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Helnl Radio News Service
8/7/46
ELECTRONICS-COMMUNICATIONS REACH NEW WAA DOLLAR VOLUME
Acquisitions of surplus communications and electronics equipment are second in dollar volume only to metal working tools and equipment, the War Assets Administration disclosed in its second report to Congress. According to the acquisitions in these fields rose from $336,000,000 at the end of the first quarter to $445,000,000 at the end of May. Total disposals increased from $25,700,000 at the end of March to $51,900,000 by the close of May, the report continued.
The WAA said that it has instituted procedures to hasten sales of communication-electronic equipment to Veterans and has prepared a list of materials for which there is greatest demand. Tnese are being held in reserve for sale to Veterans. The WAA re¬ port also added that a similar move is in progress for educational institutions.
"The industry-agent system continues to be virtually the sole method of disposal for electronic equipment (radio, radar, tubes, etc.) as distinguished from wire telephone and telegraph equipment", the reoort stated. "As more complete information con¬ cerning evaluation and pricing establishes the salability of surplus electronics", the report went on, "it is expected that the rate of disposal by the i ndustryagent s will be increased. "
The report pointed out that sale of electronics and com¬ munications surplus in the foreign field has been facilitated by agency-agreements, particularly that entered into with the Inter¬ national Division of the Radio Corporation of America.
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RADIO MAKERS PREFER WOMEN WORKERS ACCORDING TO SURVEY
According to a survey recently conducted in Chicago, radio manufacturing concerns there are appealing for more women workers than men. This condition, the manufacturers say, arises from demands for more powerful and complicated sets, incorporating AM, FM and automatic phonographs, while at the same time the trend is toward smaller and more compact cabinets. Women, the radio manufacturers discovered, supply the answer to this demand in their nimble and dextrous fingers which can handle tiny radio parts more competently than men.
Zenith Radio Corporation reported last week that it had more women on its payroll than it ever had in wartime, yet said 500 more are needed because of heavy production schedules.
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