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New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
"No Human Being Can
Perform, Such a Task"

II realize that some may contend that
the President of the United States. the
commander in chief of the army and
the navy, the leader of the nation in
this war, can make all these decisions.
and that there is, therefore, no need for
any additional clement in our wartime
machinery. My contention is that, be
he ever so able, no President, no hu-
man being. can perform such task. It
is utterly impossible for one man to ex-
anime into all these intricate oues-
lions. The days and the nights are
not long enough to permit of his doing
such thing
He carries, even.in time Of peace.
a terrlflc burden, and to ask him to
assume the task of studying and plan
nlng these tremendous, intricate, in
dustrlal, social, economic and military
undertakings is to ask the impossible
would be content that this same
state OF affairs continue for short
Hume were l convinced that the war
would end in short time. We could
probably proceed for little while
longer; and if the end were surely in
sight we would not need to concern
ourselves very much with our war
making machinery. But entertain the
deep conviction that the end is not in
sight; that we shall have to travel a
long, hard road before we reach the
goal. feel certain that the strain will
grow more and more severe as the
months go by.
Americas effort must constantly ex-
pand; we must send more and more
troops abroad: we must build more and
! more ships to carry them; We must
grow more and more food to feed them
and to feed our allies also; we must
make use of an evcr-increasng per-
centage of our mines, transportation
facilities and manufacturing facilities
in order that these men may be armed
to degree surprising the armament
of our enemies; that they may be fed
and clothed and cared for
Indeed, as view this situation. we
are only upon the threshold of this
tremendous undertaking, and as time
goes or it will demand of the country
and absorb from the country more and
more of its man power and its re-
sources Convinced as | am that this
prospect is surely before us, ! am not
satisfied that we have the kind of or
ganization and machinery that can
stand the strain.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
| War
Department

goods and at what price. They advise
them. Then those officers go back to
their respective departments, and the
whole effort of placing the orders and
making the purchases, speeding up the
!ndustries, disciplining industry, mob
ilizing industry, taking care of the
transportation, planning them out in
advance, is scattered Gown through at
least q dozen different governmental
agencies.
You know that it cannot be coordi-
rated under any such system. When
those officers reach that point where
they are advised where they can act
their supplies and what price thev shall
Fay there stands no authority to compel
them to take that advice. There is no
centralized agency that will discipline
and organize the industries of America
A dozen or thirteen purchasing aeen.
!T4s Tles Of the government cannot do it.
ihey each 60 out on their own hook and
DO the best they can, and tncy are
working day and night, but there is no
system to it. 1t is apparent to any
man who looks at that chart that tbcre
Is no system there.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
"War Machinery
Slow and Creaking"

I'm a word. we found the machinery
slow and creaking, and in some impor-
tant instances the engine stalled
I'm addition to the army officers who
appeared before us we obtained exceed
angly valuable testimony from repre-
sentatives of some of our great manu-
facturlng plants. Their testimony.
believe. broadened our view of the stu
alton and painted more wildly the
from 1t we have gathered the deep i'm
precision that there was lack of COM
prehension of the manufacturers prob
lens on the part of official Washing
ton; lack of coordination; an inability
to reach prompt decision; in fact, that
he system itself was faulty in the ex
.rcme.
II hen we had before US some of the
exceedingly able civilians who were
summoned to Washington just before or
soon after our entrance into the war,
and who have devoted their time and
EFFORTS in helping the government.
These men have lived close to the prob
lem for many months; they have
watched the working of the machinery
ut close range; they are thoroughly in
formed upon the situation and they
nave told US about it. Each of them
has pointed out and explained the de.
fects which the members of the com
mittee had begun to suspect before
they appeared before US. Each of them
has suggested one or more remedies,
one or more improvements, and all their
suggestions are in the same direction.
to wit, the proper Capitalization Of
authority-an authority established
preferably by statute, an authority
whose decision may be promptly
reached and accepted as final.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
svorth on Bill for War Cabinet

