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Show The World of Tomorrow Action in the Air, in Construction and in Industry K , r- w -cm4 i )T - - v 1 i torn rf i I V ' - 7 ,f j mttw--VM ..v,wwi .ym-Av;.wnm-a mManvamw.v.v,vM v.v.-.v.v. aMawf.7MWWWWWM Draw Plans to Lick Depression After War Is Won; Predict Demand for Goods Will Keep Nation Busy for Many Years Chemurgy Provides Broad Uses for Many Farm Crops; Need for Building Will Be Great; Expansion in Aviation Transportation Is Foreseen. By A. F. JEDLICKA While the war rages and war production takes up the interest of the country, there doesn't seem to be time for anything else. But as unsuspected as it might be, there is a great amount of study being made about solutions to the vast problems that will arise after the peace has been won. Millions of soldiers and sailors will be returning from the far flung fronts; munitions and armament no longer will be needed in mass quantities, and millions of workers will have to be switched back to normal industry; and, pending th,e final disposition of lend-lease, lend-lease, and full development of our own domestic market, the huge production program of the farmer will have its complications. With all these things bound to come up, it is obvious that any studies leading toward the formulation of plans to solve these problems, will be of service in averting any hardships hard-ships and confusion that might grow from them. Memories of the economic disorganization disorganiza-tion that followed the last war, both in the cities and on the farms, still are live enough to spur the present planners, such; as the department of agriculture, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Foreign Trade council. All told, more than 137 important government and private agencies are engaged in post-war economic studies. This number does not include in-clude many state and local groups. New discoveries and methods developed de-veloped from war production; the tremendous demand for all kinds of consumers' goods upon which manufacture man-ufacture has been stopped, and the new crops and many uses for old staples that have been found all of these things are on the asset side for a promising post-war prosperity. Surely, we will sutler from no lack of labor; in fact, profitable employment em-ployment of all of our labor will be the big problem. From present indications, in-dications, we will be the most fortunate fortu-nate of all of the nations of the world, since most of our factories and equipment will emerge unscathed un-scathed from the war. No matter what kind of a monetary system we adopt, our credit facilities should be limited by a need for money, and not by any scarcity of it. As the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce so optimistically declared, we are facing fac-ing new horizons, in which the guarantee guar-antee of economic as well as political politi-cal freedom will open vast productive produc-tive fields. Chemurgy Should Aid Farmer. Of all, the farmer stands to profit the most after the war as a result of the advancement of science. Chemurgy is the new miracle which has taken the old crops apart to discover their essential substance, and then applied the specific properties prop-erties to the manufacture of many items. Chemurgy has been active in developing de-veloping plastics. According to a survey, a composite 1942 automobile has more than 125 plastic parts, and airplanes have anywhere from scores to hundreds of plastic applications. appli-cations. Plastics on the automobile include upholstery buttons, steering wheels, accelerator pedals and Intcrlaycrs of laminated safety glass. Plastics in the airplane range from grease and oil resistant tubing to handles, knobs, sight gauges, lenses and radio ra-dio antennae. Besides chemurgic uses which have been found for the old crops, the scientist has gone into the fields to find useful properties In such former for-mer waste growth ns cattails, milkweed milk-weed and dandelions. These amazing amaz-ing discoveries have opened possibilities possi-bilities for putting formerly unproductive unpro-ductive submarginal lands to good work. The loss of many of our former sources of supply for medicinal crops, vegetable oils and fibers has i stimulated their cultivation in this country, where, indeed, they grew successfully many years ago before being produced in Asia at much less cost. Continuation of the growth here of belladonna, castor beans and hemp, for instance, is a ques-1 tion which eventually will fall completely com-pletely within the political realm. Expect Building Boom. Next to agriculture, building holds the greatest immediate promise. In fact, much of our post-war planning seems to be revolving around the construction industry. As a part of it, the timber trade figures prominently promi-nently on new mass - production processes for fabricating sections of buildings and shipping them to a site for assembly. It has been estimated that the United States needs 900,000 new buildings every year 500,000 for new families, and