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Show oo CUTTING DOWN ! NONESSENTIALS Washington, April it. Further restriction of the country's less essential essen-tial Industries, which will drastically: limit non-war building operations for the duration of the war, was announced announc-ed yesterday by the fuel administration, administra-tion, in the issuance of orders curtailing curtail-ing the manufacture of ten principal 1 clay products, from 15 to as high as 50 per cent. Simultaneous, the manufacturing manu-facturing program of this industry was ordered re-arranged and divided, plac- Ing it on ihe basts of war industry. Pace brick, common and paving, terra cottn. rooflnr: tile, floor nnd Wall' tilg ;md sanitary ware are ordered curtailed cur-tailed BO per cent, hollow tile, sewer I plpg and drain tile, 26 per cent, and j atone ware wlih the exception of chemical ware. Is curtailed 15 per cent Another new order curtails the output of enamel ware 5i per cent. The percentage of curtailment In each case is based on the avernpe output out-put for the past three years, This action by the fuel adminlstra- i tlon. which was approved by the war industries board, is declared to be the lorerunner of similar curtailment of practically every Industry considered not vital to the war program Two important im-portant things will be accomplished, in the belief of the fuel administration and the war industries board Tarts of the plants affected will be Converted for war industries, and men material and transportation will be made available for war production. That the production of all building materials eventually may be substan-tli.lh substan-tli.lh curtailed was disclosed by the statement accompanying today H orders. |