 I’m asking the same thing of every major company in the country, and I’ll be watching very closely how well your men do compared to the best young men from all the other corporation.God forbid the people you pick are less than the best because God, President Roosevelt, and I would never, ever forgive you.”"

In 1942, Weinberg was promoted to the position of assistant to the chairman of the War Production Board.General Motors CEO Charles Erwin Wilson said of Weinberg's service during this period