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WAR PROGRESS OEtEMIEl 10. II H

Will Cars Have Batteries? Short leod supply moy meon 40"/ocut on metof

ovoolobte for civotion batteries. ProduCtive capacity now barely adequate for monimum needs-defocot moy put cors ott rood.

THE NEW YEAR brings the prospect of a new hOPJe-front shortage: a sizable cut in atorage-bat teryproduction may drive cars otr the road in large numbers in 1945. A rationing system, like the one now in effect Cor ti rea, may be called Cor to prevent crippling of trMaporta­tion.

Main cause of the trouble la the failure or the lead supply to keep pece with wartirr.e de!ll'!.llds (page 4 J. WHh the estimated 1945 supply 1St> below re­quJ rementa, a sharp curtailment o f lead consumption for all nonmlll tary uses is inevi t able. the distribution system now being devised is expected to cut the lead available for ci vllian btlt­teri es by 409>- from the 224,000 tone used in 1944 to at.out 135,000 in the new year. Even wltn rationing to protect the 1110at lmporLML needs, a cut of this Mani uude can eause serious disruption of transportation facilities.

ROCK BOTTON

Home-front b'lttery requlremenLII have been rlains during the war years because or replacement needs in aging motor eouipment. Estimated requirements for 1945 are 19,000 ,000 units. According to the Office oC Defense TrMeportation, thle ia the mlnlCl1111 necessary supply leval, below which a deflclt or rephce­ment batteries will force can, trueka, and buaaee out or serVlce on a one-to­one ratio. Present productive capacity la ~raly adequate to meet thla re~1re-

roent. There is no sign1fieant reserve; storage batteries can' t be stockpiled. Thus, ifODT ' s estimate 1e correct, the projec~ed cu~ will put vehicles out of operation ~ t a rate of several hundred thousand a lllOn th.

The c1 villan bettery industry orust take the whole cut; curtallment of mil­l tary production is out of the question. In fact, mlll Lacy needs have been rla­ing so sh!U'J)ly tha~ they will not be met during the greater pert of 1945. Armed forces requi remen ta for 1945 to­tal about 4,000,000 etoraae betteriee of all types-nearly 1.000.000 more than in 1944. Air Force demMde have dropped, Navy's have remained about level, but Army's have Jumped lllOra than 50'1, l a r gely because or replacement needs in the field. No comparable in­crease has occurred in productl ve ca.pac­i ty for mlli Lacy-type betteriea. Of t he 260.000 batteries per month required by ~he Army in 1945, prob!lblY not more thM 100.000 can be produced in faclll­tlee available for the next six 1110nthe. or the 1.577,000 betterlea required by Army OrdnMce before JUne :10, it has been impossible to place ordeno Cor around 167,000. Dell very promlees on those contracted for are not being kept, eo ~he deflci t is growin(l.

KARO TO CH AN GE

The only bright apo~ ln t he whole picture 1s the small gain th!l.t mill tary production will Make as a reaul t o f tne civilian loss . Some military-type bat­teries can be produced in the radll t i es left idle by t he cut in ci vlllan lead supply-but not latedlaLely, and not in quantlties tMt will lll!lkt up 1110re

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than a fracLlon of the 111111 tary deficit. 1'!1e change-over is not easily or quickly

made. Military bauerles l!llat be 100re durable than civilian, and thei r con­

struction is far 1110re difficult tech­

nically. They require more time, more

l abor, and w~re factory floor apace .

They J!llat have hard-rubber contalners,

for insl.ance; the plastic compoai tion

used in civilian batteries will not

sl.and up in the field. Special equip­

ment must be inRtalled for these con­tainers, as well ae for plate fo r1111ng, dry charging, etc. On the average,

their dollar value is about t hree times

wu ,.ouus

lead becomes available fo!' ci vi Han battery product ion.

One conve!'slon Job has been defi­nitely decided upon. Special equipment

will be installed in the Rock leland

contliine!'plant of the National Battery

Company (at a cost to the government

o f $169.000), which will fit iL t o pro­

duce 800.000 hard-rubber containers a

year. This project had been previously

turned down by the local manpower com­

mittee because of th e increased labo!' need ( 100 men and a:> women l, but it ls

now considered essential.

that of civilian batteries, and lt is WEll fACiliTIES

probable that their relaU ve coat in At the same tin:e, plans are goin~

time, manpower, and materials is about l.lhead to provide more 111111 tary battery

the same. facUlties. One large manuf,.cturer has agreed 1.0 spend $2, 100,000 on a new

PIC l iU TKE PLU a plant with a capacity of i.OOO,OOO 111111-

In a survey of the industry, Army

and WPB's Au~motive Division are now

choosing the plants where t his conver­

sion Job can be made worth while-plants with the necessary facill ties and equip­

ment, the engineerint and technlcal re­sourcea, the space, and the JM.npower. A secondary advantage gained by puttlng

temporary mill tary production in ci vll­

ian plant s wi l l be the retention of

tralned workers in places where they

will be badly needed as soon as mre

IN THIS ISSUE: w•u can M&Y£ unuu:S? .

