STEEL SHORTAGE
EFFECT IN AMERICA NAVAL CONSTRUCTION DELAYED Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON, February 13. The War Department announces that the construction of six new destroyers and three submarines has been halted owing to steel shortage. Fears are expressed that the construction of the two battleships may also be delayed. Steel manufacturers are opposing the WalshHealy Law specifying wage and hour standards, and have ' refused to bid. The navy needs at least 25,000,000 pounds of steel. Not even the keels of the destroyers and submarines are laid, although' some contracts were let on December 1 last.
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Evening Star, Issue 22573, 15 February 1937, Page 9
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96STEEL SHORTAGE Evening Star, Issue 22573, 15 February 1937, Page 9
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