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After weeks of crying wolf, Manly Fleischmann, boss of the National Production Authority, last week trotted out his Controlled Materials Plan. Its howl seemed to be worse than its bite. Starting July 1, CMP will tightly control all steel, copper and aluminum in defense production, thus put an end to the tangle of stopgap priorities NPA has used up to now. But civilian producers will be untouched by CMP under the present plan. They will be left to scramble for the metals that are left over, but whether the metals will be the bulk-or only a small part...
Beginning May 1 and every three months from then on, said Fleischmann, defense producers will have to tell NPA in advance exactly how much steel, copper and aluminum will be needed in the next quarter. The Defense Production Administration* will make sure that the manufacturers will get what they need for defense by earmarking the metals for them. Instead of priorities, which were merely "hunting licenses" for scarce materials, manufacturers will get what Fleischmann calls "cashier's checks" to draw the metal they need from the set-aside supply. The present cuts in steel, zinc, copper, etc. for civilian...
...first cut in steel for autos, television sets, stoves, etc. was made last week by the National Production Authority. Said NPAdministrator Manly Fleischmann: starting April 1, producers of durable consumer goods will have to get along with 20% less steel than they used in the first half of 1950; after July 1 the cut will...
Despite the cut, Fleischmann said that durable goods would continue to roll off U.S. production lines "in most instances at levels never attained before 1949 and 1950." Even the pace-setting auto industry will not be as hard hit as many a Gloomy Gus had predicted...
...National Production Authority. Sets priorities and allocation programs for industry. Administrator: Manly Fleischmann...