Arizona republican., 1917-12-02
By DAVID BEECROFT,

Directing editor, Classical Jornal
 Company
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec 2.-Not long ago an order was issued by the War Industries Board which is a part of the Council of National De- fense, asking the several steel com panies manufacturing alloy steels, such as used in motor cars not to make further shipments of alloy steel for the manufacture of pass enger cars until such time as the supply would warrant it.
 There were four makers of alloy steel which it is understood received such an order. these being Carnegie, Central, Carpenter and United Alloy. The last one protested against the order, and it was this protest that brought the situation into the light of day and brought the representa- tives of motor car and accessory makers to this city where they have efen recently formulating plans to meet the eXigency and to place the situation clearly before the War Industries board.
 Motor Car Men to Have Voice
 Friday afternoon the War Indust- rios board held a hearing with the directors of the National AutomobiIe chamber of commerce. and the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers, which resulted in the War Industries board agreeing to have the motor industry as represented by these two national bodies, form a special committee on material supply, this committee -C represent the industry in all such matters with the War Industry board While this committee is be- ing formed the War Industries board has partly consented not to take any drastic action with regard to the supply of alloy steel as needed by the industry, unless such action is imperative in the conservation o1 the steel supply. The committee vii consist of either three or five ant is expected to open headquartrs herr and keep it's members on the job.
 The action of the War Industrie. board in it's order prohibiting aHo, steel for the manufacture of passen. ger cars came as a flash of lightning out of a clear sky so far as eithe the motor car or accessory indust rics was concerned. Neither orga nization was consulted by the Wa Industries board previous to issun, the order although the War Indust vies board apparently had in min, bringing about reductions in tn motor car passenger industry whicl would range from 40 to = per cen 1f the total production, as the boar might have deemed necessary, ac c0rding to its estimate of the situ ation The boards action did no contain a single symptom of co operation with the industries it in tended to reduce and apparent even vet has not in any wise graspe the far-raching and multi -ramifi cations of such a restriction. Tn motor car industry, which is raukc third among the manufacturing in dustrics, was to be regulated with out conference or even an oppor tJnity of being heard in the case.
 Threatens Third Industry of Land
 Fortunately, information was ot tained on Wednesday that mectin of tho War Industries board wa being held that day for the consider alton reducing passenger ca manufac, -re, and it was possible t get Howard Coffin, "ho is a mem Der of the Advisory Commission ( thT Council of National Defense. int thS meeting. and he vas able L. sia matters anu arrange 1us a confer cnce of the motor car aEd acces sory makers with the War Industric board. Had this not happened it not certain what restrictive action might have been handed out to th third industry of the nation witl out its having received verb. notice that it was on. trial bcfol the court of the Priority board whatever organization brought q matter to issue.
 The main issue in the argumcl between the War Industries hoai -on the one hand and the ml5or .; industry on the other s Gn a,legt shortage of alloy steel There
 no denying that there is shor age of such steels rut the sitls tion is such as gravelv to puestiC whether such restri tive action
 warranted at this time Steel nai CTS admit their factories are wo1i ing at only so per cent capacity. ti problem being largely labor shci age. The motor car induStry on consumes per cent of the ste produced by the nation and it seen lack of good judgment to sta shutting off the third industry wh' it consumes but per cent of q steel supply.
 The motor car industry is patrio ically aroused over the situation al while it stands by it's pledge ma,