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J.r/ J.r J.r1 4 . / 1 u Uadr .r r adr . . , ra 5MUSrMi 5MUSrMiWARDEPARTMENT " .u u . _ 1 1WAR WARDEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTIIE DEPARTMENT T iiRRYSWASHINGTONThere HARRYS n\RRYS n RRYS iiRRYS HARRYSWASHINGTON \ % WASHINGTONThere WASHINGTON-There WASHINGTON There WASHINGTON -There There - There is some somethmg somethong something thmg thong smelly smeIly in m the war departmentPart department departmentPart departmentPart Part of it is too many Harrys Because Be Because Because cause Harry Woodrmg Woodring wouldn wouJdn tagree t tagree tagree agree with Harry Morgenthauon Morgenthau thatparalyzed that thatparalyzed thatparalyzed on a restrictive tax policy paralyzed airplane and other pro productlon production production ductlon duction for about eight months he hehad hehad hehad had to walk the plankIn plankIn plank plankIn In his place came another Harry- Harry HarryWrong HarryWrong Harry-Wrong Harry Wrong - Wrong Horse Harry Stimson Stinson He Hecame Hecame Hecame came apparently because he had hadjust hadjust hadlust just made an all out mtervent.lOmst mterventlOmst interventionist mtervent.lOmstspeech interventionistspeech interventionistspeech . speech proposing proposmg something somethmg perilously per perIlousy perilously Ilousy ilously ! close losc to a war alliance ailiance withEngland With WithEngland withEngland England At least , , . he proposed thejoint the theJomt thejoint Jomt joint use of naval and air all " baseswh bases baseswh baseswh wh ch would for all practical purposes pur purposes purposes poses make us a belligerent m in thiS thiSwar thiswar thiswar thiswarCertainly war warCertamly warCertainly Certainly Certamly he didn dldn dadn t come to speed speeddefense speeddefense speeddefense defense on the real front of o1 the Bat Battie Battie Battie tie of Amerlca-whJch Amerlca whJch America-which America which America - which is at the mo moment moment moment : ment the industrial mdustnal front Nobody Nobodycan Nobodycan Nobodycan ! can argue that because that wouldrequire would wouldrequire wouldrequire require a dynamic figure figure-a figure a - - a manwho man manwho manwho who knows something somethmg about that jobWrong Job JobWrong jobWrong Wrong Horse Harry not only doesn tknow t tknow tknow know anyth ng about it but he isabout 15 is 15about isabout about as dynamic as a shelled sheIled oysterWhen oysterWhen oyster oysterWhen When he came the assistant sec secretary secrotary secrotary retary rotary of war was by law charged chargedunder chargedunder chargedunder under the secretary s direction WIth WIthmakmg withmaking withmaking makmg making plans and preparations for forour forour forour our present two great tasks-mdus tasks mdus tasks-indus indus tasksmdustrial tasksindustrial tasks - mdustrial trial and man power mobl.hzatlOn moblhzatlOn mobilization mobilizationA mobl.hzatlOnA . A system for this had been understudy understudy under understudy study and d dscussIon scussion for manyyears manyyearsThe many manyyears manyyears years yearsThe The assistant secretary Mr LouisJohnson LoUIs LoUIsJohnson LouisJohnson Johnson after many false starts anda and a good deal of galloping gallopmg in m place placehad placehad placehad had at last got his ills stride He had hadlearned hadlearned hadlearned learned his job He had finally finallycaptured finallycaptured finallycaptured captured the confidence not only of ofthe ofthe ofthe the army but also of industry mdustry and andthe andthe andthe the public Things Thmgs were begmnmg beginning beginningto begmnmgto to hum bum hewn The appointment appomtment of MrStimson Mr MrStimson MrStinson Stimson Stinson was a direct dll"ect dllect " violation of apromise a apromIse apromise promIse to him of that porttol partial portfol oThe a o aThe oThe The promise was not kept and thedefault the thedefault thedefault default proved to be even more thanthat than thanthat thanthat that for Louis Johnson Johnsone . e . e . eMr Mr Stimson Sumson s first official act was wasto wasto wasto to demand Mr Johnson s official officialhead officialhead officialhead head on a silver salver He wanted wantedhis wantedhis wantedhis his own man That fratricidal re request request request quest was granted and regardless regardlessof of its disconcerting dlsconcertmg-not dlsconcertmg not disconcerting-not disconcerting - not to sayparalyzing say sayparalyzingeffect paralyzmgffect paralyzing-effect paralyzing effect _ - effect on the Battle ofAmerica of ofAmerica America Mr Stimson Sttmson Sumson brought inhis m in mhIs inhis hIs own man Judge Patterson PattersonBad PattersonBad PattersonBad Bad as this belter helter skelter play ng ngof ngof ngof of ducks and drakes w th natIOnal natIOnaldefense nationaldefense nationaldefense defense might have been in an 99 out outof outof outof of 100 cases it turned out that thatJudge thatJudge thatJudge Judge Patterson was just the kmd kind kmdof kindo1 kindof of o1 guy who could overcome the thehandIcap thehandicap thehandicap handIcap ot of such reckless monkey monkeybusmess monkeybusiness monkeybusiness monkeybusinessHe busmess business busmessHe