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lEY STAIISTICS Of TM( W[(a 10

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tery-~ype batteries a year (the Army

to supply special equipment WO!'th $125,-

000!. Plans have been drawn up, some

of the ~chinery orde!'s placed, and t he

plant could be in opera~lon within foul'

~o six mn~he. As ye~, however, no ai ~e has been agreed upon. The con:pany WM~s

to locat e ~he plant close to postwar

markets (storage batteries are a..t<ward

and expensive ~o ship l, but the 600 ~o

700 worke!'a it would ellll>loy make it dif­

ficu.H to place a~ thls ti.me ln labo..­s t a!'ved industrial areas. Othe!' p!'Oj­

ects are being planned for areas where

t he ~power ahortaf e is not eo acu~e.

and it may well be that these are ~he

onea that eventually will cane ~hrough.

In 1eneral, the labor sho!'tage has

been the maJor obe~acle in the way or

provision of addl. tiona! battery fac ili ­

ties. From bo~h the product ion and t he

tl'8lllporta~ion pointe or •lew it ia de­sirable that such additional facll l ties

-whethu in new plants or in expan­sion• of present plan~a-be centrally

located. a. t it la in t hese desirtt.ble

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SQUEEZE .ON STORAGE BATTERIES L Becouse the supply of leod for oivllion storooe bolletles will be down 40%-

Leod for SIOrOge Bollenes

306,000 Tono 330,000 Ton• 238,000Tono

2. Production of civil ion bolletles roost be cut shorply if militory demonds ore met.

SICWOQe Bolteries- Units

1944 OUtput

22,600,000

$110,000,000

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$1~000,000 $130,000,000

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locations that labor ia U Sht, and 1L haa been dlCClcult t o juau Cy t he in­

creaaed uae of labor Cor batteriee. However, there can be no queetlon or

the need for addl t.ional raclli tiee Cnllll

here on, and active a t epa an. beinf

t.aken to provide thea. It t.akea rrDIII aix to 12 .aot.ha t o brtnr them into operation. Aurawated by the lead short.-

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age, the et.orap-batt.ery deClcHs-both mill t.ary and cl vill an- wl ll have reached

a danreroua size by that. t.lme: t he mil­l t.ary deCiclt. will be in the hundreds

or thousands, the chi 11 an in the mil­Hone. When the lead el t.uat.lon eases , racllHlee lll.lllt be readY for a bat.Lery production far greater than the nation haa ever before achieved.

Lead-Again on the Critical List Metal, once substituted for copp« and tin, 1,009,000 tons We year and 1,285,000

is now W1 short supply, as battery, tetro- tone in 1942-t.ne W&l'time peek. At the

ethyl, ammunition Meds rise lmpons ._ t!Jie, sharp increases in storage­

ton, production reflects lobar shortage. battery (pare 11 , tetraethyl, and small-a.. -.nJ. tlon progrems and export

LEAD - t.aken off the crHlcal list needa have boosted next. year's require­

in l~art.er i>MYJ' ~ee fro. Aus- 8erlts t.o 1,150,000 tone-100,000 tons

tralla, Oulada, Peru, and Mez.i.co, plus

c:cneenation ooeasuree, had enabled the rove.--.t and induatQ to build up

lar~re atockpilee. &lbatitut lon or lead Cor the then..,..., critical copper, zinc,

and Un - encouraced. And IObo!n the cutback in -.n1 tion reduced 1944 re­qul~ta IQ' 108,000 !.OM, it. appean!d

that the lead prvblea lwl been 80l ftd

for the duration. Yet t.odliJ ll!<ld is 110re c r i t ical Ullin

at 11117 tlloe durlni the ..ar. Labor short.­qes lnaiJMe throuat>out the ...,rld bave

aerioualy reduced output. l~rt.a bave dropped o rr abvpl7 and ~ti011 ror

110re than a ye.r baa been Nnnlnr ahetod

or ,_ supply. DeCicl ts have eaten in­

to the rove.--.t. etockplle, ..tllch baa

shrunk rrc. a peek or 2165,000 1.onts i n March, 1 ~. to an ee tl.-.l.ed 90,000 1.onts

-leea t1w1 a .,th • a requ1 reaenta.

ln excess or new supply. Here is how

eett.ftted produc t ion in 1945 COMP&res vlt.h 1944:

Source

Oa.ea t.l c prlM.ry prod.

