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Show SYNTHETIC RUBBER ' TO BE MADE FOR ARMED FORCES By the end of 1942, according to Jesse Jones, .secretary of commerce, com-merce, the nation will have a production pro-duction capacity of about 100,000 tons of synthetic rubber. This figure fig-ure will move up to 300,000 tons by August, 1943, and 800,000 tons by the end of 1943. The reader should understand that this does not mean production of 100,000 tons in 1942 or 300,000 tons in 1943. The figures relate to the capacity of production. Just now, private industry is producing synthetic rubber at the rate of 25,- 000 tons per annum. Two government govern-ment plants, with, a capacity of 30,000 tons annually, are in production. pro-duction. So far as the average . citizen is concerned, there is little occasion to discuss the technical properties of the best known substitutes for rubber. It is enough to say that the present program, according to Mr. Jones, will produce sufficient rubber to meet the essential requirements re-quirements of the armed forces and the war workers of the nation. This conclusion is predicated upon the conservative use of automobiles throughout the country with unnecessary un-necessary travel eliminated. |