Heinl radio business letter (July-Dec 1941)

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8/26/41 Consequently, today* s order is issued v;ith the under¬ standing that it may become necessary to advance the date speci¬ fied, and it is recognized that in the interim, a certain amount of interference may result from the joint use of the frequencies within this band by the War Department and the amateurs, XXXXXXXX MNUFACTUESRS AGAIN IN JAM ON PRIORITIES New 0PM priority troubles for radio manufacturers are being faced' in connection with recent Liandatory controls ordered over copper, steel and plastics. The Radio Manufacturers Associa¬ tion Priorities Committee, which recently secured special alloca¬ tions of aluminum and nickel for reduced civilian radio produc¬ tion, is advising members in connection v/ith the procedure now necessary to secure copper and other materials. Steel priority ccntrol becomes effective September 1 and will involve further procedure by the RMA Priorities Comraittee, of which Paul V, Galvin, of Chicago, is chairman. Difficulties in securing copper have already been encountered by radio manufacturers. The copper supply situation is becoming as difficult as that of aluminum, with only about 20/ of normal capacity production reported avail¬ able for civilian industries. An 0PM order just issued prohibits delivery of plastics for radio cabinets, escutcheons and also many other plastic pro¬ ducts, This serious situation for the industry has irmiediate attention of the Priorities Committee, which has arranged for a conference today (Tuesday, August 26) with the 0PM Chemical Priorities Committee, An effort tt^n will be made to secure a preferential rating and exemption for plastic cabinets and other plastic radio parts, 0PM also has issued a general order for priority of mintenance and repair parts in a few' essential industries, includ¬ ing utilities, transportation, mining, fire and police, and similar services. This will be extended to radio transmission service in the near future, and its application to repair parts for receiving sets in general public ownership is belp.g urged by industry in¬ terests in behalf of parts manufacturers. Specific allocations of metals fbr manufactuie of re¬ placement tubes and also of aluminura for replacement electrolytic condensers were announced yesterday by Administrator Leon Henderson of OPACS, The allocations for tube replacements, in substantial quantity, follow the series of recent conferences Y^lth OPACS officials by RMA, The metals allocated for tube replacements apply for a period ending November 30th* The OPACS order relating to electrolytic condenser replacements provides for allocation of 4