Mr. James C. White

On Christmas Eve 1942 Mr. James C. White, General Manager of Tennessee Eastman Corporation, received a phone call from California.
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A number of years later Mr. White said "We got into Oak Ridge primarily because we had done such an outstanding job on the RDX project.
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Nevertheless, Mr. White called Mr. Wilcox in Rochester.
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But White had told the General that Mr. Hargraves or Dr. Chapman at the very top of the company might have a different view of what TEC should take on.
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fter Groves called these top officers of Eastman Kodak, Wilcox and White were sent to meet with the General.
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(End of quotes from Mr. White).

The following persons were present : Interim Committee : Byrnes , Bard , Clayton , Bush , Conant , Compton , Harrison ; invited industrialists : Walter S. Carpenter , Jr. , President of Dupont ; George H. Bucher , President of Westinghouse Electric ; James White , President of the Tennessee Eastman Corporation ; and James Rafferty , Vice-President of the Union Carbide Co. ; by invitation : General Marshall , General Groves , Bundy , Arthur Page , and Lieutenant Arneson..

Mr. James White, President of Tennessee Eastman - production of basic chemicals and construction of the RDX plant at Holston, Tennessee.
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Mr. White , whose primary concern in the program has been the operation of the Y-12 electromagnetic plant, discussed the great complexity of equipment required in production.He stressed the advantage held by the United States in standardized mass production.Special ceramics, a great number of vacuum tubes,

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special stainless steels, and a great variety of special products were needed in his plant, and he doubted whether Russia would be able to secure sufficient precision in its equipment to make this operation possible.Mr. White stated that in his operation that they were using more than 2,000 college graduates and nearly 1500 men of approximate college level, and more than 5,000 skilledworkers.In many cases it had been necessary to establish special training schools to train the personnel in the operation of special equipment.With regard to Russia potentialities he felt that one of the greatest problems would be to secure the necessarily large number of skilled workmen and technicians at the college level.

Mr. James White, President of Tennessee Eastman - production of basic chemicals and construction of the RDX plant at Holston, Tennessee.

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Mr. White, whose primary concern in the program has been the operation of the Y-12 electromagnetic plant, discussed the great complexity of equipment required in production.He stressed the advantage held by the United States in standardized mass production.Special ceramics, a great number of vacuum tubes,

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special stainless steels, and a great variety of special products were needed in his plant, and he doubted whether Russia would be able to secure sufficient precision in its equipment to make this operation possible.Mr. White stated that in his operation that they were using more than 2,000 college graduates and nearly 1500 men of approximate college level, and more than 5,000 skilledworkers.In many cases it had been necessary to establish special training schools to train the personnel in the operation of special equipment.With regard to Russia potentialities he felt that one of the greatest problems would be to secure the necessarily large number of skilled workmen and technicians at the college level.