is nothing compulsory about it. Sen
ators. Full power to purchase and to
provide for, supervise and control the
procurement, manufacture and trans.
portation OF such munitions of war as
the President in furtherance of the
purposes Of this act shall designate
from time to time
1.-THE bill leaves it entirely in the
hands of the President to say just how
far centralized purchasing shall 60
The argument has been raised upon
the floor of the Senate that the naval
purchasing system must not be inter
fcred with; that it is splendid sys-
tenn. So it is; we all admit it. There
is nothing in the bill that interferes
with the navy purchasing system, un-
less the President in his wisdom shall
decide that some Of the things pur-
chased by the navy might better be
purchased by the director Of munitions.
Can we not trust the Secretary Of the
Navy and the President to see to it
that the efficiency Of the navy is not
injured in matter Of this kind?
There have been some rather inter
esting developments in this question Of
munitions buying in other countr les.
The most elaborate and perhaps the
most successful effort has been made in
England. They established mimi
tions ministry in the early part of 1915.
No Engiishman in his senses would ad-
vocate its abolition. Senator'S it saved
the British army. because it enabled
the British industrics.to turn out the
guns and tile shells for the use Of that
army in Flanders and in France; ic en-
abled the British industries to supply
the equipment that the British soldiers
were sadly lacking; in some respects
lacking just. as our soldiers lack them
tO-day,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
WodsUorth Points Out
Forgotten Departments

The chart that have hung here is
an az exact copy Of the chart given to the
Secretary Of War. On it are recited
the War Department and its bureaus,
the Navy Department and it's bureaus
the Shlpbullding Board and the allel.
purchasing bodies. That was the paint
ing Of the picture given to us by the
Secretary of War. But, Senator's, the
1000 administration has been forgotten,
and so has the railway administration.
and each Of them purchasing enormous
Quantities MTti Of supplies.
They must be coordinated, and ac-
cordlng to the system now in vogue.
when any one of those purchasing
ngents--and there are something over Il
dozen' perhaps twenty, of them-makcs
up its mind that it wants to buy some
article it proceeds to the Office of the
War Industries Board, and is there re-
1erred to the committee on cIearanccs
which consists of hale dozen gentle
men, who advise the purchasing officers
us they arrive where they can buy the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06

appointed by the President by and with
the ADVICE and consent Of tho Senate,
and who--and ! will read just one pay
agraph from this bill which will illu
inmate its spirit and what it means.
and the reading of it is an answer t.
some OF the criticisms that have been
!1Hea maze against it. The bill provides: ::
wno, UNDER the President. shall have
through any other agents or agencies 9
OF the government that the President
may designate for the purpose There
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Design Purchases
To Spare Expense

"They do not purchase everything
used IN the army and the navy; they
purchase the things which they can
most advantageously purchase under a
| centralized authority. am informed
that in London they have great build
| lngs filled with samples Of things pur-
chased by the British Minister of Mu-
/! nitIons; everything taht is purchased
has sample or model deposited in that
museum. The manufacturers can go to
| museum and see before their eyes
just what the government wants-can
see the article itself They can copy
it; they can discuss with the officer in
charge whether OR not they can make
that article.
1t IS not always sufficient to send a
manufacturer some blue print of the
thing you want him to make. Very
often he cannot tell from the blue print.
except after long elaboration, whether
or not his factory can turn out that ar
tlcle; but when he can see the article
Itself on the counter, as it were, prop
erly labelled and tagged, and the parts
OF that article laid out around it, show
ing how 1T is put together, then he can
tell whether or not he can make it.
THAT is what ought to be done in the
United States, and it cannot be done
unless you have department Of mu-
nitions. You have got to have some
central place where manufacturers can
go and sit down and talk business;
where they can find out what is expect
ed of them; take the orders from the
government and 20 back and fill the
orders, and you have not anything like
that to-day
Nov let us analyze, if we can. some
OF the things that have happened in
this country as the result Of the lack
Of centralized power and the lack of a
business organization. The purchasing
bureaus of the army-ordnance, quar-,
termaster; engineers, signal corps and
coast artlliery.have gone out into the
market and placed orders for large roo
quantities of material.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06

not do all the things at the time when
they ought to be done. 1t is mpos-
"Now, let us see how it works or how
IT endeavors to work at this time.
And. mind You, Senator's, my criticism
Is not directed against any individual
against any one department. This
question is not one of persons. 1t is
not one of individual bureaus or de-
partments. 1T is one affecting organi-
The army needs vast amounts of
supplies. 1t purchases them through
nve purchasing bureaus. The navy
purchases its supplies largely through
one bureau. The Shipping Board needs
tremendous amount of material. The
Allies need tremendous amount of
material "
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06

steel for those four agencies shall be
centralized in one department, so that
the steel producing industry of the
country can be organized for one great
purpose; can be disciplined, as it we're
is it not sensible? They are all
buying the same thing. Why not have
one on man buy 1T and give him the au-
make the proportionate allotment Of
the contracts in the different steel
mills? Some parts of the country are
overloaded with government orders
and other parts of the country have
not any, and they could have had them
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06