the rest to replace old structures. Considering the fact that practically practi-cally all residential building has been stopped by the war, the construction con-struction industry will be faced with a gigantic job of meeting the accumulated accu-mulated demands when peace comes. Because of circumstances arising from the war, the timber industry has received an important push that will stand it in good stead later. Since most shipyards, arms and munitions mu-nitions factories demanded all of the steel that was being produced, it was necessary to revert to the use of wood in constructing many new factories, etc. Because the wood had to meet specifications in strength and safety, lumbermen developed processes for treating the timber against loads, decay and fire. As a result, wood is expected to be used in increasing quantities in ordinary building. Besides the tremendous demand expected for private construction after the war, it is reported that the government has been studying plans for nn extensive public works building program. Such a program, as old ns Caesar, would take up any slack In employment, particularly particu-larly in the passage from a war to a peace economy. In connection with the anticipated post - war building activity, the American Institute of Architects, the American Planning and Civic Association and the Conference Committee on Urban Problems have been particularly concerned with the reconstruction of many of the rundown run-down districts of the big cities. Within With-in recent years, many private corporations corpo-rations have been seeking charters from legislatures for rights to revive re-vive many shun areas with huge housing projects. May Kxpand Air Tnivi'l. Of course, the tremendous expansion expan-sion of aviation because of the war i has led to the popular belief that the impetus it is receiving now will carry it into the post-war period as the biggest industrial development. If we are to consider the opinion of many aviation executives themselves, them-selves, the airplane will play a prominent, prom-inent, but hardly a predominating role after the war. Costs of shipping ship-ping freight by both train and boat still will remain much cheaper than air rates, and as a result the plane may be used on an increasing scale, but for special purposes. It should carry most of the mail. It is in the field of transportation that the airplane promises to enjoy its greatest expansion. Already, there has been substantial talk about the creation of branch lines to hook up with main trunks, thus establishing establish-ing direct connections with all points. Larger, more comfortable and faster planes should come out of the busy research laboratories now concentrating on production of the best bombing, transport and cargo car-go airships in the world. Automobile executives already have warned the people not to expect ex-pect drastic revisions in models after aft-er the war. Cars of the immediate future will not be much different than those that were being manufactured manu-factured at the time all of the plants shifted over completely to war production. pro-duction. The reason styles will not change much, automobile executives say, is because factories are stocked with tools for production along recent re-cent lines. With money in their pockets, people peo-ple will raise a clamor for many items whose manufacture has been discontinued because of the war. Wash machines, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, stokers and oil burners, burn-ers, buggies, etc., all will be in demand, de-mand, and if sufficient purohasing power is available, the problem will be one of production. New Products. Among the more colorful products predicted for the future, are gasoline gaso-line for automobiles yielding 40 miles to the gallon, and nylon cord tires of unparalleled strength. Eye dropper quantities of lead tetraethyl added to a gallon of gasoline gaso-line will convert it into high-octane fuel necessary for airplanes. It is this new and more powerful fuel which heralds performances of 400 miles nn hour for civilian transport pianos, and promises 40 miles per gallon for automobiles after the war. Due in large part to chemical products developed for use in processing proc-essing and vulcanizing rubber, tires of the future are expected to possess pos-sess longer life. Cords ot rayon and nylon, along with special carbon blacks for Increasing toughness and nnli-oxidanls for retarding the deterioration de-terioration of rubber, arc nniong (he now developments. So much for the U.S.A. Looking around us, we see numerous changes In the world, many of which are bound to have their economic oll'eets aflor the war. As nn example, we nood not go any further than Smith America. First of nil, many of our good neighbors neigh-bors In the south are noouniulMling large nnioiinls of dollar exchange. Hint Is, American money, which will be spent or Invested here or nhroad when conditions permit. Fui'lhor, many of those couulrlos have substantially reduced tliolr debt to foreign countries. |