War Economy
CHAPTER 13 — War Contracts
Contents
- Urgency Leads to New Types of Contract p. 341
- Cost-plus Contracts for Defence Construction p. 342
- Special Contracts for Shipbuilding and Repair p. 344
- Departmental Staff Difficulties p. 345
- The Controller and Auditor-General Expects an Improvement
- Increasing Urgency and Looser Contracts p. 346
- The Auditor is More Critical p. 347
- The Master Schedule p. 348
- More Criticism of Wartime Contracts p. 350
- Target Prices for Shipbuilding p. 352
- Weaknesses in Other Contracts p. 353
- Pressure of Work in the Radio Industry p. 354
- Tighter Arrangements for Ship Repair Work p. 355
- Attempts to Review War Contracts
- High Profits p. 358
- Incentives to Inefficiency p. 361
- Slackening of Pressure Gives More Time to Check Contracts p. 362
- What is to be Learned from Experience? p. 363