had there been any centralized author
lty to plan out the distribution Of the
orders. WV
""hat does the bill propose to do =?
1t proposes to create an agency to be
known as director of munitions. to be
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06

needs vast amount Of steel W.
kno" la that the Allies PURCHASING VIZ ;r
thls country need vast amomnt - -
s.ecl. The proposal Of the COMMITTEES 20
not ., expressed in so many words E ;s
'ha' IN such case the purchase of tbe s
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06

back the wheels of machinery one day
"Now, what is the proposal? We all
know that the army needs a vast
amount of steel for forging our heavy
artillery. We know that the navy
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
ShosUs Organization
BY Charts on Wall

Nov. let Senators go back for a
moment and discuss the machinery
that we now have. | took the liberty
"a few days ago OF having hung upon
the walls some charts. PERHAPS NAV
New-York tribune., 1918-02-06
Purchasing Officers
No.D il, Competition,

"The Navy Department has done tho
!ame. The commission having charge
informally of the Allies purchases h as
done likewise. The food administraD
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-01
OFFICIALS TO STOP LETTER
Purpose for which Chain Commuhi,
cation Was started Achieved

NEW YORK, Aprl 80 Federal
authorities are trying 90 stop q chain
latter started two years ago and -t.ll
bringing returns AZ the rate ~ $50 -
day To an organization which sought
funds for a special American hospitW
In France for the treatment OF per
sons wounded IN face or Jaw.
According TO the secret service Of
| flcials here the chain letter was scnt
out in 1915, each recipient being
asked to contribute "a cents and tn
send a copy Of the communication to
six friends. The Rcd cross CAV"
It's support hy agreeing 10 prdNld"
81 900 for each $1,000 subscribed IN
the manner. The hospital has long
since been established and needs no
more money but letters ~ the rate
| OF 200 day are still being received,
which the post office Is returning To
| their sondets.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-01
Deserter Admits Supplying Germans
With Information on American Army

was released on promise 70 become
AN American citizen.
Shortly after this he was ordered
10 go to Augusta. Ga, according TO
.his confession. and enlist In tbe
American army. He became mem
hor nf Company -. First Georgia in
fantry. and gathered military in
formation there for the German em-
hassy az Washington. After five
months he was ordered 20 desert and
20 10 Juarez. MeHlco. whore another
agent of the German government
supplied him with money Later he
gathered moro military information
in Texas
Here he became disguised with the
work ana quii. b." says. and was ar
rested ns dcsert"r March 20, 1917
being sentenced 10 year al Ieayen-
worth During his Incarceration tho
government AGENTS discovered detaili
NJ hla previous activities and wher
Questioned Il he is said 10 have con
foss"d
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-01

KANSAS CITY, April 30--DetailS
OF the alleged confession Of Wilhelm
Won Liuder who has been In military
prison Mt Fort LnavenWorth for moro
than year Is dcscrter from tho
American army. telling Of his actlv-
tiles us an alleged German spy pre-
viOus TO Americas entry into the
war. were made public today by Fred
Robertson. United states district at
torney for Kansas. Won Liuder has
been ordered interued at Fort Doug
las Utah. for the duration ot the
war. aud ig being brought Co Kansas
City Kan. 20 complete details ot his
transfer The confession wns oh
tanned bv agents of SIR Robertson r.
office. who have hceu WORKING on
the case since March 49,
Won IfufaT states In hls Cunfcsr
zion. according 90 M Eob"risoR-
that be- served Boo the German army
and cnmo Co the lnitoi siat"s ln
lgli.. landing st Philadelphia. where
ho was met Uy Captain Won LhiHu-
hue naval ut'achn of the German
cmbarsy al W1Hh.ugiun From thAi
time until shortly after hlF arrest o'
"a dsseriDr. W Laredo Texas Do" was
wprtirr under Won 7lsruhue who in
.iurD was reporting through captain
Eov-I.d t0 tbc German government
Won LIrIsTH confession the dis
.trIrt attorney said. contained the ad
mission that be photographed eN.
feraiyoly naval works az the >0tf1Qt
Nu. uty5'ur1 and obtained other
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-01
0VERALLS TAKING PLACE
OF H0USEMAID'S ATTIRE
Want Ads show Trend of Women
Away from rctticuht jobs aud
Into Army Work

