[Smaller War Plants Corporation, a Government Agency, Will Help Veterans]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

SMALLER WAR PLANTS CORPORATION
(A Government Agency)
Will Help
VETERANS


IS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY CREATED
TO HELP LITTLE BUSINESS
The Smaller War Plants Corporation, organized for small business, wants to help the returning veterans. Many of them will go into small business.
The Smaller War Plants Corporation was established by Congress in 1942—it is strictly a Government agency. Among other services, it makes loans, obtains contracts, and. gives technical aid to small plants engaged in war and essential civilian production. It aids in spreading information to small business and is interested in all matters which affect the stability and life of small business.
Small business is fundamental to our American economy. The Corporation, therefore, is vitally interested in the preservation of free enterprise and little business, which is the duty imposed on it by Congress. And war veterans will be the life blood of new small enterprises.
The work of the Corporation is carried on through Washington and 107 field offices strategically located throughout the country. It is not necessary to come to Washington to obtain help. Anyone with a small-business problem will find a Smaller War Plants Corporation office either in his town or within probably 50 miles^
A complete list of the field offices is given at the end of this pamphlet.
A MESSAGE ABOUT VETERANS
From the Smaller War Plants Corporatioi
Ai ANY returning veterans will undoubtedly want to go into businesses of their own. We have actual lending powers and wide powers of an advisory nature and other services helpful to veterans.
Any veteran referred to the Smaller War Plants Corporation
will be given immediate and practical attention. We realize that we cannot help all. If we can we will; if not we will find the agency that can.
Since we are told by Congress to fight for small business, we have acquired the specific know-how concerning many types of business problems. It is well known that not all who start in business succeed. Many fail and for many reasons. In many cases the Corporation can help avert such failures.
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1. Loans for Production.
2.	Aid in securing Surplus Property.
3.	Technical Advisory Service.
4.	Aid in making use of patents and inventions.
1.	LOANS FOR PRODUCTION
We can make small business loans for war or for essential civilian production and in connection with surplus property as .¿escribed in 2, that follows. We cannot make loans for service businesses—stores, gas stations,
repair shops, for instance. However, our knowledge of small business loans is wide, and we will be glad to advise the Govern
ment agency on loans, or advise veterans where to go.
Congress may extend our powers so as to include all small enterprises, at least so far as veterans are concerned. If we can make the loan to a veteran, it can be made to him in connection with the guarantee he is given under the G. I. Bill of Rights. Our loan, moreover, may exceed the G. I. part to any amount within our discretion if the business warrants and justifies the extra amount. Or a second loan may be obtained from us, in addition to the G. I. Bill financing.
SWPC Cooperation
At all times SWPC will cooperate with other agencies in every possible way to aid veterans. Its facilities and services are available to all established agencies.
2.	AID IN SECURING SURPLUS MATERIALS
Surplus war materials are already being sold to civilians,. The amount is small now. Victory over Germany or Japan will precipitate huge Government surpluses of every suitable commodity and product. The Smaller War Plants Corporation has the pow^ to lend money to small business enterprises for the acquisition, conversion, and operation of plants and facilities. In cooperation with the disposal agencies it can arrange for the sale of other surplus war property on credit. It may itself purchase surplus war property for resale to small business concerns, and, perhaps, to veterans exclusively. Regulations to be issued by the Surplus Property Board, from time to time, must be read in order to determine the extent to which these powers may be exercised.
The Smaller War Plants Corporation can also help war veterans in locating particular types of surplus war property, and in providing assistance in determining their particular needs. It has
direct and intimate contact with disposal agencies. Surplus property specialists are being stationed in the various SWPC district and regional offices.
The Smaller War Plants Corporation can save the vet-i eran from blindly searching for the particular goods he wants.
3.	TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICE
We will tell the veteran where he can find the answers to many of his inevitable technical problems. The accumulated technological knowledge of many fields can be placed at his disposal.
