Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-26
OPM Purge
GivesD
Driving Force
4ousecIeaning Approved
by Top Executives
BY PAUL MtLLON

business experts from the ue-
Tense regime, with polite excuses
or none al all. has been oVercas
by the OPM reorganization, yet
it is the integral point of il. Ac-
tually il represented a subtle
housekeeping by the New Deal
ers working in cooperation with
the top ranking business men Of
the OPM setup, McSSrS. knud-
sen, Stettinius. ct al.
Resignation Of r. {. Allen, the
metals conSultant. was uneX-
planned. Actually. It followed a
blowup session last Friday be-
tween Mr. Allen and the Hen
derSon pricc-fiNinG division,
which had turned down fatty
the price program for scrap iron
promulgated by Allen June 10.
Similarly all. the others who
are going have had their au-
thority curtailed or else have
had personal encounters with
New Dealers which made their
jobs uncomfortable.
4 SPECIAL rule barring trade
"A association officials was
made to bring about the resig-
nation OF G. w. Kellogg. the
power consultant, who failed 10
follow the administration line
favoring expansion of power ia
cilitieS. Significantly. in Mr..
Kellogg'S place, was installed
the governments own IVA
power adviser, J a. krug.
The rule made for Mr.. Kel-
logg happened to catch other
OPM officials like Walter S
Tower, president of American
Iron and Steel Institute. whose
views also brought him into Off
cial diSfavor particularly his
resistance 10 eXpSnSionists Of
OPM who want TO double Or
treble the defense drive. includ-
ing business men Nelson. Bait,
CT all.
The exodus AS whole, there
fore. represents Joining IF
business men at the top and the
New Dealers on the 81 de 20
purge divergent elements and
reorganiZe the defense Setup
personally as we'll as physically
into a coherent driving force.
II means the business eXpan-
SioniSts and the New Deal price
reStrainerS are in the saddle,
the same saddle, ready to ride,
unimpeded.
EXPANSION of the lcaSe-lend
- program 10 Britain is IN
The making, 1t will be done by
amending the present law SIM
ply TO furnish a substantial addi-
tional appropriation 10 the pros
ent S7,000.000,000 limit. OPAI
favorS il in connection with ITS
expansion program.
Army is not much interested
in this or other defense eXpan-
sion IT wants equipment for
ITS planned army of $500. 900
mon and is not looking much
beyond that.
TllESE army war games arc
i turning out To be only GYM
nastlc exercises Lack of equip
ment is proving even more pitt
iul than expected: Few planes.
few tanks, insufficient radio
communication. and not even
-crougt7 bfank cartridges TO mako
the tests sound like war. Off
GERS and troops have found il
impossible TO maneuvcr in any,
thing like the manner required
for modern blitzkrieg battles.
4 NNOUNCED seizure" or
"A taking over" of the strike
bound North American Aviation
plant by the government has
turned out TO be neither. 1t was
simply an occupation by the
army 10 protect its property.
Despite the government threat
no striker was drafted. All but
10 of the 1900 strikers went
back to,work. Among tho miss
ing, three obtained other Jobs
during tho strike. The others
were on the bargaining COM
mittee responsible for tho strike.
The management was not dis
turbcd No stakeholder inter-
cStS were touched
Army IS too caCcy to say this
viii be the model for future ac-
ton
TOPMOST American military
Il men are praying Russia viii
have the wisdom 10 retreat and
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