Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-04
 |N OF LEADERS PLAS 10 DEFEAT
 GERMANY BEING
 PUShQ FORWARD Every BrancA of Govern ment Rushink Prepara- tions for Qui& Action. INCREASED TAXATION TO RAISE WAR FUND Government Proposes to Take Charge of Distribution of Food Supplies
 and Maintain All Necessary
 Industries.
INCREASED TAXATION
 TO RAISE WAR FUND

Washasstoh,,, April a-Plans, mill- tary, cconomicAN and financial, for aggressive hosNNies against Ger many, were rushNNforward today by the administrativAShranches of the government. and only await action by congress on the war resolution, to oe put into execution
 Enactment of the resolution not later than Thursday was confidently forecast at the capitol, after a delay of AS hours had been caused in the senate by Senator La Follettes ob- jection to it's immediate passage. De- bate will begin in both houses tomor- TOW, and action before adjournment is probable. Sentiment in favor of the resolution is almost unanimous, and the only question is how much time shall be devoted to speech mak- ing.
 President Wilson and his cabinet went over the war plans at two- hour session and afterward the Council of National Defense, with its civilian advisory committee and sev- eral sub organizations, developed policies and details of momentous consequences to the nation.
 Meanwhile, the war and navy de- partments were going ahead with most important preparations for de- fense. Already the navy has taken steps to insure cooperation between the American fleet and those of the entente allies, to become effective with the formal entry of the United States into the war.
 War Plans of U. s.
 The most important undertakings prepared by the administration are:
 Enlistment by selective conscrip- tion of young men for national army, in addition to the regular establishment and the national guard increment, of 500000, until enough have been trained to make certain the defeat of Germany.
 Organization of the nations com mercial interests for economic and effective distribution of commodities among the civil population.
 Rapid provision of adequate means of combating the submarine menace.
 The raising of very large sum of money, as much as possible to be ob- tained by taxation, the definite amount of the first budget not to be fixed until the exact needs of the army and navy and entente allies are ascertained. ~Ib
 Purchases of supplies and equip ment of all kinds for the army under the provisions of law which allow ths secretary of war to fix reasonable price.
 To Protect Industries.
 The division of the young men of the country into service callings, those more needed in industry than in the army or navy tc receive insig- mia showing they are performing duty equivalent to fighting
 Most of these plans will require the authority of congress, but from indications at the capital, it is be- lieved that once war has been de- clared, further legislation to empower the executive branch to go full speed ahead, will follow quickly. There is every indication that the nation, through it's representatives, will fol- low out President Wilson's word to congress and will "exert all it's power and employ all its resources to bring the government of the German empire to terms and end the war"
 The Council of National Defense, composed of Secretary Baker, Secre- tary Lane, Secretary Daniels, Secre- tary Wilson, Secretary Houston an! Secretary Redfield, following a con- ference with it's advisory committee, decided to name soon a commercial economy board, to organize the com mercial interests of the nation, for the effective distribution of all economic