Although the country is troubled by serious labour strife and the motor industry has been hampered in its production schedules by sit-down strikes in its factories and by delays in securing materials from suppliers, retail demand for passenger cars has held up surprisingly well, writes Burnham Finney to the "Oregoniai Hesitancy in buying developed in certain sectors, particularly in the Cleveland-Youngstown area affected by the steel strike. Sales have slowed down and in many cases customers have cancelled orders for cars not yet delivered. This uncertain feeling, however, which is leading people in some parts of the country to hold on to their-money, fortunately is not generally prevalent.
Sales reports from various car makers tell of boom activities. Studebaker sold 2,921 cars and trucks in the first ten days of June, compared with 2,190 in the corresponding period of 1936. Total sales from Jan-wary 1 to June 10 were 49,420. units, as against 42201 in the same period of last year. Buick states that its retail deliveries in the early part of June ran ahead of those in the early part of May and were almost half again as big as the volume in the same period a year ago. Buick, incidentally, has been maintaining a production schedule through of 1,100 cars a day.
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