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Auto makers face postwar crunch as metal shortages bite
The piece argues UPM limits and scarce copper nickel and lead threaten a sharp fall in auto production within months. It highlights hoarded metals, potential military seizures, looming layoffs of 400000 salespeople and 450000 workers, and calls for a government driven retraining and civilian rationing plan for 1942.
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Plymouth
Buick
Detroit
OPM
America
Michigan
Tennessee
Kentucky
Texas
House Committee Investigating Defense Migration
Chrysler
Flint
Ford
Ypsilanti
Pratt and Whitney
Chicago
Chevrolet
Bay City
Buffalo
General Motors
Indianapolis
Ward
Motors
Defense
John D. Biggers
Biggers
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply
New York