businessHe He was a sold er himself and acommon a acommon acommon common sense administrator admlmstrator In Inrecord Inrecord record time be corraled the con : i I , , 1 fidence of everybody involved mvolved armyindustry army armymdustry armyindustry mdustry industry public Then somethmg something somethmghappened somethinghappened somethinghappened happened The President wisely de declded decoded decided clded coded to appoint appomt Judge Advocate AdvocateGeneral AdvocateGeneral AdvocateGeneral General Gullion-a Gullion a Gulhon-a Gulhon Gulhon - a natural-to natural to natural - to con conduct conduct conduct duct the selective selecuve service draft draftWrong draftWrong draftWrong Wrong Horse Harry boiled balled over overGullion overGulluon overGullion Gullion Gulluon would be appointed appomted over his has hisdead hasdead hisdead dead body He wanted Colonel Hershey Her Hershey Hershey shey whom Gullion intended touse to touse touse use as his has deputy There is nothingthe nothmg nothing nothmgthe nothingthe the matter with Hershey Togetherhe Together Togetherhe Togetherbe he be and Gullion would have been the themost themost themost most perfect team m in Amenca America AmencaAlone AmericaAlone AmericaAlone Alone and next to Gullion Hershey Hersheywould Hersheywould Hersheywould would be the best selection selectton Thatisn That ThatIsn Thatisn Isn t the point pomt . . The point pomt is the thetesty thetesty thetesty testy crochetty petulance of one onestubborn onestubborn onestubborn stubborn feeble old man and bisselection ills has illsselectton hasselection selectton selection of secretary of war in m thiscrisis thiscrisisIn thts thus thtscnsls thuscrisis cnsls crisis cnslsIn crisisIn In the meantime meanttme the selection ofa of ofa ofa a draft administrator admmlstrator is deferred deferredpending deferredpendmg deferredpending pending pendmg agreements when suchdirect such suchdIrect suchdirect dIrect on is needed-tragIcally needed tragIcally needed - tragically Also Alsoall Alsoall Alsoall all these matters are to be taken takenaway takenaway takenaway away from Mr Stimson Stunson Stinson s own hand handpicked handpicked handpicked picked Assistant Secretary Patter Pattersonwho Pattersonwho Patterson son-who son who - who was going gomg to towne town e . e . eDRAFT . DRAFT TROUBLE TROUBLEThis TROUBLEThis TROUBLEThis This column recently cnt crat cized clzed theappointment the theappomtment theappointment appomtment appointment of Elhott EllJOtt Elliott Rooseveltaged Roosevelt Rooseveltaged Rooseveltaged aged 30 as captain In the air corpsand corps corpsand corpsand and his assignment to some deskjob desk deskJob deskjob Job in m procurement Elhott EllIOtt is With WithIn within within In the selective draft age limits Al Although Although Although | though gazetted as a specIalIst specialistthere , , there is no information that he has hasany hasany hasany any special training trammg or experIence experIenceeIther experienceeither experienceeither eIther as lIS a soldier or as a purchas purchasmg purchasing purchasing mg ing agentNow agentNow agent agentHow How Now according accordmg to 10 a press dispatch dis dispatch dispatch patch Ell ott says I am a disgusting disgust disgustmg disgusting mg ing old man who went through thel the thelast last It t war as a soldier but servedonly served servedonly servedonly only at a desk I don t know whatthat what whatthat whatthat that has to do with the merits ments of ofthis ofthis ofthis this case In 1917 I had been a sol sat soldlcr satdoor soldier dlcr door in the regular army for 18 18years 18years 18years years I served erved in m the places I was wasordered wasordered wasordered ordered to serve Among those thoseplaces thoseplaces thoseplaces places I was in III command of o1 com combat combat cornbat bat troops-an troops an troops - an infantry brigade ofthe of ofthe ofthe the Eighth division It and I wereaboard were wereaboard wereaboard aboard a convoy destined destmed for Francewhen France FranceI Francewhen Francewhen when the Armist Armlst ce cc was s gned gnedElliott gnedElhott gnedElliott I ngthat Elliott Elhott is 15 reported as protest ng that he d dn do t ask for any spec al alass alass alass ass gnment and that he woutdn wouldn t thave thave thave have been dratted drafted anyway because becausehe becausehe becausehe he has a wife and 'and ' t\\ t two ta tuo \ a ch Idren ldren IdrenMaybe ldrenMaybe IdrenMaybe Maybe the boy d dn do t ask for any anyspecIal anyspecial anyspecial specIal ass gnment , , . but men can canbe canbe canbe be commiss commlss oned in m an the thc officers Re Reserve Reserve Reserve serve corps only on tl tI cir elr own applicat ap appheat applicat pheat plicat on and request Such is thelaw the thelaw thelaw law The actual draft regulationsare regulatIOns are not Mt yet published I don t knowwhat know knowwhat knowwhat what aboutjnarriedmen they they111 will \\111 111 \ say about aboutjnarried marriedmen arrled arrledmen men with children but this I know knowtram knowfrom knowfrom tram from the law Itself-there Itself there itself - there Is no such such"bsolute suchabsolute suchibsolute "bsolute bsolute absolute " exemption |