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Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal Friday, January 23, .1*942 FROM WHERE I SIT More industries for Vegas val­ley. Their identity .and location ar.e not revealed. 'But they’ll be coming ere long, to confound the pessimists who, caught in the w,eb I of -their pwn dire meanings, -are j now taking -refuge in the theory this is purely a war boom and i “can’t last.” The development, here at the 1 moment'is all in basic.•industry-—' back-bone industry which .will i continue to produce long after I the war is a night-marish mem- ! ory. That’s the type of plant, now i in the offing—-permanent devel- ; opment, the full force of which i will be felt even more AFTER the war than now. In this gigantic war effort ahead there’ll be a tremendous back-log of industry bjuiided which will require , pretty close to full production for several years—absorb the change back, to peace-time activities. Next month, all automobile production will cease, so the factories can turn to war production. This . will con­tinue -for the duration, -perhaps five years. If the war ?lasts That long, privately owned cars -will be commandeered by the govern­ment, and we’ll all be walkihg or riding bicycles. When the war’s over,'there’ll be a tremendous demand /for .au­tomobiles. Everyone who ever owned a car will be in the market for a new one, and it will take several years for the industry to supply all the potential custom­ers. The used car supply, begin­ning to he a serious obstacle ;in I the way of .smooth operation of the automobile industry, will be completely dissipated, and it will , be almost like starting §pp over ' again, except - the industry will ! have the perfected design and mass production methods it-Thad Jo develop. a't - |l |l last beginning. Pause a moment to consider what this will mean. It should provide..,one answer as t;o what: -'Will happen when the war is. over. The same-applies-to-.every industry wherein a curtailment of production is brought about by the conflict. -Radios, refrigerators, electric appliances and all the rest, will call for all-put produc­tion to meet the demand. By A. E. CAHLAN the western hemisphere works out, there’li be a vastly expanded market- for American industry, and there’ll be no depression such as followed.the,last war. There’ll be a short period of calm while SOME industries are changing back. Many will CONTINUE in war (production, for the United States has learned its' lesson and won’t discontinue armaments again. On the contrary, we’ll pro­ceed to build up a sufficient--de­fensive force to protect the -entire Western hemisphere against' any attack-r-both oceans, and the . en­tire coast-line of South, Central and North America. War industries WON’T cease when the war’s over. For a time, they’ll be intensified, because it will be.OIJR job to enforce the terms of any peace that’s finally negotiated. We must be strong enough- to DICTATE those prin­ciples in accordance with, Amer­ican ideals and [principles, so there will NOT ,be a recurrence of what’s - happened twice in - 'the same generation. This mggris ,.a continuing .. de­mand for .all tbs magnesium that can be produced pit Basic’s big plant. It means manganese pro-duction to the full extent of the ore bodies available. It means a chemical industry in this area that will \ continue indefinitely. And it means the whole United States will proceed on capacity production for another genera­tion. The exigencies- of the world condition Will require, it, pur own business conditions will de­mand it. This means a -continually ex­panding Las Vegas, Boulder City and area betwaen. lt means the development of a-true- metropolis -here, in southern Nevada of -per­manent proportions. It means prosperity for every individual, group, company -.or corporation that has sufficient faith NOT to sell Las Vegas short. The pessimists .wh° now . cry aloud at the manifestations of growth, will find the big. oppor­tunity passed them by while they wepe in tears. The eptdmistsvWill have a GRATED; time. sympathiz­ing and being magnanimous—for If the solidarity program for they’ll be in a position vto afford it,; IF they fide'’ the. crest, which a |l true ...optimists - will. >