Oa.eatlc secondary ....

l~rt.a reCined ll!<ld •• Total ...... ......... .

Ret lmat.ed SUpply 12!! 1945

!000 tonsl ~ 500 2165 2liO

~ 1,009

210 970

Al thou8h production 1e expected to decline 01117 ... i~ will be ~ below

1~. *-erou.s factors accoun~ Cor this:

LAbor shor~ at. all !lines and ex­haueLlon or ~ ore reeenee have re­

duced da.eetic outpu~. '!here are only l4,110J ...,rkere ln lead and zinc mines

t.odliJ, aa COlli>~ to 19,900 in 1942. Many • inere have been drafted, some

have enlis ted, and others have shlfLed to better 1>61inf Jobe in ..,... planLe.

SlrPLY AU IIIIUI Al t.houth the amed •enlc:es bave CUr-

Total prt..Q and .eccnd&Q produc- loulhed _, to ""rk ln copper, zJ.nc,

Llon ln 1946, lnclud.lnr L~rt.a or pl r and 110lybd.,.... !lines, the ll!<ld el tu"­

lead, oree, concentrates, etc., la ea- Lion hen!tofore haan' t ..arran ted elllll­

t.L-.tad a~ 9'10 ,000 tona, • "'!lliiBt lar acUon.

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"'"'"'~s have dropped sharply-from ala, ~a~ch or "'hich haa coo:e fi'OIII Amer-3'10,000 ~ons in i942 to 210,000 ~na. lean-owned Peruvia.'l s~clcs. ~ring 1942, Australia and CanMa ~- Secondary lead production from scrap gether shipped 150,000 ~ns or pig lead I which accounts rorabou~ two- thi rds u ~o this coun~ey. In 1943 they sent only 1!1Uchas domestic mlneel ha. been taper--10,000 ~ons; since then, none. Their 1ng orr because the supply or scrap hae export contracts wHh the U.S. have ex- been declining. A relMi vely large pi red, and with lead mining reduced percentage of lead consumed in the U.S.,

sharply because of l abo r shortages, all other than for paint pigment, amnunl­or their avai l able supply to going Lo tlon, and te traethyl l ead fluid, ls the United Kingdom, where l ead le also salvaged through scrap collectors and ln short supply. The UnHed States Jll.l&t eecondary smelters. However, purchase. now depend on Mexico and Peru for lm- o r acr"p by secondary emeHere have poru or pig lead. Mexican producUon, been greatly curtailed because or labor

already reduced because or a ahor~re shortages and hi rher collec~lon coste o r railwayeq.Upment8l1d a serious strike all along the line, while prices have

in the emeHing ana reflni nr industry, reGia.lned n xeci. LHLle or the lead wae t\lrl.her cur~lled by heavy rains shipped abroad in war material I returns

and floods in September. Receipts fi'Olft aa Junk. Peru have been less than previously e1- 1'\Jrthennore, the au beLl tuLlon of

tim&Led, aa a result of a declelon by lead to save other critical I!Mita.ls in­the Combi ned Raw Materials Board to creased the dra.ln on the gove!'Ment

BhiD ::0.000 Lons of lead tO So viet Rua- StOckpile,

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WORKERS AND WAGES IN LEAD-ZINC MINES l ~is one·fourth below !he peok in 1942.

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2. W:Jr;jes, 26% ahead of Jon. 1942, log behm pay in ships, planes, cool.

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racUHiea are no problem. SmeH­inr and reflnine capacHy is su!Ciclen~ Lo proceae approxlma~ely double ~he preaen~ ou~pu~. The lll!!icuHy ie aoan­powar. In an effor~ ~o solve ~his prot>­! em ~he War Production Board las~ week re"-'ea~ed all lead producers to flle requlsi~iona for additional labor wi~h ~h.eir local Unl ~ed States ~loyment Service offices. rur~her, reeional WPB lllrec~ors and chalm.en of Production Urrency Conl!ll t~eeain all areu in which l ead ls produced have been asked to assign suitable urgency ratines as a means of assisting mlnea, mills, and refineries and erne! ~ere, both primary and aecondary, to obtain nore workers.

