Defense Plant Corporation provided financial support to state and local governments.

[1] Defense Plant Corporation also made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations, and other businesses supporting the war efforts.

[3] The head of the Defense Plant Corporation was Jesse H. Jones, with Emil Schram and Sam Husbands.

Major factories built were aircraft manufacturing (50% of funds), tanks plants, nonferrous metals, machine tools, synthetic rubber, shipyards and boat yards.

The Dodge Chicago Plant manufactured engines for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and Consolidated B-32 Dominator.