Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-01-30
APPOINTMENT MARKS 'ALL-oUqo' EFFORT

The appointment of Donald Nelson pro-
cureen and production with powers second only to those of the
fort In the past simply did not do enough There has been
too much talk and too little work Now faced with enemies who
have devoted all their for many years to the creation
Of gigantic armies we must at last throw the potentially limit
less american production machine into high gear.
The effect of that the countrys economy will be revou-
Ona During the which ended spent less than 25
year which begin July expected
than percent income will be devoted the needs
Army Navy and Air Force And in the to follow the
is still going the proportion will be further increased The
y superior to that of enemies enougthat must
instead build military power which Overwhelmingly greater
The results of that program will be felt every home the land
There's little point in talking about the mistakes of yes
teray they point the prevent similar mistakes
in the future Labor strikes stalled production and deprived
fighting forces Of vitality needed supplies Some segmens Of
dusy reluctant to make the tremendous transition from
peace to economy. Government officials including the
President vacaed before taking the steps that
bated endssy while the Axis forces rolled nexoraby Now
we have entered new period and is nconevabe that any
The individual will find himself living very different kind Of
long list of uxures and number of we'll The
complete ban on and tires indicates the way the wind
of electric rergeratOrs washing machines and similar equip
to for canned goods And while most workers will receive
higher than before larger proportion of their
ngs will be taken by government through taxation Everyone
required to devote definite proportion of his income
to the purchase defense bonds In short check
be big but the part of which will have left spend
whims and desires Indicate will be small
Every factory the great automobile plants
down the smallest machine shops will be given
be made many fields profits will
of taxation The Treasury will get the bulk of every dollar
ed and above the cost of production No will rich
out of this is the credit of industries that they
aren't irving make great profits and asking for only enough
earnings keep going to expand facilities.
At the moment there is considerable due
the shutdown Hundreds thousands mechanics tire
and auto aesme service station workers. and others being
thrown out of work The expects that several months
must before these be taken into defense activity
But by the middle of the anticipate actual shortage
of wormen Any skilled unskled will be able to find
job 1t not be the kind of he wants it
will give him a living
Before LONG # probable that all abbodied neone men and
alike will have to part of their time to public work
Those who directly involved in defense production mill
ty service will be called upon participate the fastexpandng
civilian defense work There shortage of people trained in
first aid fire fighting policing, and similar activities The
large appropriation equppng
forces the bulk of which will be spent the Atlantic and Pacific
Coasts, and training is underway big scale.
There is less and less talk of sacrifice these days. The
for that cear-the work must do and the money
simply inevitable unavoidable part the
wagng of which must win to survive Every
what happened to those European
which did too little and did it late They all firmly bound
chains Only efforts from that fate