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...cutbacks increase, there will be many cases of local unemployment and industrial dislocations, in spite of the fact that the U.S. is now much better prepared for reconversion than it was on Armistice Day 1918. WPB has already cleared the way for manufacturers to place orders for machine tools...
...speed reconversion, WPB is removing restrictions on materials as rapidly as possible. Of 650 orders and schedules in effect on April 1, 1945, 156 have been revoked and 83 more are likely to be revoked within six weeks...
Unkindest Cuts. A little wearily, WPB announced the war shortages that the U.S. public-judging by its complaints-has found it hardest to bear: 1) window screens, 2) alarm clocks, 3) wash tubs...
...Question of Timing. Automen thought that WPB's conservative figures were close to the mark. They had to find the solution to more problems than the steel supply before they could count on fast-moving assembly line operations. Now auto manufacturers had a hunting license, but they still needed to know how soon: 1) their military orders would be sharply cut; 2) they could clear the acres of special purpose Government-owned tools from their plants; 3) machine-tool manufacturers could deliver the some $40 million of new machinery needed to get back to the manufacture of 1942 models...
Hard Row for Labor. With good reason, labor was disappointed in WPB's reconversion timetable. In Detroit last week approximately 9,000 workers in auto plants were subject to being laid off as war contracts were cut back. These will bring the total unemployed auto workers in the Detroit area to 40,000. From now on, as more & more war jobs end, Detroit's unemployment will mount higher & higher -until automobile production hits its stride of 6 million cars a year. From the standpoint of employment, Detroit and the motor industry are staring reconversion in the face...