Said Defense Mobilization Boss Charles E. Wilson: "The pinch is on." With defense plants finally swinging into mass production, cuts in civilian production will increase fast.
With that, DPAdministrator Manly Fleischmann, who a few weeks before had promised civilian producers 65% of their pre-Korea supplies of steel, announced that fourth-quarter allotments will be cut to 58%. Copper, because of the strike (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), will be cut to 54%, aluminum to 46%.
But defense orders are still not going out fast enough to make up for the new civilian cutbacks....
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