The small manufacturer has never had adequate research facilities to meet present-day production problems. For many years small business has been starving for the want of technological assistance. The veteran going into business for himself will be up against this problem. The Smaller War Plants Corporation offers the facilities of its Technical Advisory Service to fill this gap.
This service is a connecting link between a small manufacturer and the sources to the answers of his production problems. The sources include the accumulated informatioh in Government agencies, engineering colleges and universities, technical magazines, and other nonconfidential data in the laboratories.
* The veteran, going into business for himself and facing technical production problems, should consult Smaller War Plants Corporation. He can submit his problem to any of the field offices.
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Forty-five thousand alien patents, seized by the Government include many of vital interest to veterans who want to go intc business for themselves. We can guide the veteran through the maze of these patents so he can find what he can use.
The regional and district offices of the Smaller War Plant: Corporation have full information concerning these patents
Abstracts of patents are being prepared which can be studied by the veteran. He can see if there are patents which he wants to use.
Because of the volume of patents involved, and the time which would be required for an individual to examine the complete file, the Smaller War Plants Corporation can be of material aid ¿fl helping the veteran.
In addition, the Smaller War Plants Corporation has prepared abstracts of inventions previously submitted to the National Inventors Council and which are available for sale or license.
SMALLER WAR PLANTS CORPORATION
(Washington, D. < .
MAURY MAVERICK, Chairman and General Manager
DIRECTORS
Albert W. Carter
S. Abbot Smith
H. T. Howington
FIELD OFFICES
•	REGION I —Richard C. Cooke, Regional Director, 17 Court, Boston, Mass.
Bridgeport, Conn., 144 Golden Hill St.
Hartford, Conn., 119 Ann St.
New Haven, Conn., 152 Temple St.
Portland, Maine, 142 High St.
Lowell, Mass. (Br. Office), 8 Merrimac St.
Springfield, Mass., 1200 Main St.
Worcester, Mass., 340 Main St.
Manchester, N. H., Amoskeag Industrial Bldg.
Providence, R. I., 631 Industrial Trust Bldg.
Montpelier, Vt., 84 State St.
•	REGION II—Henry M. Pol-hemus, Regional Director, 350 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y.
h^ewark, N. J., 20 Market Place.
Albany, N. Y., 112 State St.
Brooklyn, N. Y., 16 Court St.
Buffalo, N. Y., 808 Rand Bldg.
Rochester, N. Y., 723 Commerce Bldg.
Syracuse, N. Y., 224 Harrison St.
Utica, N. Y., First National Bank Bldg.
•	REGION III—Joseph G. Del-lert, Regional Director, 1612 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. Wilmington, Del., 406 Penn Bldg. Baltimore, Md., 1114 O’Sullivan Bldg.
Trenton, N. J., 622 Broad Street Bank Bldg.
Allentown, Pa., 412-514 Hamilton St.
Harrisburg, Pa., 713 Blackstone Bldg.
Reading, Pa. (Suboffice of Allentown), Fifth and Penn Sts.
Scranton, Pa., 418 First National Bank Bldg.
York, Pa. (Suboffice of Harrisburg), Yorktowne Hotel.
Richmond, Va., 101 Richmond Trust Bldg.
•	REGION IV —Frank G. Etheridge, Regional Director, 1410 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
Birmingham, Ala., Phoenix Bldg.
Jacksonville, Fla., 314 West Monroe St.
Miami, Fla., 707 Congress Bldg.
Jackson, Miss., Tower Bldg.
Charlotte, N. C., Charlotte Law Bldg.
Chattanooga, Tenn., James Bldg.
Knoxville, Tenn., 203 Fidelity Bankers Trust Bldg.
Memphis, Tenn., Sterick Bldg.
Nashville, Tenn., 314 Stahlman Bldg.
•	REGION V —Daniel B. Ford, Regional Director, 1717 Union Commerce Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.
Louisville, Ky., 200 Todd Bldg.
