Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-08 | Page 2 | Auto Advisory Group Expected to Reject Plan for Production

Auto Advisory Group Expected To Plan for Production WASHINGTON April 8 UP 21 1 The first firt meeting of the new au automobile au industry advisory committee com com- is expected to receive receive and and to a reject reject a war production board proposal for the manufacture of new passenger cars for forwar forwar forwar war plant workers The fear of a production slump in some suburban war factories before the end of this year year caused by the wearing out of workers workers' cars was reported to have Inspired the plan for a limited resumption of manufacture w WP p Chairman B B. Donald M. M Nelson Nelson Nel Net son was s said id to have given favorable favorable favor favor- favorable able consideration to the plan under which a single company would wO build the needed cars However it was was was' believed most likely that the committee f formed last month specifically to study problems of would oppose the Idea on the ground that no civilian cars should be be made until all prewar manuta manufacturers were ready to start simultaneously This has been the tone of recent reports from Detroit T There ere also is substantial in certain w P B quarters based on the belief that such production production production pro pro- would be premature an and d unnecessary The proposal would call for th the e Defense Plant corporation a a subsidiary subsidiary subsidiary sub sub- of the Reconstruction Finance Finance Fi Fl nance corporation to underwrite write e the production Distribution o othe of f the cars would be limited to workers workers work work- ers ens whose cars cars have have deteriorated deteriorate d to u uselessness