U.S. AND CANADA

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 174, 25 July 1942, Page 5

U.S. AND CANADA

JOINT PRODUCTION

War Output Well Ahead

Of Schedule

United Press Association.—Copyright. Rec. noon. WASHINGTON, July 24,

The Joint War Production Committee of the United States and Canada has issued its first report. It announced that the United States munitions output has increased fourfold over that of 1941. Canada's production has increased threefold. Both anticipate still sharper increases. The figures were for the second quarter of 1942.

A summary of the progress revealed an increasing standardisation of the weapons of the two countries and a faster exchange of supplies, thus averting production delays. The elimination of tariff barriers will cause an increase in the exchange of production and information. In one instance Canada saved the expense of plant expansion for critical chemical material because the United States was able to contribute supplies.

Canada has shipped 500,000 each of shell bodies, fuses and tracers for a certain type of gun to the United States during the period. Canadian supply is ahead of schedule. Reciprocally the United States has shipped 150,000 body castings for a certain type of shell, enabling the Canadian plants to load and ship on schedule.

As a result of the United States Maritime Commission ordering steel plates for Canadian shipbuilding, several hundred thousand tons of merchantmen will go down Canadian ways in 1942.