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Show Big Plants Get VitalNeedsFrom Small Factories Although large plants usually produce pro-duce the complefed armaments which go to our warriors, small business busi-ness has a vital place in war production. pro-duction. A study prepared by the Remington Arms company rites several sev-eral examples of small businesses which have helped to make possible a tremendous, overwhelming flow of supplies to our battle fronts. Here are some examples: Frank Ryder headed a small ice box manufacturing plant in Coble-skill, Coble-skill, N. Y. Priorities had ruled out steel for his boxes and he was about ready to close when some blueprints arrived from Remington inviting quotations on ammunition packing cases. He signed a contract to produce pro-duce practically the same product for war and today his plant is working work-ing three shifts. C. W. Woolworth of Lititz, Pa., made animal traps. But he realized the wartime possibilities of his plant, and as early as 1939 he was buying up automatic screw machines. ma-chines. When the arms plant needed need-ed armor piercing bullet cores, Woolworth and his vice president, Herman Drach, were all ready for orders. Arthur H. DuGrenier, a leader in the design and manufacture of vending vend-ing machines, converted his machinery, machin-ery, added more, and with some extra work succeeded in developing a tool-making plant. Possibly the most unusual change among the group was that of the Frank II. Lee company of Danbury, Conn., makers of men's hats. This organization also was converted into a tool-making establishment. According to James N. Greene manager of Lee's defensive division: "This venture of ours was started not for any monetary reasons, whatsoever. what-soever. We simply wish to put an ability that we may have, or that we can acquire, to work for the war effort, with the hope that concerns like ours, multiplied many times over in this country, will be the great factor in bringing an end to hostilities." |