The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-10
Expund Productive Capacity

Tho Korean crisis has again demonstrated to America
the need of continuous development OF the productivity "
the nation. 80
Our ability to produce enough to meet military demands
as we'll as civilian needs and the necessity for aocang ana
raonng commodities and materials which are IN SlofU sup
ply are again headline subjects in the news
More than a year ago. the Administration proposed an
Economic Expansion Act aimed among other tngS ~ o' az
speeding up the development of the nation plants 70 P
duce Steel non-ferous metals electric power ana oCel
things in comparatively supply lhe Dill was never
seriously considered
OnIy few months ago. Dr. Dewey Anderson, director
of Public Affairs Institute, made analysis OF u D. fo
eign Policy in which he held that strong America was
entail to successful foreign policy for peace lie proposed
that as of the steps toward peace tere snouu W
ed National Commission on the security ana
of the United States.
"a National Commission Security and Development
of the United States only in order it has the hges
priority in any sensible Dr Kores baed
against government taking hand particularly in the prl
enterprise fields-o stimulate development Such op
One of the critical fields in the present emergency
is that of metals During World War H. the u = had TO eN
nand steel production enormously to meet essential needs
and then got by only by strict ALLEGATION OF scarce sqppe
In the immediate postwar period DR. Louis H. 10 beah m
widely advocated further expansion of steel capacity lie e
maed that our peacetme need for steel would over
100 million tons annually this year 1950 and that we
should have standby capacity of 10 to l million tons add
ona The demand for steel has hit Beans estimate but the
steel industry has failed to provide itself with standby capa
cty Consequently the IT, S. faces both growing peacetme
need for steel and sudden military need for steel with
no standby capacity available to meet the expanded require
ments (Bean estimates peaceme, civilian need for
steel will be 25 million tons 1860 andas urged construc-
tion of plants to monton capacity by that time( AS
consequence of non-deveopment emergency inevitably
will bring drastic ratoning of Steel which means not only
curtament goods production but even OF es
sential food production am machinery rails and heavy
equipment.
Somewhat the same situation exists in non-ferous met
ais Many wartime plants have been closed down and some
Like the aluminium plants in the Pacific Northwestern
be reopened only with the greatest difficulty In the North
west thruou the nation there is shortage OF electric
power for industrial expansion Electric power once used by
aluminium plants has since been transferred to peace
time There is power for the aluminium plants eX
cept by drastic restriction of present users.
In the Pacific Northwest the Tennessee Valley and
others peaceme industries seeking electric power for new
industrial plants had to be turned down in recent
there available. In the present eme
gency despite great increases production III re-
cent years have standby capacity ready to meet the
emergency.
Measures now before Congress to give the President
power to allocate and ration of course emergency
res to channel available Steel power metals and other crt
cal materials to of the highest priority.
There is little question that America can tighten her
belt and meet the emergency situation 1t is probably equal
y certain that in future our present situation Will be
cited proof of the need for continuous development OF
American resources including not only industrial plant
acity but energy and our natural resources
The need for Commission the Security and Develop
ment of the United States is daily more clear.