Evening star., 1932-02-29
BOARD COMPLETES
WARBURDEN STUDY
Report to Congress Will Give
Plan for Equal Distribu-
ton Among People.

BY the Associated Press
An answer to how war burdens can
be distributed equally among the whole
American people will be handed to Con-
gress within a few days by the War
Policies Commission.
The commission, which i-cludeS six
members of the cabinet, four Senators
and four Representatives, has just con-
cluded a study which also embraced
methods to remove profits of war. 1t
was created by Congress after 10 years
of agitation by veterans organizations.
In general the recommendations will
follow the lines of q common doctrine
on war responsibilities laid down by
prominent witnesses during the many
months of testimony taking. The more
prominent witnesses included Bernard
M, Baruch, chairman Of the War In
dustries Board in 1918: Eugene Meyer,
governor of the Federal Reserve Board;
Howard Coffin, head of the Aircraft
Production Board during the World
War: Daniel Willard, president OF the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; Newton u.
Baker. wartime Secretary OF war, ana
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, chief OF stan
Of the Army.
Conscripting Idea Rejected.
In addition, number OF representa-,
tives of pacifist organizations appeared
and claimed the only solution TO tne
nroblem assigned it was through pre-
vention of war. Their recommenda-
tions included adherence by the United
states to the League of Nations, recog-
nition of Russia and cancellation OF
war debts.
The four men whose testimony was
taken by the commission as of1ermg
the hest basis for recommendations 10
Congress with view to legislation In
the event of an outbreak OF war were
Macarthur. Baruch, Baker and Conn.
All rejected the idea Of conscrlptlng
in war time every man and every DOL
lar in any gigantic effort to gain VIC
tory as quickly as possible.
They claimed such plan would be
nothing short Of condscation and So
cialistic and that such a sweeping meth
cd of euualizing war burdens would be
unwieldy and unnecessary. They agreed
that the Government should be given
powers of control to avoid prof1teerlng
by some in war time on the one hand
and unjust sacrifice by others on the
other hand.
Agree on Price Fixing Control.
They agreed there should be an in
JenSlVe STUDY anu dlldlyS1o h PCoSC eA1hS
for the devising and organization OF
method and system of operation ready
to function under the President the
moment that major emergency was
upon the Nation.
They also agreed that provisions
should be made for control by the Gov
ernment of price fixing in war time
and the assignment of priorities in the
order OF the needs for different COM
modities. The example used in the
question of priorities assignments was
that of rubber, for which the United
States is almost wholly dependent on
foreign sources.
Under the priorities fxation plan,
the Government would be enabled to
assign a figure, such as 80 per cent,
to the Army, IS per cent to the Navy
and IS per cent to public consumption
to utilize the 1000, 100000 pounds of
rubber normally used annually in the
United States.
The commissions reports include
exhaustive testimony on the principal
commodities necessary in war time, and
conservation, substitutions and methods
Of reducing their general use to con-
serve them for the Army.
It found that in the event OF war,