Some brokers disagree with the Association of Manufacturer when it class sifes shipbuilding as one of the industries which will not benefit financíally from peace, These brokers contend that the "United States will never again be without a large navy and merchant marine in the battle for world trade, Less than a dozen companies are now engaged in large-scale ship construction, and their capacity could be utilized for many years merely in completing the present programme. With shipping being destroyed at an estimated 5,000,000 tons a year, a shortage appears inevitable for a long period, Private shipyards have contracted to construct approximately 900 vessels of a tots of 6,000,000 tons. and less than 1,500,000 tons are scheduled for delivery in 1941.
Proponents of investments in glass manufacturing point out that this is the most destructive war in history, and that a heavy bomb which tears a building apart will also break windows over a large area, Some experis argue that all the glass factories in the world would have to work for many years to reglaze Europe when the war is ended.
Before the war, American motion pictures were supreme in world markets. The industry has adjusted itself to the loss of the European market, but Hollywood authorities anticipate renewed income from that source when the war ends, while many of them hope for the release of funds now tied up in Germany, Italy and other warring nations.—United Press.
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