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ing any involved, complex machine
for national defense or for emer-
gency reasons"
The plan, Mr.. Early added, IS to
solicit industrial assistants with ex-
perience and qualifications to serve
as co-ordinators and liaison men
between Government and industry.
Mr.. Roosevelt said at his press con-
ference yesterday that some indi-
viduals would be added to the Gov
ernment service just as the manage
ment of a plant some times is ex-
panded to handle unusual situations.
There isn't going to be a pyra-
miding of governmental agencies,
bureaus, and so on" Mr.. Early told
reporters. There will be, rather, a
simplification of the setup that ex-
listed in 1917 and 1918.
"Who the gentlemen are the Pres
ident will invite in, he is not ready
to announce"
In addition to his luncheon con-
ference with Mr.. Landon, Mr.. Roose-
welt had appointments with Under
secretary of State Sumner Welles
and Secretary of Agriculture WAL
lace in the late morning and was
to see four defense advisers in a
late afternoon meeting. To be de-
voted primarily to procurement
problems, this latter conference was
to bring to the White House Secre-
tary of Treasury Morgenthau, Gen.
George G. Marshall, ), Army chief Of
staff; Admiral Harold r. Stark, chief
Of naval operations, and William H.
McReynolds, administrative assistant
to the President.
Announcement of the Immigra-
ton Bureau transfer plan was made
by the President at dramatic press
conference late yesterday, in which
he accused German air squadrons
Of inflicting unprecedented death
tolls on French refugee civilians,
remarked grimly that America
realizes the implications of such
warfare, and in effect called on cap
ital and labor to place patriotic
service above all other considera-
tions in the immediate future.
Precaution Against Sabotage.
Purpose of the shift of the I'M
migration Bureau, he acknowledged,
is to permit closer coordination of
Government precautions against es-
pionage and sabotage. He said he
hoped Congress would give imme-
diate approval to the proposal.
Mr.. Roosevelt's remarks about
capital and labor were considered
deeply significant as the Nations s
industry was about to embark on
the greatest peacetime defense pro-
gram in our history.
Prompted by question seeking
his views on organization of labor in
the vital defense industries-which
he curtly declared would be legal
thu President went on to promise
protection of capitals profits and
of labor's social gains In return
for their cooperation in the Gov
ernment's defense plans.
Emphatically he declared he did
not want to see single Million
aire created in the United States
out of the tragedy Of today's war.
Industry, he added, is entitled to a
reasonable profit.
Warning Against Strikes.
Turning to labor Mr.. Roosevelt
expressed his confidence and implied
a warning-that it would not at
tempt to take advantage Of condi-
tions in the vital industries to strike
for unreasonable wages or privi-
leges. At the same time he prom
ised without qualification that the
present Governments policy is
firmly against any weakening of the
social gains of the last seven years.
Questioned specifically about the
problem of relaxing present STAT
utory regulations of hours of en-
ployment, the President said he
would prefer to see the work week
stabilized at 40 or AZ hours with as
little overtime as possible and more