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Show 4e 4efir fir firR R E EN ENWashington Washington Washing-ton Washing ton - D C CDONALD CDONALD CDONALD DONALD NELSON EXPLAINS EXPLAlfIoS EYPLAINS EXPLAINSIn EXPLAlfIoSIn EYPLAINSIn In his rad o 0 appeal for an Imme lmme lmmediate Immediate Immediate diate 25 per cent increase merease Inwar In war warproduct warproduct warproduct product on Donald Nelson an announced anflounced announced nounced flounced that joint jomt management la labor labor labor bor committees committee ! > would be set up in inevery inevery inevery every plant to devise methods of o ( m in mcreasing increasing mcreasing creasing output . . There has been beenconsiderable beenconsiderable beenconsiderable considerable conjecture s nee nce then thenover thenover thenover over the scope of o these comm ttees tteeswhether tteeswhether tteeswhether whether they thcy should run the plants plantsor or Merely be adv sory spry spryThe soryThe soryThe The other day Nelson explainedust explained explainedJust explainedjust Just ] what he had m in mind mmd m in a prI prt prIvate prtvate pnvate vate talk with Walter Waiter Reuther force forceful forceful forcetul ful vice pres dent of o the powerful powerfulC C I 10 0 Umt United United Auto Workers who whomore whomore whomore more than a year ago proposed the theso theso theso so called Reuther Plan for ( or the thequ thequ thequ qu ck conversion ot of tho the auto mdus mdustry mdustry mdustry try into mto a umfed unifed mass producer of ofhundreds ofhundreds o ohundreds hundreds of planes and tanks dailyWhile dailyWhile daily dailyWhile While in m Washington on union umon bUSI bUSIness business business ness after Nelson s broadcast , , a mu mutual muteal mutual tual teal friend suggested to Reuther thathe that thathe thathe he have a talk with the War Pro Pro- ProductIon Production Production - - duction chief whom he had never nevermet nevermet nevermet met Nelson greeted grceted Reuther cor cordIally cordially cordially dIally remark ng that he had heard hearda a lot about his plan but had not notseen notseen notseen seen its details detailsI I can tell you all about them m in mthree inthree mthree three minutes mmutes said Reuther ReutherShoot ReutherShoot ReutherShoot Shoot replied the war chief . . . Nelson listened intently mtently asked a afew afew afew few questions then remarked Es Essentlally Essentially Essentially , , sentlally sentially your objective is the same sameas sameas as mine mme The only thing dung on which whichwe whichwe whichwe we d ffcr fifer is the way to go about It it itHow's itHows . . How's Hows ' ' that that7 that7Simply ? ' Simply Sunply Supply this tills said s\ld s ld s'tid stid ' \ ' Nelson NelsonUe Nelsonlie Nelsontte Ue lie both want the auto mdustry industry industryto mdustryto to make all the airplanes aU'planes aUplanes ' tanks tanksand tanksand tanksand and - guns g-uns g uns it can . lour 1.our 1our plans planscalled planscalled planscalled called for joint Jomt committees to todIrect todirect todirect dIrect the conversion with a agovernment agovernment agovernment government representative par parhClpat parlicipal participat hClpat licipal ng ng- ngas - : as a side line Ime ads adHser aduserI adHserI iser iserI I believe m in dome dOIng it differently ddYerently- ddYerently differently- ddYerentlyone differentlyone differentlyone - one man ( tor for or action achon and commit commIt- commIttees committees committees - - tees ( for or advice That s why I Ihave Ihave Ihave have one man my representa representahve representaLive representalive hve Live in lD Detroit dlrechngconver directing dlrechng- dlrechng - conver converslon conversion conversion slon sion with the committees you youproposed youproposed youproposed proposed advising advlslDg him bun It Its s your yourplan } ; > our ourplan ourplan plan only m in reverseNelson reverse reverseNelson Nelson also told Reuther that he hehoped hehoped hehoped hoped the joint Jomt committees would wouldtake wouldtake wouldtake take their work seriously senously and sub subnnt submit subnut nnt mit every practical plan tor for Increas Increasing increasIng increasing ing