Evening journal., 1918-02-05
WAR BREAK-D WIN
near, Senator FEAR
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the year 1916 and other factories to
cease altogether making rifles during
that period.
The condition Of the two factories
IS but one example OF our neglect" he
declared. IN the broader field Of in
dutsrial preparation. little. if anything,
Of an effective nature was done.
"As we look back now, we have
learned, hope. a great lesson-a les
son learned at the expense OF many
lives and Millions Of dollars. We hav
learned that our failure TO see beyone
the end Of our noses, has prolonged
his CHASTITY war and postponed that
day when mankind shall be releases d
ON its terrors and the future of this
epubllc made absolutely sure.&
Turning 10 the comm.fee"s investi-
cation Of the ordnance and quarter
masters departments Wadswo th de-
Jared that the testimony forced the
conviction that military men We're not
fitted 30 handle the vast Industrial prob
lem. This, he said, was complicated by
the antiquated red tape system prevail
ing.
We became impressed with the con-
viction that purchase, production and
initial distribution of the vast amount
Of supplies must be an essentially in
dustr.al operation he said, and that
military men, no matter how d.stln-
guished and capable in their profession.
are with very rare exceptions inexper-
enced in such matters and therefore
Incapable OF bringing about the best
results i'm the shortest time
I'VE found also that in addition TO
this fundamental handicap, these sup
ply bureaus were handicapped, and very
seriously, by a condition which springs
from routine operation regulated and
checked down to the last crossing Of
The IT. and dotting OF an r which con-
dtion is popularity ascribed to red
tape
In a wo~d we found the machinery
slow and creaking and in some import
ant instances the engine stalled
From the testimony of manufacture
ers who appeared before the committee
we gathered that there was lack Of COM
prehenslon Of the manufacturers prob
lem Of the part Of official WashnTtol;
luNk VI tN-OtullluAiOA anu lunlinNf W
reach prompt decision. in fact the sys-
'em itself was faulty in extreme
Wadswo~th declared that able civil
ians who We're called in to assist and
who had watched the workns Of the
war machinery for months said the de-
fects which members Of the committee
susrccted exis ed
Each Of them has suggested one or
more remedies. one or mo~e improve
ments and all their suggestions are in
the same direction. proper cent"alization
Of authority, an authority established
preferably by statute, whose decisions
may be promptly reached and accep ed
as nnal," said Wadsworth
cribs great American giant has been
stumbling and groping eXe-ting his
tremendous st~ength without always
knowing what he wasf doing or where
he was going
I'VE have known some Of the things
we wanted to do and have tried to do
them" he said I'VE have fo~gotten
some Of the things that we ought TO
have done"
Several groups Of distinguished. on
c'al and unofflc al, have endeavored to
plan things out in advance but it has
often been the case that the plans OF
one group I'D not co-oord nate with
those Of another group snd there was
no place in Washington where the
needs NJ the e'irot'o~ ord thu rlo~s 70