The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-12-11
MOST ELOQUENT
SPEECH OF WAR
Credited by Baruch to DonIin.
President of the Buildinu
Trades.
LITTLE TALK CLEARS THE Way
Was Made In the Dark Days of the
War When the Cry From France
Was "Men, More Men"-Never
Got Into Print.

Washington.-The most eloquent
speech made during the war, according
to Bernard M. Baruch, former chair
man of the war industries board, new
er got into print. 1t was made in the
dark days when the cry from France
was Men, more men," and the supply
available in the draft was running
low
General Crowder," says Mr.. Ba-
ruch, served notice on the board that
he must have something like 100000
men, and the question was where they
were to come from. The draft had
taken out everybody available, and
the only way was to take men from
industry Hence the appeal to the
war industries board.
I'VE put men to work on 1t, and In
| due time plan for wedding men out
was presented. Among other things it
put the private chauffeur out Of bust
ness, as well as statesmen and men In
the white goods trade. This would not
have been enough, and the placing of
women In mems work in the trades
had to be considered-a real dilution
Of labor.
Labor Called In.
1.-The scheme was all right, but when
1t came to us for approval we found
that everybody except those most i'm
portant had been consulted. / mean
the representatives Of labor. So they
were called in and the scheme, as well
as the necessity back of it, were ex-
planned to them.
GAS might be expected, there was a
lot OF opposition to putting women in
the mems trades and the putting of
The men thus released into uniform.
During it all one man sat still, giving
not the slightest indication Of what he
thought of the thing. After about
everybody else had had his say he took
the floor
"'Mr Chairman he said, this
thing is very simple. If / am going
home Saturday night with my weeks
pay in my pocket and a guy steps
up and tries to take 1t away from me-
I am a fool If / keep my left hand on
the wad and try to beat him off with |
ny right. If do that the chances |
are that he will get me and the wad
and get away clean.
"Tf / take my left hand off the wad |
md go after him with both hands,
I'll save the wad and get him.
Use Both Hands.
"'Now, Mr. Chairman, that's the |
case here. This German guy is just
around the corner If we keep one I
hand on our wads he'll get us and our
Wads, too If we use both our hands
we'll save the wads and get him. IN
ess we get him, if he gets u.s. our
vads or anything else won't be worth,
much. So I say, Mr.. Chairman, let
IS take both our hands out of our
pockets and get after him. So fer as
IN concerned, you can have every
nan in the building trades that can
BASS the doctors, and the boys, I'm
ure, will back me up
"John II. Donlin, president of the
building trades department, was the
hap that did the talking. His little
peech settled the question, and all
he way was left clear to us to weed
ii the men out Of industry that might
'e needed.
FORTUNATELY, as it happened, we
lid not need to dilute labor, but
)onlins little speech took us over
What was one Of the nastiest situa-
ions in the war. 1t was the most
loquent speech made during the war
nd one Of the most effective" i