The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-10-18
TRADE
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NV fNbS-tF=Hfts ne So
nre II tss Hiliman e.rraossy reisey
whies eve. the Az. sattdtRxI
trades union. a practical sscnepciy
on defense ennstraetscn. fr~sldsHt
Roosevelt al nst step a the tees
% organised lseos
The president ststsd IN pFint
that While "iffvspcn.lhis and
-d.shonxst rsekstesstng leader
ship hzs Developed IN laees. -
dees net believe contFcl . secee-
ssfy because Il may bring eses
ths DAYS when labor sas weak and
starving feF jobs
Private sdViess are that the
president expects that rveatusilY
lshar wln clean house ~ It's e~u
sceard. that capital and ishnr viii
find = say % cooperate and that
the better elements stll place
unionisstion ~ ths working MAS
on = respectable hssls
oums, som. i.ecr leader. a..
MT that the fss dishonest load
era may force the president 10
place unions under the national
emergency proclamation via an
order that no strikes b called
until arbitration fails Relief =
that tlS president viii - act -
seen a. the rsldroad wske dispute
4. settled and insist that all iahur
uss that agreement as a working
guide
To HG~ts>i Secretary % the
Interior lek.s. say Informed Wash
inktou circles. has again rendered
his resignation from IN. cabinet.
bat asks that no 10 retained In .
defense position. The sdsiees say
that the white House IL not en-.
iireiy pleased with his handling ~
the job ss petroleum coordination
and that iekes' resignation viii be
accepted - snon a. . defense spot
can he located.
OIL rR.c.s, rol,,iesIly po,.n,
small oil independents demand
that crude prices he increased so
cents . barrel. Pressure 10 %
80 strong that Leon Henderson
WAS forced 10 start . price inve.-
tigAtion. especially ~ the msd-con-
tinent situation. His figures will
find that . 50-cent a. barrel price
advane. Will boost retail gasoline
a. much as two cents . gallon.
smomrAc. D;Bs.Mor. than
year ago oil men warned Washing.
ton 10 store i00-octane aviation
gasoline. that u requires a year
10 build such = refinery and that
Information b. given ss 10 mill
tsry needs. No setion took place
In Washington and now. h~csus
Of large lssse-lend shipments "a
Great Britain, n locks 80 In there
soon vii be shortage of the
essential fuel
OIL TANkERs--fhs maritime
commissions sis5.b00. 600 orders
placed for 40 new oil tsnkers Will
bring Amsrica's total. when com.
pleted. TO sos. or Ira mors than
Great Hritsln's prs-wsr total
which was the worlds largess OIL
tanker fleet.
Bethlehem steers sparrow
Point yards will build - al .
cost Of about Sc. SOC. 600 Ala
bsms Drydoek a shipb,iilding ~1ll
build - for ss7 600 .00o. zach sss-
sci viii weigh io.730 tons snd mold
i3s 600 barrels Deliveries ~lli
start August. 1912.
smurnum.n,sa-i. y. nernnis
naval architect for tho maritime
commission. says that BY the close
" issl new merchant vessel
sili slide of the ways every day
and that within . year iwo vessels
a day viii be launched. This does
not take IN ships of war
REPORTS A.n imAr-r.ek.
ina company sas,itis. liked because
of favorable long term trade pros
poets spisssi preferred held
for yisid Ex.ceIl-O operating
If capacity; sYlisrd IN same posi-
tion iong.rsngs estimate.
American shipbuiIding ~iii sho~
close IN 81 a share for fiscal year
N snd June 30. 1s4z Mccall
Corporations afI0 annual disi.
dend reasonably secure Motor
Wheel operating fnil time on ali
Kinds ~ srmsmsnts
WHY'S. Overland sbou, 10 pro-
dses volume u army "jssps' ears
sBidsr P.ekings current fla
cal year net slil equal that Of pre-
siotis ~ months asapiis higher
taxes =. FVf greater trading sp-
peal there's switching fFum Co
iupb.s Pictures into Paramount
Pictures L,Dsxs has long pssii FOL,
loving coihsH silk Hoslery
may tackle. this year. alysasna
arrears % o. preferred Saw
age Arms m@y ssiD~ Bssrs than
- a snare for 1851.
federated Department stores
all show more than $50 = snare
for fiseai year b. End neat Jas. ~
Republic Steel Niii rsfn.sn
tsossd 70 capacity throaxh o.
fsnss program J. I csss
shares may - split ~ four Or
tso-for-0ns hssiss cant confirm
Hsehins Toni industry siii hi
N. 81 go 200 90 saies p<sk IN
1897 would compare sith 1871