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Show FOR TRANSITION IN SYSTEMATIC WAY. "The iron and steel institute committee, commit-tee, in the course of its suggestion?, laid emphasis on the point that a continuation of governmental supervision of Indus try for the present was highly deelrable. It was agrped that many changes In operating operat-ing conditions of the steel mills will be necessary In the transition from war to a peace basis. Some cancellations and adjustments ad-justments in war contracts will follow, but, owing to the removal of many restrictions re-strictions imposed on non-war industries and the immediate demands of such industries in-dustries and a probable resumption of federal, state and municipal improvements improve-ments which had been temporarily suspended, sus-pended, and t he demands from abroad for foreign construction which are already taking definite shape, it is believed that the transition can be accomplished In an orderly and systematic way. "The discussion was entirely informal and was characterized chiefly by a spirit of co-operation between the board and the Industry that was as strong as that which existed during the war pressure. "Further information is to be gathered and collated for the use of the war industries indus-tries board for its further conferences with this and other industries." |