Public Pressure as Government Leverage

“If Kaiser did not obtain a particular contract or job, he needed only to inform the press, and the resulting public outcry would take care of the rest.26 In a time of great sacrifice, the public needed an avenue to vent its frustration closer than its overseas enemies. A seemingly sluggish federal government would do nicely. Kaiser was the people's industrialist who would cut the red tape of the "Arsenal of Bureaucracy."”

“Kaiser's enthusiastic cooperation with the media's and the public's insa- Page 8 tiable appetite for American heroes he was, in Morris Udall's phrase, "unavoidable for comment" helped forestall the need to develop an extensive public relations function within his organization.”