The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-29


TO have been remains to be seen.
To coordinate with our allies,
we first must coordinate with our
selves All, there's the rub.
Each Of our wartime bureaus CO.
ordinates furiously inside its own
setaP5 bet the trouble IS that they
coordinate competitively against
one another Each has a list az
supplies that il says ii simply must
have. These lists overlap and, reck-
oning in totals, there isn't enough
stuff to go around.
The disputes relate mainly TO al
lowances Of raw material, TO be
processed by the various industries
upon which our multiplicity Of fed
eral agencies depend.
Not Equitable
According 10 the Foreign Policy
association we have sufficiency Of
this raw stuff for collective require
ments, if we'd fairly divide it up
amongst EN-, but the associations
thesis Is that some industries get
unduly liberal ALLEGATIONS, while
others are overly skimped.
There's little worrying as to the
wants OF so-called consumer in
dustries "-producers Of merchan-
disc for the civilian demand. The
wartime bunch get the preference
every time.
Occasionally there's a remainder
that civilians have 10 have a modi-
cum left over, TO enable EN- TO keep
our own and our allies soldiers in
the field. AS capable a spokesman
as Agriculture Secretary Claude r.
. Wickard suggests that maybe we
shant, Indefinitely be able to eat
at home, and fight overseas. with
no regard whatever for our do
nestle civiliandom. Claude fore
casts quite a few shortages in our
local breakfast, luncheon and din
ner hour menus, il world strife
strings out indefinitely.
Let civilians prospects be as
they may.
It's entirely a different thing
when the war department wants
something, the navy department
wants something else (but made
out Of the same raw materially and
the aviation corps wants ditto,
processed in its particular way.
That's a broad classification. 1t
subdivides a whole lot.
Relative to ALLEGATION and CO.
ordination, Production Manager
Donald NJ Nelson says we're over
the hump. It hardly seems as If we
really were, considering that Win
ston Churchill had to come clear to
Washington from London, to beg
for a better combination Of 'em,
from President Roosevelt II we
actually are over OUR hump, 1t
scarcely seems as II John Bull was
over his.
It's understandable why be isn't,
too.
J. Bull Is dependent on US for
supplies. Russia and China are as
much or more so.
Okay. We produce such supplies,
but we've got TO deliver EN-. How?
BY water. After awhile perhaps we
can do II by air: there's talk Of big
aerial carrying craft, but they're
not yet tn service 10 transport big
cargo planes and flyers by the
thousands. Such scooters are pre-
dicted, but they're only concepts
up to date.
Cargo Subs?
Is II possible that cargo subma-
rines may turn the trick, relative
TO supplies?
Heretofore they've been tiny
tubs, equal TO nothing more than
squirting a torpedo now and then.
but entirely inadequate 10 deliver
ing stuff by the ton. Well, accord
ing to Senator Lister Hill Of Ala
bama, an intensive student Of the
question. a 75O0-ton submarine is
practicable
I've crossed the ocean in a 800
ton surface cargo boat. II was biz
ship II hadn't a lot Of room in II
for passengers. like troops, but ii
could and did carry bulk.