The CHAIRMAN. How much of this 462,000 tons of crude and semifinished steel would come from the United States?

Mr. FRANK. 255,000.

The CHAIRMAN. And what about the finished steel; how much of that would come from the United States?

Mr. FRANK. 50,000.

The CHAIRMAN. And the pig iron: Where would that come from? Mr. FRANK. That is mostly from Austria. Austria has an exportable supply of pig iron; she is one of the countries that has had a supply of pig iron.

The CHAIRMAN. Where are they going to get the scrap here?

Mr. FRANK. For Italy?

The CHAIRMAN. Yes.

Mr. FRANK. They want some scrap from Germany, from the bizone area; I think they are looking for some exports from bizone Germany. As a matter of fact, I think the imports that are scheduled for that area schedule some to come from the bizone area.

Mr. PALMER. And from southern France?
Mr. FRANK. And from southern France, yes.

THE NETHERLANDS

The CHAIRMAN. The Netherlands: You have got them down for quite a considerable figure; the imports are shown as practically the same as prewar on the finished steel, and a considerable amount of ECA financing. Why should that be?

Mr. PALMER. I should like to give you the prewar of imports.
The CHAIRMAN. What was that?

Mr. PALMER. That figure should be corrected. The figure should read "1,034" as against "770."

The CHAIRMAN. 1,034 is the figure for 1947?

Mr. PALMER. Yes; that is correct.

The CHAIRMAN. How about the proposed imports for 1948-49? Mr. PALMER. The imports should read "798" instead of "669." Mr. FRANK. That includes imports into the dependent overseas territories, the 669 figure relates to the Netherlands proper-if you include the dependent overseas territories of the Netherlands the figure on imports should be 798.

The CHAIRMAN. Is the 258.3 finished steel for ECA-financed shipments correct?

Mr. PALMER. Actual shipments of finished steel, 250,000 tons.
The CHAIRMAN. ECA financed 258.3; that is correct?

Mr. PALMER. I would say so, Mr. Chairman.

The CHAIRMAN. That would seem to be a rather big figure for that particular purpose.

Mr. PALMER. That represents tin plate which they do not produce in the Netherlands at this time.

The CHAIRMAN. Does tin plate go in under "finished steel?"

Mr. PALMER. Under "finished steel," yes.

The CHAIRMAN. It does not go in under "tin?”

Mr. PALMER. No.

NORWAY

The CHAIRMAN. Norway: They seem to have a big import item for finished steel comparatively, bigger than prewar and bigger than postwar. Why would that be?

Mr. PALMER. Norway has only a very modest steel industry. They have, however, embarked on a program for building up an industry. During the war Norway lost almost her entire deep-sea fleet, fishing vessels, whaling ships, and cargo ships. This steel is intended to help rebuild those facilities.

The CHAIRMAN. Is that an item to come largely from the United States?

Mr. PALMER. The United States would supply 100,000 tons of finished steel as our part of the 351,000 programed.

The CHAIRMAN. And this 29.4 of ECA financing?

Mr. PALMER. Yes; of the roughly 70,000 tons that would be secured from us.

The CHAIRMAN. And of the crude and semifinished steel; what about that?

Mr. PALMER. That would come largely from, if not entirely from European sources, not from this country.

The CHAIRMAN. That seems to be a big item also.

Mr. FRANK. Again the prewar figure there is not too good, Mr. Chairman. The exact amount of prewar, according to my figure, would be about 437.

The CHAIRMAN. Do they have a considerable amount of ore?

Mr. PALMER. Only part of their supplies of this raw material are presently being utilized, but it is part of their national program ultimately to build up a substantial domestic steel industry. This industry would utilize local Norwegian iron ore and coal from Spitzbergen. They also have the electric power; and plan to get into domestic production as promptly as they can. They do have sufficient domestic ore for such a program.

Mr. CANNON. Sweden has been the source of supply for Germany Mr. PALMER. Yes.

