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WHAT IT MEANS
Production
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By Robert M. Farrington
WASHINGTON — U. S. muni
tion production this year will not
reach the $65,000,000,000 goal set
for it,, although it is expected to
come very close, probably $62,
000,000,000 anyway.
Failure to meet this goal does
not mean that there will be a
munition shortage or that Ameri
can soldiers or sailors on any of
our fighting fronts will be with
out arms to defeat the enemy.
For one thing, there is a rec
ognized difference between the
scheduled goal and the amount of
equipment actually needed. War
Production Board men have been
fighting for "realistic” schedules
for some time, protesting that the
official schedules as put out by the
various agencies are frequently
nothing more than a mechanical
rabbit, close enough to the grey
hounds to keep them running,
but too far ahead to ever be
caught.
Dollar Yardstick
In addition, although using a
dollar yardstick to measure pro
duction is more satisfactory than
using numbers, weight or other
method, it has serious shortcom
ings. One of these is that as a
manufacturer succeeds in lower
ing his price per unit through ef
ficiency and increased experi
Nome Directory
HENRY JOSEPH
LALLEY
ACCOUNTING. INCOME TAX
AND SOCIAL SECURITY
P. O^ Box 156 Nome. Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
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Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
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Telephone Elliot 8209
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ence, it beats down the dollar
value goal.
For instance, 1,000 105 mm guns
might be scheduled at $15,000
i each. Once the guns are rolling
j off the production line, however,
|the cost drops to $11,500. On the
j over-all schedule, this would
i show up as a $3,500,000 decrease
although the quantity has been
met fully.
The difference between the of
ficial schedules and the real need
. starts back where the; critical ma
I terials, such as steel, copper and
aluminum, are divided among the
various claimant agencies (Army.
Navy, Maritii'V Commission,
etc.).
Competing Agencies
Since these agencies are com
. peting against each other for lim
ited quantities, they tend to go
before the hard boiled YVPB Re
! quirements Committee wnth high
| er demands than actually needed,
so that they will still get what they
need if their demands are cut.
If the Navy, for instance, asks
for a huge quantity of steel for
, warships, it has to back this up
i with a schedule showing when
and how many ships are to be de
livered. If the quantity of steel
; is inflated, then the schedule of
ships also has to be set higher
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than needed.
On top of this. Navy schedules
are not meant to be realistic, but
are purposely set high as an in
centive for the shipyards.
Lack of Realism
While this luck of realism does
not affect the material allocation,
it adds to the inflated schedule
and results in continuous failure
to meet the goals.
Aircraft schedules are another
example of a goal never to be at
tained. They are deliberately ps.it
as much as 15 per cent out of
reach so the manufacturer will
try to exceed the estimated ca
pacity of his plant. Aircraft
schedules have been “revised" at
least three times this year—^own
wards.
Schedules, therefore, are not a
hard-and-fast total that must be
met. That isn’t to say they can
be ignored or that producing im
possible numbers of war weapons
wouldn’t help shorten the war. If
it were possible to turn out say
10.000 Flying Fortresses a month
the war would be soon won: and
the claimant agencies can usually
whip up a good argument to jus
tify their high demands.
Some way of measuring our
progress in war production is nec
essary and schedules work tairly
well within their limitations. The
main danger is their too-literal
acceptance as the key to our
home-front effort. The battlefield
results are perhaps the best indi
cation of how good our produc
tion really is.
REALEASED FROM
HOSPITAL
Peter Johnson was released from
the hospital where he has been
confined for about two months
with a broken leg. Pete is on the
road to recovery and expects to
be at work again soon.
BIOLOGY CLASS TO
SPONSOR PROGRAM
Sunday night at 6:30. over sta
tion WXLN, the biology class
of the Nome high school, will
sponsor its first radio play to fur
ther its campaign, under the di
rection of Miss Foote. More de
tails will be given in Friday’s pa
per.
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Forum Holds
Meeting
A liberal, democratic attitude
toward a defeated Germany upon
the part of the United Nations at
the peace table, was favored by
Cpl. Philip Zimmerman at the
second forum discussion on “The
Post-War World" at the high
school Monday night.
Cpl. Zimmerman, who spent
most of his life in England, and
was educated there, was the prin
cipal speaker on the topic:-“What
Part Shall the Axis Powers Have
in the Post-War World?" His opin
ions dealt entirely wifh the status
of Germany following the United
Nations’ victory.
A large number of persons at
tending the gathering took part in
the discussion at the close of the
meeting, and many interesting
ideas were advanced as to the
treatment of the German nation
when the Allies win.
The speaker stressed two points
during his talk, dwelling on them
as most important in considering
any peace moves.
First, the United Nations must
reach full agreement on all poli
cies of peace and following it up
with direct, concerted action.
Second, they must allow and
even encourage-the defeated coun
tries to re-establish themselves
economically, thereby aiding all
nations in the world reconstruc
tion.
The people of Alaska represent
the pioneer spirit of early Amer
ica. the speaker said. Further
more.. they are not swamped by
the much ar\d varied propaganda.
But it is important, he said, that
they, as much as . anyone, reach
certain conclusions as to what
they want to.see in the post-war
world.
The problem of Germany, a
country that has started two wars
in 25 years, must be seftled with
perfect agreement and understand
ing among the United Nations and
between them and the defeated
powers. If such an understand
ing does not come about and
there are attempts to ruin Ger
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many economically. would be
fatal to any future pe^ce in The
• world, Cpl. Zimmerman empha
sized.
What was promised in the peace
treaty after World War I did not
take place when the Versailles
treaty was drawn up. the speaker
stated, and then the treaty itself
wasn't followed by the Allied
powers. ,
Europe never did recover eco
nomically from the last war, he
said, and this must be considered
in the peace aims following this
conflict, he said, because The eco
nomic situation of all of Europe is
reflected by that of Germany.
The Allies, for their own good,
besides Germany's, must lose sight
of any laws of vengeance that
might be directed at the German
people, he continued, but instead
concern themselves e rectly with
the internal settlement of the
country.
It is most important that the
German nation be given opportun
ity for economic recovery and I
prosperity and not subjugation.
Certain rearmament must be pre
vented. he said, but there must
be no reparations like those fixed
following the last war.
Crushing Germany not only
would dr up one of the poten- '
tially richest streams of the world, \
but would thrust upon the uni- j
verse the-hate that all democratic
people want to avoid. Cpl. Zim
merman stated.
Cp.. Zimmerman, following his .
talk, also briefly discussed youth
political groups in England and
the situation of India.
S. David Mazen, temporary
chairman of the forum group,
was in chi*rge of the meeting,
and Mrs. Thomas Morcom was
moderator during the discussion.
Election of permanent officers
1 scheduled for this meeting was
postponed until the meeting of
February 28. Study night of the
forum will be held at the Feder
ated church next Monday, Feb
ruary 21.
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3 tablespoons fat or chopped
suet
2 cups sliced, peeled small
squash
1-3 teaspoon salt
1-4 teaspoon celery salt
3-4 teaspoon pepper
1-8 teaspoon thyme or basil or
other herb
2 tablespoons margarine or but
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Melt fat in frying pan, add
squash. Cover tightly and simmer
15 minutes or until squash is tell
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ients and s’mmer five minutes.
Stir frequently with fork.
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