Show ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS National and International problem lem Jem inseparable Ironi Irom local welfare wel wel- fare January 31 1 marked the end of f an aneTa era eTa On that day liar the great rat Detroit automobile factories turned out heir last t cars The next day dav marked marker mark mark- er ed 11 the beginning of a lIe new area ana The 1 motor plants working on a 24 day a day onNI-day basis hasi h began an the tremendous tre tre- job of switching to war i production There is a striking sym lx bo sm in that change The auto auto- anobile industry is a magnificent example of r free enterprise at work to improve c the stan standard rd of living living- and to Jr give Jre e the publican a n better heller pr prod d wet for lor less money I Jit It the art arts of must take a h bjick Ck stat seat now I and the arts of destruction estr l tion hold the ol of the stage staRe What flat hat is taking place in Detroit Is taking place in all II the other in industrial industrial ill in- areas of this country in a thousand one different kinds kindl of industry and business The A American Ameri Amer- can an production machine is unequal unequal- ed cl d. Its potential arms amts capacity is greater than that of all the other powers combined J. J Hut we are arc starting starting start start- ing n to use this machine at a very late date Our enemies have a lon long head licad start on us us liS While the demo demo- democracies were giving ivin their energies ies to o bettering the lot Jot of the people the she total to states tates were wre theirs with ruthless s single in e purpose to the creation ol or armies navies and air forces Th The most valuable commodity commo lity in this war var is t time me and we must make the mo most t of oj it stinting stinting- now The series of disasters which rich Shave have Ie taken place In the Pacific arct arc are aresi si t grim ro-im testimonial to more than 20 years ears cars of blindness inefficiency and wishful thinking on the part of this country England and other democracies demo demo- democracies So far as ns the fighting fig quality quality qu qu- of the United Nations troops ire are concerned we need have no qualms It is a fact that in l' l every instance where those t troops have met Axis troops on anything re- re even n tern terms s they have em m I verged victorious The tiny Dutch I wavy and air force has inflicted f low after blow l ag-l against a n Japan which is infinitely stronger trong in every ery military branch Empire troops in Malaya took a n heavy toll of an enemy en- en cm my emy which outnumbered them terribly ter- ter It bh and had virtually complete tive rela-tive mastery of sky and sea A 1 relative rda rela tive 1 c handful of American and Filipino Fili Fili- Pino soldiers under the great reat Genera General Gen Gen- era cral eral have held off a Japanese army estimated at more than than men men and and they have done Jane that with almost no hope of b or aid We Ve delayed we re- re to 10 read read the writing on the wall we practiced business s as us us- mal and politics as usual and cs es as 5 usual anI and so th the defeats we lave suffered became inevitable Now there has he been en some reorganization in government g de designed ned ig-ned to te Rive give he it flexibility and speed Donald N Nelson is using the astl vast ast l powers ower conferred upon him tp to cutout cut cutout out l It dead wood and and clear the way ifor swift and decisive action In Industry Industry In- In is confident of its ability to todo do 10 the job joh no matter how bow long long- and arduous it proves to be As Raymond Raymond Raynond Ray- Ray mond nond Clapper recently wrote role T J have e talked with executives of the chief chief hief automobile companies and I ha haven't heard beard a n defeatist lt word Thc They Ire are making tn it a 1 matter of or personal and firm firm pride to demonstrate demonstrate demon demon- strate that in war production they can a astonish the world h just as the they did in automobile production That t confident attitude altitude extends I throughout It IH all industry One of the most mot difficult jobs for the will be he to mobilize mobilise small factories for war work I It t is much easier to produce the till war to transition in gigantic gigan gigantic i an antic tic in industries with their great staffs taUs endless 15 facilities and amI vast ast resources of capital knowledge and talent Hut Dut these thrle great plants cant can't do the whole job There arc are thousands of small mall plants in this country which can make needed parts and anti which posses machine tools 1001 and other equipment which must be he utilized Past fast efforts to do this were ind f Now No Noa a new division has been established by hy Mr Nelson to todeal tos to deal drill with the problem s and c ninth much is is expected 1 Some think that even man than ships will he be drawn into the vast plan of oJ total war production tion There will be he no flO unemployed soon soon save for a 1 scattering of un- un nn 1 The army will be he I doubled in size sire and ami that will mean that or more American men nien in t the he prime prince of life will be he besen sen serving ing in uniform Plans are arc on foot for putting women to work in jobs Johs that used to be he door done entirely by h men men men-dri driving ing trucks and taxis performing performing- minor industrial operations operations opera opera- etc Six months from front now th the problem will be he how to find enough nou h workers This Isis arms program program pro pro- gram will require the US use of every very pair of capable lap hands ds in the country coun coun- try n. n L f The Roberts report on the Pearl Harbor debacle which showed that the main cause of unprepared unprepared- ness nc's there was wan lack of cooperation between the commanding officers of the army and navy vy in the 1 II a wai awai ian lan department has done clone much to stir n agitation for greater reler re ler unification of the three fi fighting services s. s In n the Germany army ranking officers Ire are trained in in all fields of combat An All infantry officer understands understands understands under under- stands air 1 r warfare and vice vire versa I In n II our army the commands e have been jealous jalous of t their own prerogatives prerogatives a tives lives and have often resisted efforts to bring the three branches closer tog tog-et together her Marshall 1 who is no re- re of sterile traditions believes es cs in unification Chal Changes Chales es arc being heing lie lie- be he- ing made trade whose result v will ill he be an American army which will be he vastly vastly vasty vast vast- ly y different from the old and fill will willbe willbe i be he really geared eared for modern global g warfare |