NEW YORK, Apru 2o.-T h q
want ads iu the daily newspapers,
both iurtht- city aud other parts "
tho country. which usually furnish
tho FIRST hint or changing Industrial
and economic conditions, now lndi-
cato the extent To which the war iS
calling women from petucoht occu-
patous to overall Jobs.
Ecturr the wax there was n
slmcucsa IN the character of posi-
tl0ns offered to women iu the want
Ad column ladies maids, house.
maids, cooks, nurses and mothers
helpers were chiefly in demand To-
day there are stll persistent calls
for this class OF women workers, hut
fcw girls are satisfied with these
former feminine occupations when
the want ads abound with allurlnS
prospects Ia new fields
Mrs Henry Ollesheimcr. Of this
city. president OF the National
.oHguc OF Women Workers, an az.
socation OF self governing self
supporting girls clubs points out
that the wholesale departure OF
women from home occupations into
industry and business can he
traced accurately IN the want nd
column
1T docs not require y knowledge
of sociology or economics she said
"to scc that the labor supply follows
the biggest aud most alluring re-
wards Almost every day some new
I form OF occupation Is opened 10
women and the need for workers is
voiced in the newspapers advor-
tising c5unUs
1T Is natural for girls 10 turn
to war work AZ an expression oi
their patriotic impulses. The only
dancer is that we neglect as the
number Of girls increases in Indus
try. TO increase opportunities Tor
their amusement education and
rerr@tlon The clubs affiliated with
tho National league are meeuhg
many Of these new social needs OF
the girls who answer the ads and
the governing idea appeals to
their American love OF democracy. w
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-01
CROWDER ASKS FOR
RETROACTIVE BILL
,x,,, lIiu,natc from >Cw Draft
law Amendment Putting Later
Regi-trants Mt Bottom.

WARRINGTON, Aprl 30 Pro.
y,st Marshal General Crow'cg 'u-
AZ rehuested congress 'u eliminate
Srom the bill extending the dtEt' fob
.onths now 2l years old tho amend.
,snt nuttinE at the bottom uf the
"I,ihic list those who would Register
',ndcr the provision, and asked Tint
,hs hill basing draft quotas un th"
mn iuber OF men In class J n" amrnl.
od 10 make It's operation rr'rHNU'Nr
General Crowder made Ws r"I.'..
in letters to the chHrm'1 u, tho
senate and house military commit
tees OF the proposal 90 put 'Hr rrW
Ircgtstrants at the bottom of .h" ..'
of eligibles, General truVlrr t.I
'rhe plan proposed hy thOa ufn"o
would result In the rcEistnuis h"'nr
given order numbers scattered
throughout tho entire Dist "t order
numbers. This seems ju hu ffrnr
than the plan proposed nE 'h'
IamSndment Tho result ut tho nnu#,
amendment in many iuiHl."'.u'
/ will be To delay the calling ot lhasn
Young mon Tor q considerable ilmo
lin the ineasimc, their status wI'
have changed. they viii have m.r.
Iried or become intrgai,i With tho
Industries OF the country
"Moreovor. II establishes % prrro
dent which might ho appealed prn.
Vided aliens are registered wlr' Oh.
provisions Of the now LEGISLATION
based upon treaties 10 hr negotiated
! The plan 70 make tho gqotl nV
retroactive would apply 30 ~ m,na u'
the new draft called white the lcEis
Ilation IL pending rcHy Boo enact
Iment OF the leglsltuun Genera
lCrowder wrote, ueceSsitatos On,
retroactive feature,
General CroWdcr said tp Insure
fair treatment for an the states On,
new quota plan should bc applied O.
men called on the second draft
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-01