However, little hope is held ou~ for any eubs~an~lal increase in production. Kven if 3.000 additional miners could

Under Ws allocation plan, ~here would be no cu~ in ~he amoun~ o f lead goinr into emnuni Uon- a atrlcUy mlll­Lary Hem-nor into solder or bearlng­me~al uses. There wlll be comparatively sllrh~ reductions ln cable covering and Letrae~hyl; in boLh cases moat of t hla lead goes direcWy ~o mill ~ary usee. Storare ba~~eriea, by far ~he largest users of lead, would ~ake the biegest cu~-92.000 ~one-but all of ~his would be borne by nonmlllUU'Y ~ypes I page 11 . Here is how ~he proposed lllstributlon comp11res wl ~h 1945 requl ren:en~a by var­ious uses:

Storage batteries .. Cable coverlnr .....

1945 Proposed Req. Dlstrlb.

1000 tons I 330 238 140 126 be obtained, the 1!108~ they could produce Chemicals, inc. red

would be another 40,000 tons, because & wh1 te lead ..... . a larre proponlon or then would be en- Mlolull t ion ..•...... gaged ln developmental work instead of Tetraeth.yl .... . ... . actual production. Secondary output Pipe & fl ttlnga ... . mlrht be boosted by 25,000 tons, pro- Solder ............ , vlded smeHers and collectors could get Collllpsible tubes .. more labor and truck ~!rea. type metal ........ .

O~her ............ ..

175 74 ED 25 35 18 i5

218

102 74 90 15 35 11 9

158 •o~ LESS fOA CI ~I L IUS Total domestic.... 1,110 858 A~ best, Lhe ahortare wlll be so Exports l moa~ly severe as to require lll1Ch a~rlc~er con- lend- leaeel .. . ,... 40 40 ~rol over consW!Ip~lon. The deflcl t wlll Reserve for appeals 72 be made up t hrou(h curtall.Jnen~ of cl- Total...... .... ... 1.150 970 vlllan uses, wlth the mill tary agencies Some of the nonml l ltaryclalmants con­ge~Ung all ~he lead they need, accord- tend ~hat ~he 40S reduction in c1 • illM lng to a propoaalJT.ade by the Tin, Leed, use la too severe 11nd will create undue and Zlnc Dl vlalon and 1\dopted by the hardahlp i n all their progriiM. They Requlremenu Coomlt~ee. The plan, Vhleh propose that, i nateed of se~Ung up a re•laes Order M-38, calls for a 40S large kl tty, most of ~he aval..lable t on­across-the-board cu~ ln all civilian MRe should be dletrlbu~ed IIMOni the uses, butprovldea a reserve or •kH~y• clvlllan progr810'.a. The Tln, Leed, and of 72,000 tons aialnst whlch the vari- Zinc Dlvlaion, however, feels that the ous claimants ma:t file appeals for ad- reserve 1a needed In case l'lllltary needs dl tlonal allotmen~a. It Ia proposed to ml rht have to be adJUsted upward or un­dletrlbute thls reserve on ~he basis or foreseen el'!ergencles arlee in eome of rel&Uve urrency. Lhe ci vilian profl'¥18·

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LEAD-BACK ON THE CRITICAL LIST I. Consumption has been running ahead of new supply:

~ 400 t------+-- -1-------l ~

~m

lO )Q. 40 10. lO. ) Q 4Q_ IQ.. ~ lO 40. _ , ... _ - 194:)- - •9•• -

3. Here is where the lead goes:

2. And as a result, stocks ore down to the lowest level in two )'e<lrs: .------.---....:..._..-----~ ""'

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1944 Distribution 1945 Roqulrements 1945 Proposed Distribution

l.tOO,OClOTons ·~Ma.- ""''"' Otldi'H ....

1.160,000 Tons 970pooTons

Next to storage batteries, the larg­est single use or lead is for cable cov­ering. Approximately 001 of this goes to the Army, Navy, Marl Lime Commission, anti lend- lease. The remainder, which wlll be cut 401, is di vided between power cable for new war facilities and maintenance and replacements in power and comnunication systems. &fforts will be made to subsLi t.u t e other maLe rials wherever possibl e.

The ~ reduction in lead pigment output will mean greater scarcity of

paint. More than one-third of the paint made with 1 e-M is now used for ships, tlltlks, guns, trucks, etc., while pai nt­ing of new war facill ties and mainte­nance or industri al pl ants are respon­sl ble for a major portion of the balance. 'Ihlsmelltls that ci vi llanhousepalnting, whi ch has been at a l ow ebb for some Lime due to Lhe shortage of labor and high cost o f such work at this time, will suffer another blow. In England, house painting ls prohibl ted.

