Evening star., 1942-03-07
Murray Tells Labor
II Must Not Lose
Hour Of Production
Slogan Should Be Work,
Work, Work. Until War
Is Won, c. !. O. Head Soy

Philip Murray, president of the C.
I. O., called on labor last night to
see to it that not a single hour of
production time is lost until the war
is won.
Let our slogan be: Work, Work,
Work! Produce, Produce, PRODUCED"
he said.
Mr.. Murray's appeal followed
closely a warning by W. H. Harrison,
production director of the War Pro-
duction Board, that shortages of
materials are threatening the Ma
tion's chances of achieving Presi-
dent Roosevelt's blueprint for vic
tory"
Recalling labors post-Pearl Har-
Dor pledge to outlaw strikes and set
tie all wartime disputes by peaceful
means, Mr.. Murray said there had
not been single authorized strike
IN a war industry since that time.
Sought to End Incidents"
"Au the efforts of the C. I. o. and
its unions" the c. I. o. chieftain de-
clared, have been directed to end
ing at once such minor incidents as
have occurred. These incidents
have been few and of the briefest
duration, but they have been grossly
inflated and misrepresented by sell
f1sh propagandistS for the purpose
of promoting anti-labor legislation. u
Voicing fear that some of the lag
In production may never be caught
up, Mr.. Harrison told a press con-
ference yesterday that in planes and
shipbuilding, major elements in the
Presidents program, steel and alum
mum shortages have cut output be-
low his hopes.
He said shipbuilding particularly
might fall short of the goal, but
added that it was equally possible
that a production speedup could sur
pass 1t. President Roosevelt has
asked production of 10000 war
planes and 5000, 900 tons of shipping
this year.
Mr.. Harrison said that while ship
yards turned out almost a ship a day
in February. the output was some
what disappointing" He blamed the
lag on the slowness of steel plate
deliveries by the steel industry in
October and November.
Try to End Bottlenecks.
Warplane prodution also could be
ahead of its present status if we had
the materials, he added.
At the same time, the production
director emphasized that steps have
been taken to eliminate the supply
bottlenecks.
The limiting factor is materials
at the moment" he said. Most of
the diSappointmentS result from ma
terials shortages"
Meanwhile, drafting of legisla-
ton designed to bring American
small business into war production
wherever possible, and to assist it
financially, was completed by a Sem
ate banking subcommittee and ap-
proved by Chairman Nelson of the
War Production Board.
would Create Deputy.
The measure would create under
w. P. B. a special deputy charged
with the full responsibility for the
relationship of small business to war
production. Chairman Hughes of
the Banking Subcommittee said he
hoped to submit the new bill to the
full Banking Committee next week.
Another development at the Capt.
tol came when joint congressional
committee agreed upon broad pow
books of all war contractors" that
should aid in recapturing "extor-
tionate profits if any" Reporting
the agreement, Senator O'Mahoney,
Democrat, of wyoming, said that
"either the President or the chair
man of the War Production Board
could appoint an agent to inspect
records of any war contractor who
has had q contract since September
8, 1882"
Earlier, the War Production
Board reported that war spending
approached $10o,000000 a day in
February. The accelerated tempo
Of spending was reflected in Treas
ury payments and Reconstruction
Finance Corp. disbursements total
ing $2,330, ,000, 900 for the month.
Thus the daily spending rate was
$97, 100 600, an increase of 17.6 per
cent over the previous months, w.
q sk.%t~<{o{o~e eoil