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" * Industry a at tall a li h th gh levelas level levela a as * . long as a natural rubber remains remainsIn remainsIn remaimIn In short supply was urgedThe urgedThe urged urgedThe The commlttet committee recommended that thataynthetle thaiaynthetic aynthetle thetic plants capable of producfag produc productna producl produclj tna fag j ; 60 O par per cent of the present caplIC capac caplICft7 capaclty capncity ft7 lty be * ) kftpt kept in permanent of o derationor eraUon eratlon eraUonor eratlonor or stand by condition conditionIt It urged broad 'broad ' research proCram pro proram programs -ram ram grams . - * . In ! n th the * ynthetic synthetic rubber fieldABd field fieldand fieldand and stockpiling stockplUng of natural rubberMajor rubberMajor rubber rubberMaJ Major MaJ r Objective ObjectiveIt 0 J ctlv It ! ft set up a sbitt shift hlft of the synthetic syntheticJndUfUy syntheticindustry syntheticIndustry JndUfUy industry to privat private * ownership andClperaUon andoperation and andyeratlon yeratlon ClperaUon operation as a * a major objectiveThe objective objectiveThe ' ! The be commltte committee * of which WilHam William WilliamL WilliamL L 1 . . Batt is II chairman divided its Hs I rtcommendations recommendations Into two groupsone groupsone groups one for the short run period of ofthl ofthis otal this thl . yar year and probably most of 1947 1047 1947during 1047during 1M'during 1Mduring ' during which natural rubber is exircted ex expected expected pected to continue in short supply111 supply supplythe supplythe the * other for tor a long term programThe program'lbe program programTha ' Tha 'lbe lbe The short term recommendation recommendations recommendationsIncluded recommendatloniiMduded . Included conUnuanc continuance * of internation Intel-national Intel national international Internationa - al a ] pooling and allocation of natural naturalrubber naturalrubber naturalrukkr naturalrukkrGvemnrnt rubber * rubberGovernment Gvemnrnt Government * power powers * . to allocaterubber allocat allocate allocaterubber allocatrubber < rubber to manufacturer manufacturers * and to con contro1 con1ro1 contrl tro1 1ro1 * peclflcatlon speciftcation specificatlons * . of rubber prod products products product ucts * thould should be b * continued the th * reportaald reportsaid report aald said aid , as . a * long 81 as a * the th * demand fornatural fornatural for atural natural rubber exceed exceeds * . the th * supply87DU1eUCil supplySynthetics supply supplyyistkaU 87DU1eUCil Synthetics yistkaU NeededNoting Needed NeededNoting NeededI NeededNoUng I Noting NoUng that som .ome ome some . * of it its * . proposalmay proposals proposalsmay proposalsmay * may require r * < ] ulr * leglslativ lelfslaUve legislative action actton . , thecommittee's the theI thecomn thc * I comn : committee's committees mnutt ttee's ttees * ' * long term recommendatlone recommen recommendaUol1l recommendtin daUol1l datlone * * * IncludedThere includedThere tacluded Included tacludedTher Ther There * abould should be b * continuously continuouslymaintained continuouslymaintained continuouslymaintained maintained in production and use usel'eard1e useregardless usergardl l'eard1e leard1e regardless ' * , * . < * of 01 cost coat . , , . sufficient .umcient umcient syn synlheUc synthetlc yntktl lheUc thetlc * * rubbr rubber * capacity to met meet * at atlea atleast atleait lea least . ' one-uUrd one uUrd one-U11r4 U11r4 one-third third - - Of I our ur rubbr rubber * reQgirements re- re reQUIrements re-apilmnenta re apilmnenta reapilmnentaTil - - QUIrements Qgirements QUIrementsThe QgirementsThe Til The committee c mmiite * was wa * mad made made * up of ofnpl1.entative ofrepresentatives otrayreientativ npl1.entative npl1entative representatives : . * . of the tk department departments departmentsof * . 01 of f state tato , . war , . navy , jutic JuatJce justice * * andcommerce andCWamTc and andcommerce commerce * , th the * Reconstruction Fi Fl FIDance Flnance Dance nance SBC corpora corporation tJOD . . Oftlce OMce Omc * of Rubber RubberRe.erve RubberReserve RubberAeiTV Re.erve Reerve Reserve . . , Rubber Development corporaUon corporation cor- cor corration - - poraUon poration ration and War Assets corporation corporafloss corpora- corpora corporalML - - lML tion floss . . lMLTechnical Technical asaistanc assistance * was wa * giventhe given giventhe giventk the committe committee * by y the th * departmentof department 01 of 01al1'lculture ofagriculture f agriculture al1'lculture al1lculture ' , . the th * tariff commis- commis commis.Jon commison comrnls-a comrnls a - - $ .Jon Jon . oM on and the th * Civilian CivlUan Product Products * admlnlstration administration ad runlstratlon mlnlstration ministration |