Akron, Ohio, 605 First Central Tower Bldg.
Canton, Ohio, 721 First National Bank Bldg.
Cincinnati, Ohio, 34 East Fourth ' St.
Columbus, Ohio, 145 North High St.
Day ton, Ohio, 129 South Ludlow St.
Lima, Ohio, Colonial Finance Bldg.
Youngstown, Ohio, 904 Union National Bank Bldg.
Erie, Pa., 418 Commerce Bldg.
Johnstown, Pa., United States National Bank Bldg.
Pittsburgh, Pa., 801 First National Bank Bldg.
Charleston, W. Va., 614 Atlas Bldg
Clarksburg, W. Va., Union National Bank Bldg.
. Huntington, W. Va., 309 West Virginia Bldg.
Wheeling, W. Va., Fidelity Bldg
•	REGION VI—Thomas W. B u r t c h, Regional Director, 226 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill.
Decatur, Ill., 339 Standard Office Bldg.
Peoria, Ill., 1103 Alliance Life Bldg.
Rockford, Ill., 722 Gas and Electric Bldg.
Evansville, Ind., 1 Koenig Bldg.
Fort Wayne, Ind., 216 Utility Bldg.
Indianapolis, Ind., 1027 Circle Tower Bldg.
South Bend, Ind., 510 Shetland Bldg.
Davenport, Iowa, 712 Kahl Bldg.
Des Moines, Iowa, 808 Liberty Bldg.
Eau Claire, Wis., 128^2 Graham Ave.
Green Bay, Wis., 206 Main St.
Madison, Wis., 403 Washington Bldg.
Milwaukee, Wis., 161 West Wi^ consin Ave.
Wausau, Wis., First American State Bank Bldg.
•	REGION VII —Roy W. Webb, Regional Director, 600 Interstate Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.
Little Rock, Ark., 312 Pyramid Bldg.
Wichita, Kans., 1415 Union National Bank Bldg.
Kansas City, Mo., 500 Mutual
Bldg.
st. Louis, Mo., 907—915 Paul Brown Bldg.
Omaha, Nebr., 815 National Bank Bldg.
•	REGION VIII —Morton R. Harrison, Regional Director, Mercantile Bank Bldg., Dallas, Tex.
New Orleans, La., 443 Canal Bldg.
Oklahoma City, Okla., 442 Key Bldg.
Tulsa, Okla., 512 Petroleum Bldg.
Houston, Tex., 1006 Electric Bldg.
San Antonio, Tex., 1903 Transit Tower.
•	REGION IX —Frank M. Knight, Regional Director, Continental Oil Bldg., Denver, Colo.
Albuquerque, N. Mex., 103^ Central Ave.
¿alt Lake City, Utah, 313-14 Atlas
▼Bldg.
•	REGION X —Col. A. E. Howse, Regional Director, 1355 Market St., San Francisco, Calif.
Boise, Idaho, 210 Capital Securities Bldg.
•	REGION XI —Milton A. Holmes, Regional Director, 711 Boulevard Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
Grand Rapids, Mich., 310 Keeler Bldg.
Saginaw, Mich., 606 People’s Bldg, and Loan Association.
Toledo, Ohio, 800 Security Bldg.
•	REGION XII—O. M. Kent, Regional Director, 720 Hodgson Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn.
Duluth, Minn., 310 Christie Bldg.
Fargo, N. Dak., 402 Universal Bldg.
Sioux Falls, S. Dak., 307 Western Sur. Bldg.
•	REGION XIII — W. A. Castleton, Regional Director, White-Henry Stuart Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Portland, Oreg., 608 Bedell Bldg.
Seattle, Wash., 4454 Stuart Bldg.
Spokane, Wash., 202 Sun Life Assurance Bldg.
Helena, Mont., 221 Power Block.
•	REGION XIV —Robert S. Breyer, Regional Director, 1031 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, Calif.
Phoenix, Ariz., 426 Security Bldg.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ’ 16—42692-1