ManufacLure of MlllllnHion for cl-

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vlliana wlll practically cease, bu~ ~he ur Deparl.lnen~ wlllaupply acme &.......U­u on for ~e mos~ essential clvlllan needa. ror several ye'lrs no civilian arrwni Uon was made, bu~ las~ year 3),-000 t.ons of lead wen~ for ~ha~ purpoae

VAl PI OUUS

-half ~henonr>ll.l prewar annual ou ~pu ~.

The eu~ in ~ype me~"Ll will no~ a f­fec~ eltiaLlng nod<s ofnewap"J)era, mag­azines, books, and o~her printing l n­dua~rles, bu~ will considerably reduce ~he new me~ available ~o ~hem.

More Planes for the Two-Front War Upword revosion of 1945 prOQrom odds 3% to

W-12 Loberolor schedule, consislenl ly reduced eorher, •s ro•sed 400pl0nes. Navy requorements boost Hellcats, Corsoors.

rQR Til! rJ RST TII'.E in a year, the plane progrll:!l for 1945 has been lHLed rather than lpwered.

llack In Oct.ober, when ~he or! glnal W-12 schedule was approved, ~he prorram called for some 904.000.000 pounda of airframe weight and 75.600 planes to be produced next year. Successive cuts had brought t he i945 program down to about a third leas t han it had been a~ the berlming of 1944 I WP-Oct21' 44, pllJ. Now revisions have increased weight and numbers by 31--to 935.000.000 pounds and 78.200 planes r especti vely lchar~. P"l8 9).

The rlae 1a accounl.ed for by I 11 the conl.lnued L""-fron~ war; 121 a chanre in Navy requirements; and 131 a sl.epup i n certain schedules Lo place the.~ 1110re in line wi~h demand .

So now the Liberator program for 1945 has been increased by abou~ 400 planes -from 3,3)1 to 3,599. lnciden~ly, all of this rise Lakes place M Pord, Wlllow Run, which will be bu!ldi nr a radically revised version of the Libera­t or, t he B-24N, and H lo concentrated ln the firs~ four 1110nths of the year. Sllnllarly, the conllnued war in !!Urope naa brought boosts in L"" Amy fighters: LheP-51 Mustang and t he P-47Thunderbol L.

HEl LCAT TO P

A few months ago, plane complements on alrcraf~ carriers were ch~ged ~o include more fighters. A~ Lhe same t ime, derr.and frorn the Marine Corpa for lllOre fighter-bombers lncre&sed requlremen~s for ~he Corsair I F'G,F4U). These in­c reased demands are now reflec~ed in Lhe pl""e proBf"''!!. The t.op ra~e fo r Gl"llriOan • s 16F Hell caL for nex~ ye'lr was previously 500 amon~h Md ~e low point 101; no" ~he ra~es are 525 and 150, re­spect! vely. lnciden~ally, ~his wouldn' ~ repreaeM" ne" high mon~h for GI'UJ'I!Iall;

L IIUATOI UPSW II G laa~ Oc~ober, accep~ces ran Lo 550 Consider the B-2-1 Liberator. During Hellcus . But the F4U Corsair at Chance

the first 10 months of 1944, l~ ""8 one Vought, St ratford, 1s actually ached ­of the lllOsL consis ten tly reduced ,odela uled for a record peak level of 30:) in the 1945 program. Output we.s Lo be planes a rnon~h beglmlng wHh August, tapered as squadrons shl fled from Lhe 1945. LiberaLor Lo the E-29 SUperfortreaa. Although output of 6-29 &lperfor­~L because of Lhe lag in SUperforL OUL- Lreeeea was ahead of echedule las~ lllOMh, puL, ~he ahl ft was thro>m ouL or gear the AI'II\Y W!lll~s all the &-29a it can ret IWP-Deci6' 44 ,p41. On to;> of that, there I ~'P-Decl6'44,p4). lillenever 1L appeara "" no letup in the a.1 r W'lr over !!Urope. ~haL a e-29 e.aserJbly plant can Lake on

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FIRST INCREASE IN 1945 PLANE SCHEDULE Dl6ing 1944, the '45 pro<Jrom was cut steadily. Loles1 revisions of the rumnl sched· ule boost next years goal 3'4 in olrnome welghl Here ore some examples•

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KEY STATISTICS OF THE WEEK

I Lolnl Woo\

""" P.og•om--•.,..., (""'" ... d ..... ,, __ rl,))16 Worbt:l"'dtOIH•£,,,GCw-t~oC~ntolelallcrtl -· ).»

