Steel strike threatens to end U S arms output
Army ordnance officials warned the 16 day old steel strike would slash M 47 tanks and Detroit tank arsenal production 30 percent next month with a total shutdown expected by Aug 1 due to a turret shortage. Chrysler Ford and GM warned of halted outputs and shortages across plants as suppliers face cancellations.
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Copper allotments rise to spur civilian production
Washington reports the National Production Authority authorized a 43 percent increase in copper allotments for civilian goods. The move aims to spur hesitant manufacturers to buy U S copper on the free world market, enabling greater output of refrigerators, stoves, washers, autos, radios and TVs as the steel strike ends.
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5 Essentials for wartime factory production urged
Five essential elements for enabling fabrical tradition of deter? in hundreds of war plants are cited. Major aircraft firms did not comply but warn that assembly of jet planes bombers and transport ships will be hit drastically if the strike lasts another two weeks.
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