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News of the nation's activity in marshaling its resources to meet the international emergency
PAD has also found that: (1) Natural gas will suprply an increasingly large percentage of the total amount used and will supply 96% of the market by 1955; ( 2 ) industriaJ sales will continue to account for the major part of total sales, reaching 57.9% of the total in 1955. In making its survey, PAD assumed that industrial production will steadily increase through 1953, after which time the rate of increase will gradually taper off; no additional government controls will be imposed; there will be no general war; coal and fuel oil prices will increase gradually and moderately; and gas prices will change in secord with local situations.
Defense Expansion Goals A n n o u n c e d
Seven defense expansion goals have been announced h> DPA. They are for chemical manufacturing machinery, industrial valves and fittings, electronic glass envelopes, kenaf fiber processing facilities, acid-grade fluospar, limestone and dolomite, and facilities for producing precision optics. T h e goal for chemical manufacturing machinery has been set at an $11 million capital investment in additional pre duction capacity by January 1954. This goal is limited to expansion of facilities to manufacture machinery for production of chemicals and does not include facilities to manufacture machinery for fabrication of items in which chemicals are used. About half of the goal has been covered by rapid writeoff certificates. Phosphate Fertilizers Lead in Certificates Issued Kenaf fiber is a substitute for jute. Certificates for 120 new or expanded facilities were* issued b y Defense P r o d u c Its goal has been set at $1.5 million expansion in capital investment for proc- tion Administration for the period Sept. 11 to 17. Of particular interest to the essing facilities to be available for the chemical industry are the six issued for $12.6 million for phosphate fertilizers and 1952 processing season. No certificates phosphate rock plants. Total for all those issued was $118,262,641. The three largest in the entire list went to American Airlines, Inc., $12,603,500, have been issued to date. The Department of Agriculture has set the air transportation; Braniff Airways, Inc., $11,556,599; air transportation; and 1952 fiber and seed goal at 15 million United States Steel Co., $9.844,672, electrolytic tin plate. Following is a list of those of interest to the chemical industry: pounds. PERC;I:NT.\
