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Show U. S. Leads m Potential Explosive Output I iff rKfn . 1 ., Material, Transporta-j0n Transporta-j0n and Personnel Give v EiKrc 10 U. S. Plants. Pittsburgh. The united states loans the world in potential pro- !' 'ciion capacity of explosives, both .peace and war purposes, accord-, accord-, lt) a former World war Austrian tinist. now professor at Carnegie imte of Technology, fpr. Ernst Gerl, research professor Carnegie Tech and former chief f.nist of the Austro-Hungarian ir ministry, listed a number of .. ,.ors which, he said, would assure almost unlimited manufacture of ills and other artillery ordnance sn emergency.' Vhe abundance of raw material in ( , United States, he explained, is important factor, but is not the v reason. Other factors include efficient and extensive transpor-icn transpor-icn system, and a highly trained wnnel in all branches of the Reserves of Petroleum. i jnong important available raw Nlerials, he listed huge reserves Uuge gams in manufacture of munitions for domestic use is evidenced m busy mun.tHws plants in the United States. Here a worker in a Dover, i "J riV6tS th6 Uming head on the end of a 75m" ell, one of LT 8 mSt danS:erous jobs. Workers are so busy they have little w V"y. the Shad0W 0f danger which ha"gs over the factory where death is packed into steel cylinders. petroleum, natural gas, coal and t Bulose all of which are vital in "manufacture of explosives. In these, he declared, the United tes excels all other countries. ; ilso helpful will be the abundant ,.;ut of fats and sugars, which -vm the foundation for certain muttons, mu-ttons, Dr. Berl said, -lo the personnel side, he pointed :, there are 13,000 chemical engi-5;rs engi-5;rs in the country, and also a H-jller number of chemists to staff explosives industry, if necessary. Tin short," Dr. Berl declared, l. have both brains and the stuff Tse them upon." Essential Minerals Available, pother source of strength to the ;ed States munitions industry in ..'s opinion is the availability, if f materials are deficient, of a el from Canada, nitrates from f t. mercury from Bolivia, Chile Mexico, platinum from Canada : Colombia, and tin supplies from ria. c." home, also, the country's enor-supplies enor-supplies of cracking gases en- cheap production of glycol and -'pin. |