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Show assembly line V The Dura strike mav h , I dUCtion of Ford p2n ;1 and trucks and all ZgM after five or six days D only critical suppli,r J lated with TAW U " ' f are members ol IMA, do Other critical supply I strike are National & J Manufacturing company ol M veland, and Lamson and Se V of Cleveland, both of whichM ply bolts, nuts and screw. continuation of strikes halt all production. ision at Wyandotte, which manufactures man-ufactures truck wheel rims, and Dura division of Detroit Harvester Harves-ter company, Toledo, 0 which manufactures Ford window regulators, reg-ulators, top lifting device for convertibles and the ventilator handle assembly for Ford. If the strikes at either Federal Bearings or Waterbury Steel Ball company continue another five days, production of Ford, Mercury Merc-ury and Lincoln passenger cars and trucks probably would be halted A continuation of the strike at Firestone for another five days may stop Ford truck FORD NEWS Dearborn, Mich.,- Strikes which have closed plants of seven sev-en critical suppliers are threaten- ! ing the Ford Motor company 1 with another shutdown of passen- . ger car and truck production. Ford has kept the UAW-CIO ad- ; vised of the critical situation, in detail, now as in the past. Twenty-five Ford suppliers , currently are closed by strikes Employes of 15 of the suppliers are affiliated with the UAW-CIO. I Six of the seven critical suppliers are UAW affiliates. The most critical supliers on I strike are Federal Bearings company, com-pany, Inc., of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and its subsidiary, Waterbury Steel Ball company, manufacturers manufactur-ers of ball bearings; Firestone Rubber and Metal Products div- |