Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-04
BY JOHN LEAR

New York, Sept. 4.-(AP)-If the
people of the United States go into
another war, they must expect &c
live under a form Of Recommendation
unparalleled in the history OF the
country, if present plans are carried
out.
That w,a.5 made plain today with
the first disclosure of details tol
mobilization of American mon, mu
nitions and supplies in wartime.
Under these plans-draWn up by
the army and navy during the last
20 years and now published in book
form by Leo NJ Cherne, secretary
of the Tax Research Institute OF
America, Inc, with a sanctlonme
foreword by Assistant Secretary OF
War Louis Johnson-cOntrol OF c.
william life will be far more strln-
gent than that adopted during the
World War.
No time will be wasted, as in
1917, in seeing whether appeals to
patriotism will raise an army sui
ficiently large to carry on the tom
ilict
Voluntary onlistments will be
welcomed, but they will come only
during the few months required to
set up machinery for a selective
draft.
From then on, men Will bc TOLD
if and when they are to fight.
Those who do not fight will be
told to find essential work.
Their wages may be regulated.
They will not be permitted to
go from one place to anOther-as
they did in the last War-in order
to get higher wages, unless the gov
ernment considers such movement
beneficial from the military sense.
Women and children will be put
to work in places left by fighting
men, so that industries essential to
warfare may not suffer. Laws fix
ing minimum working hours and
pay of women and children will be
brushed aside where government
considers that necessary.
Prices will be set within certain
specific limits.
This may cover prices OF all
goods, or it may cover only living
essentials such as food, clothing and
shelter. This point is now being
debated in Washington by the war
resources board.
The average man will find all his
private financial transactions under
constant scrutiny. The government
will stop any OF his deals which it
considers inimical to the national
defense.
The amount of the rent he pays
for his apartment or house will be
fixed.
( If he does not own a house out
decides to build one because his
Wages are good and are coming in
regularly due to wartime employ
Tnent, he may have to ask the gov
ernment's permission. He will not
Set the permission if the govern
rhent decides that construction of
other buildings, maybe army bar
racks, are more important in the
conduct of war and require all the
labor that is available.
His supply of electricity for light
and heat in his home may be in
terrupted, rationed, or cut off at
any time. The government may need
the power for defense purposes,
and the war cones first.
His trips on railroad trains, buses
and airplanes will be subject to
cancellation by the government, de-
pending on the demand for facili-
ties to transport men and materials
for the battlefield.
The specifications for these
sweeping controls Of everyday life
are laid down in two broad plans:
One covering mobilization of in
duStrial resources, the other mobili-
zation of manpower Today these
are only plans They cannot go into
operation until congress passes en-
abling legislation or the President
proclaims them in effect under the
war powers" the constitution gives
him. But they have been worked
out gradually by the army and navy
departments ever since the World
War ended. And Mr.. Cherne OBJ
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