Among developments which may arise in the very near future and which might, under some conditions, be construed as being in restraint of trade, is the prospect that the Iron and Steel Industry Defence Committee may be advised officially that the building of new productive facilities is necessary, and that its recommendations on where the new plants shall be erected, and by what company or companies, are requested.
This, then, is the procedure that Will be adhered to under the national defence progrémme—the Office of Production Management, or its successor in authority, will initiate any request, suggestion or programme that is found to be necessary to further the national defence effort; the executive subcommittee of the steel industry will set the wheels in motion, submit its findings or plans to the committee as a whole, and the result will be reported to Washington; the Federal authorities thereupon will issue an order or orders to carry out the programme.
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