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Bowever However gowever it took : something sometblna : more morecoDorete morecniarete morecocorete coDorete cniarete than census statistics stausUc . tot totrw tocon , conV rw " ice lce young Tom Jones He lie dbe d dbetn d\j d j \ betn be n reading the I | pie 'he he The ! ' papers said those inllllona mUlJons millions ofdp7rsin of ofd ofdUirs dp7rsin d UUS in iu defense detense contracts contracUi were go- go goIIJl goof go gout - - ut IIJl of to be spread out over the coun coup country couptry : couniry try not concentrated conceItrated concegtrated ) in big cJUes cities cJUesDecentralization citiesDecentralization citiesDecentralization Decentralization was the keynote keynotenot , not oot only because scattered gcattered cattered factoriea factories factorieaIJIake factoriesmake factorieamake IJIake make a fA tougher tou2her target tarjlet tor for bombers bombersW bombersut bombersgut gut , ut also because science and ! in n Ju du lu try see a better future In non nonm non- non nonTI - . TI 1 m ' ! tropolltan tropolitan areas Laboratory Laboratol7 Laboratorytechniciana ' technicians techniciana have been pointing pointinC to . . farm ( arm and forest torest for tor tomorrow s . raw rawma rawmaterials materials ma . terials Moreover huge huee water waterp p wer projects project . like Grand Coulee CouleeTV CouleeTVA CouleeTVA TV TVA A and Boulder dam have beck beckt beckcoed beckined t coed ned to the Industrialist Tom Jones JonesI Jonesfigured Jonesfloured I l.ured lured figured . that America s future lies liesaway lies'away liesaway ' away from tha the bJ big , citiesAround cities cWes citiesAround Around the N Nation NationHere NationHere a lion lionHere Here s a a bird s-eye s eye - - 30 second ; I ( , Cook oak s tour of ot America to show you youJust youjust youjust Just a part of what s happeningWay happening happenlnt happeningWay : Way down south where they used usedto usedto usedto to concentrate on tobacco ootton cotton oottonand cottonand cottonand and sugar paper mills are going gomg up upto upto upto to utilize southern pulpwood The Thechemical Thechemical Thechemical chemical industry and the closely al allied allied allied lied synthetic fiber industry is ex exI exi I ! anding andmg andtng ard al'd ald and ' TV TVA A has changed the therenneS thefennesse theFennessie renneS fennesse le ( Alabama territory t'Tntory tTntory ! ' mto into mtot intone t ( ne of at tne toe r i r atiot aUOI atim s foremost toremost steel steeland steeland steeland and alum dlunl r um prOCts proct-s&ing proct s&ing sing processng - & mg areo8 areo8The are . sThe s sThe The S uthwest top boom irea uea area at of atU ofti oftl U ti e i ! at on is p pt < p < unng urmg uring out oil 011 and andsulphur andsulphur ulphur sulphur < ; ind 1nd end ' is mak ng soda ash ashac ashac ashac ac ds solvents and plastics Ship Shipya.rds Shipyards Shipydrds ya.rds yards . on the coast zinc zmc in MI Missouri Missouriand Missouridnd < ; sotJIri sotJIridnd dnd and oil all in Texas and Oklahoma Oklahoma- Oklahomathese Oklahomathese Oklahomathese - these coupled with the lIle best all allyear allyear allyear year climate in the country tor for torI tortramlng fortraining fortraining I tramlng training an army are beckoning beckoningthousands beckoningthousands beckoningthousands thousands of new pIOneersCaldornla pioneersCalifornia pioneers pioneersCaUtornia CaUtornia Caldornla California where industry has tal fol tallowed followed followed lowed a population increase is can con cancentratlng concentrating concentratmg centratlng centrating on ships and airplanes airplanesFarther airplanesFarther airplanesFarther Farther north in the Pacific north northwest northwest northwest west west , , Bonneville and Grand Coulee Couleeare Couleeare Couleeare are making makmg possible the processint processing processingof processintof of bauxite and magnesium A linen linenIndustry linenindustry linenIndustry Industry replacing former Imports ImportsIs Is growing in Oregon and Washing Washington Washington Washington WashingtonHundreds ton tonHundreds Hundreds of small town factories factoriesin In th the Middle West darkened since since1929 1929 are going at top speed again againto againto to augment the productive tacilltles facilities facilitiesof tacilltlesat at of larger larg.cr largcr . national defense plants plantsThis plantsThis plantsThis This is especially true in ItUnols Illinois ItUnolsMinnesota IllinoisMinnesota IllinoisMinnesota Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and andIndiana andIndiana andIndiana Indiana The latter stat state boosts boasts bonsts two twowelldefined twowelldefined twowell-defined twowell defined well-defined well defined - - production areas one oneacross oneacross oneacross across the northern counties countIt'S countItS ' and anther anther an anther ther down s uth al ng 11 U ti e a OhIo OhIorver Ohior rver r ver rverThe verThe The immed ate effect ot of o ( this re resurgcnce resurgence resurgonce surgcnce surgence t the sn so an all t wn has been beensc beensimewhat tor for ( and andtrade andtrade andtrade 6 sc ( mewhat ct cI cl aotic aotlc antic or housing trade ' ind 'Ind vid rccredt recreal ndl nal facilities hav have haven ! ' n t been avalatle ava IIva lal Ie to take care at of atthe ofthe ofthe the unexpected influx mi1ux But leadmg leading leadmgbusinessmen leadingbusinessmen leadingbusinessmen businessmen and economists are areoptimistic areoptimistic areoptimistic optimistic For example Col ColCharles ColCharles ColCharles Charles P Wood wrote in Nation