Show o Shortage of Man Mai Power Hinders Willow Run 61 David J. J Wilkie DETROIT Feb 19 Man P-Man shortage has presented the they ther er r obstacle to accelerating pro- pro prodUction jor r y of the giant B 24 bomber nes at the government t owned i lanes operated Willow Run plant tor according g to authoritative Ford 9 pe shigh high turnover of employ- employ The d a heavy rate of ot absentee- absentee e undoubtedly will wil be le rd ed A to the senate investigators f-ded f r r. r ded b by y Senator Truman D. D 5 visiting the plant nt Friday for first hand band gd view of operations ift tho on flyaway fly bombers and oth aria for final assembly at other factories The huge four Liberators Liber Liber- in production at Willow tors are tors volume Is ls described RUn pun on but ut the office of war information as j by i the by Cy my a small fraction of the plants plant's ultimate capacity A Ford last week said the thebo bo bombers r Tubers were coming off ion on lines on schedule Hamper Rate Ford engineers agree with Hugh fUlton Atop counsel for the senate war committee that design changes have de- de the production rate ratel- How How- they are not inclined to com com- Ier u lain of these changes Rather they ave ve sought to incorporate themas them U as s rapidly as possible through a program under which they are implemented im im- at a given point in the then ruction n flow This calls alls for forthe ng the design of a a. certain bl block ck of bombers as they start I the assembly lines Th The num num- n doin might ht be 10 25 25 or 50 abut but it tat Wi to be e. e fixed in advance and if mass production are to be used in bomber sen Senator tor Ferguson R. R Mich ember o of the senate group said Hf m we ice can get just one more moreane Ia tone ane e than their present schedules coil for off the line we will feel stifled li Sow w w Employs According to 0 O W I figures Willow Willow Wil- Wil low jr Run gun now employs in excess or men and women The to- to i. i af is more than under the timber amber ber that have been hired in puce fince last summer Enlistments i id d the draft and resignations for Vinous ous other reasons account for forthe forthe fortie the tie difference Although a multimillion dollar highway project was hurried to completion to facilitate access to toe he e plant transportation in othere other e than owned individually automobiles automobiles automo automo- biles has a a. difficulty Many who have resigned have given inability to find living accommodations accommodations ac ac- as their reasons Others have found the nearly 50 mile round triP daily day from Detroit to Willow Run too great and have reported finding jobs nearer home Senator Ferguson said that Thursdays Thursday's layoff of 1000 men at the Ford Rouge I plant attributed to a shortage of parts made in Cleveland would likely be considered considered considered consid consid- ered by his group The United Automobile Workers C CIO I 0 dem demanded an investigation by the w war r prod production board Paul Ste. Ste Marie Ford local president president- said such shortages should not occur occur occur oc oc- oc- oc cur and would not if it war production production production tion were properly planned on an over-all over basis |