Show Optimism at Home Over War Is Unfounded U. U S. S Industrialists Say After Touring Front 1 PARIS Dec 4 UP Six UP-Six Six American American Ameri Ameri- can industrialists returned Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- I day from touring the western front convinced that the wave of f optimism optimism optimism back home on the course of the war is completely unfounded A spokesman said the group was determined to do what it could to toha ha have v plants furnish the goods for forthe forthe forthe the tough slugging phase in the conflict just beginning Frederick C C. Crawford Cleve Cleveland land and chairman of the board of the I National Association of manufacturers I described optimism in America late of October and s said ld he the trip to the front had shown him ilm and his companions that the war simply is entering a new phase hase We have to face an ani enemy strongly dug in and aided by terrain terrain ter- ter rain ain and natural obstacles where Inferior troops can do do as good a ajob ajob job ob as others Crawford said we will have to batter our way through and it i is either men or artillery We Ve prefer to expend artillery Brig Gen Albert J. J Browning assistant director of material who accompanied t the h e industrialists commented We Ve are arc very veri definitely facing lacing a a. a serious supply problem In the original program we simply did not make enough allowance for heavy artillery and ammunition All this talk of and postwar planning has as got to tobe tobe tobe be put aside until we can furnish enough supplies for the boys to do dothe dothe dothe the job said Sherrod Skinner vice president of General Motors Motor We ar are arc going to try to convince the people back home that there is lots of work yet vet to do Skinner said he tho thought Cassino was the turning turn g point in the army ordnance program calling for more heavy a artillery tl lery b but t that it took 1 from six to eight elgh months to get a plant into operation hence h n c the effects ef ef effects of ot the last expansion program program program pro pro- gram begun in May are Just beginning beginning be be- ginning to be felt Charles Kendri Kendrick k of San Francisco Francisco Fran Francisco cisco said What we have hav is seen en doesn't indicate the war is 18 about over The Germans may pull another another another an an- other trick out of the hat haU They plan Jan t to appear at a dl dinner ner I o 0 o. o the National of Manufacturers Manufacturers in New York Dec 8 |