Show Auto Industry Eyes Priority Claims The echoes of ot Bill Knudsens Knudsen's lsen's i New York warning to the nations nation's industrialists grow louder than the original blast as affected industries measure the effects to themselves thc individually They have a yardstick yardstick yard yard- stick tick for lor estimating the gloomy future fu lu fu ture in the situation developing in General Generl Motors Mr Knudsens Knudsen's own com company pan and a trail tran blazer in cutting down private production to favor lavor military orders Numerous automobile dealers have received instructions to promise prom prom- lie ise no deliveries o of certain models until March and to be cagey about making heavy commitments even then The plant management Is not forecasting curtailed production but on the other hand Is letting the trade know that the idea is not fantastic particularly if it any of or a dozen priority plans are made into law Jaw by the January session of conS con- con S cress gress Th The talk In dealer circles hints nt t a repetition of or the situation brought about when Ford switched from the model T to model A. A At that time the retooling in Dearborn left Jn the distributors without stock for lor better than a 1 year ear the lickIngs lickings lick lick- In ings and in many eases castS bankruptcies bankrupt bankrupt- cies des o of dealers are sIlk tl S bared berro That such a down cut in various Indu industrial lines tines automobiles automo automo- hUes biles probably heading headin the H. H list U is near is Just becoming apparent to executives who so 50 far have dis dismissed dismissed dis- dis missed the reports as chamber ol ot commerce fulminations |