The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-06
Mr. wadsworth's Speech.

WASHINGTON. Fob. I.--tmcrica
war making machinery was pictured IA
- "cnnSlomcrntI"n Of ambitious and
scattered agencies" incapable "f team
work. in nj address in the Scnai" todAM
by Senator. Wadswnrtm. II republican
member Of the military affairs commit
toe
Tho srIcch removed thu d"hat" over
war efficiency which occupied the senate
ali DAY y"e;, riay after Senator Hl.'h-
cock hal delivered Il similar arraiGh-
mon, of M Ii, k or coordination In Inc
governments arlivitirS. SeverA! soma
:ors we're waiting wilh replies uphold
ing President Wilson's opposition IN
Ibc rommittccS war cabinet Hni NUM-
tiGn director bills.
Without detailing army conditions re-
vcalrd by the military committees war
inquiry With which i" said Iii" country
il now fairly familiar. senator NanS-
worth confined himself largely To an
argument for tho proposed i'gismli"n
for Capitalization far war making 'aSSh-
ricS. Pr,Sidrr: Wilson cannot r"-hrn,-
nair those agencies. No. said. ana VITA
n long war IN prospect. radical Steps 20
unity the nations efforts arc hSc"s-
sary.
nat STF3l NHllES nav ~ ~
cannot ~, denied" hr declared. ."ThHt
other srna, things have h""n left, nm
done must b" admitted. TIL" credit for
Tho things accomplished can nc aSEi6n-
I'd Ia Scv"ra! individuals. Inc blanc
FIR shortcomings ought not 10 ha laid
uron any individual. Criticism should
hr directed aGa;nst our system, "r rhth-.
or the Lack of cnhcsiv" system.
HcCnuutiuC difficulties arising
Through iudIscirimnaI" priority orders
md r0mrr;ilinn in ih" rurchaS" "1 sup
plies: delays on account nf department.
NJ rcd tarc and tho absence OF power III
the council Of national defense. the sem
atrr continued:
Mind YOU. do no: attempt I" lay
tf.> blame uron any ono man mr. any ono
dnpartmcni 7 insist that this rain'u
situation has resulted from an utter
inrk uf plaaHinG--fr"m Il JACK - Ni.'"lt'
The rlain fact is that We hay" "Ecn-
cr in our government Today rharEch
with tho duty of projecting It's VISION
far into In" future. anticipating III"
emergencies which may arise and lay
ing the plans by wn''h VIZ 'Nn l'''
and overcome them
"Eo ON, in his scns"s would propose
,ha, any Other Offices be created To
lake away 'T''lil lI' I''' ~ 80
rrs the constitution runfidrs Ia him. II.
r,nun, bc rrnnr. 1t is unthnkahle. Fut
tr,.r. is M mace in Washington where
,h, nrc.ls nf IN situation And plans tn
n,,c, tnc,u ran l." hrnugh, together CO.
rr,Iina ed md settled upon
Rrfrrrinr to tho committees war m
rr;iry Senator WadSwnrih said IL has
covered only part Of tho ground ana
that Ia investigate all army aCliNlticS
which might Justify inquiry would MOI
hermit the committee ~ iiniSh lis WORK
Iurinr Tho present session OF congress-
"Iu hulh tho ordnance and quarter
masters departments" he said. we dis
,.nyrrcd n distressing state OF AFFAIRS
Those who attended every day became
.cenlv impressed with the CONVICTION
that purchase and production and dis
,rihution of tho amount Of supplies must
h> essentially an industrial operation
and that military mon with rare cNcer-
,jnns arc incapable Of bringing about the
hrst results.
All cf tho expert civilians appearing
hcrnrn The committee. Senator Wads-
worth declared. testified In tho same
directinn--"prnp"r Capitalization or AN
thori,v established preferably by statute
whose decisions may he promptly
reached ana accepted az hIlhl'
Ierk Of propnrndn"ss before the war
.thc senator snid. "is costing many. MANY
lives md millions of dollars. hcsidcs
nrolonginr thr war.
Illustrating his argument from large
chart hung IN tho senate wall, with sec
rotary Bakers reorganization plan and
that ,,f Tho committee shown together.
Senator Wadsworth called attention tn
The existing vast number 81 of'ictn!.
somi-ollcial nnd purely advisory agcn-
cias bureaus and other bodies. which he
assorted arc not cn-nrdinatca. consulting
or harmnnizing.
I'm tho RAILROADS. III" senator declared.
goods With hlun tagged priority orders
have exceeded normal shipments md. In
tho cast. ST per trn: rf all freight was
SO fncErd
what has been the rrsIIlt?' h" asked
~ hopeless INN and congestion or our
railway transportation facilities. \
million thrcc hundred thousand tons OF
munitions and supplies arc piled unon
tho docks along our Atlantic coast. billie"
to France and Italy alone. Some arc
detcriorntInE rapidly. In some places
locomotive boilers and great piles ot
shells and other important materials
have been dumped out on the ground and
lie rusting in winter weather."
Reviewing the governments handling