INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Dr. CONANT. Here are some figures of the so-called index of industrial production. If you take 1936 as 100 units, then in 1951 the figure was something like 140. By the end of 1953, they got up to 170. By November 1954 it was up to 202. So you can see what has been done. But now I don't know where the limit is. I am not prepared to say in 1955, November, they will be up at 250 or 300. So you can go down through these things. But perhaps if we gave this table to Senator Ellender, that is the best that I can do. Senator KILGORE. Let us place it in the record. Dr. CONANT. We will put it in the record. It will show the recovery to date, and I wouldn't want to hazard a prediction of how much further they can go in increasing their productivity and their production. (The information referred to follows:) |