Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-03

WASHINGTON Oct : o.
Of the me.y mHo9aoJ bJt e..
pubncIzrd a.uN.UcS OF tae OIL.
OF Production Minasemen' nas
been tlr W1v5 -. tac P.aat 81.
Committee 9 ~ uea W@a>g lob .
las been to >d1 Va,rv .sal Wa
not the NeN O. rNls&Ur1 l3'tar,
OF tie dcten>, Production Ga-1.ac,
would bc located
The committee nice r&ge = NeC..
ordinarily. and ha> oa = Weeal'
agenda anywhere from H. - u> a.-H
as 35 new project, 10 ceas o.. T.
Las had to work pretty naea On e.
a. because o. tie terrific prts~aIs
brought On !, teom loyll Interests.
but 20 Ia. !. has bee. @p!e tr .s9'.
ton without az ot H. mcmhr:-
belna assaulted CHs.na. ehGumM.
OF the .roup W. Donald u Nclso".
bur the cn.et aoW Is Nelson's SUE
ce>So. Is purcna>.u2 director IL
OPM. Douglas {. MaeKcJehle on
cr Members ar cN-GoN Clflo.g
Townsend {. Indiana. "o@ special
adviser on a-!Iea'Gse. Fa Clrr
special assistant on .abCs Z :
Johnson oi CnM'> production oil
vision. John Whitaker CT the D'i-
sion OF Contract Distribution. ana
Admiral " H S,andieN OF the
Production Pl3nan- Board
Organized only last April Tie
Pian' Site Board has >ncc ,heH
ruled on the Iora :CN> oi more taau
$50 rev plants and expansion. Tor
The GeicMse cttor, Tac boa"G w.
& hJtlc ID III Ac;.ne orga"izej,
but il W, finally byoa2h' mto be...
IN an etlor, 20 check The tendency
10 locate aeW plants hdlhalardlv
in concentrated ~ 9>tTsl 1}eas.
AID APLENTY
The board now mas veto power On
all proposed locations and on ~
positive SIDE il mas plenty OF yClln-
teey help il tie VA Of cnamD"
OF commerce. CCEg esS uen ana 90
ernors, all CT WHOM. are sure the.
particular community UfS iuSt the
resources needed f.: every neN Iar-
tory under consideration.
To avoid co2cen,ea'os o. t."
many industries IN any area, aHd
as a simple master OF defense ~tr"-
tegy the board set uD ~ ln.0'loH
area OF the United States within
which It was good military sense to
locate defense industries such as
powder mills. plane factories and
ordnance works R0uahly. III. aeo9
is bounded by a me drawn spme
$50 miles inland from the borders
The line varies a httI" IL tEo
northeastern quarlcr. ;..!N. Ill
practically al OF We, VIRGINIA Wcrl
Of the mountains. then rumnin
northwest TO point Oh LaHC Enc
between Buffalo and ClcVclar5 ,2
include the PITTSBURGH steel area
The line then follows lhc .oN,h'"a
shore of Lake FEie lne.Gdc5 ~
Detroit and southern Michigan auto
producron area. southern WlAcon-
sin. southern Minnesota, and 50 on
west. The line is net hard ana
fast boundary. but a flexible GWdC-
line that attempts TO set up n.
interior defense area W.'"s = tait
tial enemy would have 10 pene.G@r
IN order to knock our defense pro-
ductlon and service OF suppl"a
Locating new plants on IN" sea
board would obviously MAKE fhcn
that much more yulnerable 70 at.
tack. bat the more important POM
IS. that manufacturing - a.rEt.A
pretty we'll concentrated aio"2 til
coasts. particularly IN the Nv -
land-NeW York New JersrE ~"
and the ayallan,e labor ana ."
sources supplies in some areas #"'
already starlning from Oycr-Uc0.....
FACED WITH FACTS
When the Plant Site Board @ect
now to consider the location %
some new industry or thc e%pan !ol
OF an old one II has before . i.l
data on the labor supply. uuH."-
transportation. hOuSinl fc-cH,. q
proximity OF raw material. asa..
ability OF ample .ub-conua1'1.2 f.
cilities and. finally. the No. o. ~
section for new indusulc.
No one can make an" 3rc D'
dictlonS as 70 what .une ~ jan
pen to all this increased pln"Ae,u
plant capacity Nhcn thr o.tca.e oi
fort is over. Some nay Dc eo'
verted into useful CIVILIAN produe
ton. Others VIII nave to be main
tanned as defensc plants Tor 20
sibie future emc,lonc.c-. some III
have TO be ,crappcd In fhat rr
spect. the buldM4 u: Nc" plan. Il
no one know e%ao'.@ waa' fo'a
costa. may aavc been waste ctfo''
The POM . made however, tao