WOtttey '"c.rc;ulotiOn f"'"IIIOnt of Ckll'ortL j ;,,,, 'AI\OfHOit prlets (1926 •tOO)

~.,. All C(II'M'IOC)I•U -- --Yorm~tt- -- ----- ..,.9 F .... _ -- -- ------ 10}.&, AIIOII'Itr -- --------- 99.0 Ptlt~ (000DOtrtJ:t)

lotOI U $ t'OOt~--.------ - U8,9l,) Total [Oil Coostttoc:ls__ ·--- - 69,119> Eott Cootl rect•Pit!.•--- --- -- 1,197 •• lot~ COOl PtCICNtf0"1(000 tftelrt IIOIW- - 1,..&

$tH I OPtfOIO'tl (%of COI)Oetly) _____ -- ,.,., F1*'Qhl COlt~ fOr tai)Oft•,t •Ct ,_,• •

AtllantiC Coolt PO'fl - -- --- ·- >.m Wf eoo.r oor-tt -------- ~ Poctf.c Coast potts:.:..:. ------ l,o6l DtPOrttntnl store ..olu(l93~-l9•100l'- - ,)66•

1110re wor1c , Hs schedule ls upped. . 1hla hae been done M Boeing, Wlchl ~a, whose peel< nl~6 is now 100 a100nth instead Of 75 undenha or~ia&J.W-12 proaram;l1ke­wl se, the top mon th a~ Bell , Atlanl.&, h&a been ·~~ed up Crot11 55 SUperCorts to eo.

FLTIII toaeu Another lnat.ence of revising W-12 to

narrow t.ha pp between echedu.le and re­CJ1lrenenta Cor a particular plane 1e the C'-82 Packe~, a new 2-enJined heavy transport. Nort.h American, Dallas, h&a been brouaht into the prorram and la slated Cor l!J Packets ln 1Q45, thus 11 !tine t.he )'e&r'a dockH to 106 planes. '!he C-82 Ia t.he n•reat t.hin1 )'e~ ~o a C).yinl frei lht car- l t looksllke a box­car hun1 between wlnp-and will help t o a~ep up t.he teiiiPO or lsland-hoppin8 i n t.ha PaclClc.

Aa compared wHh t.he or l el nal W- 12 CIIPIIIIT IAL

p,tyiQUS MOI'IIh --· -l Wt .. AQO 1943 ~ ...

1 1,)10 1,8.)8 1,20> 1,17t. .. 1

)}1 ., ... .... ..., .,,aeo • ,,997 oo,..e 1,), "'T u, ....

...... ...... 100.9 IDO.l ;...o .., .. 12~.1> ..... ll,).t 9o.O ID).l ID).l 10).1 ..... 9l.o

I 99.0 96.9 91.8 9'>· . 9>.9

tr.lt,Ol.) ~.au tQ1,tr.U ~1.»2 11.9.), 112 71,.)86 1··~18 ~.2b> ,,,)01 )l'l,li&.) 1, 709

'· 18 l,)lio.) 1,1,)0 ••

1,)168 2,01& .. ., 1,S60 1..871

110. ~ 9'> -~ ,,_.,.

)16.~ 9).0$

},}12 ,, ... ..,.. !100 1,1~ ~18 ~ '97 ,., , ..

11 lO 1,9lll 1,169 80!> 11) )76 ,., 21' = 1$1

schedule Cor 1945, lncreMes in lndl­vldual modele range from ?$ for t.he &lperCoruess ~o 10~ Cor t.he P-59 A1 ra­comet, Bell 's 2-engi ned jet-propelled Arrtr~ Cllh ter:

CUrrent '6 lncreaee W-12 1945 Over Orlg. ~ W-12

ll-29 SUper fort •.• 4,360 ·~ 16, Hell eM .. .... 4,?00 •a P-51D ~ R Muatane 6, 549 •a PV-2 Harpoon ••••• Q54 +11 8-24 Liberator ••• 3,5Q9 H2 C-82 Packet . ••••• 108 +23 Coraalr I PG, r.UI 5,029 +24 P-470 Thunderbol~ 2. 342 t79 P-~ .([ r&COIIIet ••• 23 +109

Howe•er, revisions or W-12 were not confined to t.he up elde. The produc­t ion peak a~ Martin, Qnaha, wee pushed beck a 1110nt h and t.he plant' a 1Q45 to tal on t.he &lperCort clipped 4'6-Croa 640 to 613. SliOl.la rl)', roala for several

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other urgent modele were reduced to more realistic levels. At Consol idated Vul­tee, San Diego, the P64Y patrol bomber --Navy version of the ~i berator--was

lowered 13$ t o 700 planes; at Douglas, Chicago, the C-54 Skymaater was brougM down en equal percentage to 747 planes; end at CUrtiss, Collll'lbue, the SC- 1 See­

. h'lwk reconnaissance plane W88 slashed 3~ to 588. Even in Navy fighters, one of the groups showing a greater- than­average rise in AlrCr&~e welght--41--a downward revision was made: the 2-en­gined 1<'7F Ti gercat at Orwnman, Bethpage, is now listed Cor 675 planes next year, 23$ less than under original t.'-12.

