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The Magazine of Metalworking and Metalproducing MARCH 20, 1944 Volume 114— Number 12 Women workers operating centerless grinders in plant of Wyckoff Drawn Steel C o . P a g e 8 0 EDITORIAL STAFF E . L . S h a n e r NEWS Editor-in-Chief E . C . K reutzberg “Jumping the Gun” is Major Civilian Goods Problem 49 E ditor WPB officials seek fair competition in reconversion period W m. M . R o o n e y I r w i n H . S u c h News Editor Engineering Editor What’s Ahead for the Metalworking Industry? 67 J . D . K n o x G u y H u b b a r d S t e e l ’s survey reveals industry’s views on reconversion problems Steel Plant Editor Machine Tool E ditor A rthur F. M acconochie Present, Past and Pending 51 Decentralization 60 Contributing Editor Surplus Materials 52 Ferroalloys 61 D. S. C adot A rt Editor Railroads 53 WPB-OPA 62 Iron O r e ....................................... 54 Men of Industry 64 Associate Editors Steel Prices .................................. 55 Obituaries 66 G. H. M anlovr W . J. Cam pbell G. W. B i r d s a l l F . R , B r i g g s Contracting ................................ 56 Women at Work 80 New York, B. K . P r i c e , L. E . B r o w n e Pittsburgh, R . L. H a r t f o r d Chicago, E . F . R o s s Detroit, A. H. A llen W ashington, L . M . L a m m London, Vincent D elport TECHNICAL Assistant Editors Adherence to Standard Aircraft Tubing List Would Ease Order Jam 84 J . C . S u l l i v a n D . B . W i l k i n R. W. S h k s t a c J.M . K u r t z Two hundred and five sizes will cover 95% of airframe needs BUSINESS STAFF The Art of Deep-Drawing Domes for Airplane Propeller Mechanisms 86 G. O. H ays Thinner walled design for stamping saves considerable aluminum Business Manager Hard-Service Roller Built Up by Welding at 20% Saving in Costs 88 R. C. Jaenke Advertising Manager Nature of development gives it unusual postwar significance C . II. B a i l e y Advertising Service Interesting Novelties Advanced in Electrodeposition of Metals 94 Neu York, E. W . K reutzberg, K . Ä. Z ö l l n e r Investigations throw spotlight on “Rainbow” and alloy plating Pittsburgh, S, H. Jasper, B. C. S nell Million-Volt X-Ray Unit Jointly Used Insures Sound Castings 96 Chicago, L. C. P elo tt, V. W . V o l k Research leads to correct design, procedure and lower cost Cleveland, D. C. K iefer, C. H. Cross Los Angeles, F. J. F u ller Identification Aids in Selecting Metallic Arc Welding Electrodes 98 J . W . Z u b e r Circulation Manager Characteristics of E6011 rod compared with related types National Emergency Steels Prove Adaptable to Oil Hardening 102 Main Office Renton Building, Cleveland 13, Ohio Higher carbon grades heat treat' to more uniform hardness Branch Offices Photoelectric Device Spots Pinholes, Maintains Tin Plate Quality 108 New York 1 7 .....................................110 East 42nd St. High accuracy permits speed increase to 1000 feet per minute Chicago 11......................... 520 North Michigan Ave. Pittsburgh 19 ............... 2800 Koppers Building Detroit 2 ................................. .6560 Cass Ave. Washington 4 .............956 National Press Building Cincinnati 2 ............. 2030 Carew Tower FEATURES Los Angeles 4, 130 North New Hampshire Ave. London.... 2 Caxton Street, Westminster, S.W. 1 As the Editor Views the News 45 Wing Tips 76 Postwar Previews .......... 57 The Business Trend 82 Published by The Penton Publishing Co., Windows of Washington 58 Industrial Equipment 116 Penton Bldg., Cleveland 13, Ohio. E. L. Sir a n e b , Construction and Enterprise 158 •resident and Treasurer; G. O. H a y s , Vice Presi Mirrors of Motordom 73 dent and General Manager; R. C. J a e n k e , Vice President; F. G. Steinebach, Vice President and secretary; E. L. W e r n e r , Assistant Treasure^ Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations; Associated Business Papers, Inc., and National Publishers’ Association. MARKETS Published every Monday. Subscription in the hinted States and possessions, Canada, Mexico, More War Steel Loads Mills Beyond Capacity 139 Cuba, Central and South America, one year $6; two years $10; all other countries, one year $12. Market Prices and Composites ................................................................. 1^0 Single copies (current issues) 25c. Entered as second class m atter at the postoffice 1 at Cleveland, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Index to advertisers ...................... Copyright 1944 by the Penton Publishing Co. Where-To-Buy Products Index carried quarterly 43 Here is shown an instance where the Ex-Cell-O Small Hydraulic Unit (Style 21) is On this-Ex-Cell-O doubii lied on a machine for the drill press, two Style 25-A accurate drilling of holes in Ex-Cell-O Hydraulic Unit: oil pump bodies. are mounted cn the column: in vertical position. This ha definite advantages on cw 'Plan Mow for tain classes of work. ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION ! For the machine you build, or the machine we build, the use of Ex-Cell-O Hydraulic Power Units provides these features: Production Machines They are compact, for proper design. They are self-contained, for ease in installation. They have infinite feeds, for proper cutting. equipped with Ex-Cell-O They have gear change, for proper speeds. They have ample power, for multiple-head Hydraulic Units have operation. They have variable stroke, for greater flexi numerous advantages bility. Ex-Cell-O Hydraulic Power Units are standard and produced in quantities, but in nearly every case where the unit is used it becomes a part of a special, high production type machine for a specific operation. These units are economical because, as applications change, the units can become a part of the new machine even though entire base is redesigned. The units can be mounted on any plane— horizontally, vertically, or angularly— on a temporary or a permanent Where high production, base, and they can be arranged so that it is possible to use accuracy, and economy them in connection with guide bars and multiple drill heads. through multiple opera Find out today how Ex-Cell-O Special Machines and Ex- tions ore required — Cell-O Hydraulic Power Units can fit your program for consult IX-CEU-0 now today’s and tomorrow’s production. EX-CELL-O CORPORATIOI DETROIT 6, MICHIGAN SPECIAL MULTIPLE WAY-TYPE PRECISION BORING MACHINES . SPECIAL MULTIPLE PRECISION DRILLING MACHINES • PRECISION THREAD GRINDING, BORING AND LAPPING MACHINES BROACHES • HYDRAULIC POWER UNITS • GRINDING SPINDLES . DRILL JIG BUSHINGS • CONTINENTAI CUTTING TOOLS . TOOL GRINDERS . DIESEL FUlCKflgTlgljiHig-ffigjlifBE;’: ND BMDC-D&k C O N TA IN ER MACHINES • MJ MIL LUIIUIX ÏIL11J THE NEWS j - i i \a a March 20, 1944 Confession Good for Soul Last Monday Eric Johnston, president of the United States Chamber of Com merce, delivered an address at Boston College which has received widespread favor able comment. The reason for this is that Mr. Johnston, unlike most speakers for business, admitted freely that management has made mistakes. Mr. Johnston drew a parallel between abuses by management and by labor. He referred to the twenties when “we of management had everything our own way, a blkWiii friendly administration at Washington, low taxes and a friendly public.” Yet with all WiOH* «»wia* these advantages, “on the economic side we gave this country a balloon boom that • «fall®, «te®*, had to burst and on the moral side produced men like Insull, Hopson and Musica, «»fa.,. who undermined confidence in business.” As a result, “we got the biggest public beat ing that any group of Americans ever took.” To labor, Johnston said, “From 1933 to 1942 you rode high. You were tops; a friendly administration in Washington; all sorts of favors fed to you daily. What did you do with your power? On the economic side you gave yourselves a labor boom, regardless of the consequences to any other element of the population. On the moral side you produced men like Browne, Bioff and Scalise who gave all labor a black eye.” As a result, Johnston warned labor, “the doghouse is now yawning for you.” . To management and labor jointly he said, “Go ahead and turn this country into a continuous brawl and the government will chain you both, or work together and stay free.” Some industrialists may complain that the president of the chamber was too sweep ing in his admission that management was to blame for the ills of the twenties. If he ieUi^s s ib Is* did err in this respect, he erred in emphasis and not in substance. The important i. point is that in liberally admitting that management did make mistakes, he is per in sta ll^ forming a tremendous service for industry. tutting. Consider how important it is at this moment to preserve private enterprise for s p e e i the postwar period. Millions of voters are asking what management means by “pri utfiple^ vate enterprise.” If industry admits no mistakes in the past, then “private enterprise” eater fe to the man in the street means managements’ 1921-1929 conception of “private en terprise,” and he wants no part of it. Mr. Johnston is trying to tell the public industry has learned from past mis takes and that it is fighting for a private enterprise unencumbered by tbe fallacies of the twenties. Confession always is good for the soul. SCANNING THE FUTURE: Reports their old products, 17.3 per cent will return to them from more than 3000 companies in the metalworking partially and 2.3 per cent will not go back to the industry show that 49.4 per cent of the companies old lines.