Show 1943 Will wm Test meric a s sAs Production StrengTh Streng h hAs As A Axis Ath is Armament Plant Capacity Capaci y Is Left Behind Before this year ends the present war workers will be increased increased increased in in- creased to or more in the nations nation's out all-out everybody-aboard everybody war effort that will produce something like planes tanks anti aircraft guns and over tons of shipping to put Adolf Hirohito and little Musso 1 in their respective places This is the thc year when American industry and labor will show that it can do next to or even the impossible in turning turning turning turn turn- ing out the weapons for victory over the Axis For some time the gigantic machinery machinery ma ma- chinery of American Industry was slowly gaining speed There was temporary confusion Soon though the might and power of America hard at work began to tobe tobe tobe be felt as the armed forces of the nation began to make glorious use of weapons rolling roIling from unusual production production pro pro- lines steel mills automobile plants and converted time peace-time manufacturing plants Today there is hardly a person whose work is ts not at least closely tied up with the national national na na- na armament production plan Speaking In the nations nation's Captol Capitol Capitol Capi Cap tol Secretary of or Commerce Jesse Jones said We Ve are al already already already al- al ready our Axis Ais enemies and are only now approaching approaching approaching ap ap- ap- ap peak production in certain essential military ries rica While 1943 19 will be a real test of the ability of at American productive genius to supply our own armed forces and those thos of our Allies past performances give us every ground for confidence confidence con con- that the high goals fixed by the President will be achieved That program which was shown shO In part at the beginning calls for a total expenditure of or at least by June 30 this year Where planes a month was the schedule for 1942 the 1943 output will ill be more than twice that In 1940 only a month were pro pro- During 1942 1042 the shipbuilding Industry industry Indus indus- try produced over tons of shipping The goal for 19 1943 3 is twice that amount A total of tons would be equivalent to 25 per percent percent percent cent of the entire merchant marine of the world when the war broke out Over a year ago it took almost days to construct a Liberty ship American inventiveness ingenuity and efficiency have whittled that time down to 56 days and there is no doubt even that time will be further further further fur fur- ther cut down Not so long ago Donald Nelson Nelsen spoke before the National Association Association Association tion of Manufacturers and said At this moment the United States is producing combat armaments in as great a volume as all the Axis powers pow ers combined A year from now this year 43 it will be producing twice as much and the United Nations Na Na- lions as a whole will be pro out their adversaries by a margin of three to one The automobile industry Her after tooling re-tooling for war production began began began be be- gan to get in its main stride toward the middle of or 1942 1912 Even then before it was In hi complete working order it turned out war equipment valued at equivalent to passenger passenger passenger pas pas- cars and trucks or more than it turned out in the historic prosperous year 1929 Farmers of America as Secretary of Agriculture said elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where on this page are making superhuman efforts to make 1943 a agre gre greater ter production year than was the giant 1942 This year farmers will have fewer farm hands than last year more of his family will wilI be helping Labor shortages have already shown in Various various various va va- rious sections of the nation but Manpower Manpower Man Man- power Commissioner McNutt has come to the aid nid by bringing in intran transient tran farm help whenever and wherever wherever ever possible About the onI only commodity com corn farmers arc not asked to produce more than they did in 1942 are grain cereals for bread and food food- stuffs The granaries of America are filled to the overflowing There will willbe willbe willbe be plenty of bread and similar products products prod prod- not only for Americans but neighbors who need it Allies and lend lease friends Production for Victory Even though over 0 farmers farmers farm farm- I ers worked from before dawn until far late into the night during 1942 i they still were unable to keep up with the demand for some products such as meats of certain types and grades and dairy products The lat latter latter lat lat- lat lat-I ter were being dehydrated in enormous enormous enor enor- quantities for shipment abroad both to the armed forces and to lend lease nations This year over milk cows will nill be utilized to supply the Increased demand for dairy products The great amount of milk alone that needs to be during 1943 19 can be imagined imagined imag imag- ined med when during 1940 1910 a war non-war year the U. U S. S per capita consumption consumption consumption con con- of all dairy products amounted to over 97 gallons That figure includes such per capita amounts as 17 pounds of butter 59 cheese 23 Ice cream Food will write the peace after tins this war is ended whether it be this year or during 1944 But food food food- and plenty of it it-is it is needed right now for fighters and workers and those not so fortunate in war-torn war lands Meat teat rationing will attempt to bring bringa a fair allotment to each American Even then the farmers w will be pushed to supply the per person per year consumption of or meats for this nation alone In 1942 1912 American farmers went over the quota set for them That they can top quota isan is isan isan an almost certainty One of the dangers dangers which which American American Amer Amer- ican people have been careful enough to heed heed arising arising from the increase in employment is that of an increased increased in in- creased income without an accompanying accompanying accompanying supply of products which they could buy with their new wealth That this danger will wilI be no less during during during dur dur- durI I ing 1943 when employment will wilI increase in increase in- in crease still more and products for in-I in consumption will be less is under- under L. J c The Thc men behind the men behind the guns such as those shown here I are arc the th-e ones that are arc keeping the production line humming stand able Bond buying Victory tax on payrolls increased income taxes and probably compulsory savings might take some of this excess spending power away But the force of what remains will still be greater than It was In 1942 The record farm income of 1919 according to statisticians was exceeded ex cx- last year by over a n billion dollars with the 1942 gross income being cash income Including benefit payments being The national outlay in salaries and wages was at least in hi 1942 an Increase of 80 per cent from 1939 It is assumed assumed as ns- despite certain counteracting forces that salaries and wages will willbe willbe willbe be more than that in 1943 The consciousness with which the armed forces rural and urban workers workers workers work work- ers went about their respective jobs during 1942 gives an idea of the might which this nation will achieve during this present year Poet Walt Whitman wrote I hear America singing This year Americans will continue to hear the nations nation's industry humming humming humming hum hum- ming a tune of Victory which will soon soon everyone everyone hopes hopes break break out into into into in in- to a mighty song celebrating the victorious defeat deleat of the enemy i I Smoke Gets In Their Eyes Eyes' II |