Evening star., 1942-03-03
Senator Asks
Action inWar
Production
Millikin Says u. S.
Is Fed Up With
'Bumble.Fu

More action and fewer words in
fastening the Nations war produc-
ton program were demanded by
Senator Millikin Of Colorado in an
address yesterday before the League
of Republican Women.
Il suggest that the time for talk
ing a good plane, talking a good
gun, or talking a good tank, has
passed" he emphasized. 1.-THE time
has come to make those contracts,
to do those things in the factories
that are necessary to produce good
planes and guns and tanks in the
quantities needed" he continued.
1.-THE people are tired, fed up and
angry with bumble-fumble," he de-
clared. They are commencing to
realize that we cannot fight war
with planes and guns and tanks
on the drafting table or in paper
directives."
Confidence Is Keystone
OF Public Morale.
Confidence" he continued, "is
the keystone of public morale. Ex-
hortations for confidence mean
nothing. Confidence which is not
earned does not exist" he added.
THE people must have confidence
In the leaders and the leaders must
have confidence that the will to win
and that the plans to win are being
efficiently executed"
The Colorado Senator denounced
the overlapping of war produc-
ton agencies in Washington" as
well as the shortsightednesS of the
Government In failing to employ
the services of the little business
man" in war production work.
THE small businessman can make
enormous contributions to the pro-
duction side of the war effort" SEN
ator Millikin contended. Pointing
out a recent effort made by the Gov
ernment to inform small business
men of war production needs by
sending out trains displaying 10000
or more items used in the war effort,
he said: 1--WE send trains around to
show the small businessman some of
the items used in defense so that he
can figure whether he can make
them. When he can make them and
says so, he doesn't get the chance"
the Senator continued. Aside from
the loss of war production, think of
the loss of confidence, of war morale,
when our Government treats so
many of its citizens so shabbily and
with such complete absence of good
sense" he added.
ForeSees Tornado"
Next November.
Protests against slowness, COM
placency and mismanagement on the
part of the Government have al
ready been voiced by the people,
Senator Millikin declared.
The angry wind of protest that
has funneled into Washington the
last few weeks from every part of
the Nation over mismanagement of
o. c. D. will not be quelled or
diverted by resistance, or by pet
ulant, sullen cooperation or by
half measures" he declared. I'm
less the lesson be learned. unless
immediate corrective steps be taken,
that wind will be remembered as a
gentle zephyr compared to the tor
nado that will rage next November"
he concluded.
The slate presented by the Nom
mating Committee before Senator
Millikin's talk was unanimously ac-
cepted by members of the league.
Mrs Edward E. Gam was nom
mated for reelection as president.
Others included on the slate are
Mrs. Charles McNary. first vice
president; Mrs. Robert A. Taft,
second vice president; Mrs. Ralph
o. Brewster, third vice president;
Mrs. Warren j. Haines, fourth vice
president; Mrs. William R. Castle,
fifth vice president; Mrs. Henry
Albers, sixth vice president; Mrs
Harry B. Coulter, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Joseph McGarraghy, as
sistant recording secretary; Miss
Grace Burton, treasurer; Mrs. Will
liam H. Scott, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. E. E. Quayle, assistant
corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Gam, the president, pre-
sided. Mrs. William Culbertson,
program chairman, introduced Sem
ator Millikin.