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BUSINES

Small Plane Designer Optimistic But Sees Several Problems Ahead

. e——= By ROGER BUDROW-

THE PROSPECTS FOR A FAMILY AIRPLANE are

fairly good but some important problems still must be solved,

according to Edward R. Burn, director, of engineering and

research for the Aeronca. Airplane Corp. who spoke to automotive and mechanical engineers here last night. Mr. Burn decries the “Sunday supplement” dreams of family air flivvers but believes that steady progress by the

small plane Riana turer. will

ship selling for $100 Every time some om, designer or manufacturer comes out with a claim he has a “foolproof” ship, sales of other small airplanes already on the market take a nosedive for a while, Mr. said, until the public again jearns that “foolproof” plane|

| is just spines

dream.

Two ideas ad-|

vanced for making small planes) safer met objections from Mr. Burn. The two-con-| trol plane may be easier to learn| to fiv but the conventional three-| en type is easier to fly cross-| countrv. Likewise, the tricycle landing gear may make for safety but it prolongs the take-off run on|

Soon result in a two-passenger

‘SEE SLOWDOWN IN PRODUCTION

Burn |

‘Army Needs

Nelson Says.

WASHINGTON, March 17 P.).—War production board officials|

| were reconciled today that war fac- | tories may have to slow down to

free more men for the armed forces

| but were prepared to press for con-

tinued deferment for young techni-| cians who constitute the backbone!

{of many vital new industries.

WPB Chief Donald M. Nelson and |

Men More the Than War Material Now, |

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SOURCE: WAR PRODUCTION BOARD °®APRIL-DEC. 1942

T ENOUGH!

SRAPHIC BY PICKS, B. Viel

WPB Accused of Being Unfair:

By FRED W. Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, March 17.—The

To Unaffiliated Labor Unions

PERKINS

war production board was included

a soft field or one covered With |Selective Service Director Lewis B.| today in charges of unaffiliated unions, that they are being discriminated

snow and until we have better air-|gershey told the steel industry at a|against by government agencies.

fields such a landing .geap would * not be of widespread benefit. One reason Mr. Burn said there] “definitely” will be a $1000 twopassenger airplane shortly after the]

The government's policy, they assert,

closed meeting yesterday that army | aims at their extinction in favor of the larger labor bodies, the American

even if it means losing production | —reflecting a high command deci{sion that the time has come when|

land navy draft quotas must be filled | Federation of Labor and the C. I. O. Al Philip Kane, general counsel for

re National Federation of Tele-

phone Workers, said that when this union recently suggested to the

WPB labor division that telephone]

war is that tool costs have been|more men, rather than more ma- | workers be included in a series of sults in the systematic exclusion of

amortized through the war. It will be of simple construction.

His company is looking into sheet said to feel that most war plants|war, metal planes of aluminum alloy could absorb the shock without any|would have to be obtained first fabric-covered wings). major loss in production, but were from the A. F. of L. "highly concerned »about “younger” | costs, which is an item not to be scientific industries—synthétic rub- tion,

{hut with

This should reduce>-maintenance

| terials, is the main consideration.

{broadcasts glorifying the part of independent people from all gov-|

Nelson and his top aides were/American labor in carrying on the ernment boards and committees.”

clearance |

it was told that

The telephone workers’ federa-| claiming to represent more!

overlooked because, on the average, | | ber, radio detection, high octane! than half--of the country’s 500, 000 | it costs $900 a year to maintain a | gasoline and aircraft—in which employees in this industry, has been | plane, including hangar rental, even, men in their early and mid-twen- in conflict with both A. F. of L. and

if it isn't flown at all. _ These big airport hangars are not gensible for small planes, he said. Huge hangar doors have to be

opened and often six or seven planes|

must be moved out of the way to get one out on the field. What we need are small, one-plane hangars, Mr. Burn said. To make small planes safer, manufacturers may restrict control movements so there will be no violent maneuvers close to the ground, which is where most accidents

occur. In addition to needing special hangars, lower maintenance costs and greater safety, the small plane market must have some sort of mapJmarking. system for pilots and a quick means for getting to and from the airport. But most of all, the small plane manufacturer wants a more powerful motor, say around 150-horsepower, to power a fourpassenger plane but costing under the present $1000. “And if you can do something about the weather,” Mr. Burn told the engineers, “that would be a big help, too.” He had to take the train over from Middletown, O., just 100 miles, because of the weather. ® 8 8

ODDS AND ENDS: Of the 107 planes operated by British Overseas Airways Corp., British governmentowned company, 63 are Americanmade. . . Some southern Illinois coal is being shipped to South America because the British couldn't deliver from England. . . . Herman W. Steinkraus, Bridgeport Brass Co., sold 2500 shares of his common stock, half of his holdings, late in December, according to the SEC,

Incorporations

Aladdin Bus Lines of Indiana, Inc, W. Washington st., Alexandria; agent, Albu’ | Durham, 315 W. Berry st, Alexancria five shares no par value; to operate bus| lines; T. A. Blain, Albus Durham, U.| Ogden Etchison. Cummins Diesel Sales of Idaho, Fifth and Wilson sts, Columbus; Edwin G. Crouch, Columbus; 1000 shares without par value; D. Allen, Edwin G. Crouch, P. E Letsinger. Centrifugal! Casting Co., Inc. 602 Washington st., Bluffton; agent, Cornelius PF Sterl ing, same address; 100 shares of $100

Ine, agent,

par value: Leland E. Cole Jr, William F. ready falling off because of labor established.”

