Evening star., 1943-03-19

industries by adoption in all Wa
plants of the incentive plan.
Under the incentive plan, he said
it would be ultra conservative" tt
/ figure a 1913 per cent increase IL
| production.
Would Save $780, 900 Men.
That would save about $500 .00(
men and would give us the add
tional men needed for agriculture
and for other war INDUSTRIES Capt
Rjckenbacker added.
The flyer expressed a belief thai
former farm workers now in in.
dustry should be instructed to "gt
back to the farms" or be drafted
They certainly should be in uni.
form" he added, prior to thos'
babies of II to Is. Their places il
industry could be taken by plent,
Of persons over 18 to 38 age groul
who are willing and anxious to ge
into war work"
He declared there are hundreds
of thousands of men between l8 ane
3S, without dependents. in war in
dustries. and charged that some o
them thought in terms of evadins
the draft" He said he realized tina
was serious charge, but woulc
stand on it.
Senator Austin, Republican. o
Vermont said a new high in plane
output was reached in February, bu
still it fell 500 planes short of the
Government schedule and askee
Capt. Rickenbacker if he could tel
why.
Time to Go to Work"
I've mentioned most of the rea
sons" he replied, Government
interference with management try
ing to do the job, labor racketeer-
ing, fundamental wrongs in our
labor laws. selflshness, greed and
absenteeism. 1t was a new high
yes, but when a new high is only
half what you need-it's time to go
to work"
Capt. Rickenbacker asked how
any one can safely think of this as
short war and added:
The longer it goes on the more
it will cost in lives and money, and
the time may come-if we don't ex-
ert ourselves enough-when we may
face our enemies as Skeletons"
The casualty lists have not even
begun to come in yet" he declared
"A million homes will be saddened
by deaths. Hundreds of thousands
of the cream of our young manhood
will be brought back manned for
the rest of their lives"
Time Means Everything"
Senator Johnson, Democrat, OF
Colorado recalled the testimony OF
shipping experts that the maximum
number of soldiers the United States
can send overseas and supply in
l943, that the figure could be in
creased to 100000 in 1914 and
asked the witness when he would use
the proposed army of 5000 900 mer
and 100000 women suggested by
Capt. Rickenbacker as necessary.
Correct the labor laws and in.
crease the output of ships" he re-
Piled 1T can be done if you star
today.
"A four-letter word called time
means everything. Boys are dyins
even as I talk to you gentlemen
here"
Asked by Senator Austin how HI
found American fighting equipmen
in the field, Capt. Rickenbacker salt
our planes are second to none an
our motorized equipment is equal t.
or better than the majority.
I'VE are limited in the amount o
equipment and that's why I'm cru
/ sading" he continued
Capt. Rickenbacker closed hi
| testimony with the statement tha
If the home front was producing VI
to the maximum, Gen Georg
Kenny and Gen, Richard Suther
land of MacArthur's command
would not be here begging TO
/ planes"
/ Meanwhile, supporters of legisla
/ ton to assign workers to war lob
. lS 1AcAAiN o4 I thpCtb soolliS lCIOiIi
mendation from the administrator
before long. but they are not sur
( how close it will be to the Austin
! Wadsworth bill.
The latest public utterances Q
War Manpower Commission Official
have been to the effect that tn
voluntary system Of recruitment ha
not been exhausted. The Austin
WadSworth measure starts out witt
A call for volunteers, but would b
backed up by the power to draf
! men or women If such a call failet
to meet the needs of any wa
industry.
Reynolds Expects Revision.
Chairman Reynolds. in his frs
! public comment on the pendin
bill, said today that apparent
something has TO be done to revis
the voluntary work system" H
indicated, however, that the Austin
WadsWorth measure probably wi
be revised. He did not attempt I
predict what the entire committe e
NiII up With t!It llilt comes l
vote on it.
At least another week of hearing
Is IN SIGHT before any decisions ar
reached. Philip Murray, CIO presi
dent, is slated to be heard Tuesda,
and John L. Lewis, leader Of tn
United Mine Workers, a few day
later. William Green, AFL presl
dent, already has testified agains
the bill, declaring it would caus
involuntary seryitude."
AS the hearings continue it is be
coming more apparent that tn
main issue in connection with tn
draft-labor proposal will be, rs j
, necessary at this tlme?" Opponent
Of the bill contend the need 70
going that far has not been demon
/ strated.
supporters assert the voluntar
steps taken TO date by the Man
power Commission have not brough