Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-23
PREPARATION MiDETOOPEN FIGHT IN THE CABINET BILL
Despite Presidential Opposi- ton Senator Chamberlain Proposes to Force the Issue. Senators Prepare for Debate
lRr Rerier I.eased Wirsl

WASHINGTON. Jan g - Neither the aggressive opposition Of President Wilson nor the apparent certainty that their measures would have no chance in the house even if passed by the senate is halring the campaign of ad- vOcates in congress of bills to estab- fish . war cabinet and a director of munitions
 When the senate recOnveneS Thurs day, according to plans made today. Chairman Chamberlain and his assO- ciates on the military committee be- hind the legislation. the contest will be opened They propose. with a mo tiOn 10 refer the war cabinet bill to the military committee as the vehicle of debate. to open discussion of the merits of their war machinery re-Or- ganizstion program and Senator e Chamberlain expects to reply to the statement issued by President Wilson last night criticizing him for his New York speech in which the Oregon sen ator said the military esta blishment had broken down
 Leaders Confer
 Administration leaders also were in conference and planned to fight the Chamberlain bills and attacks on the governments conduct of the war. In preparation. a number of Democratic senators saw the president last night It is understood the president told them he believed the country would support him in his opposition 10 legis- latiOn which would abzhdon a ma chine carefully developed since the war began in favor of a new and un- tried organization taking over many of his own constitutional powers un- der the proposed war cabinet bill
 The president advised his visitors that under the present organization the war record of the government has been one of the great accomplish ments and would result in placing abroad by next June twice the num- Der of Americans originally planned Mistakes in such a gigantic task he suggested were to be expected
 Investigation Runored
 To meet the arguments of the ad- Chamberlain and his supporters are preparing 10 elaborate on the deficien- cies and delays in providing arms. sup plies and equipment disclosed in the committees war inquiry Today the committee decided to resume the in VestigatiOn next Saturday calling Sur geOn General GOrgas to testify regard ing cantOnment sanitary conditions
 The rco1d of the investigation to date was hastily completed today to be furnished to senators in readiness for Thursdays debate Late in the day Senator Chamberlain included in the record a statement furnished by the war department showing shOrtag- es of equipment of national guard and national army cantOnments on Janu- ary 1st-
 New Policy Adopted
 Prompted by President Wilson's statement last night, the ordnance bu- rezu of the war department has em- parked upon a new publicity policy While no official statement was avail able il was indicated that wherever military necessity does not demand suppression of facts and figures. full information as to what the bureau is doing or has done will be given to the press
 In connection with the new policy it was disclosed that reorganization of the ordnance of bureau began early in May. 1917. less than a month after the declaration of state of war