The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-04-22

nini''ee IN turn would not perm
rne borrowing OF money unless tn
var industries Board approved tn
use 20 which it was to be put. Thu
ehe City OF New York was not permit
.ed 10 spend ss,o0o.oo0 for the suilt
ing oi schools. The City OF Philadel
pnia was prevented from making i'm
p'o' eihents that in peace time woul,
nave oeen necessary. but in war tim,
were not. Various states. countie,
ahu eities, and a vast number of pri
Naee concerns, were denied the ust
VI money and materials for purposes
not necessary for the winning of the
war. Each part of the community had
- ADJUST Its wants to the whole great
undertaking.
mere have been great many bills
introduced into Congress on the sub.
Ject OF industrial mobilization. some
sponsored by great organizations like
she American Legion, and others bv
newspapers and publicists. But il is
surprising how little KNOWLEDGE thera
was on the part of those who drew m
tue Oils of the practieability and fea.
sibillty of so mobilizing our resources
that 1t would be impossible to make
as much profit in war as in time of
peace. Take into consideration the
tact that the following things were be.
ing done in 1915
General Crowder, who was in charge
OF the draft, had asked the chairman
OF the War Industries Board where he
could obtain additional men needed
Tor the Army in France with the least
possible dislocation of the war maxine
industrial civilian machinery. and we
were III the process of replacing male
iaoor with women. By a system of
priorlties the Board was alloeating to
our own Army and Navy, to the Allies |
ana TO the essential war industries the /
Things they required It was making
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 War Industries
Board. The Board was engaged in
1lsentangling and removing the many
conflicts and competitive efforts in.
Foived in labor and buildings that had
previously occurred because of lack of
my co-ordinating agency. 1t was allo-
'atlng power and making regulations
or the hftching up of scattered units
u power. 1t was changing munitions
riders from congested to less congest-
q districts. 1t had actually carried
nto effect an order that no building
nvolvfng $4,000 or. more could be I'M
ertaken without this approval of the
var Industries Board. No steel no
ement, no material of any kind could
used for any purpose whatsoever
Mess the War Industries Board per- I
lifted 1t. No steel company could .
ell over five tons of steel unless an l
roved by the Director of Steel. The '
reasury would not permit the raising Il
money for any industrial or finan-
nj operation unless 1t was approved n
the War Industries Board. The
resident issued an order that no COM
andeering should be done by the :,
rmy, Navy, Shipping Board or Food u
without the approval p
the chairman of the War Industries v,
oard. Every raw material industry,
Id indeed practically every industry
the country, was organized through
'pointment of committees, and none fe
these Industries would do any bust bl
'ss except under the rulings promul- w
tied by the Board. Standardization
every Industry was rapidly proceed
8. These rulings were made known
rough the issuance OF Official bulle- er
is at irregular intervals and were ey
by the press We were -
deavoring to arrange 1t so that the -
'ntlng forces were to receive those
ings which they needed and no
ore, so that whatever was not &C fir,
ally required at the front was left w.
civilian purposes, Industries were ba
rtafled, but never destroyed; skele-
n1zed, but never killed. Indeed, the -
OF men, money and materials was
pidly being brought into exactly
1t condition which have previously
tied to be necessary in case OF an.
Ter war.
II, in addition to this, the President
the future has the authority to fix
ces and distribution Of materials
labor, rent, and the use of man
wer, transportation, fuel and all the
ngs necessary for the conduct OF
war, any rise in prices will be pre-.
1ted, even in anticipation OF war.
ere are many who claim that war
caused primarily by the desire of
hit. | am not one OF those. But II
re is anything in this contention
plan will remove the possibility Of
body urging war as means OF
king profits. Even il there are no
n who desire war as a means of
king profit, the fact that profits
lid be less in war than in peace, :
wealth and resources would be d.
ted by the government, might have r
he active lettering influence on
4 Of great resources. Instead of
ng passive, they might become &C.
advocates of peace.
here are many people who are, for