Orders dropped for metals such as steel and aluminum, metal parts, electrical equipment and appliances, and defense aircraft.
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The timing of the job losses announcement has been dictated by the run-down of steel work on the yard's remaining orders.
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But, as the Supreme Court told President Truman when he attempted to use an executive order to place all steel factories under control of the federal government, executive orders may not be used to make laws, only to execute them.
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Mitsubishi wants to take orders from companies that are too small to deal directly with the likes of Nippon Steel, Japan's biggest steel maker.
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