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...Tire Trouble...
...synthetic-rubber situation, which seemed well in hand when Rubber Czar William M. Jeffers resigned last month, was somewhat out of hand again last week. Five major tire makers warned of a possible breakdown in tire making, chiefly because of shortages in manpower and rayon cord. The total tire reserve was down to less than 3,000,000. The manufacturers doubted that they could meet the goal of 30,000,000 new tires next year. And some disappointed motorists began to raise doubts about the quality of synthetic-rubber tires...
Nonetheless, tire makers admitted last week that they had not completely solved the problem of synthetic tire making. There was plenty of synthetic rubber. But converting it into usable tires was something else again. Rubber chemists of the American Chemical Society, convened in Manhattan, found several synthetic-tire woes to talk about...
...reflect that their principal operations from Britain last week were "supporting operations"-Fortress attacks on the Germans' Atlantic port of Nantes, on the submarine base at La Pallice, on factories near Paris which supply engines to the Luftwaffe on all fronts; R.A.F. night attacks on the great Dunlop tire factory at Montlugon, and on the Germans' only two direct rail routes from France into Italy...
...Wait. For the men it will be a matter of waiting, with unemployment compensation easing the wait. Within 30 days, bustling Mr. Burke expects to turn out his first synthetic rubber tire. From then on, re-employment will rise steadily until, in six months, the payroll will hit 2,200 (2,800 jobs less than the ordnance plant...