The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-11-21
INDUSTRIES BOARD
LOOKS TO FUTURE
After War Problems Must Re
Worked Out So as to
Prevent Chaos.

Il. Washington. In the great task OF
internal reconstruction after the war
the War Industry board seems certain
TO continue in existence and play a
large part in the transformation Of war
manufacturing back to peace time pro-
duction. This is one feature Of the
governments program for easing the
nations business from the pitch OF
war TO the pursuits of peace without
conVulsins II in the process. In q
sense, the prosram is tentative. be-
cause its formulation has just begun.
nevertheless the planning for peace
~ giving all government agencies IN
washington these days material for as
systematic thought a. the prosecution
OF war.
Industrial reconstruction. next to de,
mobilization OF the army In probably
the most important phase OF these
plans. How TO stop the manufacture
or shells, of guns, OF army and navy
supplies, without stopping. the indus
trial wheels. is "a problem which agen-
eies or the Wal Industries oar will
be called OIL 10 solve. This means hat
the hundreds Of Industrial and com
meIcial leaders who have been cslled
TO Washington VIII have to continue
their services for essential peace work.
or substitutes for them TO be found,
Manufacturing plants which now
look to the Wa Industries board for
assistance in obtaining materials
Whlch in turn comply with thef orceful
suggestions Of the beard. eventually
VIII call on s@ie government agency
10 guide them during the process OF
racing about toward peace production.
The Wal Industries board is the only
agency equipped with the machinery
and supplied with the information to
give this guidance. For that reason,
the officials in closest touch with cur
rents OF ideas within the government
insist that the War industries board
Will continue in existence indefinitely
after the war, regardless Of when the
war ends,
OFFICIALS intimate that means will be
round Of continuing the current plans
Tor eliminating strikes, OF giving labor
greater voice In the management OF in
dustrial plants, and Of extending both
labor and trade declarations to promote
collective bargaining. They suggest
sbat the government, through the Va
Finance corporation, may aid in the
conversion of ind ustries from war to
peace footing. reversing the existing
priority OF war enterprises. Railroad
transportation industrial production.
and ocean shipping must be coordi-
mated and supervised for a few years
after peace comes as they have been
during the war, i'm the opinion of gov
eminent leaders. Employment agen-
cies, universities and schools, churches
and other social organizations must
cooperate to facilitate the placing OF
returned soldiers in the occupations
where they are best fitted and most
needed,
Continue Indefinitely.
To do all this. it is the belief in many
Official circles in Washington that most
government agencies which have
sprung up during the war must on
tinue to function for IN indefinite time
afterward. These include the War In
dustries Board, Shipping Board, War
Trade Board, FOOD and Fue Admins
tratlon, War Labor Board and the War
Labor Policies Board, numerous divi-
sions Of the Council Of National De-
Tense, War Finance Corporation. and
many other connected agencies. n
Railroad Administration has 81 months
to live after peace is signed. unless flu
turs legislation should change existing
plans for restoration Of railroads TO
private control. The Red Cross Young
Mems Christian Association Wal Camp
Community Service, and similar insti-
In conjunction with the government
long after the war is over. IS
In realization that the question oil
how TO accomplish all these complicated
matters will be as big a question as
that OF how to make war has been,
nearly all government agencies now arc
bestirring themselves quietly TO taking
stock. In congress the spirit Is re-
fiected in at least three pending resolu-
tions looking to creation of boards or
commissions to study reconstruction.
The republicans advocate a survey by
a committee Of members Of congress-.
Senator Overman's resolution provides
for appointment of q disinterested body
Of students at various problems. Sena-
tor owen has a similar suggestion.
Most administration leaders are in
clined to endorse Senator Overman's
proposal.
, President Wilson has discussed the
questions Of internal as we'll as interna-
tional reconstruction, with a few ad-
visors, and il is understood that 1t was
at his suggestion that the Council Of
National Defense went to work. months
age gathering information from all de-
p%artrlents and bureaus concerning their
capabilities as peace-time bodies. An
extensive photography, several chests
full OF reports, and u nuInber Of charts
have been gathered together for the use
If any agency which may undertake to
formulate the governments recoastIlic-
tion program. No effort has beer made
by the councils officers TO suggest pol
icies. This research work has been
lone largely by Walter :. Clifford and
GrosVenor ClarksOn. director and sec
/, Rotary respectively OF the council. Mr..
Clifford has just returned from Europe
| with information on tentative recon
| structiOD plans Of the allies.
| All this is only the barest outline Of
| what government leaders are thinkine
these days without regard 10 when the
war will end.