MOR E MATERI ALS , TOO In keeping with Ule increase m p.1anea

the new progr1111 ~• hl gher require­menta Corrn&terl&le: steel, copper, &lu­mlnW>~. The Alrcran Resources Control Office-claimant agency for aircraft-­has &!ready been granted supplemental allotment s for caatlnge end !or copper wire, sheet, rod, t.ubing, end brass­mlll products. 'l'hh wlll increase the tightneas in these iteme.

More horaepower 18 lnvohed also.­However, the scheduled increoee is rela­tively small, only~ I from about 3ll,­OOO, OOOhp t.o 3i8, 100, OOOhp l. The big­geat single increase lain the new R-2000 1-etage C engine. Already being used in planes such as the P-47M Thunderbolt, PBM-5 Mariner, P-61 Black Widow, and P?F 'J'lgercat, it ls now elated for the A-26 Invader, C-46 Colrrlando, end PV-2 Harpoon, as well. Under original 11'!-i2 --engine complement to the t.'-i2 plane achedule-Uie R-2800 1-stare C was t.o

account for aome 32,000,000hp I 15.200 enrlnes l in 1945; now this figure has been Jumped60~to 51,100.000hp 124,300 engines). And the entire increase will be carried by Chevrolet, North Tona­

-.da, N.Y. l!y contrast, the increase in plane

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schedules doe an ' t call for en expansion of the labor force at alrfriii'H! plants-­efficiency will be lncreesiniJ at a more rapid rate t han schedules. But the new program will reduce the expected decline i n work rolls next year. Oolilnally, 1'1811power requiresnents were expecLed t.o drop 1~ between now and next Sept,ernber, or rrom 721.000 1.o 632.000. Now the decline la expected t.o be 91, thus plac­inr stated labor requlre:nents in air­frame plants aL about 660.000.

These aren't the last revisions for 1945. The plane progrllm ls subject to change at any Lime-as 111111 Lary de­MMds shl fL, as deal gn prol!ler.s dictate, as lend-lease requiremenLs move up or down. Thus it ms;y be necessary 1.o ln­creaee Llberal.or schedules even t\irlJier, and another revision ln Superrortress schedules la in prospect. The plane prosram--llke every other war pro&ram-­can never be considered •set.•

REPORTS ON REPORTS NOH 'U MAl

Although eii1JlloymenL in the dcmeetlc laundry equipment industry during Oct.o­

ber dropped 7t below Ule July level, dell veries Cor the third q.~arter or i944 rose ~ over second-quarter output t.o $32,900,000. Qperat1ons of Uc Uo .. utlc La un dry Eoulp,.tnt Industry Dun•f tht

Th• rd Quarter '944 C confidential; pp. 61 states thaL airplane parte made up almost 401 of the shlpo!lenta; anmml­tlon, 3~. I War Production Board, &reau or Pro­gram end StaUstlcsl

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Pluld-mllk production for the first nine months or this year totaled 93,-037,000,000 pounds--only 0.1~ behind output for the same period in i943, ac­cording to Do• ry l'rod•c h; Jlouc•b• r I con­fidential; pp. 3U. However, conaump-

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SELECTED MONTHLY STATISTICS Federal Finaf"(:e-Labor Force-Labor Turnover

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F£00!.._ FINANCE~ E....Oh••-btal~ 7.808 'lb l . W>l ,.,.,.,,, loa'l - -lm• 2,2110 ftomt'hds ,,,.., co. ........ 1"'

~- 1,012) :z .......... "G" "''!'r-- )~

"' "r"oni"G" .. Ntt Otot CbtlliondoiiOrs) ""'·. L,_ RlAC£ ·TOTAl. I.-I ,._. &•A• ••4 ,1.) Molt

}}.1 - 17.1 l..h+ t~IOJINhl .T - •• - ,) L.A90R TU~R IN MFG. INOUSTA1ES bo ..... __ J .. .-.... ..

s e o""'•~bol '·' C... I> ),0 MtlltOty .}

_.., ___ •. o -· ~10'0"1 Rl:lfe...foeol ••• ,,. •.a MdiiOty . } -Ro--- .. , --~:'""' ~-· ro.o4 ,_, '·' MliiUM) •• ~Fbe··llfOI a.)

