U.S.A. AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 March 1942, Page 5

U.S.A. AFFAIRS

BOMBER PRODUCTION.

SAN DIEGO, March 16. Consolidated Aircrafts’ new mechanical assembly line started operations to-day, producing long-rang?. bombers. While, military secrecy prevents details, it may be said that the planes are rolling off in quantity from the plant, working on a modified three-shift plan, which will probably be expanded. The factory s size may be imagined when it is known that hundreds ol bicycles arc used inside by the employees, whose duties require trips to various pails of the factory frequently and quick y. Such bomber production will he augmented' soon when the automobile industy completes its factories built for the purpose.

WAR CONTRACT PROFITS.

(Rec-9-45^a-nu) lN(^ March 16 Congressional friends of Labour indicated to-day that they planned to fight for drastic limitation ot profits on war contracts to accompany any legislation placing a ceiling on wages. Senators Hill and La Follette, Labour’s leading supporters, expressed willingness to accept wage controls, u accompanied by profit curbs, but thought an arbitrary ceiling ovo wages might disrupt the mdustnal machinery incalculably.

LABOUR AND RUSSIA

(Rec. 10.40) NEW YORK, March 16. The American Federation ol Lab - our is considering the British Union leaders’ proposals that it should drop its long-standing opposition to co-operation with the Soviet trade unionists. Reporting this uiv “New York Tunes” says: Tne A.b.u. adamantly opposed past proposals oy the British and French labour movements to admit Russian unions into th° International Federation of Tiade Unions. The British unionists object is to enable the Labour movements of Britain, the United States, and Russia to join in the al Federation to help the United Nations’ war effort. Informed circles say that the A.F.L. leaders are fa\ - ourably considering the proposals, because the popular every contribution which Laboui tan make towards victory should be made, regardless of .. ldeol °? ,C T 1 Tn u l 0 d ferences. A delegation ot United States’ Labour leaders and employers is likely to be sent soon to England, and possibly to Russia, to visit armament plants.