TANKS SPEED UP
DOUBLING U.S. OUTPUT Immediate Programme To Be Launched Rec. 1 p.m. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. The United States will embark immediately on a new programme designed to double tank production. This was to-day announced by President Roosevelt, who said the new programme would go far beyond the goal of 2000 tanks a month, mentioned by Mr. William S. Ivnudsen, Chief of the Office of Production Management. Some new plants will be built and others expanded as operations are stepped up. The President said the tank pro-
The President said the tank programme was being developed primarily for America's own armed forces, rather than to meet lease-or-lend demands.
Tanks have been chosen as the first of the materials in the production drive because they are regarded as most urgent.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 253, 25 October 1941, Page 7
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