| Show V- V I VI tl I iA I A Washington Daybook I t By RODNEY BUTCHER DUTCHER Editors Editor's Note This Is the second nd ndoC of oC a series of ot several stories by Rodney Rodney Rod Roc ney Dutcher on how the United States plans to mobilize its man manpower manpower po power er and Industry in the event of ot another war W WASHINGTON June 9 For 9 For the past several years of peacetime Ume the war department has been bringing to the attention oC arious Industries their wartime responsibilities and giving gi them estimates Uma s of the wartime wartime wartime war war- time demands of the army and navy nan nanon on their plants Approximately large facilities facilities ties tics have been lIU surveyed r cy cd according to the army's war plans as submitted to the war policies commission Definite Definite Deli Deli- nite tasks for tor emergency have ha been assigned to each selected plant In order not to up upset et national production production production tion more than ne necessary sary E-sary and to maintain normal commercial contacts contacts con con- t. on a a. reduced basis such ta tasks ks do o not Involve more than 50 per cent of f a R. plants plant's nonna normal capacity Under the national defense act the he war department points out the government can place compulsory orders orders or- or ders with ith any factory and is empowered ered to requisition such plants as may refuse to accept them PLAN ADVISORY AD COUNCIL The war plans call for an advisory war ar council to ta assist the president in n carrying on tho the conflict Besides the he secretaries of ot war var and navy this council would Include a director of selective elective service director of ot war In Industry in- in director of ot public relations and administrator of labor This is part of a general plan which according to General Douglas MacArthur chief of or staff is based on ona ona a a. great Improvement on our 1917 position in that besides the skeleton skeleton- zed framework of or a citizen army anny capable of ot rapidly absorbing the nations nations nation's nations nation's na na- na tion's man power the army now maintains Intimate contact with the Industrial structure under a pro program am I I which will wUl enable American i Industry indus indus- dus- dus try ry promptly to absorb our war Je- Je Delay In fri procurement of oC necessary munitions and supplies guesswork ork about the amo amounts of ot supplies needed needed need need- ed d which results in wasteful overproduction overproduction over over- production and serious l shortages Improper distribution of the war production production pro pro- load toad along with ith con congestion and transportation facilities Inefficient clent use of ot resources uncoordinated purchases and unequal distributions distribution of at war burdens are some of at the things thing which the war department profiting from rom lessons of ot the last war will sec seek to o avoid old In any big future conflict The ann army's s shopping list Included about different items in th the world war ar but the so-called so vitally essential list 1st now comprises about abou articles complete for Issue CUT DOWN COMPETITION CO Instead of or throwing open their procurement pro pro- nt necessities to ta bidding the war and navy departments departments depart depart- ments will base their procurement plans lans x n allocation Under this system tern tem cm plants are able to make some som preparation for their tasks prices price an can bet better r be de determined by Ion and through definite assignments assignments assign assign- ments exact prearrangement for production pro pro- of munitions can be obtained Many articles required in war ar arnot are arc not ordinarily produced In this coon coun i coun-i try ry so the war department has as as- as a n. great collection of oC complete complete com corn drawings and specification fo for delivery ery to manufacturers who wha would otherwise have e no prior knowledge o of applicable production methods T To develop this form lorm of or war preparation constant experimentation and actual production Is In progress at government government govern govern- ment arsenals and laboratories The Th war department now seeks mone money from Tom congress for placing educational orders with factories use o of which would hasten production 1 In any later Inter emergency The army also has wIdespread plans to govern handling of raw materials ma ma- In wartime e especially those thos e enot not readily produced In this country countr Among Its designs for reduction o of wartime profiteering is an adjusted adjust compensation contract applicable t to large construction programs and procurement procurement procurement pro pro- oT 01 noncommercial items item ms Tentative e cost f schedules would be agreed upon which might be revised from time to time The government go would audit all accounts as the they arose aros and pay all approved costs of performance performance performance per per- plus a rate of 6 per cent centa a year on the value of oC the plant involved In Involved involved in- in in the contract I CONTRACTOR PROTECTED I If II the company does docs the Job at less than han tho the revised rc estimate of or costs the he government pays him some added compensation Hence although the profit would be small the thc contractor ts is guaranteed against 1 loss If It the th c cost ot t exceeds the estimate the contractors contractor's con con con- tractors tractor's profit Is 1 reduced and th tK there Is no temptation to pad cost costa a aa th ere U WM wu with the old w plus cost t sy About reserve off officers leers 1111 be the needed 1 in tn a II major war to c cUr carry y o oS navy army-navy procurement Vot Pro Pro- gram and to date some rome 2300 have hare been selected from amon among expert d business men and cornn cor stoned atoned The war department has bas no d dell den fl nite Itc program tO fram for wartime price troll rol but It Is on record a. a M as con coi con I I price freezing plans luch u that pro proposed to the war r 1 policies coti I slon sion by Bernard M. 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