CAR MANUFACTURERS' TASK
^ / Reeeived Fridav, 7.45 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 3. The president Qf the Society of j Motor ManufHcVufers aud Traders, fSi r Miles • Thomas, saic] today: " It is '"export or exit' for us. We have got to sell overseas on merit and on price." j Sir Miles Thomas referred to a sug- j ■gestion by tlio "Min'istcr of Supply, Mr. Wilnvot, that eacli (inn should produce only one model. He said manufacturers would standardiso componcnts as far as possible and would reduce models to 42 withiirlS months rompared with 13(5 in 1939 . but enforced reduction at a quicker raio would throw tlie industry inlo ehaos. Tho at tai ument of tlie Bcrnrd of Trado's target would entail the production of vehicles at tlie ratc of 475, 009 annuaHv -by Deccmbcr 194!) compared with tlie present rato of 300,000 aunually.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 October 1947, Page 2
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