' s ▁metal ▁stamp ing ▁and ▁parts ▁fabric ation ▁operations ▁were ▁ 9 0 % ▁ready ▁to ▁mass - produ ce ▁the ▁car ▁by ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁and ▁that ▁outside ▁inter ference ▁had ▁slow ed ▁the ▁final ▁prepar ations ▁for ▁production . ▁ ▁This ▁back ▁and ▁forth ▁between ▁the ▁pro sec ution ▁and ▁the ▁defense ▁continued ▁until ▁November ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁when ▁the ▁judge ▁demanded ▁the ▁SE C ▁pro sec utors ▁" get ▁down ▁to ▁the ▁meat ▁of ▁the ▁case ▁and ▁start ▁prov ing ▁the ▁consp i racy ▁charge ." ▁ ▁Def ense ▁att orney ▁Kir by ▁directed ▁attention ▁to ▁autom aker ▁Kaiser - F ra zer , ▁pointing ▁out ▁that ▁early ▁models ▁of ▁their ▁government - fund ed ▁new ▁car ▁model ▁had ▁been ▁made ▁of ▁wood ▁and ▁that ▁when ▁this ▁project ▁failed , ▁Kir by ▁stated ▁in ▁court ▁documents ▁that ▁" K ais er - F ra zer ▁didn ' t ▁get ▁ind icted , ▁and ▁they ▁got ▁ 4 4 ▁million ▁dollars ▁in ▁lo ans ▁from ▁the ▁government , ▁didn ' t ▁they ?" ▁ ▁All ▁told ▁Kaiser - F ra zer ▁had ▁received ▁nearly ▁$ 2 0 0 ▁million ▁in ▁government ▁gr ants , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁produce ▁the ▁car ▁they ▁promised . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁break ▁for ▁Christmas , ▁the ▁trial ▁res umed ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁government ' s ▁star ▁witness , ▁Daniel ▁J . ▁E hlen z , ▁a ▁former ▁T ucker