The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-02
Taking the Profit
Out Of Var
By BERNARD M. RARUCH
Reprinted fro@ Pc Ats8aeio NosAAlU.
Reprinted fro- Pc A'suus.o No-sA'y.
CONTINUED from page Six

eOS OF the Treasury Department WHICH
committee "a turn would net permit
the borrowing Of mORey unless the
War Industries Board approved the
use % which it was 10 be put Thus
the City Of New York was net permit
ted to spend &8.oO0.0o0 for the build
ing OF schools. The City Of Philadel-
.phia W&s prevented non making I'm
~prOvement0 that In peace time W0ula
have boea necessary, bat IN var time
;Wor0 not Various states, counties
ana cities, and q vast number % pr
,Vate concerns, were deRiOa 6O ua0
e money and materials for purposes
not necessary for the Winning Of the
war. Each part Of the community had
20 adjust lts wants to the whale great
undertaking.
There have been q great many bills
introduced into Congress en- the sub
feet Of Industrial mobilization, some
sponsored By great organizations like
0e American Legion, and OtheFB By
newspapers and pubhcists. But 4 g.
surprising how little khOWI0Ago there
was on the part Of those WhO drew ID
the bills OF the ~pPaeticabTltty AMI tea
Glbility OF 90 mobillslng cur resources
that It would DO impossible % make
aS wucA RrOAt lR war 90 On time Of
peace. Take into consideration the
fact that the following things were be-
ing done In 1915
General CrOWder, who va ta charge
g the draft had asked IL chairman
Oe the War Industries Board where he
could obtain additional men needed
for the Army In France with the least
possible disloeati0n Of the war making
Industrial civilian machinery, ana We
rel In the process Of replacing male
labor with women. By q system Of
~priOrities the Board was ~al1Ocating 70
our own Army and Navy, to the Allies
and 10 the essential war industries the
things they required. Il was making
priority rulings as TO transportation,
and they were being followed out By
the Railroad Administrator. The Fuel
Administrator distributed fuel only on
the rulings OF the Wa Industries
Board. The Board was engaged IN
d~isentangling and removing the many
CONFLICTS and competitive efforts IN
VOWED IN labor and buildings that had
previously occurred because Of lack Of
any cO-Ordinating agency. Il was GllO-
eating power and making regulations
Tor the hitching up Of scattered units
Of power. Il was changing munitions
orders from ~cOngested to less longest
ed districts. Il had actually carried
into effect an order that no building
involving $500 or more could be IN
dertaken without tins approval Of the
War Industries Board. No steel, no
cement, no material Of any kind could
be used for any purpose Whatsoever
unless the Wa industries Board per-
mitted Il. No steel company could
sell ver ave tons Of steel unless ap-
proved by the Director Of Steel. The
Treasury would not permit the raising
Of money for any industrial or hnan-
cial operation unless it was approved
< by the War Industries Board. The
President issued an order that no com
Wandering should be done by the
Army, Navy, Shipping Board OF Food
;, Administration without the approval
Of the chairman Of the War Industries
Board. Every raw material industry
and indeed practically every industry
IL the country, was organized through
appointment Of committees. and none
Of these industries would do any bust
ness except under the rulings promul
gated by the Board. Standardization
In every industry was rapidly proceed
ing. These rulings were made known
through the issuance Of Omcial bulle
tins It irregular intervals and Wer,
distributed by the press. We Werl
endeavOring to arrange Il 30 that Oh,
fighting forces we're to receive hos,
things which they needed and d
more, 90 that whatever Was not "a
tuaIly required 1t the front was lsf
% civilian purposes Industries Wer
curtailed, but never destroyed; skelC
tORi1ed, bat never killed. Indeed, tn
use Of men, money and materials wa
rapidly being brought into exaetI
that condition which I have proviOusl
stated to be necessary IN cas- OG a
VA.
II, IN addition 20 this, the Presiden
~ the future has the authority 70 q
prices and distribution OF material
and labor, rent, and the use Of ma
power, transportation, fuel and al th
things necessary for the conduct (
the war, any rise in prices viii Be lbr.
vented, sven Ia anticipation of wa
There are many who claim that va
e caused primarily By ths desire I
profit. I am not one Of those. But
there q anything In this contentio
this plan Will remove the possibility I
anybody urging war as q means
making profits. Even Il there are Z
men who desire war as a means
making profit the fact that prom
would be less "a war than IN peac
and wealth and resources would be d
Fected BY the government might hay
esome active lettering influence Z
5men Of great resources. Instead
heing passive. they might become 8
se-n oTwmnnHmn .r $500