Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-05
u: 5. Producing
6 Times the Rate
BeforeDec. 1941
We Build More Planes
Than Rest Of World
together, Says NAM

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 INS)-
The National Association of Man
ufacturers tonight announced that
American industry now is produc-
ing munitions planes. tanks,
guns, ships ammunition and other
campaign equipment-at six and
one-half times the pre-Pearl Har-
Dor rate.
Details of what the NAM called
this production miracle" were
revealed in survey. Production
for Victory, 1913, released by the
association.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT
Among major points noted in
the NAM statement were these
heartening facts:
The United States is building
more airplanes than all the rest
OF the world put together.
Shipping launched in this
country since Pearl Harbor to-
tails n million tons-equal 10
all the shipping Of the United
Nations before the war.
The u. S. Navy, despite sink
ings, has more than 13 times as
many vessels in service than it
had in 1871.
SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS
illustrated by II charts, the 63-
page survey revealed some of the
specific production achievements
as follows:
Overall production-By DC
tnberr 1913, munitions pEedue--
ton was six and one-haIf times
greater than. the rate of pro-
dDction In the month preceding
Pearl Harbor Excluding mill
tary construction and industrial
facilities created for munitions
production).
Aircraft production--In Oc-
tober. l943. 1852 military planes
were produced---Or at the rate of
100000 planes year. Actual
production for the year will
total around $1,000 planes. This
record, added To the $4,000 pro-
duced Tn 1912, totais $4,000
planes produced for Uncle Sam
In the two years.
tWPB Chairman Donald NJ.
Nelson announced last night
that aircraft production in the
u. s. during November totaled
S.7S9 planes. including more
than 1000 four-engined bomb
ers)
20 TIMES MORE IN -
Merchant ships-prOduction
in I943. estimated At 1900. 900
lightweight tons IL equivalent
To about Ave times our output
OF ships I'm 1899. and compares
with 1,S7s.496 lightweight tons
. delivered I'm 1917 and 1918 at
the peak Of World War I.
Naval construction - the
United States now has the
mightie~t feet In the world and
in mid-l94S had at it, disposal
26.S26 vessels, 1f-fold In
crease In the space OF two
years. IL r. estimated that by
July \. 1914, the T.. 4. Navy
will have H,I79 vessels, repre-
senting almost 20 times the
2.lS6 IL had on July 1. 1871.
These figures include all types
or craft. combatant, patrol,
mine and auxiliary.
Machine tools - Production
Of machine tools necessary 10
the tooling-up and conversion 10
production Of war material, hit
its peak OF 1871, 900 900 in 1912
and declined slightly TO an estl-
mated $1,lso. 600, 900 In 1913.
Compare this with the $780,
100000 annual average output
Of the machine tool industry
from 1885 through 1899 to get
an approximation Of the stupen-
dous production Job accom-
plished by the industry"
Corresponding production gains
also were noted for such vital
materials as steel. aluminium.
magnesium. copper and rubber.
The survey said that from 22,500
tons in 1912. synthetic rubber
production spurted to DIS 900 tons
in 1913 and is expected to reach
$50, 900 tons in 1914.