Show U. U S. S Releases Steel lot lotTo LotTo To Private Industries WASHINGTON April 13 INS Commerce Secy Sawyer was disclosed Wednesday to have yc ordered ordered ordered or or- dered released for general use tons of steel stee monthly which had been earmarked for the voluntary voluntary voluntary vol vol- allocation program The move frees for Cor general consumption consumption consumption con con- about 39 30 of the steel I set aside under the voluntary al allotment allotment allotment al- al program Sawyers Sawyer's action r re resulted ul 4 from a drastic cut in freight car building Release of the steel from federal restriction will make it possible I Ifor for private builders to obtain a greater amount of steel through I normal channels The sharp reduction in the amount of or steel to be set aside for federal use represents the largest cutback yet effected under Sawyers Sawyer's program to channel steel into only the most essential uses I by means of voluntary controls At the same time dale however Sawyer ordered an additional tons of steel be furnished monthly for a new construction project at atthe atthe atthe the Oak Ridge atomic energy plant With the decline in freight car orders steel allotments to the builders were reduced by about tons tons from from to 25 tons monthly Col J J. J Monroe Johnson the governments government's defense transportation director told a newsman This is the only tl thing ng the com com- commerce commerce merce department could do be because because because be- be cause there are hardly any orders for new cars coming from the railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads anymore He said that the reduced allotment allotment allotment allot allot- ment will provide only enough steel for about 1600 new freight cars monthly and warned that the nation will vill be caught critically short of or cars at this rate in the thc event of war wan |