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25th December 1942
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U.S. Motor Industry's rURRENT estimates of war War Output 32 per ‘--"production by the U.S. motor cent. Above Peak. . industry place output at . an

annual rate of $5,400,000,000. This is about 32 per cent. above the average production rate of non-military items in 1941—the largest peace-time year on record for the industry. Based on 772 motor vehicle, body, parts and tool and die plants, it is estimated that 809,000 employees were engaged in war production in the industry in August. The rate of increase has been about 40,000 new workers a month. The present uptrend is expected to continue for many months more, barring " bottle necks " on materials and man power. •

CERTA1N incidents which ‘-'occurred at a rec n t important meeting indicate the desirability of exercising considerable care in the selection of chairmen. Every man occupying such a-position should be primed with a good knowledge of the rules of procedure, and— we might add—of courtesy. Discipline is sometimes necessary, but this should be tempired, and it is 'completely-out of order for a chairman to become abusive. A chairman's position is, we admit, often a difficult one, but the best way to control any turbulent elements is to display sang-froid and give clear-cut injunctions without any display of bias, Qualities which a Good Chairman Should Possess Use More Propane pCONOMY in the use of calor Coal Gas for cium carbide in order to Welding Work . . . save shipping and off account of new war demands is essential. In this connection, for metal cutting and nonferrous welding the medium employed may be one of several gases other than acetylene. For example, propane or boosted coal gas can, and should be, employed in its place wherever it be technically possible. This should result in the saving of many . thousands of tons of imported carbide. On the ferrous-welding side, when new plant is being installed this should preferably be for electric welding, whilst light-gauge work, now done by acetylene, could frequently be performed just as well by arc. Propane is a by-product of petroleum, and sufficient supplies are available to meet all the purposes for which it could be substituted. A 56-lb. cylinder of propane can do the same work as three 200-cubic-ft. cylinders of dissolved acetylene. The propane flame requires a more critical mixture of gas and oxygen, and the limits of adjustment are rather finer than when dissolved acetylene and oxygen are employed, but anyone who can use a torch properly should easily master this adjustment, and if the flame be correctly set it will not blow back, and a narrow, clean cut can be made.

Inducement Offered A SCANDALOUS case in to Lorry Driver to 1-1which an official en Commit Offence. . deavoured to persuade a driver to commit an offence against the fuel regulations is referred to in the December Bulletin of the National Road Transport Employers' Federation. A London driver was stopped by a man who said that he was an official of the Air Ministry and who, after asking where the driver was going, demanded to be taken to a place a short distance away, although off the direct route, and he offered 5s. for the journey. As an additional inducement, he said that his car had run out of petrol. After the driver had refused the "offer," the agent provocateur produced a card labelled "Inspector of Road Transport," and told the driver that if he had acceded to the request he would have been Summoned for carrying passengers and consuming fuel for an unlawful purpose.

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