What a Business!

Last week the cotton-textile industry:

P: Estimated that mill output in 1944 may be two billion yards--nearly 20% short of estimated need.

P: Had 47,000 fewer workers than in 1942, could find no skilled replacements, expected absenteeism to increase under the 48-hour-week order issued last fortnight by the Manpower Commission.

P: Faced a demand by the Textile Workers Union (C.I.O) for minimum pay of 60-c- an hour in Southern mills.

P: Was warned by WPB that if manufacturers persist in cutting production of cheap textiles and concentrating on higher-priced, more profitable items, their production will be "frozen" at 1943 schedules.

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