The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-08
tNEA Service Writcrl

Washington - The war depart ment's plans for the next war" do i not contemplate another powerful ! food administration or fuel admin | istration. Neither is it proposed that the government take over the irailroads, as it did in the last war, | unless full government control -eems 10 become unavoidable.
 Food and fuel will be handled by l a director of war industry, who would serve on d dominant advisory war council with the secretaries of war and navy. a director of selec- tive service, director of, public rela- tions and an administrator of labor. The army has worked out defi- mite plan for wartime operation of railways. under which central committee of railroad officials IwOuld be able to put the rail system ,, at the disposal of the government under unified management within PA hours.
 | Plan Stan of Experts
 | The director of war industry ob- viously will be q most important person and if you happen to be con vinced that we'll be having a major l war before long you might have some fun guessing who he will turn tout to be. He will be appointed by the president and will act as his confidential representative. He Will function with headquarters here, laided by'a staff of experts engaged as inc war department envisages their job, in "continuous studies Of such matters as price movements and their causes, substitutes TOT
 critical materials, conservation and business practices." The main body of his office will consist of two lbranches-one to coordinate de- Imand, or requirements, ana the i other to coordinate supply, deai- ing with industry as a whole ana lits efforts to meet the requirements. The branch which will hanole or ganization of demand includes rep lresentatives of the army ana navy along with civilians. Under the ai rector. in so-called industriai branch. there will be co-ordinator Of war industry assisted by an ,ln- dustrial advisory board consisting or several prominent industriaiists who will be drafted by the president Tor lofficiaI government service.
 Each member of the advisory board will be assigned general su- pervision over a group or war serV- ice committees Industries, groups of industries or component parts or industries will be asked to select for Themselves executive committees land to empower them with definite control over the industries or groups |represented so that they may act on
 designated matters connected with
 the emergency. Any association or
 organization might appoint war
 service committee. the war depart.
 ment says. but they will represent
 primarily manufacturerssd distrlpu.-
 ors. transportation, labor, power and shippers. The war service committee will not be governmental organizations as the advisory board
 will be. but will exercise only the
 powers delegated to them by the industries which elect them.
 Speed Essential
 To insure speed of organization
 when a big war emergency comes lthe war department will keep list of names of men specially qualihed' l so that the director of war industry and his principal assistants may be , promptly chosen by the president
 Officers engaged in peacetime study of the wartime industrial problems will be ready to step in and facih' tate matters or once orbahN"o"
 plans and specifications at any mo-
 ment. Meanwhile. the army indus trial college is making intensive } studies involved in the prompt or } ganization of industry for war emer'
 gency. .,
 Before the war department sub , mItted It's plans to the war poiiciel , commission there was considerable
 discuf>ioE of the question of con
 seripting labor in wartime--h meas } ure strongly opposed by the unions } Thus interest attaches to tho pro
 posed functions of the "Administra Tor of Labor" General Dougiai
 MaoArthur. chief of staff. says en forced labor would not be supported by public opinion or be conducive lto morale and efficiency. But th'
 full co.operati0n of labor is antlcl
 pated and the war plans arc pro
 fessedly designed to "pr0teet lape Ifrom oppression under color or emef ' lgeney" as well as Co guide int ], useful channels and keep it thereii [ Ins far aa possible. "fsabor eentf0l' [ will bo based entirely. C [. prom 2 lised, on voluntary eOsoperation. [ The labor administration wlll m
 heFtnhe Co assure war lnduntfie land essential civilian industries IfaNll11lMa aaFfalIIfilfa aUN fNaUNIlf