Uon i ncreased because of a growing populaLion, and Wle quanLl ~y divened lnLO whole-lllilk mMufac~ured dill ry prod­ucLa dropped 61. fDepartmenL ofC00111erce, fureeu of ' or­eign and Domea~lc Co~rcel

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ConUoolnra downwe.rd t rend, &verage monLhly ouLput of work rlovea Lhrourh AuiJUaL, 1944, dropped 3~ below Lhe uerar e produc Uon ra~e in 1941- ~o r• Glovu t renrlcted; pp. 51 repona WlaL

...... AQo 194J 1942

7,8)9 l,e,6 a,""' 7.!1)0 •. ,., I .. 1,1q9 •.IIIII 7,)1U o,OIIa l,lt!.S IZ/ ,., 9>2 29ll »1 "" )0.1 2,001 ,,,.,. 1,099 .01 ,.. ,.,. ...... ),11\ 1,0)9 1W .. ,. I ~· 1)2 '"' ""' '98 ),0 69)

·~~~ 798 m a,• ... m ,,, .., , .. lU>

l 96 lll1 1)} ., "' m on 16lo n } }7} .,

~ ;>a } .. .. .. , . '·' 200.} 190-' 1,)1.1 9J,O )2. l }9,1 ,._, )}.0 )}.1 ,._.

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2.} ,) •• •• _, 1.1 . ' 7.6 T-8 1.0 7-9 •.o .. , 6.1 6.1 , .. '-1 2.1 ·' •• .} .6 1 . 7 •• . ' 6.1 6,) 1-• •-1

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f.) a., ••• 8.0 lO.CJ 2. 7 6,0 6.1 '·' ••• 2.7 1.0 •• ·' -7 • •• •• . ' ••• .. , 1-• U.7 .... u.& 10,1 10.8 9-1 10.a ••• ).0 7.0 6.9 6.) , .. •·1 1.0 •• . ) 1.0 • •• •• . ' 7-9 a.1 9.} .... .... •.a

manpower Ia sUll the /llOSL acuLe prob­l en facing t.l!e lndusLry. However, 1101'0<! relief ia expec Led to resulL rrom con· cellaUona of l'll.li t.e.ry conLracLa In oW\er lnduatrlea, adjua~n~a 1n price ceilings and wage scaleo. t War ProducLlon Board, Bureau of Pro­r rem and St.e.LiaLlcal

rnle rec.ettl h - . , ... , ,. • •he t ,,_ lk ,.,.,. .,._,. c .. , .. , •• ,,.. .,,.,.,1_ ., •.u I'WI)Jt;I1SS ,,.... •••II•• .,.,d, - 141 h of.,.,, ,,.,.,.,, •• ,,.,;.,, , 17N /lo t J o ., ,., "'" ' c....,roltoftl ivl, ofld ftO otr..,.t ,.., hoft -.do t o o•oluoh ,,,.,,, lor ..... , .. , . ._,,._, ,.~,,. , , •••• u .. j• fl•-•f'llll• -, ,.. ,.11 .. , ., __. l~hl.t•l ., •• , .

War Progress Is loaned to you for offiCIIII use. tt contains CONFIDENTIAL Information affectin11the security of the United States Revelation of Its contents In any manner to unauthorized person~ is prohoboted by the Espoonaae Act.

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(1) Not to ~<mot lnlo,...toon !fom any oopy In thoi< CU$tody 10 becom• available to 1n)'OI'It exce~t 1 Govet"mtnt employtt under their lmmedt.tt suPtt\tlak>n who w•ll be bound by tht rutric:~• hereby acrHd to •nd who requrru accHI to WAR PROGR£.t5 In to--h hit of~l d..m...

(2) To- .oll -ies •• a ..cu,.oy lcdo.ed ..,..talner - -actually In lite.

tl) Not to lnoorporato tnfortnotlon from WAR PROGRESS In ony record unltu the use of auth ,.cord Ia rtttrlcted •• If tftt - ,..,, It Mil a O<>!>Y of WAR PROGRESS.

(41 To a- Pf'O' -.n not.c. of any chna- of address. On wntttn requut, or befor-e .sepa~Uon trom tfle ~ mont poso\lon wlllch en!ltloo them to rocotve WAR PRO. GAESS, 19 return olt cof)!oo chora-d to their ootounL

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