Word: rubbermen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first civilian products to disappear after Korea was the white-wall tire, that symbol of what economists*call "conspicuous consumption." Last week NPA told rubbermen they could make whitewalls again, a sign that conspicuous civilian production was almost back...
...Government has now begun to listen to the truckers' plea for materials with a more sympathetic ear, has started to funnel more scarce materials away from light trucks to heavy truck & trailer makers. (By diverting rubber from civilian tires, rubbermen increased truck-tire output last month to 360,000 from 317,000 in March...
...ordered rubbermen to cut their overall use of new rubber by about 16% for the balance of the year, or back to the pre-Korea level. (This means that tire production will have to be cut, and that there may be shortages in some other rubber products...
...tons a month for the rest of the year-about 13% below July's consumption. Since natural rubber (at 51? a Ib.) is almost three times as expensive as synthetic, manufacturers are expected to cut down chiefly on natural, thus leave more for the national stockpile. Rubbermen said that consumers would hardly notice...