Evening star., 1943-09-17

as you 60 up from 35 men decline
| in their efficiency to render military
service"
Previously, Senator Wheeler, Dem
! ocrat, of Montana insisted some war
industries are boarding manpower,
though Col. Lewis Sanders of the
| War ManpoWer Commission testi-
fled there are no cost plus a per-
centage" contracts in this war COM
pared to the last one.
Col. Sanders told the committee
today there seemed to be a mis-
understanding at yesterdays hearing
that the Government is using a cost
plus-a percentage contract, which
would lead management to hire un-
necessary workers. Such contracts
are now illegal, the colonel testified.
Three Types of Contracts.
The Government, he said is using
three types of contracts, described
as follows:
A fixed price, subject to renegotia-
| ton; cost plus fiXed-sum manage
ment fee. which, he said. gives no
incentive to save labor, but also Of
fers no advantage for expanding
personnel cost plus fixed fee, with
an incentive for better production.
Your theory may be right" Sen
ator Wheeler said, but I've had it
from contractors themselves"
The Montanan contended that if
contractor shows his expenses are
large. it lessons the chance of his
contract being renegotiated.
Although the calling of preWar
fathers is not slated to start until
October l, Senator Wheeler showed
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective
service director, a telegram he re-
ceived this morning from a wife in
Butte. Mont, stating that her hus-
! band-father of two pre-Pearl 'Har-
Dor children-has been ordered to
leave September 27 for Fort Douglas.
Utah. Gen. Hershey promised to
make immediate inquiry.
Reynolds Praises Wheeler.
The sender of the telegram said
she had just read in the papers the
testimony of Selective Service Off
cials that their aim would be to take
all single men and married men
without children before fathers are
called.
Chairman Reynolds told the COM
mittee today that Senator Wheeler
is entitled to the plaudits of the
people, whether he gets his bill
through or not" because the hear
ingS have brought out the informa-
ton that every effort will be made
to take single men and non- n-fathers
first
Taking note of the suggestion that
his bill may fail when the roll is
called, Senator Wheeler replied:
If they defeat this bill on the
floor of the Senate, they will not be
defeating me. They are defeating
themselves. They are breaking down
the morale of the people. They are
defeating the children of the coun-
try"
Judging by the comments of mem
berS who have not made up their
minds, it appeared, meanwhile, to-
day that the fate of the Wheeler
May bills to prevent the drafting of
prewar fathers hinges on the Show
ing Gen. George c. Marshall, Army
Chief of Staff, makes before a Joint
session of the House and Senate
Military Affairs Committee Monday.
House members became more out
spoken against the father draft,
with Representative Short, Repub-
lican, of Missouri declaring the
pending bills are "far from dead"
Representative Harness, Repub-
lican, of Indiana said the House
Military Affairs Committee will go
thoroughly into the subject, prob
ABLY after the Senate hearings~end
7tiext week. .* '
q Representative Sparkman, Demo-
crat, of Alabama said many of us
are not completely convinced by the
arguments of proponents of the
father draft He said he felt Selec-
tive Service may well overhaul its
sources of available emanpower."
Inefficiency Blamed.
Although VINO officials reported