| Show On the fhe Home Front May Ma June War Production Lag Attributed to By James Marlow and George WASHINGTON July 21 UP WI-It WI lI It took a while for the idea to gain officials officials but government momentum off cals more and more are talking hurting war of production I There are plenty of reasons why production lagged in May and June clear yet yet but but nOt not all of f them the emphasis now is on as a cause Meanwhile the war production board is busy trying to learn the causes causes so so a spokesman sa says says and s a and d to remedy them Here is the situation was about the May production same as April although the figure Apri can still be revised below April June production the productIon the figures willbe will willbe wl be released later this week week has has been only a little better than May June la laggards tards are expected to include he heavy vy trucks certain types type of aircraft air air- of ammunition some types craft Ahead of schedule probably will be tanks artillery small smal arms wn equipment for the engineers and the Ue quartermaster Records Broken Merchant shipping most likely will be shown to have been up to June wU schedules although behind May in I which all records for ship deliveries were broken Timetable developments development June 19 The 19 The May lag was I blamed on overconfIdence and I complacency by Assistant Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary of War Robert P. P Patterson who vho listed as another factor diversion diversion diver diver- sion slon of management talent to civilIan civil chi civilian ian nonessentials July 7 W 7 W P B Chief Donald M. M Nelson said he had not nt seen enough of ot the factors mentioned by Patterson Patterson Pat Pat- terson teron to talk about them tem but but blamed Mays May's poor showing ni- ni manly marily marly on switches In the te military necessitated by battlefront battlefront battle battle- program batte front experience He said secondary see sec factors factor were mart man ma power shortages the necessity of training training train train- ing new workers and floods July 14 Nelson 14 Nelson came around to Pattersons Patterson's Nelson 1 way of thinking and among reasons for production included in In- eluded absenteeism strikes and a dangerously premature feeling that the war is in the bag July 20 Charles 20 Charles E. E Wilson Vilson Wison W V P Bs B's executive vice chairman said the aircraft industry should produce planes in July but probably Immediately Immediately Navy Secretary Knox blamed this anticipated failure on complacency c which he said robbed the workers of their will wi to produce Already we are feeling the effects of over- over optimism about the thu tt wars war's end he said But shortly after Wilson Wison and Knox made their statements Monday Mon day a high W P B spokesman gave troubles these tese explanations for production Plane Output Rises Aircraft production In June is i expected to have reached a higher hl er figure than tan May but still not high enough The largest factors in this failure he said were in design changes and some kind of man manpower manpower ma power trouble He could not be certain certin he said I whether man power shortage In Inthe Inthe inthe the aircraft industry was wa to blame or whether new workers were not being trained fast enough bein He said there is a lot of trouble with secondary secondary producers producer and much delay Is i caused by components components components compo muc especially in I heavy trucks For instance a manufacturer of such trucks in Detroit Derit might be dependent upon a Louisville manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer manu manu- of ale axle housings If I the housings were not delivered on schedule the trucks in their turn could not be delivered on schedule Design changes such changes such as those tose hurting plane production production can can n be bea bea a factor in other oter war goods' goods production production pro pro- ducton faltering as a in the te case case- cae- cae say say say-of say say-f of an antiaircraft gun gu But the spoke spokesman man said Looking over the te whole whole- field fed there is nothing wrong with wit production pro pro- production |
