of war will you let me know how many additional landing craft by types can be delivered during the months of January, February, March, April and May? List each month separately. Call conference of all interested departments. Very urgent.2
- Sent to Mathewson at the White House for delivery to Byrnes. Mathewson was instructed to send copies of the message to Horne and to Nelson.↩
- For an account of Byrnes’ action on this matter and for a facsimile of a private letter of November 23, 1943, from Roosevelt to Byrnes, see James F. Byrnes, All In One Lifetime (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1958), pp. 202–205.↩