New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
Urges Support of Biparti.
San Committee to Handle
Problems
Saws Democrat Bill
Would Cause Delav
Republican Chairman Be.
Iieves in Preparing Now
for Reconstruction

Will FL. Hays, chairman Of the Re-
publican National Committee. sounded
q note of alarm last night with refer
ence 20 the industrial problems that
will Immediately follow the declaration
Of peace, asserting that millions of
workmen in war industries may be
thrown out of employment by cancella-
ton of war orders. He urges support
Of the Republican bill for the appoint
ment OF q bipartisan Congressional
committee of twelve to handle the
after -the-war problems, and calls at
tention to the fallacies Of the Demo
cratic bill which proposes to leave the
appointment of a committee solely to
the President. His letter to The
Tribune follows:
Peace may come upon US over night,
just as did the war-shclI we be un-
prepared to meet it?
The great. immediate and pressing
problem continues to he the complete
winning of She war.
But, hand in hand. calling for at
tention. is to prepare properly now for
The problems OIL peace.
THE coming Congress will be re-
construction Congress.
The perils of peace are so complex
as to BRING terror to thinking minds;
what may happen unless all foresee-
able readjustmcnt sare arranged far
in advance none can measure.
"Immediately peace comes millions
Of workmen in wal industries may be
thrown cut of employment bv cancella-
ton Of war orders
ut is preSumable that the men in
training IN cantonments here will be
quickly mustered out Preparation
must he made for their employment.
Factories, which have been con-
vel -ou ..Vl.. peace 20 war work. viii re-
Quife months to return to peace time
pr~ aucJ.on.
"A labor panic is thus possible, and
Inc ta.ner IS likely to find the urban
market closed to HIM, through lack OF
buying power.
"A!l such problems can and should
De cared Tor now.
with this in view herein inclose
two pamphlets which have been es-
peclaily prepared on the subject
Tine one. The Shock of Peace dis
cusscs at length some Of the eapce
problems we must meet.
III ne otner, "a Reconstruction Con-
gress,' covers two bills-onc Republi-
can and one Democrat introduced in
Congress to start the work of recon-
struction.
The Republican bin proposes tina
this be done under the direction of a
bipartisan Congressional committee Of
twelve The Democratic bill refers
this work to be done by comitee to
b. appointed by the President.
u he Democratic blll would thereby
result in dc.ay ana procrastination
whic the very essence of reconstruct
son work is expedition.
The Democratic bin would continue
20 centIallze powers in the President,
- are exercised BY aim during thc
gTag. We may jhe, reduce Congress
. a debating society. IS the German
Eeichstag is, or as the Russian Duna
was
40 m / or how wisely this central
lied power might De exercised by one
man, w wilin4v g losU our constitu-
tional guarantees OF true democracy
perhaps forever.
Let M urge en- YOU careful read
sng and study of the indorsed broch-
~res IN the hope thai through the
press and from the platform all may
io.a N convincing voters of the OBJ
vious fact that by training and
through foresight the Republican
pary is obviously the party for re-
construction"
Chairman Hays is sending many
thousands of these pamphlets to
prominent people in the United States.