Mr. CANNON. As a matter of fact, the complaint in Germany was that they were not able to produce steel as efficiently in prewar because of the inability to secure Swedish ore.

Mr. PALMER. Yes.

Mr. CANNON. Do you know whether the ore field of Sweden runs over into Norway, whether it is pretty much the same geological formation?

Mr. PALMER. The ore in that part of Sweden from which the tonnage sent to Germany came occurs in an area north of the Arctic Circle and lies well within the boundary of Sweden, and does not run westward as far as Norway.

Mr. CANNON. There is no immediate prospect of exhausting the Swedish ore field, is there?

Mr. PALMER. There is no indication that there is. They have very extensive deposits, and it is as you say, a very high-grade material. Germany, in fact, imported a very substantial quantity of ore from Sweden.

The CHAIRMAN. Portugal: We will pass over that; there are no ECA-financed shipments.

SWEDEN

For Sweden you have down imports of 495,000 tons of finished steel, and 343,000 tons prewar.

You also show imports of 20,000 tons of pig iron and a very considerable quantity of scrap.

Mr. PALMER. Only 197,000 tons of finished steel, however, will come from this country. The balance would be from participating countries except for a very minor tonnage. None of the pig iron, none of the semifinished and none of the scrap would come from this country.

SWITZERLAND

The CHAIRMAN. Switzerland seems to be down for a considerable amount, more than prewar, in spite of the fact that the imports for 1946-47 were large. Why would that be?

Mr. PALMER. The principal source of Swiss imports was Germany. They cannot get the types of steel they want from Germany now or from any other source than this country.

The CHAIRMAN. How much of that is to come from the United States?

Mr. PALMER. Finished steel, 88,000 tons only. They will finance that themselves.

The CHAIRMAN. What about the crude and semifinished steel?

Mr. PALMER. There will be 47,000 tons, but that will come entirely from the participating countries, none from this country.

The CHAIRMAN. And pig iron?

Mr. PALMER. That will come from the participating countries, again.

The CHAIRMAN. And scrap?

Mr. PALMER. The scrap will be obtained from participating countries.

TURKEY

The CHAIRMAN. Turkey seems to have a rather large item; not so much larger. Would that come from the ERP?

Mr. PALMER. One hundred and fifteen thousand tons; it is divided 76,000 United States, and 65,000 participating countries; the balance of 14,000 from other nonparticipating countries.

UNITED KINGDOM

The CHAIRMAN. The United Kingdom seems to be importing a considerable quantity. Would that come from the United States? Mr. PALMER. The first item-1,400,000 tons of total imports104,000 tons only would come from the United States while the participating countries would supply 1,244,000.

The CHAIRMAN. What about crude?

Mr. PALMER. Crude: The United States will supply 292,000 tons out of the 700,000-ton total.

The CHAIRMAN. Those figures for both set-ups are bigger figures than they have ever had prewar.

Mr. PALMER. Yes. The consumption of steel in Britain has advanced very substantially; her steel-manufacturing facilities were greatly expanded during the war.

The CHAIRMAN. Due to their rehabilitation of their shipping industry.

Mr. PALMER. Yes, in part; and their ability to make other types of consumer durable goods, machinery in particular.

The CHAIRMAN. They are away above prewar figures in quantity available, almost 50 percent.

Mr. PALMER. They are making more steel today than they ever did, including the war period.

Mr. FRANK. I would like to point out that those figures are rather deceiving, considering the figures of how much steel Britain used of actual finished steel and the amount of available supply.

The prewar figures of finished steel, if taken for 1947, would give her an available supply, instead of 7,670,000, of 9,846,000; and the figure. for 1949 would be roughly 1,000,000 tons higher.

GERMANY

The CHAIRMAN. Germany seems to be down for considerable imports, not as big as prewar, but it has a considerable figure. How much of that is to come from the United States?

Mr. PALMER. None.

The CHAIRMAN. What about the crude and finished?

Mr. PALMER. None.

