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American Car & Foundry Co. for
627 units. Mr.. Knudsen has inspect
ed at Aberdeen the light tanks and
the revised designs for the heavy
tanks, which have been changed In
certain respects on the basis Of COM
bat experience In Europe.
The contract for the production
by Packard Motor Co. of Detroit Of
1900 Rolls Royce liquid-cooled air
craft engines Is about to be signed,
the company having stated that 1t
Is prepared to undertake this project.
Evidence has developed indicating
progress toward solution, for the
time being ct least, Of the bottle
necks in the machine tool industry.
The Embargo Authority has con-
tributed substantially to the reten-
ton In this country Of vital ma
chine tool units which otherwise
would have been exported. Plans
have been worked out to q point
where tomorrow (July I'D q meet
ing Of the Machine Tool Defense
Committee, H. s. Vance, head Of
the machine tool section Of the pro-
duction division, and Donald M. Nell
son, co-ordinator Of defense pur-
chases, will be held to take up
cooperative plan under which a
definite percentage of machine tool
manufacturing facilities will be re-
served for defense needs.
FROM SIDNEY HILLMAN, d.
VISION OF LABOR SUPPLY
This division has emphasized
formulation Of plans for train
ing skilled workers In industry
under the direction Of Owen D.
Young as advisory aid to Sidney
Hillman. Already between 10000
and 10000 enrollees are actively tax
Ing training through facilities pro-
vided by this program. In the vo-
cational schools being utilized. train
ing Is made available to workers on
w. p. A. and N. Y. A. rolls and 9TH
ers interested in securing such
courses, particularly those who feel
the need for refresher training to
retrieve their earlier skill.
Combined facilities Of the N. Y. A.,
G. G. G. and Once of Education are
being co-ordinated to assure maxi
mum use Of existing facilities and
agencies of the Government. All
training is in anticipation of meet
ing such demands for labor as may
arise in connection with the de-
tense program. The first and major
consideration is to provide employ
ment to those who are employable
and now without jobs. The unem-
ployed, in the opinion of this divi-
sion, constitute the greatest labor
resource which can be used most ex-
peditiously in this connection. It is
interesting to note that up to the
present there have been no specific
requests for skilled labor made to
the defense commission 1t is evident
that thus far needs of private indus
try for skilled and other labor are
being met.
Labor Organizations
Represented on Advisory Board.
This division has organized a La
Dor Advisory Board consisting of
representatives of the American
Federation of Labor and the Con-
gress Of Industrial Organizations,
together with the Railroad Brother
hoods. It meets each week with Mr..
Hillman and has pledged complete
cooperation of its combined mem
bership to the national defense pro-
gram.
Through the Intervention of the
labor supply division, acting with
the conciliation service of the De-
partment of Labor, several serious
production stoppages have been
averted in the General Motors Corp,
on Pacific Coast shipping. in ship
building on the gulf coast, in the
copper industry in Utah, and in the
aluminium industry.
FROM LEON HENDERSON. DI.
VISION OF PRICE STABILIZA-
TION-The primary effort of this
division. during the past few weeks
has been directed toward the de-
termination of the effects of the re-
armament program on the Nations
price structure.
A central bureau OF research and
statistics has been organized under
the direction of Stacy Nav As a