Making The War Department Ready For The Gathering Storm

"Already overshadowed by the coming events at Pearl Harbor, the
report on 25 November 1941 spoke of gaining *valuable time while time
is available* in order to develop a small corps in an orderly and
efficient fashion. On Thanksgiving eve General Marshall checked over
with Colonel Hilldring the measures now completed to make the War
Department ready for the gathering storm and, noting that WAAC
legislation was still among the missing, directed him to omit no step
to ensure its immediate passage. Colonel Hilldring recounted later:
*General Marshall shook his finger at me and said, **I want a women's
corps right away and I don't want any excuses!***"