The CHAIRMAN. And pig iron?

Mr. PALMER. No pig iron; all from the participating countries in each instance.

TRUCKS

STATEMENTS OF J. E. GLYNN, CHIEF, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH, OFFICE INTERNATIONAL TRADE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; ROBERT O. SWAIN, JOHN W. TUTHILL, MISS ELIZABETH MIMS, H. H. KELLY, OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF

STATE

The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Glynn, you are to present the picture on trucks?

Mr. GLYNN. Yes, Mr. Chairman.

The CHAIRMAN. What is your position?

Mr. GLYNN. I am Chief of the Transportation and Communications Branch, Office of International Trade.

The CHAIRMAN. Do you also have the item for freight cars?

Mr. GLYNN. Yes; Mr. Tuthill and I are to cover those two items. The CHAIRMAN. Maybe we had better take one of them at a time. We will start off with trucks. Will you tell us about the production of trucks, and the status of the truck situation?

First, do you have a table that you can present to the committee? Mr. GLYNN. I have no other table than the one that is before you. I just have my individual part of it.

ESTIMATE OF TRUCK PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS UNDER PROGRAM

The CHAIRMAN. The truck production in the United States is estimated for 1947 at 1,239,000; for prewar it was 694,000. The domestic supply is given as 959,000, and the export supply as 280,000, with 22.6 percent, in the percentage of exports, as against just about the same. percentage prewar.

Under exports to participating countries you set up 45,000 out of 280,000 total exports, or 3.6 percent. Is that the correct figure? Mr. GLYNN. That is correct.

75408-48-pt. 1-40

The CHAIRMAN. Which was less than for prewar?

Mr. GLYNN. Prewar -1937, 5.6 percent.

The CHAIRMAN. And the percentage of other exports, out of the total number of 235,000, is given as 18.9 percent.

BASIS FOR ESTIMATE OF PRODUCTION

On the over-all figure you are estimating a reduction in the production of trucks, so that for the 15-month period, beginning April 1, it will be just about what the oroduction in 1947 was. Is that borne out by current operating figures?

Mr. GLYNN. It is borne out by statements received from the Automobile Manufacturers Association, from their own schedule of production.

The CHAIRMAN. From their schedule of production?

Mr. GLYNN. Yes; based on previous experience.

The CHAIRMAN. Where did you get the figure of 910,000 for domestic supply?

Mr. GLYNN. Those figures are likewise taken from the Automobile Manufacturers Association, the most authentic source of information for those figures.

The CHAIRMAN. And where did you get the export figures?

Mr. GLYNN. Both from the Census and the Automobile Manufacturers' Association.

The CHAIRMAN. What about the estimate for next year; where did those figures come from?

Mr. GLYNN. From the Automobile Manufacturers' Association. The CHAIRMAN. The over-all figure for the participating countries is 49,000 as compared with 45,000 for 1947; 49,000 for 15 months; that would mean about 39,000 for a 12-month period?

Mr. GLYNN. Yes, sir.

STATUS OF SUPPLY OF TRUCKS

The CHAIRMAN. And the 300,000 for exports to other countries. Are not trucks in quite short supply here?

Mr. GLYNN. Not according to the statement we have got from the Automobile Manufacturers' Association; they are particularly concerned about the demand for trucks as against their present schedule of production.

Mr. CANNON. You say they are not concerned?

Mr. GLYNN. No; they are concerned.

Mr. CANNON. In other words trucks are plentiful?

Mr. GLYNN. That is correct.

Mr. CANNON. You can get a truck anytime you want it in my section, in Missouri.

Mr. GLYNN. Yes; you can get trucks much more readily than you

can passenger cars.

Mr. KEEFE. There is difficulty with types of trucks?

Mr. GLYNN. There is some.

Mr. KEEFE. The relative difficulty with supply depends upon the type of truck desired?

Mr. GLYNN. Yes. These estimates are based on the trucks that are normally used in the transportation business, and those trucks are in