Production Executive Committee. First meeting of Production Executive Committee of the War Production Board (WPB). Charles E. Wilson, President of General Electric Company and WPB Vice Chairman of the Committee. Committee members, left to right: Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, Vice Chairman, U.S. Maritime Commission; Lieutenant General Brehon B. Somervell, Commanding General, Services of Supply, U.S. Army; Mr. Wilson; Vice Admiral Samuel M. Robinson, Director of Material and Procurement, U.S. Navy; and Major General Oliver P. Echols, Commanding General, Material Command Headquarters, Army, Air Force