Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-11
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b. the Associated Press.
A partial tert OF the National
Resources Boards findings and
recommendations Tor postwar
planning. submitted to Congress
yesterday BY President Roosevelt,
tollolUs
]. Plans for Transition From Wal
to Peace.
Plans. legislation and administra.
ton must be agreed on during The
war for the transition period i'm.
mediately following the cessation 0.
hostilities. Such plans must, o.
course. be adjusted to considerations
of military strategy. They must bt
made to At a variety of situations
For instance, we may have victory
in one field of battle and necessity
for continued fighting in another
There may be a considerable perioc
during which we may be still fight
ing in Europe or in Asia while We
are attempting at the same time tc
organize the peace in the other
continent and adjusting our own
economy. We shall probably have
to demobilfze our fighting forces
men and equipment--over period
of months; just as it took months to
mobilize men and machines for &C
tive war service.
War WEAKNESS and back to
normally" cries will face our leaders
at the end of the fighting. A large
part of the problem of winning the
peace" after other wars has been
the natural relaxation of tension
which followed military victory
forgetting that the triumph of arms
only opens the door to the problems
and opportunities of creating and
organizing the peace.
Must Avoid Booms, Depressions.
Extremes of hope and fear will
inevitably be preSent-the fear of
3 depression with large numbers of
unemployed men from the armed
forces or from war factories; the
hope Of boom to fill the pent-up
demands for consumption goods,
which have been restricted during
the war. Too much confidence and
boom may in turn lead to too
speedy relaxation and end in an
even greater depression with in
adequate or weakened tools in the
hands of the Government to COM
bat it. Postwar adjustment plans
must head off both boom and de-
preston and substitute orderly
gradual progress.
Our plans must, therefore, leave
considerable discretion in admins
trative agencies. The recommended
tons, which follow cover the de-
mobilization of men, machines and
controls in that order.
A. Decentralization of men from
armed forces and from war indus
tries legislation for postwar
adjustment of manpower from
the armed forces and war
industries.
The rehabilitation of the armed
forces of the Nation must be as
ment. The Selective Service Act of
1910 directed that arrangements be
made for the return to previous en-
ployment of all men called for serv-
ice with the armed forces of the
Government. A unemployment di-
vision in the selective service sys-
tenn directs the work of re-employ-
ment committees in various local.
ties which cooperate in replacing
all persons in the armed forces re-
leased from service. This division
is planning for the future demobili-
zation of armed forces and also is
studying potential employment de-
mands in the postwar period.
An informal conference on post
war adjustment of civilian and mill
tary personnel has been meeting for
the last six months under the
auspices of the National Resources
Planning Board. 1t is composed of:
DR., Floyd w, Reeves, National
Resources Planning Board, chair
man.
1t Comdr. Ralph A. Seminar,
U. S. N. retD, Bureau of Naval
Personnel Navy Department.
Col. Francis T. Spaulding, Special
Service Division. War Department.
Maj Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di-
rector, Selective Service system.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, direc-
tor, United States Veterans Admin
istration
Dr. Edward c. Elliott, chief, pro-
fessional and technical employment
and training, War Manpower Com
mission.
DR.. William Haber. chairman,
Planning Committee, War Manpower
Commission.
DR.. A. F. Hinrichs. acting commits
sioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Labor Department
DR.. T. J. Woofter, jr.. director of
research, Federal Security Agency
Dr.. Howard R Tollev, chief,
Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
Agriculture Department.
DR.. Francis j. Brown, secretary,
Joint Army Navy Committee on
Welfare and Recreation, War De-
partment.
Leonard Cultivate, secretary.
Education Study Ordered.
In statement issued by the Pres
ident at the time of his approval
Of the bill extending the Selective
Service Act to young men of l8 and
l9 years of age, the President said
I am causing study to be made
by a committee of educators, I'M
der the auspices of the War and
Navy Departments, for the taking
of steps to enable the young men
whose education has been inter-
rupted TO resume their schooling
and afford equal opportunity for
the training and education OF other
young men of ability after their
service in the armed forces has
come to an end
The committee has been set up
under the Craftsmanship Of Brig
Gen. Frederick H Osborn, director
Special Service Division, War De-
partnent, with the following mem
bers; Y. B. Smith, dean, Columbia
Law Shoot; Dr.. d. M Keezer. Of