The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-10
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election Of militarists and articulate
military minded industrialists 10 ef-
fect the gradual coaIescence Of the
N.R-A. and the War Department.
This tie-up is emphasized by the fact
that the very manufacturers who
draw the N.R.A. codes and who con-
stitute themselves as the N.R.A. code
authority are the individuals who
play so large q part in the industrial
plans Of the War Department.
To name a feW-Colonel Robert H.
Montgomery, former secretary Of the
War Policies Commission and former
member of the War Department Cen
ersl Staff, is now chief Of the Re-
search and Planning Division Of the
N.R.A.; Jesse I. Miller, aide-de-camp
during the World War to the late
Major General Enoch Crowder, is
now Executive Director Of the strike
breaking National Labor Board (the
administrations answer TO tn
mounting wave Of strikes: General
Johnson, himself an industrialtst and
professional militarist, wrote the Sc
lective Draft Act under the super
vision of Crowder; Johnson's expert
ence as Research Director of Ber-
nard Baruch, northumberland spec
lllator, head Of Wilson's War In
dustries Board and close Roosevelt
advisor, is standing him in good
stead; then there is General @. G.
Williams, former Chief Of Ordnance,
and until recently Deputy Admins
traitor OF MIRA. in charge Of the
chemical codes.
Myron Taylor, head Of J. P. Nor
CAMS U. S. Steel Corporation and
Pierre Du Point, the head of the great
chemical and ammunition firm bear
ing his name, fit in nicely under the
wings Of the blue eagle as rotating
industrial advisors. In short, the
N.R.A. is exactly what General john
son virtually said it was: a mechan-.
ism devised and dominated by the
monopoly capitalists. That they
should move the war apparatus closer
TO them when it is necessary to stifle
strikes at home and retain and gain
markets abroad is not all surprising.
IN boasGing Of the Arnys readiness
l for dealing with foreign war, eco
no11ic chaos, or social revolution" and
in addition TO pointing out that ''the
COG. mobilization is thus more than
q great military achievement; 1t is q
dress rehearsal Of the ArIny's ability
TO intervene under Constitutional
authority in combating the depres-
sion," Woodring briefly described per-
haps the most important war prep
sration Of the entire network OF
plans: The Industrial Mobilization
Plan Of the War Department. In
Woodrings words, war economic
planning" which Involves g separate
but closely related activity which we
cali industrial mobilization"
AS described by Woodring, Indus
trial mobilization looks beyond the
scope of War Department activities
and includes all plans requisite to
government supervision and coor-
dination of industry, transportation
labor, finance and similar matters in
time 9f national emergency"
Under The National Defense Act
the Assistant Secretary of War was
ordered to card-index the production
facilities OF the United States. He
is charged with the Supervision OF
the procurement Of all military sup
plies and other business Of the War
Department pertaining thereto and
the assurance OF adequate provision
Tor the mobilization Of material and
Industrial organizations essential to
wartime needs" It is under this plan
that the War Department has pro-
posed TO Congress to guarantee to
industrialists and other labor ex-
ploiters g. profit-during the next
war-of six per cent, based, testified
Chief of Staff Major General Mac
Arthur, on what it Is claimed is the
investment" This proposal means
anywhere from six to six hundred per
cent in view Of the overwhelming
official data, notably World War
records, which prove the impossibility
of preventing business fraud and
chicanery and the inlpracticability
Of accurately supervising corporation
accounts. In short, it is d smoke
screen to blanket the imperialist
thieves from the sight of the workers.
It is also under this plan, so
.proudly brought forth by Woodring,
that many thousands Of industrialists
approximately $4,000 on March IL,
1881, according to the then millionaire
Secretary Of War Hurley have been
commissioned in the reserve forces of
The Army. Woodring was careful not
10 mention or to state how many