Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-27
Defense Orders
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$37,347,000
Conference Board
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In u. S. Contracts
Bv BLAIR BOLLES.

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tracts let by the Federal Govern
ment in the United States and its
possessions between June 10 and
September 80 was $37,347 900, the
Industrial Conference Board re-
ported yesterday in a detailed statis-
tical analysis of the regional dis
tribution of the contracts.
The speed with which contract
letting went forward under the i'm
petus of large-scale congressional
appropriations for naval construction
is shown in the boards statement
that the value of the September
awards doubled those between June
| and September !.
The Districts share was greater
than that of % States. The awards
were chiefly for the fulfllment OF
Army needs. 5,495, 000 as com
pared with 1852 600 for the Navy.
Most of this money was in payment
for supplies and ordnance, s36,04l,-
900. The District won ST ,306 900 in
construction contracts. and in Wash
ington S688,000 is being spent for
w. P. A. construction and $4,000
for defense training.
Rank Behind ID. c.
The States which rank behind the
District are Vermont. Rhode Island
Minnesota. Iowa, North Dakota
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas
Delaware, West Virginia, North
Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma. Mon
tana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada
and Oregon.
The principal contract regions are
along the Eastern and Western
Coasts. The New England States
got 81 .298, 129; the Middle Atlantic
s2.348676; the South Atlantic, ST.
5l,734, and the Pacific, sl,l20, 1856.
The apprehension that this distrl-
button might raise over the TACT
that our chief defense centers APP
parently are close to the points
where invasion would come If II
should come, is subject to criticism
In the first place, the subcontracts
might be let in more protected To-
Gales. Each contract IS subdlVldeo
into any number of subcontracts,
and no list is available of the break
down by areas of the subcontracts
In the second place, most OF these
contracts are for shipbuildlng.
Leading States Listed.
According to the Conference
Boards analysis. the principal
States to profit from the defense
program up to the end of September
are: New York. s877 .421 900; New
Jersey, $3.50. O27 900; Virginia, $780,
10000: California, s751 .002 900. and
Massachusetts. STAT .564 900. Cali
fornia's high ranking is due largely
to increased awards for shlpoulld-
ing and airplanes and parts.
The principal inland contract
receiving States are: Pennsylvania
s61l 900 900: Michigan, 1925 ,OOO!O 600,
and Illinois. s18O000,OOO
Virginias contracts are chiefly 1or
shipbuilding. s722 10000 The rest
of her money is divided among con-
str1ction, ssh los 900, and supplies
and ordnance. S27,105 900. For w.
P A. defense construction Virginia
received s2,666 900; in U. S. H. A,
construction loans, s5,766, 900, and
for the defense training program,
s155.O00.
MARYLAND received S139 ,423 900 in
contracts during the period covered
BY the Conference Boards STUDY,
divided s134 .5O6 900 for the Army
and s49l6,OO0 for the Navy. Con-
tracts in Maryland for construction
totaled S5.973 900; for shipbuilding,
S525,OOO; for airplanes and parts,
s122436 5000. and for supplies and
ordnance, $40 488 900. w. P. A. de-
Tense construction in Maryland
amounted to s1,216,O0O; U. S. H. A.
construction loans, none, and for
the defense training program,
$4,000
Ordnance Contracts Let.
The East-North Central States
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin-received the major
share of the contracts for supplies
and ordnance, S615 ,049 900.
The principal part of the ST.
921 .2530O0 contracts went for
naval shipbuilding - 5,0l6 ,523, 600
The contracts for construction
amounted to $574,472 900; for air.
planes and parts, 1921 1884 900; for
supplies and ordnance, s1,408, $685.
900. The total w. P. A. defense
construction contracts reached $50
$4,000; U. S. H. A. construction
loans, $24 IA 900, and the defense
training program, $6,196,00o.