Evening star., 1951-10-12
Durable Goods
Cut for First
Quarter Of 1852
Limit in Use of
Metals for Output
Ordered by NPA
By Froncis P. DouqIos

Inc Government today ordered
an 11.6 per cent cutback in the
use of steel for household appli-
ances and other consumer durable
goods in the first three months of
next year.
Copper use for these goods is
to be cut back by 90 per cent, and
aluminium by Is per cent.
Materials will be allotted to the
automobile industry for the pro-
duction of $50. 900 vehicles. which
represents a cut of Is per cent
from the IL million cars being
produced in the last three months
of this year. The industry will
be authorized, however. to produce
l,006,000 cars in the hope that
through ingenuity and absorbing
inventory it may be able to build
that number.
The allotments of scarce steel
copper and aluminium were an
nounced today by Defense Pro-
duction' Administrator Manly
Fleischmann.
Ample Supplies on Shelves.
Concerning consumer durable
goods. Mr.. Fleischmann said:
THE outlook is that produc-
ton of such civilian items as re-
frigerators, stoves, radios, televis-
ion sets and home appliances of
all kinds will be reduced, but be-
cause generally ample supplies ef
these products are now on dealers
shelves the supply should be suffi-
cient to meet normal consumer
needs.
The larger bites made into sup
plies for consumer goods is due
to increased demands for scarce
metals for the defense program,
Mr.. Fleischmann said.
Direct military requirements in
the first quarter of 1852 will take
II per cent Of the total supply of
steel, "a per cent of the total
supply of copper and 40 per cent
OF the total supply of aluminium.
He said that in the first three
months of 1852 civilian produc-
ton will be only moderately
lower" than in the final quarter
of this year because the defense
program is beginning to hit its
stride"
Small Concerns Reassured.
: Mr., FleiSchmann said that since
increased demands for the three
metals for military use are sub
stantially more than the increase
in supply, "a squeeze on every
thing else is imposed. He set at
rest. however. fears that some
small concerns might be forced
out of business by death SEN
tence" banning the use of metals,
chiefly copper and aluminium. in
the production of some non-
essential articles.
1t is our belief that it is prefer
able to permit all manufacturers.
including those who make nom
essential civilian goods requiring
copper and aluminium to operate
at low levels rather than put some
of them out of business entirely.
I'm this way. there is a greater
opportunity for them to be ready
to use materials when they come
into greater supply"
Mr.. Fleischmann said that in
the beginning of next year, DPA
will direct more materials into
the industrial expansion program.
This, he said, is to increase pro-
ductive capacity $50 that present
controls may be relaxed as soon
as possible"
Structural steel for this expan-
sion in the first quarter will be
about $4,000 tons more than was
provided for the fourth quarter
of 1851.
There will be a slight increase
in the amount of steel and copper
to be provided for schols. In the
fourth quarter the allotment has
been 94,614 tons of steel and 2.s
million pounds of copper. The
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