Evening star., 1941-07-15
D. P. N. Plans 10 Shift
Aluminium Plant 10
Tacoma From South
Change Proposed to
Escape Shortage Of
Power in Carolina
Ry the Associated Press.

8 Ry the Associated Press.
- An aluminium plant previously
= planned for North Carolina will be
built instead at Tacoma, Wash, II
the War Department accepts revised
Recommendations of the Office OF
~yProduction Management for eX-
-@panding the Nations aluminium
'-%.capacity by seven new plants and
" 600. 900, 900 pounds year.
- In recommending the shift, the
Q. P. M. cited a power Strlngency
In the Southeast, and announced
that power authorities of the Grand
Coulee- Bonneville area recently have
made available an additional bloc OF
electricity for aluminium production
Under the O. P. NJ. recommended
tions, the Aluminium Co. of America
would operate one plant OF 90,0OO,OOO
pounds capacity in the Bonneville
Grand Coulee area, one OF 100 900 ,00O
pounds capacity IN Arkansas. and
. one of $50 5000 pounds at Massena,
NY.
olIItI ldhtS lopoSNu'
~ Other recommended plant loca-
tionS, together with capacities and
operating companies. included;
Union Carbide & Carbon Co, co.
100000 pounds. at Spokane. Wash;
REYNOLDS Metal Co, 100000, 900
pounds. AT Listerhill, Ala; Bohn
Aluminium & Brass Co., 10000 900
pounds, at Los Angeles, and Olin
Corp, 100000 pounds, at Takoma.
All the plants will be Government
owned. When placed III operation,
they will raise the aluminium capac-
ity of the United States to 1,40O,-
100000 pounds annually. In add
ton, 2O0,OO0,000 pounds a year are
to be imported from Canada.
The o. P. M. also announced that
the Aluminium Co. of America would
operate a Government-oWned plant,
at an undlSclosed site, for produc-
tion of 4O00O0,000 pounds OF alum
ina annually. Alumina is made
from bauxite in a step preliminary to
the manufacture OF aluminium.
Fuller Pledge Recalled.
Meanwhile the Office of Civilian
Defense reported that President
Walter D. Fuller Of the National
Association of Manufacturers, who
declared yesterday that there was
no real shortage of aluminium for
defense purposes, one week ago
pledged the cooperation of N. A. M.
in plans for alleviatlng the alum
mum shortage
Oficials of the O. c. D, who will
open on July 81 the national de-
fense aluminium collection to sal
wage worn-out kitchen-Ware, were
plainly irritated at the new N. A.
M. release They made no COM
ment. however. except to make
public A letter from Mr. Fuller to
Mavor La Guardia, director OF the
o. c. D.
That letter. dated July I, spoke Of
"the aluminium shortage and de-
clared that N. A. NJ. S National De-
fense Committee had given thought
to the deSirabllity Of cooperating
with local plans devised 10 alleviate
this situation The letter prom
ised to enlist the support of State
and local associations affiliated with
N. A, NJ. in the salvage drive.
Aluminium on Hand.
Yesterdays announcement by Mr..
Fuller said that a survey revealed
that no aircraft or other vital arma-
ment production had been delayed
to date by an aluminium shortage
and that manufacturers had enough
OF the metal on hand or guaranteed
to fill virtually all defense orders
now in process"
Mr.. Fuller's statement added, how
ever, that there was no assurance
that a shortage might not develop
In the future as the defense program
expands" and said that practically
no aluminium was being obtained
by defense industries.