The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-12-09
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armament smoke screen, the LecEIllCa1 prepd-
rations for the next imperialist slaughter pro-
coed methodically in their own way to get the
war machine keyed up as soon as possible. In
the october, 1880 issue of the Harvard Business
Review, A. B. Qunton, Jr. has outlined the
main points Of the war mobilization program.
The fact that Quinton is a major in the Ord
nance Department of the us. Army, and in
struetor in the Army Industrial College is suf-
ficient evidence Of the authority of his article.
The purpose Of his article is to get the bour-
geoisie acquainted with the general outlines of
the plans for war mobilization.
The keynote of his article is the predominating
Importance played by industrial mobilization in
the functioning of the war machine
Gan military students of preparedness rec
ognize and all thoughtful citizens should un-
derstand in this age of mechanical warfare
where the equipment of organizations and ma
terial expenditures per man have reached such
great proportions, that industrial activity more
than fighting rnan-power is the determining
factor between success and failure of mill
tary effort" page 81
The development of the war preparations in
getting the Industries of the country ready for
the coming war is carried on primarily through
the outlining of what are technically known as
procurement plans" is ito reduce the time
needed to reach quantity production" Di-
rector of Procurement and a Planning Branch,
composed Of officers from the various supply
branches Of the army, including ordance, quar-
termaster, chemical warfare, air, ETC., have been
established to prepare and coordinate the plans.
The entire country has been divided into four
teeen districts with headquarters at the follow
ing industrial centers Baltimore Birmingham,
Boston, Bridgeport, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Detroit New York, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, st. Louis and San Francisco.
Each district is provided with staff of both
army and industrial forces including the appro-
pirate dolar-a-year racketeer. Designs or de-
Scriptions of the necessary war materials and
supplies are worked out and approximate re-
quirements Of these supplies in time of war are
determined. The general staff of the army has
war plans prepared for number of struggles
which are part and parcel of the outlook for
American imperialism in the eyes of the capt.
talist class 1t is, however, impracticable to pre-
pare detailed plans for each of these POSSIBLE
tiles, according to Quinton
"A compromise % has accordingly been
reached by which the procurement plan is
based upon war department general mobili-
zatiOn plan, which, presumably, represents
maximum effort" page IL, our emphasis-E)
The various branches of the army then con-
duct plant surveys of the industries in the sepa-
rate districts If a branch finds an industrial
plant adapted to its requirements accepted
schedules of production are placed and factory
plans are developed to the extent required to
ensure meeting the schedule on time" In the
case of items which have no military, COM
nioJ oo, 11o1 rad for4 lao
conversion of certain plants and the necessary
dies. jigs and fixtures to military purposes Par
to their desires and interests. The Gandhi who
still lives in the imagination of the politically
backward masses, and the real Gandhi of flesh
and blood, have nothing in common whatsoever.
remarkable example can be found in an
other new book "Voceless India by Gertrude
Emmerson "Devi Presad" runs the narrative,
was professed non-cooperator. He put
on Khaddar homespun, and went about the
villages telling the tenants not to pay their rent
and not to perform beggar service, forced labor
for the landlord" page 178)
Dew Presad was poor or perhaps a middle
tenant of powerful land baron in the United
Provinces. Dew Presad, as many peasants at
that time, and even now, considered it quite
natural that Gandhi, who was said to be friend
of the peasants, could not but be against the
landlords robbing the toiling tenants of the
fruits of their toll, against compulsory service
to the landowners. officials and rent farmers"
How else could Gandhi be called friend of poor
peasants? And Dew Presad preached to the
peasants accordingly
Dew Presad had presumably never read the
special appeal to the peasants of his province
in which Gandhi expressly demanded from them
the continuation of payments of rent to "tneir
p~iA al-
for stopping customary services" to the land
lords, as Gandhi was pleased to call virtual serf-
dom in the United Provinces.
Another example is worth quoting. The Indian
author Dhan Gopa Muketi. in his book "dis-
ilusioned India" describes his meetings with
Indian peasants last summer. THE appeal OF
the Gandhimen,' writes he. that when India
is free we snail have more equitable distribution
OF land, cannot but penetrate the soul of The
kaishan, harvest creators. The latter in many
villages have interpreted equitable distribution
of land in most generous fashion More than
one young peasant hopes to appropriate the
zamindars when freedoms battle is Won" page
l5sJ
Were Devi Presad. or other Indian peasants
told that Mahatma Gandh never wanted them
to take the land, that the Indian National Con-
greSs passed special resolution guaranteeing
the landowners their property. it is doubtful if
they believed it at once. And yet the attitude
Of the Indian masses towards Gandhism is now
changing. Never before has India witnessed such
quick transition from passive resistance to di-