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Show MANLTACTURERS LIMIIOllTPliT Passenger Automobiles and Repair Parts to Be Reduced to One-Fourth Prouction. WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. Manufacturers Manu-facturers of passenger automobiles and repair parts have agreed with the warj Industries board to limit production' during the last six months of 1918 to twenty -five per cent of the total production pro-duction In 1917 according to announcement announce-ment tonight In the iorm of a letter from the war industries board to the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Com-merce. To permit this production the board gave notive that it will extend preferential treatment for the obtaining obtain-ing of materials necessary to "match up" the stock on hand. Plants have an excess supply of steel on hand after completing the permitted construction, according to the terms of the agreement will be required to turn over the supply to other plants. The agreement means the cutting of automobile production during the last half of the present year at least fifty per cent The board in Its letter refused to make any promises concerning production pro-duction of passenger automobiles after December 31, 191S, but reiterated its previous request that all plants get on a war work basis before the end of the year. |