Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-20 | Page 5 | Nationalizing of Arms Urged

NATIONALIZING OF i ARMS Ai URGED WASHINGTON April 20 p- p The senate munitions committee recommended in a majority report today oday th the nationalization of enough I Industrial plants to produce warships warships war war- ships guns and powder for the peacetime needs of the army and navy It was a split committee that handed landed in the report however for fora a minority protested that nationalization nationalization was not desirable The Tho committee majority the report re reI report re- re I port said recommends government ownership of ot facilities facUlties adequate for forthe forthe the ho construction of all aU warships by the navy Davy department also all gun forgings projectiles and armor plate and of ot facilities adequate forthe for forthe the he production of powder rifles pistols and machine guns gums necessary for or the war department I The majority believes that the war and navy departments can produce produce produce pro pro- duce from the their own ranks or employ employ employ em em- ploy sufficient able technicians to operate these plants successfully The minority said that If it large government plants are aro erected there will be inevitable local political political cal pressure to maintain these plants at lull full capacity production regardlesS regardless regardless regard regard- less of ot actual defense needs needs- and the result will be to encourage i armament rather than ment The report was the third in a series of ot eight projected by the committee committee committee com com- as a result of ot nearly Dearly two years of investigation Accompanying the recommendations was a lengthy condemnation of the methods of the munitions in industry industry industry in- in in supporting a foreign market market market mar mar- ket for its output In this both majority and minority g groups group r 0 ups s united Most of the findings in this this' section had been made public previously The majority urged that private munitions makers be bo prohibited from selling BeIling American military inventions inventions inventions in in- in- in abroad Repeatedly the committee asserted as as- all aIl all members agreeing that agreeing that munitions makers and ship yards had sought to break down disarmament disarmament disarmament ment and peace conferences