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Show s'1BEuINi NEWS/ NEWS NEWSTTfc TTfc ws ( / ( s'1\ s'1 s1 ' \ : BEuINi TWJ BEuINit ByBMJLMALLON- ByBMJLMALLON t PAUL MALLON ? - ( ByBMJLMALLONReleased ? Released by Western Newspaper UnionMILITARY Union UnionMILITARY MILITARY AND LABOR LABORDRArT LABORDRAFT LABORDRAFT DRArT DRAFT SITUATION SITUATIO- SITUATIO SITUATIONWASHINGTON SITUATIOWASHINGTON SITUATIONWASHINGTON - . WASHINGTON - What is behmd behind behmdth behindth bchinth i th s a fantast c draft tool fool shness is 15 be bemg being being mg ing explained e'tplamcd etplamcd ' by all the mterested interested mterestedgovernment interestedgovernment interestegovernment I government bureaus in m the thc r own owncon ownconilict owconflict i con conilict lct ng waysYou waysYou ways waysYou You can get nearly any story stony you youwant youwant yowant u want that is any except e'tcept etcept eccept ' the ngtone ngtoneBureaucrat right rightone rightone t one oneBureaucrat Bureaucrat c muddling muddlmg is the thecommonest thecommonest thcommonest e commonest explanat e'tplanat etplanat ' on in m congress congressbut congressbut congressbut i but even this falls short of account accountmg accountmg accouning ' mg fully for the depths of publ publconfusion cconfusIOn CConfusion c confusIOn in m which men are called calledqUIt calledquit callecquit 1 qUIt their jobs arc are sent back called calleduga calle callega d 1ga -uga uga " - ga n under orders from Washmg Washing Washmgton Washington Washington ; ton You would have to devote your yourself yourself youiself self serIou seriously ly to muddl ng for a long longwh longwh Ionwh wh Ie le to get that badThen badThen bad badThen Then there is 15 a loud official whls whit whlsper whitper whi'per whiper ' per deal ng og with wllh the grand assaulton assault assaulton assau.on assauon . ' on Europe and reserves in the Paclf Pacif PaclfIC Pacific Paci : ' ic and Atlantic area Frankly It Itdoes itdoes ] t does not explain explam anything anythmg and andtherefore andtherefore anctherefore therefore is not worth repeat ng ngeven ngeven neven S even if it could pass the censor and andIt andit anit It would notThose not notThose Those most intimate mtImate with the uner m in mner inncr 1 ner ncr situation absolve Draft Director DirectorHer.hey DirectorHerhey DirectoHer'hey DirectoHerhey Her.hey Herhey . ' ' of major responsib responslb bty My lily for forthe forthe tcthe the orders he has been issu ng rig and andattrIbute andattribute anattribute attrIbute the mess to a struggle b be between between < ' tween 1\Ianpower 1 Ianpower Manpowerer \ . , . . r Paul McNutt kt * A.AMtA AAMtA X/ X XWUJ / * * WUJ * 1 * 'U- 'U U ' - and the armed s services rvIces rviees Mr Mc McNutt McNutt MtNutt Nutt Nutt apparently no v is the man manwho mawho I Iwho who is 15 mak ng the manpower d dcis de deCIS deCis < cis ons or th nks he is 15 Mr Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt Roostvelt velt had the problem in m his own lap lapfor lapfor lafor \ for some months but is supposednow supposed supposednow supposenow now to have passed control back to toMcNutt toMcNutt tMcNuttMcNUTT ' McNutt . . McNUTT MeNUTT IS OPPOSEDNow OPPOSED OPPOSEDNow Now McNutt is personally opposed opposedI opposedto opposeto I to the proposed industrial mdustrIal draft act actthe actthe athe ( ( the national service bill ) although althoughMr althoughMr althougMr Mr Roosevelt presumably stillwants still stillwants stiwants I wants it and the army and navy arnow are arenow arenow now building bwldmg up toward another anothercampaIgn anothercampaign anothecampaign campaIgn to just fy ly its passage by bycongress bycongress bcongress bcongressMcNutt congress congressMcNutt McNutt takes the posit on thssuch that thatsuch thatsuch t such a draft of labor - opposed by bylabor bylabor blabor T labor management and nost riost of the thepolIticIans thepoliticians thpoliticians e polIticIans as well - is not needed neededor needecor or at least no need has been shown shownfor shownfor showfor for it The draft pol p01 cies cles of the army armyI armyand armand I and navy frequently appear to be beadopted beadopted badopted adopted with a thought of not dls dis dlscouragmg discouraging discouragmg couragmg couraging a need for ItThe itThe it itThe The plain plam evidence mdIcates indicates mdIcatesclearly indicatesclearly indicateclearly clearly McNutt is right The Cleve Cleveland Cleveland Clev Clevland < land economist , , CoL Cot . Leonard Ayre Ayres Ayreswho Ayreswho ; who set up the war department departmenteconom departmenteconom departmereconom econom c bureau at the outset of the thewar thevar thwar war var says in m iii his current Cleveland ClevelandTrust ClevelandTrust ClevelanTrust Trust company bulletmThis bulletinThis bulletin bulletm bulletinThis This latest manpower crisis is islargely islargely ilargely largely verbal and almost surely