hear the rumble OF the guns, and II
is the regret OF NV life-that We are
not able TO be In It. ! wish | were
at liberty TO write the views and eH
pressionu OF the engagement n""
going on, but you know due re
gard for the regulations which Is,
think, wise provision, too, forhldh'
Suffice II to say they are all opu-
mistie, and their spirit here is mag
uifiCcnt They are absolutely IN
domitable unconuuerahlc, rfsolute'
patient. determined. They 30 at II
like the days work They are very
Kind to us This community is a
! quaint little old French town. In the
! advanced area, hut has not betot.
ourselves uuartcrtd Americans, ana
AS We are trying 10 behave ourselves
they seem 10 think good deal OF US
and naturally OF Americans IN gen
! erll
The climate ls all that has been
said ot IT, Fuel not so scarce nu'
, labor is Besides, the people
not accustomed TO the warm house'
We i've in and do not require any
thing Ike the warmth we do, cues,
We will get used 90 II IN time but
/ haven't got real warm s'h'o
landed.
."If make errors attrihMte u mo-
only to my poor use Of the machine
but also 10 the wrctched lig -.
other thing they are shy OF mere y,
rctroI. that is. none TO use for sue
silly things AZ Illuminating.
uesidcs we don't want much Nlhn
these nights. II would amuse ".
tn see the whole city stagsellh'
around ia abioluto darkness.
scott YOU must come over ,nl
summer and see this thing HiN
hand. Come during the summer re
; cess Go e. place In New or
which don't remember out W..
he easy to locate. and ge' YOU
rubber suit II Is new thlng ~,
"A great deal better proiceuN nm IN,
! the orSnary life proserNer. VIZ a, m",
tho REAL THING as u so"S"'Y'
coming over
"The roar OF the big guns Is AZ
distance which Is as close as ma,
gotten vet First II mhkes you
heart pound the blood into your 1",
ps IL docs when you run uph'h " "
\ oyer-cNert yourself; or, IKE a SUI
J MOI. thunder storm that fiils IN
, i'a',.cn. ,,ith inky blackne@s, swirl
inc clouds and IL n continual gro"l
4 teen the iik lNNh NAA'f
! sscopds inst ike it' felt when yo
usea to ride In the farm WAGON whe'
we didn't have spring seats on
frosty morning when you struck
rut-they Jar your backbone.
scott, / don't believe the battle o
rou nor many succeeding ones TX go
q inc TO end this thing. ! believe WI
, i,st I, long Time and,J hat II VIII TAX
\ ali our strength, owing TO our dlf
!, advantageous location; and IT'S 80
I, TO be given. for otherwise those 9
), us that can. will have nothing lei
: Ia go back 10 and you folks at HON
G wont have any country. hope
4 seo "A million Of our soldiers on ti'
q firing line before the summer is ov'
n and the quicker the better for every
q body
I. Haven't heard a word from HON
q or any place since leaving II go
A have time write me. Give my loN
), TO the hoys and remember me
: Mr Ferris. Affecuonately Rc
!. Hoffman.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-01
GElLFUSS is UNDER ARREST
Baker Accused ~ Receiving Goods
stolen by soldiers.

spARTA$BUHG g. G.. April 80.
A urnties a wealthy baker " this
. rlf.. Qas urrcstd today on q charge
of receiving goods stolen from the
Government lie was released on
S.. 500 bond.
grrf.a.' arrest cnmc ns sequel
g., iI. recent conviction 81 two sol
aicrs churged wltH the theft Of meats
ana other food products which. %
yas ALLEGED. was turned over 20 Cell
fuss
Prior 10 'hc arrest OF Goilfusa
senator 70 r. TNlman ana CON
grcs.mau Nichols ~ South caro-
'lr, sent tcIerrims 20 local federal
AGENTS arping that a thorough IN
,cstigatnun be made before action
u.as taken. Senator Tillman charged
bon a published statement That the
affair wts inspired for political rel
sons
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-01
GEN. HOFFMAN MEETS
U-BOAT IN TRIP OVER
oLInhoma's Top Soldier Calls IL
"Rcai Thing" in Letter Ia
CONGRESSMAN Ferris.
CAN HEAR RUMBLE OF GUNS
so,r,t of Men Unconqucrhbic; Mil
lion Men ON American Line
Hoped for soon.
Wards Warrington Bureau
a. ... ma %

WASfIINGTON. April 2o.-Geni..
Rov hoffman. Oklahoma's topnoI'n
soldier. must have encountered Z"
,ubmarine when he went over 10
France with the Nlnety-thlrd diIN'
ion (colored troops, bat IN i''-
ter ts Hon. Scott Ferris, uklah"mn
congressman, he calls II the real
thing"
The following Is very interest
ing message TO all OklHh"mahs "h"
learned to love and respect Geh''H "a
Headauarters- Ninety-Third pNi
sion. France, March &c 6-Dear oId
Scott. Here | have taken up my
domicle and feel 'arrcady almosi,
liko a native. and you should
see US get the pnttcr -- " oth''
words. learn the langdag keaI-
ly we are aStonished al the
progress we are making hut ",
are working hard at IT, and pu'
in each leisure minute. as ! thhf
la is great help in the work W.
have set about to do
AS | write, a great battle In u
progress. SO near We are able t'