Noll. Cornelius F., Sterling. Independent Beverage Corp., Anderson; d:s=olution. Manchester Co-Operatives Inc, N chester direc M

Man- ; amendment providing number of tors shall be seven. & M, Joe Indianapolis; dissolution. nvestment Corp, Evansville,

na Central Airways, ave, Marion; agent, Ralph Mar520 W. 5th ave, Marion: 1000 { $100 par value; riines; ‘Selah G. Wright, euccilli, John O. Campbell, Mone on Lumber Co, Monon; dissolution. D. G. Realty Co., Inc, 25 Monument Cir ie Indianapolis; agent, W Harn ison, sam ne address: 1000 shares of par value; Frank Onasch, , B. Ww. Streiff ier, Mele Wiliam Meley, William

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Radar Industry C ited

Some of these vital war industries, it was pointed out, were built almost entirely by young men who completed their academic studies only five or six years ago. A WPB spokesman explained that a man could be an expert technician but would still be useless in the development of radar, for example, unless he had studied the subject very recently at a .university. The young men in the “scientific” industries—some of which became large only because of the war—are actually indispensable in the full meaning of the word, he said. Chairman Charles E. Wilson of the aircraft production board said he would have to know more about the intensified draft program before

“Ihe could determine {ts effect on

airplane - production. The fact is, however, that West coast aircraft manufacturers are still suffering from labor shortages although the situation is not as te as it was several months Fo

Rubber Chief Worried Rubber Director Bradley Dewey, |

output of synthetic rubber, is known to be worried over the possible impact of new withdrawals of men from the synthetic industry, which is just beginning to hit its stride. | He has called a press conference! {for tomorrow when he is expected to discuss the vulnerability of his program to the draft, of younger men. Nelson told steel industry delegates he was confident that American industrial ingenuity could produce needed war goods despite | manpower losses. { “American industry has never been licked—it won't be licked | mow! * he said. The steel men submitted reports] showing that production was al-

| shortages and they emphasized that these shortages will become far more serious under the stepped up draft.

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C. I. O. unions in this field of union organization.

Gives No Explanation

“Imagine our chagrin and feeling of futility and disappointment,” said Mr. Kane. “In the face of such occurrences it is difficult to convince many people that we still have a democratic government and that

country.”

The labor division of WPB, in charge of the radio programs glorifying labor's war efforts, is in general charge of Joseph D. Keenan, WPB vice chairman for labor production. He could, not be reached immediately for comment. Membership on WPB's labor division is restricted to representatives of the A. F. of L. and C, I. O,, in line with the policy.in all other government agencies where labor unions have been given an advisory or policymaking position. “When Donald Nelson, head of the war production board, recently met with labor representatives to get the workers’ slant on production problems, only delegates of the two larger labor organizations were invited,” said J. A. Beirne, president of the telephone workers’ feder-

| ation.

After WLB Chiefly

The main effort of the independent unions is directed against the w r board, which includes CIQ/ and AFL members who sit on cases involving non-affiliated unions. Spokesmen for the tele-

phone workers joined with other | groups of independents recently, in| demanding representation, on the same basis as the big labor organizations. They were promised that the board will consider more recog- | nition for them on its minor agencies. This, said Mr. Kane, was. “only a palliative,” and the organization {for which he spoke “will not rest [until the fundamental principle is

The principle, he said, is that “a tri-partite body can be justified ‘only if it gives equal representation to all whose interests are involved.” In the case of the war labor board, he asserted, “the tri-partite policy turns out to be a sham.” Federal officials, from President Roosevelt and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins down the line, he said, have taken the view that all labor is represented by the major organizations. He said this policy had been charged to both “political and a desire to “follow the line of leastresistance,” but | whatever the motive “we say it re-

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This, Mr. Kane declared, “has the |effect of saying to the members of the National Federation of Telephone Workers and other similarly (affiliated workers that they should join either the C. I. O. or A. F. of L. if"they-want-a real voice in the government when matters affecting la= bor are decided.”

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‘WASHINGTON, March 17.—The Big Inch pipe line, the soven not bs a peacetime white elephant, but , will continue to deliver crude to the east coast at low cost and help stop fluctuation of tank-ship

These are the conclusions reached by two pipe line experts, Wallace R. Finney, an adviser of the Re-. Administration for War, and J. B. Adoue, pipeline engineer for Standard of New Jersey. Finney is also an official of Standard

Their joint study of the Big Inch, which connects the oil fields of Texas with the east coast, delivering 300,000 barrels of crude ofl per day, was presented to a recent meeting of the American Institute

The 1340-mile’ line has been in Experts report it is showing that transportation of oil by tank ship, regarded as the cheapest

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Eastern Seaboard, but the Big Inch will be operated permanently. It will provide not only low-c transportation, but. will have 1 further beneficial effect of acting. as a cushion on tanker rates, which . + « have fluctuated widely.”

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CHICAGO, March 17 (U. P27 Grain futures generally ruled to easier on the Board of Trads” today. In mid-session rye rallied * to slight gains in the deferred de-")

liveries. At 11 a. m. rye was.off % to

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