Four Decades of Radio, Television and Electronics June 26, 1986, Page 4. and marketed. The js$:perience gained, and the continuous engineering on noise suppression in automobiles for good radio reception resulted in a breakthrough, just before the war interrupted' domestic radio production. This became the foundation foj^^a g^reat grqciuctiqp. feat of the late 40f s and early 50 's , v · · £. · ,,... -;·>··> · -- -.. .- . ,,. , ··· The wide and varie^ engineering and production technique^;. made pNOssJLble^ the considerable war production of radid and electro^iip devices^ fojc, all branches of the armed forces, \ in ^ i ^ p^r^od = 19.41- - 1946 .: Bear in mind, however, that; the r ^ almost a stable workforce in the ISKJP 's , a time of deep depression, with very £ew;,layoffs. ; While this business was not as profitable as the Alemite line ,^ it did hejLp with overheads and maintaining skilled workers, many ofr whom advanced to foremen and technicians when the number of employees had to be doubled, then trebled and quadrupled before the war was over. In 1941, Mr". CUD. Howe,- Hixiister of Munitions and Supply issued a "stop" prder-in-councii: on all commercial radios and ancilla.:ry equipment; all radio manufacturers were directed to get into-1 immediate war material. In the war years, Stewart-Warner Cafi^faJ threw its considerables experience and resources into radio/ electronic war production units. One of the first projects was taking over a large Asdic unit production, utilizing and modifying tooling which another company had unsuccessfully tried to use to turn out production runs of the much-needed gear for the Navy. Stewart-Warner Canada had units flowing to the needed areas within three months. Many top-secret development followed with production of transponders for the Air Force and field sets for the Army, radio and communication equipment for aircraft and further Asdics for the Navy. At the same time, the plant facilities were being strained in making other war models for the forces of the electromechanical sophisticated types . By the end of 1946, all war production at Belleville was wound up and rapid changeover made in order to manufacture radios for civilian needs. In the latter part of that year, Stewart-Warner Canada set-up a satellite assembly operation at Tweed where over a hundred employees worked. Over the next two years, they turned out and sold over 30,000 of the excellent mantel-type mini-set known as the "Baby Grand11. This set had a plastic cabinet, rounded at the corners, of pleasing design and " ' · ····/ o