Synthetic Rubber
“I do not think any great manufacturing country can be without synthetic rubber,” said Lord Baillieu, chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd., in an interview in Wellington. He said that Britain had no synthetic rubber. Sixty per cent, of the cars in the United States ran on synthetic rubber today, he said. America was fortunately placed with ample sources of supply of synthetic rubber, and it was the home of it today. There was a little in Europe, and the Russians had it, too. There was a fine synthetic rubber plant in Canada, but Britain had to import the supplies it needed. “My view is that the United Kingdom manufacturers must control a source of supply of synthottq rubber," b« said,—(P.A.) (
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27226, 18 December 1953, Page 13
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124Synthetic Rubber Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27226, 18 December 1953, Page 13
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