Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1943 — Page 7

GENERAL. MOTORS REPORTS ON I TS FIRST "FULL YEAR OF WAR ACTI VITIES

an ample supply of the most effective fighting weapons in the world. They cannot give even a hint of the initiative displayed by our engineers and mass-production technicians in effecting ‘manufacturing economies and efficiencies which have resulted in the saving of critical war materials and manpower, and which have already made possible price reductions amounting {to hundreds of millions of dollars. These are the practical results that come from encouraging individual effort and initiative—the American way of getting the job done. Machines alone cannot win- the victory—it will be won by free men working and fighting together for the

FIRST, AN APPRECIATION . . . While the figures and statistics shown below are impressive, they do not tell the full story. They do not show, for example, the cooperation we have had from Army and Navy officials at every step of our progress toward the record production already achieved. Nor do they indicate the fine spirit of cooperation shown by our suppliers and subcontractors, on whom we'rely for so much of the work. They cannot convey an adequage picture of the eagerness of ' hundreds of thousands of General Motors men and women to

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back the courage and determination of our fighting men with

tL only kind of future worthy of America.

1940 and 1941 were years of defense production and of

planning for the possibility of war. Pearl Harbor found : this defense production well urider way. With the declaration of war and the call for “all-out’’ war effort, General

Motors concentrated its entire organization and all its facilities on war production. The tremendous job ahead at the threshold of 1942

7 called for the “know-how’’ of all our engineers, designers, mechanics and managers, skilled and experienced in mass

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production. It required the retooling and rearranging of all our plants for maximum production of war products. It

. meant designing and building new machines, and tools to - make them—training skilled fiands to perform new tasks,

and teaching the unskilled—building employment and

payrolls to unprecedented peaks—organizing and enlisting

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the support of our network of thousands of suppliers and subcontractors. It also meant establishing and operating training schools to teach thousands of men in the armed

i forces howto properly service and maintain Genefal Motors

built war equipment. Now at the beginning of 1943 these basic ranks have all

u been accomplished, ar and during their accomplishment Gen-|

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eral Motors plants made and delivered a mighty, rising tide of war materials. That tide continues to rise with mass-production technique swinging into full stride. ‘Thus General Motors answers our government’s call Sow “Production, production—and more production!’’

GENERAL MOTORS’ PURCHASES FROM SUBCONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS

1941 1942

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1942

PEACETIME PEAK

1941 1942

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

, THOUSANDS OF WORKERS

ON COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS

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We regret that for military reasons we cannot report the"

trucks, Diesel engines for submarines and other uses, airplane instruments and hundreds of other items made and delivered by General Motors." We can say that in ‘totaled approximately $1,900,000,000—

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In June 1941, factory employment was 250,000—an alltime high. Since then, 50,000 replacements have been ' made, largely to replace men who have gone into the armed services, and 49,000 additional employes have been hired. To the 54,000 salaried workers employed in June 1941, 17,000 have been added. At the end of 1942 General loyment reached 370,000—66,000 above the

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more than in 1941—the highest

previous peak. It is anticipated that 100,000 will be added.

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‘General Motors’ payrolls, like General Motors’ employment figures, are at an all-time high in our 105 plants in . 46 communities and 13 states—and five plants in Canada. The December 1942 payroll was $88,000,000. This was 45% - ‘more than the peacetime peak in June 1941. The total General Motors payroll for 1942 was $839,000,000—~28%

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The fastest, most effective way to distribute war work among the greatest number of producers is primarily through larger industrial organizations who ‘have technical staff's available and who are accustomed to working with suppliers and subcontractors. Purchases from subcontractors and suppliers in the fourth quarter 1942 were $330,900,000, compared with, the peacetime

year.

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