Delivery Subject____ FNB To. From__. Reference___ Date There have been periodic involved in a fac 7 from one specification comment .oregarding the merchandising difficulties an of delivery which does not reasonably change another with fair frequency. 7/19/48 11/3/46 1/26/49 4/4/49 A brief review of some of the points made in emphasize the undesirability of having long. ] are able to supply only one gauge (specifica tion above letters would curing which we respect be or another) large quantities of year, the of we to the other have trade although we RPECSEL ORNL OE received firm may For orders holding example, for 6,570, 16 orders for since the first gauge guns (as of June 30). We have received from FN only 1,600, 16 gauge guns since the first of the year. Moreover, we have received only 2, 300 16's since October 23, 1948. Using the 16 gauge problem merely as an example, one might enumerate possible consequences. Some of these are known consequences, 1. them Mail order houses gladly accepted became so discouraging 16's. They actually during 1,370, 16 that they received our first gauge guns. placed only of the The orders allocation to situation firmly for only 551 74. 2 ary we may have is gun to the As year supply trouble getting them extent they earlier They are not encouraged to catalogue in the face of such supply, and they the gun or push it hesitate to accept our "commitments on is now make most of June 30 only the the trade delivery." had general 7,200 What worse, we dare commitments. FNB 16's on firm order.