Evening star., 1929-12-02
HURLEY ASKS IlDUGTRY HEADS
TO PERMANENTLY ABOLISH WAR
Control OF Basic Raw Mate
riaIs Is Held Effective
Peace Measure.
Denial of Necessary Products
to BeIIigerent Nation Sug-
gested to Avoid Conflicts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A proposal whereby industrial leaders
of the world should enter into pact for
the permanent abolition of wars through
| control of basic raw materials was sub
mitted by Edward N. Hurley, wartime
| chairman Of the United States Shipping
Board, in letter today to NJ. Georges
Theunis of Brussels, president of the
International Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. Hurley explained. that through
control of the raw materials, by an
agreement between industrial leaders,
any belligerent nation could be denied
| the necessary products to wage war.
These raw materials were listed as iron
| ore, coal, rubber, manganese, nickel,
aluminium, petroleum, newsprint, tung-
| stem. chromium and mercury.
Has Faith in Suggestion.
"I am personally acquainted with
many of the industrial leaders who
could form such an organization" Mr..
Hurley said II am satisfied that they
would judge this plan to be practicable
If it were presented properly for their
attention and study, and am certain
that the motives of these men are such
that naturally they are inclined to de-
vote their powers to the common good
of mankind. The only real obstacle to
the association of such men in a project
of this kind is their reluctance to enter
domestic political controversy"
Mr.. Hurley said he placed his pro-
posal before the International Chamber
of Commerce because that body was
organized to express the views of busi-
ness men upon world affairs and to pro-
mote peace.
Declaring that no nation in the world
is self-Sustaining for modern warfare
Mr.. Hurley cited that, "as all steel men
know. at one critical period in the World
War the United States had only three.
week supply of manganese ore If the
four ships carrying supplies of this ore
from Brazil had been delayed by Ger
man submarine activity every steel
plant in America would have had to
shut down"
Mr.. Hurley said that the current pro-
posals" for world peace have laid
little or no emphasis upon the indus
trial methods for the prevention of
war.
1t seems to me that in the present
state OF technology and commerce, no
peace-preserving machinery can be
complete without some foNm of interna-
tloEal control of raw materials"
A roster of industrial leaders was
given by Mr.. Hurley, men who could
terials without which war cannot be
waged. The letter stated:
Walter S: Teagle, president Of the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, and
Sir Henri Deterding, managing director
OF the Royal Dutch Schell Corporation
OF Great Britain, can say whether auto
mobiles and airplanes shall continue to
move and whether the machinery of
the world shall continue to produce
goods or be stopped by friction.
John d. Ryan, chairman of the Ana
conda Copper Mining Co. of New York,
and E. Franque of Belgium, are in a
position to control the distribution of
that copper without an ample supply
OF which the electric energy of any
country cannot be generated or dis
tributed effectively. Harvey Firestone
OF the United States and H. Eric Miller,
managing director Of Harrison's &
Crossfield (British), command such
confidence among the men who produce
and manufacture rubber that they can
mobilize that industry in the cause of
war prevention.
The modern world is energized over
copper wires and is moving more and
more on rubber. Yet it is world in
which energy must still be generated
from coal; and the energy must be har-
messed by machines made of steel Coal
and. iron are far more widely distrib-
uted than copper, oil and rubber.
Names Steel Leaders.
"The allotment of steel to the nations
OF the world could be determined very
largely by concert of such men as
these: For the United States-James A.
Farrell. president of the United States
Steel Corporation; Charles M. schwab,
chairman of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration; Willis L. King, vice president
OF the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corpo-
ration; James A. Campbell, president
OF the youngstown Sheet SE Tube Co.
For Great Britain-Sir Hugh Bell,
Rounton Grange and Sir Arthur j.
Dorman Of Dorman, Long & Co.: Sir
Robert A. Hadf1eld, chairman Of Had
fields. Ltd. For Germany-Dr. Albert
Deutscher EiSenhutten Leute; DR.. Fritz
Thyssen of the Stahlwerks Verband.
For Belgium-Jacques Van Hoegarden,
managing director Societe Anonyme
D'Ougree-M Marihaye. For France-Eu-
gene Schneider of Schneider & Co.;
Francois de Wendell, manager of de
Wendell ct Gle; Alexander Dreaux. pres
ident of the Societe des Acieries de
Longwy.
THE technical genius of italian en-
gineers and industrialiSts is such that
business leaders of italy would have
an important part in the control Of
steel and all ferrous materials despite
the fact that Italy is not richly endowed
with the raw materials of these in
dustries. Her importance as a cor
sumner and fabricator would make it
necessary for such men as Alberto
Pirelli former president of the inter-
national Chamber of Commerce) and
Count Giuseppe Volpi (former minister
of finance) to lend their influence III
any plan for co-ordinating the metal
lurgical industries.
Could Control Chemicals.
''The chemical industries of the world
could be mobiliZed for world peace by
business control if a few men like Pierre
S. du Pont of the United States, Dr.
Carl Bosch and DR.. August Diehn
OF Germany, Lord Melchett and Sir
William Alexander Barta of Great
Britain and M. Donat-Agache OF
France got together and determined to
do it.
THE strategic position Of the chemi-
cal industries with respect to war
making and peace maintenance is
somewhat similar to that of the gigantic
enterprises which provide the worlds
workshops with electrical energy ANY
nation deprived of free access to the
methods and machinery which are the
fruits of their research would be abso-
lutely handicapped.
such men as Owen D. Young, chair
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