Evening star., 1940-09-23
Benefits Of Defense
}pending Spread 10
Many Sections
Plants in All Parts
OF Industrial U. S.
Receive Orders
Nv PAUL d. GESNER,
,,,4 rres, Business Kriter.

..rortafnG press buSlntSA hiileI'
,.ru YORK. Sept. 23.-Distribu-
~ Government contracts in the
uvn Nv nm 400 900 defense program now
snroyjding some degree of business
pfactorle> n virtually all parts
~ 10 .hs industrial United States, OBJ
Ssvers sad today
A. me beginning Of the defense
1ram the East got the biggest
Oes of awaIGS for Army and Navy
srnamen,s aAd supplies.
Tns reason Eastern industry
.sared frs. ,he experts point out,
sna .h.t of 'he initial SIS .000, ,000, 900 of
..ronrjstious The Navy got, rough
a! spp'ss4. $4,000 000 200 and the Army
slOOOOOO0oo ooo ooo ooo
.rsrse Wa uup. Around $4,000
MN MN Of me second chunk is going
Wv Army needs and s1,0O0,000,00O
I'M Navy supplies.
ShipyardS Helped First.
rarly naval contracts predomi-
,,nfly were Tor war>hips. AS a result
,bs a hons share Of early business
rsnt ron 10 the shlpyards concentrated
~ the Atlantic Seaboard.
Tanks. guns. ammunition and
o-hsr mechanical supplies loom
,,rre in Amy needs Industrial
farfories Of the geographical dia-
mond pivoted on New York, Buffalo,
chicago ard Pittsburgh, therefore,
currently arc getting the biggest
whack Of rev Government business.
When the bulk of uniforms,
b,ankets. snoeS food and other items
,re ordered for the draft army,
iefpnse business will be even more
widely distributed geographically,
observers say.
Airplane plants. also building con-
.ructlon concerns. are getting busi-
.tss from both Army and Navy
ources
The chances are good that indus
jal activity in the months just
head Will be fastest in the Middle
western and Middle Atlantic States
Because Of greater possible speed in
rnit-producuon. outurn of tanks,
Guns. ammunition and other supplies
for the ARMY can be expected to
,narplv expand the daily flow of
dollars into busy factory centers.
Many Months Required.
Il should be remembered it takes
months 10 build a warship, con-
,rasted with minutes TO put together
tank when assembly line produc-
non Gets into swing. Flow of Gov
prrment OUTLAWS IN the East, there
fore. may be slower.
There is a compenSating factor
for the East. however While the
Tow Of money into Eastern ship
building areas may be slower, the
Cow under the term ship con-
tracts Will last longer.
Aircraft factories, of course. will
he busy into an indefinite future.
The plane industry currently is
toward production of $4,000
military planes by April, 1912, OF
which $4,000 are destined for Great
Britain and 10000 for the United
States And by 1912, new orders
on TOP of those on which present
production schedules are based, may
be expected.
A question frequently asked these
iays is will production Of war
FOODS slow output of peace-time
,oods?"
Mos executives say, No" Some
AZ. Not for the present.
Take. for example. the placing OF
\ $4,000 900 order for machine guns
nth Frgidaire division Of General
Motors Corp. E. G. Blechler, gen.
cral manager. announces the ma
rhlne gun production will in no way
fleet the usual outturn OF electric
,ctrigera,ors.
Production Of the guns. he. says,
nil be carried out with the use of
additional facilities. including new
lye-storv factory building. The
yegu.ar line Of the companys prod
VctS Will be manufactured on an
uninterrupted schedule in the usual
plants and With the machinery ordi-
aarlly used for this purpose. Actual
-un manufacturing is scheduled to
1egln IN the next 10 or II months.