Evening star., 1944-10-18


the installation.
He reminded newsmen that there
were no harbors on the invasion
by the National Resources Planning
Board. The full quotation is as fol-
lows:
Once the war has reached a VIC
torlous termination, a return to the
atmosphere and conditions Of peace
Is desirable. both internationally and
nationally. 1t is important that a
return to peacetime living, subject
to our continuing needs for armed
security and industrial security,
should be accomplished as rapidly
and as smoothly as possible. Mill
tary demobiliZation is a special and
important phase of the general re-
adjustment from conditions of war
to conditions of peace. Smooth and
rapid military rehabilitation is
therefore to be regarded as one of
the desirable objectives for any plan
OF postwar readjustment.
MANY Good Reasons"
Many good reasons exist for de-
string a relatively rapid rate of mil
itary rehabilitation. Men enlisted
for the war because they felt the
Nation was in danger of attack. and
the Selective Service Act now limits
the period of service of those who
were drafted, Those in the services
should have an opportunity at least
equal to that Of those who have been
engaged in war production to secure
such employment as is available
during the readjuStment period.
They should not be handicapped by
delay. Furthermore, they will natu-
rally be anxious to return to their
families.
Despite these compelling reasons
for rapid military rehabilitation
the prospects of economic and in
dustrial dislocation at the close of
the war are so grave and the social
consequences are so far-reaching
that a policy of orderly, gradual and,
If necessary, delayed military de-
mobilization has been strongly ad-
vocated. The following reasons have
been advanced"
After giving the reasons which
have been advanced, the committee
arrived at the following definite rec
ommendation on the next page of
the report:
IS. A general policy of speedy.
but orderly and controlled, military
rehabilitation should be adopted
coupled with the use of all reason
able plans and measures to increase
the employment available to those
being demobilized.
Dewey's statement:
This administration has lived on
conflict. They plan 1t that way.
Listen to the Presidents executive
order No. 1884. 1t says in part:
The Secretary of Agriculture and
the war food administrator !.
shall each have authority to exer-
else any and all of the powers vested
In the other -
In, other words, Mr.. Roosevelt
gives two men the same powers and
then turns them loose to fight about
! it."
Text Of Section 4 Given.
The facts:
The full text of section OF this
order. only part of which Gov.
Dewey quoted, shows the legal reas-
on Tor 1t, to wit, that no third party
might escape liability for any lille
gal act by reason of some technical
claim that what was done by the
Secretary Of Agriculture should have
been done by the war food admin
1strator or vice versa.
The full text of the section
follows:
Section T. In addition to the
powers and authority granted by this
order, and in order to carry out it's
purposes, the Secretary of Agricul-
ture and the war food administra-
tor, to the extent necessary to enable
them to perform their respective
duties and functions, shall each have
authority to exercise any and ali of
the powers vested in the other by
statute or otherwise. and the exer-
else of any such power by either Of
them shall be deemed to be author
lied and in accordance with this
order, and shall not be subject to
challenge by any third party af-
fected by the exercise Of the power
on the ground that the action taken
was within the jurisdiction of the
Secretary Of Agriculture rather than
the war food administrator, or vice
versa"
Dewey's statement:
Here is a report from the July
80, 1943, issue of the United States
News. It says: 8" in North
Africa =" field agents of half
. dozen agencies - the Treasury,
BEW, lease-lend, State Department
and others - are reported to have
brought confusion to the brink of
chaos"
The facts:
The United States News is not an
official publication. 1t is a private
publishing venture, edited by Mr..
David Lawrence.
Kelly Says Roosevelt