Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-11

committees oil INDUSTRY.
Over and over for the last
four years, this column has
urged that our industries cannot
be modified within themselves
10 act as a single unit respon-
sive 10 the governments require
mentS. unless leading reprcSen-
tatives Of each be formed into
separate industry committees.
These committees act as points
Of contact and all inclusive in
formation between the govern
ment war-making agencies and
the industries. Only in this way
can all operate as parts of
single machine 10 pool patents.
trade secrets and resources. TO
guide production through the
most fruitful channels and 10 see
that every ounce Of resources
and facilities are put 10 their
maximum uses.
Over and over again, for
much longer period than four
years. Mr. r NJ. Raruch. who is
the best articulatc voice OF ac-
tual experience on this subject,
has placed the immediate for
nation Of these committees as
necessary step No. ! in indus
trial mobilization.
Did il do any good? oh. no.
He was listened 10 with much
wordy approval by the amateurs
who were doing his old Job. but,
except in a half-hearted way.
little was done and what was
attempted, was carried out with
so little understanding and SYM
pathy by tho government. that
il might as we'll have been omit
ted altogether.
Something worse than nothing
was done Al every pitiful in
adequate effort the department
of justice let ont a warning
growl that such cooperation by
industries. even Al the instance
OF government. and no matter
how murh ti1c public interest
and security Of the nation might
he involved. would he a "conSpir-
acY in restraint Of trade" and
would he prosecuted in the fed
eral courts as a crime.
IT IS little hard 10 SOC how
p necessary combination of
facilities. IN which the govern
ment OF the United States is the
guiding and leading party, could
be a conspiracy against the
laws Of the United States. But
such has been the attitude Of the
department of justice and such
II still is
Nevertheless. Mr. Nelson has
apparently done the deed IN
part. and very late don't know
what magic was used 10 calm
the fears Of indusIrIallStS one
could think II was nod from
the boss. II on the very eve Of
the action. the attorney general
had not risen on his hind legs
and insisted 10 group Of proml-
nent New Dealers that the New
Deal IS "A political party whose
policies must continue war or
no war
Surely in the eyes Of extreme
New Dealers. that IS true. II IS
A party Of special groups, al
traCted 10 central standard by
handouts from the public treas
ure and otherwise. TO bring
under one roof the combined
votnG-power Of organized labor.
most Of agriculture and all the
"haNe-notS against all the
HAYES.
5 LONG As tho pap n o ] d :
"A out, that * enough 10 elect
any person and party continu-
ouSlN. This new party. as ono
guest who heard the attorney
generals speech said. is moro
dynamic than faSCISm and more
revolutionary than communism
Yes, II Is heap big medicine 10
hulld a winning party As long As
the pap holds ont. But that
cannot be forever We arc IN a
war and most Of the pap is al
ready either spent or committed.
a lcO hpCauSo u-o ayo IN a ura,
We need unity and the full or
ganlzation and cooperation OF
all groups both tho HAYES and
the have notS both industry
and labor and we don't need q
new political fight over the New
Deal II is in The saddle for the
duration no matter what hap
pens.
The action Of the department
NJ justice IN threatening 10
punish the necessary complete
mobilization Of industry, and Of
the attorney general in he
speaking a now dead-Cat -flnglng
contest for the coming congress
Slonal elections, are just about
the worst and most ill-tlmcd
things that could happen 10
crown our unrclieved succession
Of plumbers since the day we
declared war.
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