The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
IINpREPARED FOR PEACE


UNPREPARED FOR PEACE
The end Of the war finds the government less
..,,,ed for the problems Of peace than it was fo'
war in l94l.
A. the country foces one Of the most erueio' Pc
.;.d IN i. history, here's quick look at the s'tu-
otion: ,
opA and War Production Boord, the biggest war
AGENCIES. most closely affecting each either" ore u"
The middle of bic serop over Teeonverson ono ~"o'
controls TO DROP Other thon meaningless vague store
,,ertx no deesien hos been mode os TO how muen
price control to keep.
Treasury, Lobor, Agriculture ond Commerce De-
,nytment. ore in the midst Of mo or reorgonizot'ons
with new top men, Most Of the Officials at the sec
ond level are inexperienced men or about TO lose
their Jobs through changes.
No machinery exists to do anything for the mil
lions who will i'm .edotely be out OF work exeept
the vorious stots SoeoI Security agencies o" top o
BEING out Of work Jorge percentage OF the unem-
Moved find themselves for from home. War Mon-
power Commission isn't equipped to do anything
about II.
Quick reeonversion OF industry would solve naony
Of the problems but the government hosnt give"
businessmen q chance to do any concrete planning.
Statistical information which the government
furnished business and industry obout markets. pop
uIotion, production, etc, during peoeetms was not
oothsrsd during tn. war. VitoI for planning, these
figures don't exist now.
Office of Civilian Requirements odmits It doesn
hove the remotest deo Of whot uncontrolled demand
for civilian goods H. 1t only concerned itself with see
ina that production didn't foil below basic civilian
needs.
Probably Ieost prepared for peoee Is the Vet
erons Administration. General Brodley, whose duties
in Europe occupied him until few weeks ago, hosn
even scratched the surface Of what hos to be done
to thot agency TO prepare for fhe Job OF getting
obout 8, OO0 900 me, back into civilian clothes.
It's admitted now by oil porties concerned tho'
the G. Bill Of Rights foIs for short Of its detectives
But the ehcnges thot would reoy moke it amount
to something now lie in an idle congressional com.
mittee.
First thing the veteron is going TO do when hi
gets back is try to get job - his old one or new
one But the government hos this all fouIed up The
Department Of Justice, seIeetve Service ond the No
tionol Nor labor Boord orent agreed on Just xhot
a veterans unemployment rights or his pref
erenees for new job The way stonds now it is i'm
possible for vet TO get Job in the automobile in
dustry, for instance.
Even owl is caught fIot footed For many week.
before We Day it had dreams OF Nov it con b.
told information for the press ond radio. II wosn
until the announcement OF the otomie bomb that Il
downed them they'd better be getting TO work
on the VI st-ry
Apparently owl we'll the rest Of the gov
eminent agencies believed the constont assertion,
Of the War ond Navy Departments that il would toks
months, maybe years, TO lick the Jops. This done
OF course, TO keep up production and without know
ing the atomic bomb was coming.
II is difficult TO ossess the bome TO either Con
sress the Administration for the lock Of odequot
plonnins but when the ubiIotion over peace ON
victory weors IF somebody is in for lot Of ex
poinins.
PERFECT AGREEMENT
The future holds prepoid medlcol core proqron