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Show Assembly Lines on Way tcWin War DETROIT American assembly lines are on their way to win the war, since victory by the fighting forces stems not only from the courage of the W people but also W''ffMfi from the superi-1 &M!fa(!r$fffi ority of machines, - '..'. paul Garretti vice President and Director of Public Relations, General Motors Corporation, Corpo-ration, declared recently. Citing the "thought on the heart of every patriot that we as a people peo-ple put aside all selfish differences for the duration of this war and unselfishly unite our efforts for the victory of our armed forces," Mr. Garrett proposed "an American Ameri-can primer on how to help further fur-ther the victory we all seek." Among others, he listed these sug- j gestions: 1. Let us work for victory through a better understanding in , America that never was industry more united than now on winning this war at any cost; 2. Let us work for victory through a better understanding in America of what it is we are fighting fight-ing for; 3. Let us work for victory through a better understanding in America that differences between management and employes should J be submerged in getting the war job done; 4. Let us work for victory through a better understanding in America that there is hope fur a world of 1960 that transcends any. thing yet known if we will but imagine an"1 build it. The machine hit become, Mr. Garrett said, "at this grave hour , , theprotector of RV3' PeoPlc's right to work and live in ?JJ. free America. ' Nothing so hasj captured the imagination of the ' public as our new military machines. ma-chines. With them comes a new realization that back of the mechanized mech-anized equ'puient for Ihe war I front must in turn be other giant I ' I ' '' ' V t 1 v . 1 J Paul Garrett machines machines for production produc-tion in factories and shops, and still further back still more machines ma-chines and skills to make this production pro-duction equipment. "The assembly line is now on its way to win the war. Our basic knowledge in producing for civilian civil-ian wants has given us the know-how know-how in producing for war wants. I mean the know-how to design and build great new plants and new equipment to make intricate new weapons of war. Supplementing Supplement-ing the new facilities, this know-how know-how has enabled us fi'equ. nLly to adapt precision tools, designed to build the world's best industrial products, to building the world's best war machines. "The task devolving upon industry in-dustry is to focus on production of war items urgently needed all the enei'gy and vigor and skill '. that can be gatli- . j ered. It will tax j) '1 resources, it will -, (if 1 tax manpower, it ,..v '..'-.'j will tax tempera VA"'-'.'S merits. But it is a job industry must and will do." |