The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-15

President Finds Out
Shortcomings On Trip
Sloppy Handing Of Must
Requests Irk Contractors
ny RAY TUCKER
WASHIN Gr0N - President
RooeeTeitss secret tour around the
country made him aware q pro-
duction problems which he can
solvs II he win reorksnize the
Washington defense s<tup IN GER
tain shops which cannot Be named
he VA told how his aides At the
capital : fumhiinx the ball.
The head Of . very vital NUM-
tions plant N the West Coast said
70 =. ID. r. "Ar. President We
have hired 1900 people In the
last three months. Of whom 11.ooo
ere women None Of those girls
has sver been inside . factory b.
fore We need skilled men 70
teach them But your s>lectivs
service beard IL taking our trainers
Into the army"
very interesting replied the
chief executive I wish thar Gen.
sral Hershey could know Of this
matter"
with your permission.- an
swersd the maker of . key weapon.
- viii"
Numerous manufacturers. e.
peciaIly builders Of ships and
planes on the Pacific Coast. have
been accused Of boarding labor A.
well q materials. +. ID. RS tour
ef the Douglaa. North American
and Boeing Industries gave the
leaders Of the firms . chance 10
reply to such charges
These concerns. their operating
managers explained TO Roosevelt.
engage . large force IN antieipa-
ton q delivery Of goods from sub
contractors Because Of red taps
and aoppy handling Of requests
for key articles by Washington.
associated companies cannot ship
their parts to the central shop on
tina. The president was shown
at least . thousand pursuits and
bombers which would now Be ny
ing over Europe OF the solomons
n II were not for = single gadget
lacking In each
The answer. according TO cor
poration officials who talked with
the chief executive. n to decentral-
IN the War Production Board
All power and authority have been
concentrated In . few slow going
men like Donald n. Nelson What
4 needed. =. d. r. learned on his
trip. II . complete reorganization
Of this emergency agency.
I
United States strategists envy
semion Tsmoshenko. the Soviet
hero Who seems to have repulsed
the nad hordes In their fanatic
drive against stalingrsd and Inn
portant caucAsion centers. includ-
ing the Cromy oil fields. His great
stand, In their opinion. conveys
valuable suggestions to the other
partners Of the alliance.
Our top notch militsrists can
not afford TO say 20 openly. but
the Russian leaders grand defense.
a our general staff admits. 10
bassd on several conditions which
do not prevail In democracies In
either war or peace In fact. his
fighting methods have furnished
meat for recent lectures At the
War College In Warrington
Acknowledging Tim henko's
ability. u chief experts believe
too. he has been SUCCESSFUL BE-
cause: /. He has not been hamp-
cred By civilian advisers like sta
lin. Roosevelt and Churchill. =
He has not been told to win or lose
battles for political reasons. =
He has had not fifth columnists
TO bother him at home or on the
front
n -Saint of Capitol Hil"-
Senator George w. Norris tR)
Of Nebraska - stands In grave
danger q defeat next month II
= not generally recalled. but the
famous Progressive just scraped
through nix years ago
Ths reelection Of the sage has
seemed to b . certainty. Even
preceding the New Deal he repre-
sentsd the liberal thought Of that
section Of the country. Long -
fore y. D. h appeared On ths
hor1zpn the statesman vas fight
ing for reforms which subsequent
II became lava But politics are
polit5cs and stakistics are ststis-
tica In 1854 when h last ran.
~Uncls Ceorge- defeated his op-
ponent BY only 1900 ballots. He
tia was remenhersd a. enc q
IL few senafnxs Va cppossd and
vots1 against declaring var On
0eEnany- Hxs stats now has af