surelyless surelyless sureless ! ? less serious SDrIOUS sonious than it is claimed to tobe tobe tbe tbeHe , be beHe He says the peak of our war pro productlOD production prcduction ductlOD duction probably was passed last lastOctober lastOctober lasOctober October and industrial mdustrlal manpo ver yen verrequ yenrequ verequ r requ rements have declined smce since smcethen sincethen sinethen then He is such an impartial unpartIal recogn recofn recogn recog n zed authority that his eVIdence eVIdenceseems evidenceseems evidencseems seems almost to close the argu argument argumerit argiment argimentNevertheless ment merit mentNevertheless meritNevertheless Nevertheless you still haveMcNutt have haveMcNutt havMcNutt McNutt and the armed services IS ISsumg issuing issumg sumg suing conflicting conflictmg or contrary dlrec direc dlrectIves directives direclives tIves to the bew bewildered bewjidered . dered General Her Hershey Hershey Heishey shey The only way the contusIOn confusion contusIOnwill confusionwill confusio.will confusiowill . will ever be cleared tor for certain certam IS ISto isto ito s to put one man fully in control al although although although though it might help U If th the thi . > . . armedservices armed armedservices armeservices services lost interest mterest in the labor labordraft labordraft labo draft act IjI INNER IjI.ER , -.ER .ER - . SETTLEMENT UjISETTLEl\IENT UjISETTLEl IENT UNSETTLEMENT UjISETTLElIENTAt UNSETTLEMENTAt UN , SETTLEMENTAt \ At the moment there seems no noIIkel nolikel nollkelhood IIkel likel hood that either of these hopes hopescan hopescan hopescan can be accomplished As a revealmg revealing revealmgsldel1ght revealingsidelight revealingsidelight sldel1ght sidelight on the inner unsettlementcongress unsettlement unsettlementcongress unsettlementcongress congress recently started stamped stampedIDg stampeding stampeding IDg ing toward the idea of drafting draftmg the the4Fs the4Fs the4-Fs the4 Fs 4-Fs 4 Fs - - - into mto labor battalion . or puttmg putting puttmgI puttmgthem puttingthem puttingthem them to work in m industryThe mdustry industry mdustryThe I , The army seemed to side in with withI withthe withthe withthe the notion as a substitute for ItS ItSlabor itslabor itslabor I labor draft act but the house mIll roTh mIlltary roThtary milltary tary affairs committee hearmgs hearings hearmgshave hearingshave hearingshave have discouraged actionIt actionIt action actionIt It became clear the 4 Fs would wouldrather wouldrather wouldrather rather go into the army than into intolabor Intolabor intolabor labor battalions and also the cornplexities com corn compleXIties cornplexities pleXIties offered by their various variousphysIcal variousphysical variousphysical physIcal defects cast some doubt doubtupon doubtupon doubtupon upon the effectiveness of such a amove amove amove move The theory ol of drafting physical physl physi physlcal physical cal defectives defectlves detectives for labor furthermore furthermoregathered furthermoregathered furthermoregathered gathered some r repugnance repugnance pugnBDce The Thearmy Thearmy Thearmy army thus is falling faUmg back on the thelabor thelabor thelabor labor draft act . . Above all there seems to be a atotal atotal atotal total lack ot of excitement about the thewhole thewhole thewhole whole manpower matter on every everyhand everyhand everyhand hand except that of the army and andnavy andnavy andnavy andnavyThus navy navyThus Thus it seems likely Ilkely tbat that the theexisting theexisting existing situation will continue to todrift todnft dnt drift ! on its present level , , inductingmen inductmg Inducting inductmgmen Inductingmen men under 28 26 tor for battle quotas and andmen andmen andmen men older U if the changing changmg quotas quotascannot quotascannot quotascannot cannot be filled tilled otherwise - but WIthno withno with no labor draft of of , , any kInd I 0 0HULL - > HULL S DECLARATION DECLARATIONThe The Hull major declaration of at tor for toreign foreign foreign eign policy pollcy tounded sounded on the radIo radIolIke radiolike radiolike lIke merely a temperate hopeful hopeful.persistence hopefulpersistence , . persistence for the anojs-ed anojs ed anno.ar'ed anno.ared annoared anno.c annoc . . ' ' - eG ! 'l'ler ller 4-rier 4 rier 'l'lerican 4rierican ' . tnerlean - " ' ican position . . Those who know him were able to tointerpret tointerpret toInterpret interpret the generalized phrases phrasesmore phrasessnore phrasesmore more snore specifically specificallyMr Mr Hull Hun said be he wants an inter international International International national organization . . By that , , hemeans he hemeans hemeans means a continuation contmuatIon of the coopera cooperatIve cooperative cooperative tIve arrangement of the big four fourand fourand tourand and other nations nat.lons natlons . not a league of ofnations ofnations nations set up as some supposeI suppose , I |