Evening star., 1943-04-06

PollAV Va F4CW, Vic C1A &C
agree that there must be adequate
incentive to encourage risk and re-
sponsibility; otherwise, dollars saved
will not be dollars dared for back
ing new possibilities for new jobs
opened by new ideas, nor will the
new ideas themselves be forming" ;"
They conclude:
Must Include Whole World.
Recognizing that unemployment
among those who want to work can
not be completely abolished. we be-
lieve that national security pro-
gram is both necessary and desir-
able, and that nutrition, education,
vocational guidance and other
phases of public well-being are mat
ters of concern to all the groups to
which we belong.
Postwar planning should start at
home, but we should be blind to ex-
clude the world in making plans
for our own future security. If We
are to have full and continuing en-
ployment here, We must make Gus
toners of the people of other ma
tions, and be prepared, therefore, to
be their customers as well. The re-
habilitation of war-torn areas, the
development of backward countries
and fair share of protective polio
ing are in our own selfish interest"
The statement contains this pun
gent closing sentence:
I'VE must make certain that we
and our children and their children
won't have to go through still third
and more terrible war"
Would Avoid Politics.
The committees describe them
selves as men who, whether cata-
logued business, labor or agriculture
Or Democrat or Republican-be-
lieve that what happens to this
country after the fighting is over is
of personal concern to every Ameri-
can They say:
I'VE remember what happened
after the last war. We believe in
preparing now for after this war,
and we are unwilling to see the idea
OF postwar planning made politi-
cal football, grindstone for the
axes of special-interest groups, or
a bone Of contention between those
who want to go back to the past and
those who want to blueprint the
perfect world"
This is the origin of the NPA:
In 1884 small group Of men ex.
perienced In management, govern
ment and labor decided to turn
hindsight into foresight" That
year millions of Americans had no
jobs. Thousands of factories were
closed. Food surpluses were rotting.
Private enterprise had begged down.
The founders incorporated as non-
profit. non-political organization in
the District of Columbia. Head
quarters is at 800 Twenty first street
NV. E. J. Coil is executive director.
The NPA adopted a slogan devel-
oped by management engineering:
state the objective. find out the
facts, design the solution in the light
Of the facts"
Achievements Listed.
Chairman Bait called 1t a ma
tional looking ahead association. "
1t won the confidence of leaders in
agriculture, business, labor and gov
ernment.
These are cited as examples of
what NPA achieved as the years
brought America to intensive prepa-
rations for defense and then into
the war:
The organizations study, Crisis
In Steel" stirred Nation wide at
tention as the first warning of the
impending shortage. "Crisis in
Transportation" prescribed some of
the measures necessary to mobilize
facilities for defense and war. An
other research report. Defense
Planning and Labor Policy" point
ed out ways to expedite production
by obtaining labors cooperation.
International problems were not
ignored. "Germany's Challenge to
Americas Defense" showed the mag
nitude of the Nazis' plans for con-
quest. Significant changes which
the war was bringing to interna-
tional economic relations were de-
scribed in "Britain's Trade in the
Postwar World"
Since Pearl Harbor NPA has
strengthened relationships with
planning bodies. public and pri-
vate, throughout the United Ma
tions. 1t has made independent sur
veys on Alaska and Latin America
for Government departments.
Members Outstanding.
The first concise analysis Of the
tremendous problems involved in
the transition from war to peace is
described as when Demobilization
Day Comes" Other studies dis
cussed details which will confront
this country when the Axis Is de-
feated. German Strategy Of World