Milford chronicle., 1945-09-07

free America.
THE POST WAR ERA is on our doorstep The
transition and reconversion periods are under way
and tremendous changes happening The can
collation. Of war contracts affecting the automobile
industry means that about 5O0o0o workers are be
ing laid off and that is about one-half of all workers
in the industry that carried the ball at the out
break of the European But within another nan
year the automobile industry OF country may be
employing as many workers i'll pre-war times
All kinds OF plants that require massive machin-
cry for production are III more or less OF pafaYu'
condition. Most of them the lists for recon
version These manufacturing establishments VIII
undoubtedly employ as many in few months
in usual peace times.
The value of products turned out by our chief
American manufacturers was nearly 81 billion dol
lars Il year before the war, and more than 81 mil
lion workers were employed.
Dependable information indicates that American
manufacturers planning right now to produce
4lG per cent more goods in the first full postwar
year already ticketed the transition or recon
version period because industry is reconvertns It's
productive facilities from peace time produc-
ton. That will open employment to the men tha'
are being released from the military services. In
the second period when all industry will try to eaten
up with the uccumuativt demand for goods scarce or
understandable during the all civilians and men
from overseas will have trouble i'll finding plenty
of Jobs
The final third period is calculated to be two
three years ahead. when normal conditions should
exist and when Jobs will depend ON current de
mand and current income" In the meantime what
referred to as the second period Will pfopa"E
arrive early this winter.
There will be Il lot of internal mpatenre pro
duced by changes in price levels. wages and sal
aries go higher. That will mean general price m
crease nearly everything that the consumer buys
Thus, the challenge that We must face during the
next twelve months is to get over the hump
There is general acceptance of prognostications
that the Government of the United States Will b"
Obliged to take up Stacks in order to protect re-
turning military forces. The men who have been
in the armed services will be- provided with incomes
even if the United States Treasury has t" launch
movements in "A big way for new highways. more
housing and even outright grants, or loans plus
more buy bonds" campaigns
But top authorities in the National Capital ap-
pear to agree that the goal Of 90 million jobs Will be
reached early in 1916. resulting from the need {"
making up for lost time
Notwithstanding the fact that our own Im'''
States is the greatest and the strongest and the
hest country in the world. all have worryins
habits A few months ago ii was the war III Europe
We don't need to worry about that amy more, u"
cause we won it, And then were all worried sici
over the war in the Pacific We all laid OFF ON mos
of that worry in md-August when the atomic bomb
dropped on Japan.
Now we are wondering how millions OF men VII
have, been in the military service or engaged Ill wa
work N home will be able to find those millions 6
iohs Let's not forget that each man ana woh'
will make that a personal responsibility You ma
be sure they will get away with it And believe II 6
not th, rcconversion OF institutions and OF hulnit
beings will move forward more rapidly than any
us expect
We won both of these great wars, and we nay
already begun the job regaining all the advantage
W., have lost We will win because Uncle San!
children know how to keep their chns up.
WE TAXPAYERS must continue to pay, al
paw and pay. Most of the talk about tax rel
is Imagination. The cold fact is that billions W
be called for take of commitment OF u
Government abroad. at home and to ease up u
slack in military expenses and for the big pulpo
of pulling our partner nations out OF the mud
4 Dependable estimates in Washington are TN
| war spending for the fiscal year ending June
e 1916 will be As billion dollars. The costs of mu
II tering out the war. and providing aid to veteran
+ besides keeping four five million men i'll unol
through the current fiscal year will run into mo
d billions of dollars
a Neighbor, hate to tell you that taxes W
IS continue to be way-up for several years. So. pl
IL pare to meet your tax collector. and don't eXp'
II him to slice anything off the bill for a long III
Il to come.