production produchon . . However Nelson Nelsonstressed Nelsonstressed Nelsonstressed stressed that he and not the com corn commlttees cornmittees cornnuttees mlttees mittees would decide on the ments merits mentsof meritsof meritsof of the proposals that the function of ofthe ofthe ofthe the committees was strictly ad advlsory advisory advisory advisoryNote vlsory visory vlsoryNote visoryNote Note After first approving approvmg the thejomt thejomt thejoint jomt committee plan Secretary SecretaryKnox SecretaryKnox SecretaryKnox Knox later told Nelson he was op- op opposed opposed op opposed - - posed because it would SovietizeU SovietIze U S industry mdustry Knox contended contendedthat contendedthat contendedthat that management alone should do dothe dothe dothe the job Nelson brushed aside Knox s sfears sfears sfears fears and declared that without the thefull thefull thefull full co operat on of labor the war warcould warcould warcould could not be won I expect full co cooperatIOn cooperation cooperation operatIOn from the navy on my myplan myplan myplan plan Nelson said firmly or else elseAnd elseAnd elseAnd And if It you doubt my word thel theie these e IS ISa isa isa a man m in the White House who wIll wIllconfirm willconfirm willconfirm confirm it for you . . . HULL AND THE ARABSShortly ARABSShortly ARABS ARABSShortly Shortly before Secretary Hull left lefton lefton lefton on his present protracted holiday holidayColonel holidayColonel holidayColonel Colonel Donovan had worked out a aplan aplan aplan plan to send an American Amencan Colonel ColonelLawrence ColonelLawrence ColonelLawrence Lawrence to visit the Arabs around aroundDakar aroundDakar aroundDakar aroundDakarTl Dakar DakarTi Tl Ti e a idea was that just as Colonel ColonelLawrence ColonelLawrence ColonelLawrence Lawrence had won the support of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Arabs for the British BntIsh in m the last lastwar lastwar lastwar war so the United Umted States could winover WIJ1 win WIJ1over winover over the Arabs m in French Freneh West Af AL Afnca ALrica Atnca nca rica especially around the vItal vItalbase vitalbase vitalbase base of Dakar the jumping Jumpmg off oty place placeto placeto placeto to South AmencaSo AmericaSo America Amenca AmericaSo So CoL C0L . Charles Sweeney who has hashad hashad hashad had much e experience eapertence penence with the theArabs theArabs theArabs Arabs was delegated to undertaketh underta.eth underta.e undertae undertake ! . th s difficult and Important important mission But when Secretary Hull heard of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Donovan plan he hit the ce ceiling ceilingCalling cedingCalling lIlg lIlgCallmg Callmg Calling Donovan into mto his office Hulllectured Hull Hulllectured Hulllectured lectured him lum hue at length declarmgYou declaringYou declaring declarmg declaringYou You are trying trymg to interfere WIth WIththe withthe withthe the conduct of my relations with a afnendly afriendly afriendly fnendly friendly countryHull countryHull country countryHull Hull flatly refused to give Colonel ColonelSweeney ColonelSweeney ColonelSweeney Sweeney a passport So no attempt attempthas attempthas attempthas has been made to wm win over the theArabs theArabs theArabs Arabs of West AtricaNote AfricaNote Africa Atrica AfricaNote Note British intelligence mtell1gence reports reportsthat reportsthat reportsthat that three French warships sailcd sailed sailcdfrom sailedfrom sailedfrom from Dakar last month bound for forMadagascar forMadagascar torMadagascar Madagascar This will relieve the thedangcr thedanger thedanger dangcr danger to Brazil but it may m in mcrease increase increase crease possible danger to BntIsh British BritishU BntIshU U S shipping shlppmg routes through the theIndJ.n theIndian theIndian IndJ.n IndJn Indian : ! . ocean to Suez and India de depend depend depend pend ng on whether U tl e French war warships warships warships ships w 11 II protect Madagascar from fromthe fromthe fromthe the British Bntlsh or from the JapanesefERRY Japanese . . . ! \ flIERRY \fERRY fERRY MERRY GO ROUVDcr ROUND ROUVD ROUNDC ROUNDL cr : . 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