s a aBusiness sBusiness sBusiness Business recently that the wide widespread widespread widespread spread diffusion ) if f defense contracts contractsWIll contractswill contractswill WIll exert a powerful decenralizing decenttaHz decenraliz decenttaHzing decenttaliiing ing influence far tar beyond the immedlate immedl immedlate immediate ate effect etTect of at the defense program programDecentralization programDecentralization programDecentralization Decentralization PracticalThe PracticalThe Practical PracticalThe The factors that make decentraH decentrali decentraHzatwn decentralization decentrallration zatwn zation : practical are easy to lISt lIStFirst listFirst listFirst First better highways hlgbways and trains trainsair trainsair trainsair air travel and radio have made madeour madeour madeour our land more compact compacL S Second Second.coats Secondcoats cond . . , costs are lower in th the small IImall town town.away townaway . . away from trom the economically destructive destruc destructlve destruclive tlve tive burden of ever increasing met met- metropohtan metropolitan metropolitan - - ropolitan ropohtan taxes Third and proba probe probably probebly probabiy bly most important Import.ant . , , the small town towngives towngives towngives gives employees a greater opporlu opportu opporlunl1 opportucity opporlunity nl\1 nl 1 city \ to enjoy a healthy and pros prospetous prosperous prospet-ous prospet ous petous perous - lit lifeExamples life lifeExamples ! 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" * 300,000-pound 300,000 300000 pound JOGOoo.pound JOGOoopound 300o00-pOUnd 300o00 300,000pounddaysmokelesspowder , , . - a-da a da - a-day a day adaysmokelesspowder -daysmokeless-powder daysmokeless powder - ; , smokeless-powder smokeless powder - - plant near bear laser ftadford Radford RacU rcJ , . or V Va , # ; : . ; bebJ belatf being built baUt on OD farmland ; , afforded by such flmiB 1lrms firms as Harmel Hormel HarmelPacking HormelPacking HormelPacking I Packing company at Austin MInn MInnHamtlton MinnHamilton MinnHamilton Hamtlton Hamilton Manufacturing Manutacturinc company at atTwo atTwo atTwo Two Rivers WIs Wls and Schenley Dts Dia Dtstillers Diatillers Dtstillers tillers corpoI'1 corpoI1 corporation ' Uon which wbich recently recentlyreported recentlyreported recentlyreported reported on a survey of personnel at atits atits atits its plants in Lawrenceburg Ind Indand Indand Indand and Frankfort , , Ky ICy ley According to toLewis toLewis toLewis Lewis S Rosenstlel RosensUel Rosenstiel chairman of ofthe ofthe ofthe the board of at the Schenley campa compa campany company company ny an increasing fncreasine number nwnber of em employees employees cmployees I ployees at these tltese plants are build buildInll building buildIng Inll ing new homes on small farms with within within withIn in easy eaoy ! driving distance of ot workThis workThis work workThis This movement may well wen de develQp develgp develqp velQp velgp into mto the gred greatest test revolution In InArt inArtlerican InAmerican Artlerican Art Artcrlcan ( crlcan 1 I ving vmg c nditions ndltlOns that thatwe thatwe thatwe we ve ye experienced expcrlenced since the metro metropoll metropohtan metropolitan poll pohtan tan city b-gan b gan btgan began ( - c ming mlng into Its Itsown Itsown itsown own "Mr Mr VIr " Hosenstiel Rosenstlel Rosenstiel says Detense Defense Detenseplants Defenseplants Defenseplants plants he predicts predlct will be converted converted convert- convert converted - - - ed to peacetllne peacer peace WWA- WWA WWAf * - ' ; r f lime tllne time pr ductlOn duction ductlOnunder ductionM ductionunder duclionunder under the stimu stimuIus stimulus stimulus M moreI Ius lus of a more moreproductive moreproductive I s sproductive productive era eraInto eraaT erainto aT aTinto Into which we wewill will move at att atthe t S Sv v the close of at thewar thewar the theHenry war warHenry Henry FO'rd FOrd Fordwas FordI ' was one of thefirst the thefirst first of ot the na nay nation y ( lion ions s I leading leadingindustrialists leadingindustrialists e a din g gindustrialists industrialists to toLewis toLewis toLewis Lewis Rosenstle Hosenstielrecognize Oosenstiel Hosenstiel ( r recognize e cOil n I z e thevalue thevalue the thevalue value of d de decentralizing decentralizing centralizing Industry Bcyond Beyond Bcyondthe Beyondthe Beyondthe the immediate benefits and ad advan advanCages advantages van vantages tages Cages accruing to the employer and andthe andthe andthe the employed from industrial de- de decentralization decentralization de decentralization - - centralization according accordlne to W J JCameron JCameron JCameron Cameron of the Ford MItor M itor com corn company cornpany cornpany pany th there re are the wider implications 1m im 1mpl1cal1ons 1mplications pl1cal1ons plications of its communal and na natlonal national national tlonal tional social and economic rig rigntfleance sf signiflcance ! : nlficance ntfleance In more than one Instance Instanceduring instanceduring instanceduring during the depression years the es establlshmg estabhshmg establishing tabllshmg tabhshmg of ot o1 a little Ford Industry Industrym Industry1CI industryin 1CI in a Michigan town has b been n the theecon theecon theecon econ mic mlC salvation of ot that town At Atthe Atthe Atthe the same lime tIme this action has the theeffect theeffect theeffect effect of relieving however slightly slightlythe slightlythe slightlythe the human congestion of ot our over overcr overcr overcr cr wded industr mdustr al centersTI centersTI centers centersTl |