The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-07-09
BEYOND THE PRODUCTION LINE
BY j. Il. Jones

Washington, ID. c., July ga re-
markable reminder of the global ma
ture of the war and-more import
ant, since this was virtually un-
known-an outstanding example of
the contributions of our great cor
porations over and above their pro-
duction assignments, are contained
in the revelation by General Motors
of it's far-fung wartime activities
Beyond it's war production line, II
has provided the services of techni-
and utilized overseas plants and per-
sonnet in cooperation with the United
States and Allied military leaders
all over the world.
1t has been recognized that in this
mechanical war it is almost as i'm
portant to have repair facilities and
technical personnel capable of re-
pairing war machines as it is to
build them in the first place. 1t is
the bird-in-hand aphorism applied to
war-a tank in operation is worth
two in disrepair.
service program, which was launched
shortly after Pearl Harbor at the re
quest of military authorities and
since greatly expanded, has the one
prime objective of making certain
hat the enormous amount of war
equipment made by the company is
kept at top operating efficiency and
available for maximum action at the
front Some highlights of the pro
ram will show it's tremendous
scope:
Technical Centers" have been es-
ablished in England, Egypt, India,
Australia, New Zealand and else
where.
More than 200 technicians are as
igned to combat areas as field OBJ
ervers service or parts specialists
IN GIN war products.
A constant flow of performance
reports on this equipment forms the
5asos for work steadily increasing
their technical excellence.
Manufacturing and asse m b y
llants in England, India, Australia,
New Zealand and South Africa have
)een converted to war work.
Twenty-Five GIN training schools
the United States graduated H.
100 Army and Navy technicians in
1912 and will train 100000 this year.
This program, coupled with pro-
luction volume that makes the com
oany the greatest manufacturer of
war goods in the United States and
The world, is splendid example in
Iced of how American industry has
gone to war.
Our s'Number One" Postwar Drink?
Evidence that after the war the
-eapot may cause the first major
;hange in U. S. consumer habits since
cigarettes emerged from the last
war continues to pile up in the form
If letters written home from our
troops abroad, news dispatches, spec
al magazine articles and photograph
from all the Allied fighting fronts
including closeups of General Mac
Arthur drinking mug of tea at the
'front.' in New Guinea and General
Eichelberger doing the same follow
| ing the victory at Buna.
1t would seem no exaggeration to
predict that when the boys come
home they may start the teapot on
The road to becoming as much SYM
DOL of America as it is of England,
or as the Samovar is of Russia. AS
short time ago as twelve months
hat prediction might have been
laughed out of print, and those
laughing loudest would probably
have been the very same young men
who have now become, to quote a
phrase in recent letter received
from one of them, confirmed tea
Addicts," because they have discover
ed that far from being sissy
parlor drink, it is actually the fight
INCEST drink" in the world
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