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Show 'Auto Men Fear Lag 4- In Reconversion Warning that unless the Eov tl ernment permits preliminary re K.. conversion steps immediately th" mass production of automobiles K will be delayed until from six t nine months after the defeat of '"j Germany, executives of major au- : tomobile companies have draw" ' up a four-point program to speed manufacture of postwar cars for jj" civilians and so prevent unemploy. u" ment. ' ' f The executives criticized ixe government sharply for failure either to develop reconversion 'i plans or to permit manufacturers & to lay their own reconversion V' plans. They declared that cut- '; backs of 35 to 40 percent would only slow down assembly iines without clearing plants for civil- 'd ian production. ,'( The four point program calls -i fr: ,jt (1) Release of sufficient man- 'y power to prepare engineering drawings and material specif ica- :-tions :-tions as a preliminary to recon- d version. -j: (2) Granting of high priorities for new automotive machine tools to replace those lost, damaged, or ir3 converted to war production. ji (3) Drafting of reasonable plans for release of automobile plants or s parts of plants after V-E day. (4) Prompt disposal of equip- ment and materials already surplus sur-plus to clear plant space and get "scrap" back itno the flow of vital war materials. |