Evening star., 1942-04-29
Industry Heads Detail
Vast War Output 10
Commerce Chamber
U. S. Production Curve
Moving Steadily Upward,
Leaders Report
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 29-America
built nearly 10 per cent more planes
last month than it did in the month
before Pearl Harbor-
Every requirement of coal for
war production and civilian use has
been met
Electric utility companies already
have added 3,000,O0 kilowatts Of
generating power to their lines
The construction industry, on
some projects, has erected building
every 80 minutes
One automobile company has
completed an order for 31-ton tanks
seven months ahead Of time
Now the American petroleum in
dustry Is making more 100-octane
gasoline than all the rest of the
world combined.
These were the encouraging re-
ports made to the Chamber Of Com
merce Of the United States at its
30th annual meeting today. Neces-
sarily limited by military secrecy,
the prepared reports presented one
of the most complete pictures of
Americas war production since hos
tilities began.
Industry Heads Report.
In a session entitled Total War
Total Production" representatives
Of the nine paramount war indus
tries told what was being done to
help win the war. Brief sum-
maries of their reports follow:
Col. John Jouett. president Of the
Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce: I'VE can tell you that the
production OF aircraft is up to all
the schedules set up by the Gov
ernment. In March-the fourth
month after Pearl Harbor-we built
nearly 10 per cent more planes than
we did In the month preceding Pearl
Harbor.
In those months production Of
heavy four-engined bombers in
creased almost 200 per cent. We
have more than 20 new combat
planes in process Of development
today. We are not only building
the best planes, and lots Of them,
but our air services are getting
them to the world fronts in ever
increasing numbers"
C. G. Dickinson, president of the
National Coal Association-"Every
requirement Of coal for national de-
fense or war production has been
met. Every demand for civilian use
has been supplied. There has been
no coal problem"
Electrical Energy Increased.
Kinsey M. Robinson, president Of
the Washington Power Co., repre-
senting the Edison Electric Insti-
tute-'The electric utility COM
panies already have
added 5000, 900 kilowatts of gen.
Grating capacity-enough to light
one-half Of all the Nations homes"
Dan w. Kimball, president of the
Associated General Contractors Of
America, Inc.-"The construction
industry has been at war work at
top speed for two years, Last year.
and the year before, the industry In
all kinds Of weather was building
for up to 10000 men so fast that at
some projects q new building would
be erected every 80 minutes. Num-
tons plants were being constructed
50 that concrete igloss for power
storage were completed one an hour
for the a hours In q day."
Alfred Reeves, vice president of
the Automobile Manufacturers As
sociation-"One company is now
nine months ahead Of schedule In
production Of powerful airplane en-
gines for bombers. Mass production
Of a new type al-welded tank Is
under way seven months ahead of
schedule In another plant. Apply
ing mass production technique, one
firm building anti-aircraft cannon
Of q foreign design has shipped dur
ing the past three months over 80