The Washington herald., 1918-02-03
URGES BETTER
METHODS
FOR AMERICA
Raymond B. Price Says
Lack of Organization
Must Be Remedied.

Raymond B. Price. IN a pamphlet.
Washington. Nine Months at War.
published by the Patriotic Education
Society, Of Washington. renders real
service in that he furnishes infor-
nation to make the people think.
Tribute IL paid to the high moral
purposes and standards behind our
Executives acts" and he adds that
failures IN a great part are due
to poor organization" That Is why
the pamphlet was written.
Mr.. Price canvasses the war situ-
alton as Il has existed since the be-
ginning. He cites the experience Of
Britain and France: the problem OF
shipping and how it has been met.
or. rather. not met: the question OF
labor, which he maintains Is still
unsolved; and he adds no greater
single problem lies before Congress.
our administrators. or the country at
the present time"
Mr.. Price urges the importance OF
prompt action and quotes Sir Will
liam A. Holman, Of New South Wales.
as stating that fifty per cent of Aus
tralia's labor troubles have been set
tied without strikes and their Ar
bitration Courts had proved of great
educational value"
Inadequate Protection.
- As q solution Of the alien problem.
the suggestion is made that the gov
ernment with Its war powers could
make the teaching OF English COM
pulsory."
The writer also sees weakness In
the intelligence service, and quotes
Editor Rathom, of the Providence
Journal. as saying that IT is ''ridicu-
lously undermined and rediculously
underpaid." The fact that in muni-
tions plants alone there have been 40
explosions and II fires in which III
have been killed and l42 injured, with
a Toss OF S35, ,000. 900, is quoted to show
the inadequacy of our protection
against disasters at home. In addi-
tion, there have been ship fires caus-
ing a loss Of millions, trains wrecked,
canal plots, houses bombed, and the
pamphlet urges Congre ssional inVes-
tigatfon- 1t points out that this coun-
try has to meet the deceptive, lying.
misrepresenting of Germany, which
knows no moral limits" and adds
that this can only be met by counter
propaganda
Chapters on transportation. the ef-
fects OF congestion: on fuel and its
worldwide sources Of supply and dis
tribution: on imperfect democracy
versus perfected autocracy; on the
duty the government owes business
in war; the Council of National De-
feRse;. on Congress3 PERSONNEL are
concluded with the need Of the next
six months.
A very interesting chapter is that
NrrAn- Ha
bySWilliam Hard, as Is another Re
tarding the Allies
Unlike many pamphlets in, which
the author offers no constructive cFiti-
s:cun. Mr.. Price presents in. conclud-
ing chapters a plea to do away with
halfway measures. He tells US what
We know-that the public is discover
ins that the President Is without neces-
- ~ Information. and he aGds.-ssthe
executives have labOred with equiva-
lent difficulties
To StreRgthen System.
Ee1uTses, therefore, the elimination
o1 government debating society
tuZnnittees. by hiRdsisht and COM
DiIrcncy. by chance and request. by
iH-rtallnents. by censorship, by delay
and hesitation. and says
we must strengthen the two weak
est spots Of the national executive
system:
'f(a) Between the President and the
complex group of executives and ad-
ministratOrs dependent upon his de-
Ci- ions and policies
'+fb) Between the leading executives
and their righthand men dependent
upon their chiefs decisions and plans.
BY having each executive free from
detail:
'GiSing each executive condensed,
siftSd vital information;
sOrganiZing each executive for and
With instant daily decisions;
Providing each executive with care
ful plans, studied policies, organized
suggestions:
Supporting each executive with con-
structive vision, operating efficiency;
Demanding OF each executive ade-
Quate checks and safeguards against
failure, oversight, misunderstanding.
scandal, scarcity and delay;
Requiring each executive to know
what is most urgent each day-and
months ahead;
Furnishing each executive with the
kght man for the right plaee-sys-
iatically.
And providing more concentrated
ority"