Show NATIONAL AND international PROBLEMS inseparably FROM LOCAL WEL AKE lARF cr of this efforts continue to mount according to one of the latest surveys it will be another year before our military production rivals that of england inasmuch as we haye have tareq abines the population ot brita britain in and have many times the resources ot of all kind sIt Is apparent that we are still a long long way from anything resembling an all out armament aim ament program in some quarters it Is believed that our r actual production may be greater than official announcements indicate that lit other words the extent of our arms output Is being deliberately played down as a matter of policy whether this Is true or not however a great many authorities are con vine ed that some radical changes chances must ie be effected before this nations arsenal of democracy dream Is even partial ly realized theae are three definite factions involved in the defense program number one Is the government here there has been an excessive overlapping of activity there has been too much divided responsibility some of the more extreme new dealers according to informed c critics have put their ideological ambitions ahead of anything else at the expense of military productions production A number of the much ciuci touted flouted experts who have been given key jobs have proven failures and the age old vices of bureaucracy and lack of initiative have iteen been retarding elements the second factor is industry by and large it has responded well to the demands of the emergency but certain important segments consciously or otherwise seems to have been unwilling or unable to abandon the business as usual idea thil segment of industry Industry in the opinion of its critics has been too cautious to too 0 fl fearful earful of losing profits that h has delayed them harsh changeover fromal from a deac peacetime to a wartime basis of operation thil the third baci factor or is is labor here again again an important segment has put personal power and profit ahead of the needs of the nation strikes in defense industries have cost the millions afman of man days of work they have prevented the mand manufacture facture of unknown known of planes tanks and other weapons of war in these days a strike carried oli on by a few workers in ili a vital plant lean can stop production in a hundred plants A late example in the strike in a plant which produces prod aces uces transmissions tor for motor vehicles that brought the production of trucks tanks jeep cars and other motorized equipment to a st standstill and still this particular was purely a jurisdictional agreement between the AF A F of L and the CI 0 1 it is reported that the president Is considering a tremendous victory drive involving the spending of a year some of the more levelheaded levelheaded friends of labor are tolling telling it ft that continued will result in disaster for the trade anlou movement there are rumors to the effect that production of heavy consumer goods such as motor cars may come to a vital stop inside of a few months t hs what will come of all this remains to be seen in any case it is plain that the tempo of americas war effort must be tremendously it if we are to produce the goods which the beleaguered beleaguer ed allien allie abroad must have it if hitler is to be stopped 0 |