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Show 1 I War Labor Board facedWith Faced FacedWith FacedWith With Rising Pressure PressureLong Pressurer # f r Long Buff Buffeted Buffeted ted , Agency May Be Swept ASide ASideBy AsideBy AsideBy By Flood of New Cases After AfterCollapse AfterCollapse AfterCollapse Collapse of Nazis . , - \ By BAUIHAGEi BAUKHAGE BAUIHAGE BAUKHAGENew3 { 2 i . . . ,1 1 , J . New3 Nelli News ! Analyst Anolys ' and Commentator WNU Service UnionrTrust Union Unlon Trust Buildml Building BuildingWashington BaildineWashington : ' Washlnpon Washington D C'The CThe C CThe The 'The ' lid Is off OJtI OJtIFour off'Four offFour ' ' Four d dAys ys before election elecion { the theticker theticker theticker ticker jammed with campaignspeeches campaign campaignspeeches campaignspeeches speeches paused long enough to toannounce toannounce toannounce announce the strike strJke of the Meehan Mechan MeehanlCS Mechanice Mechanics lCS ice Educational society tn in 20 Detroit Detroitplants Detroitplants Detroitplants plants There hadn hado t been much muchstrJke muchstrike muchstrike strJke strike news for some tame bme and tlus this tlusltem.stuck thisltem.stuck thisItem ltem.stuck ltemstuck . . .stuck stuck . out like hke a sarli sore thumbThe thumbThe thumb thumbThe The reason there thcre had not been beenmuch beenmuch beenmuch much strike news Was not because becausethere becausethere becausehere there ( \ were ere not plenty of strikes strJkes - three " , weeks eeks before election they theywere theywere theywere were bobbing bobbmg up at the rate of 400 a amonth amonth amonth month 10 a day were being re- re reporled reported re reported - - ported porled to conciliators concihators in m the labor labordepartment labordepartment labordepartment department and that didn dldn t jnclude include jncludethe includethe includethe the strikes against agamst the decisions of ofthe ofthe ofthe the national war labor board ItseU'The itselfThe itself ItseU itselfThe ' The 'The reason why this bulge in the thewalkout thewalkout thewalk-out thewalk out walk-out walk out - - record wasn t in front of ofthe ofthe ofthe the reading reacbng public s nose was be because because because cause both parties were taking par parhcular parlicular parlicular hcular licular care not to say anythmg anythmgthat anythmgthat anythingthat that might look as it If it were crltI crib cribcism cnticism clsm cism of a kind that would alIenate alienatethe alienatethe the labor voteNow voteNow vote voteNow Now as I remarked the lid is off offBut offtaut offBut But taut this is only onJy , a sample of what whatIs whatIs whatIs Is going gomg to happen happenfhen \fhen fhen when \ Germany Germanycollapses Germanycollapses Germanycollapses collapses Washington expects when whenthat whenthat whenthat that otherwise otherwJSe happy day comes it itWIll itwill Itwill WIll have to face the job of ofbmmine oflamming ofiammine bmmine lamming a veritable flood of labor laborproblems laborproblems laborproblems problems And that flood tlood many of ofthe ofthe ofthe the insiders believe will wfll inundate inundatethe inundatethe inundatethe the labor board and probably have havethe havethe havethe the effect of sweeping it I fato lto into the thedIscard thediscard thediscard thediscardTwo dIscard dIscardTwo Two things thmgs badly threaten the theboard theboard theboard board s future One was the prIvate prIvatewalkout privatewalkout privatewalkout walkout of the AFL members who whoS1II1ply whosimply whotimply S1II1ply simply announced they would not sit sitIn sitin sittn In on any decisions on wage raIses raIsesuntIl raisesuntil raisesuntil untIl the board had handed down downR downa a decision on the Little Steel wage wageformula wageformula wageformula formula That was one blow Any AnydecIsion Anydecision Anydecision decIsion on Little Steel , , itself itseU will willbe willbe willbe be anotherThe another anotherThe anotherThe The board knows it is facing facmg a adJlemma adilemma adilemma dJlemma dilemma on that subjectAlthough subjectAlthough subject subjectAlthough Although decision in favor of ofLittle oflittle ofLittle Little Steel ( that is breaking breakmg the thewage thewage thewage wage ceiling celbng and giving the steel steelworkers steelworkers steelworkers workers an increase to meet what whatthe whatthe whatthe the unions uruons declare is a nse rise in i'1 i1 ' the thestandard thestandard thettandard standard of living bVIng ) would satisfy sabsfy the thesteel thesteel thetteel steel workers it would start a whole wholeleries wholeseries wholeleries leries series of demands for increases in inother inother inother other fieldsIf fieldsIf fields fieldsIf If on the other hand the board boardrefused boardrefused boardrefused refused to adjust the Little Steel Steelformula Steelformula Steeltormula formula upward it would have to toface toface toace face ( a strike strJke in m the great steel in industry Industry influstry influstryThat dustry dustryThat That dilemma is gruesome enough enoughbut enoughbut enoughbut but not too far away Is another anotherproblem anotherproblem anotherproblem problem which will arise when Ger Ger- Germany Ger- Ger Germany Germany - - many collapses and tlnd the govern government governwent governBlent ment went war contracts are sharply cut cutback cutback cutback cutbackWhen back backWhen When this tlus happens there are a anumber anumber acumber number of companies which are arecalled arecalled arecalled called fly by night by some labor laborofficials laborofficials Dfficlals officials because their only reason reasonfor reasonfor reasontor for income is from war orders and andtheir andtheir andtheir their chief cluef reason for existence eXlstence is isthe isthe isthe the part they play in the war effort efforta a part which whtch ' will 11'111 11111 not have to be beplayed beplayed beplayed played when Germany quits In any anycase anycase anycase case it is freely predicted that thatthere thatthere thatthere there will be strikes in these plants plantsencouraged plantsencouraged plantsencouraged encouraged , , , aided and abetted by bythe bythe bythe the employers in the hope that theIr theIrfactories theirfactories theirfactories factories will be seized by the gov emmcnt ernment They may have no further furtherexcuse furtherexcuse furtherexcuse excuse tor for functioning but there is isa isa isa a possibility that it if the government governmenttakes governmenttakes governmenttakes takes them over they can collect collectlomethmg collecteometmg collecttomethmg lomethmg eometmg through damage suts sutsthereafter suits suitsthereafter suitsthereafter suitsthereafterThis ! thereafter thereafterThis probtern probrem probtem This creates a very difficult prob rem tem . . . As you know when the war wartabor warlabor warlabor tabor labor board hands down a decisIOn decisIOnits decisionIts decisionIts its function ends There is no legal legalmeans legalmeans legalmeans means of enforcing enforclDg this decision and andif andif andif if it ft is not complied with the only onlyrecourse onlyrecourse onlyrecourse recourse of the board is to pass the thebuck thebuck thebuck buck to the White House It If an ap- ap appeal appeal ap appeal - - peal from that source proves futIle futIlethe futilethe futilethe the government has to take over the theplant theplant theplant theplantNow plant plantNow Now already the caution has been beensounded beensounded beensounded sounded to the board to be very clr cir clrcumspect circumspect circumspect cumspect hereafter in passing the thebuck thebuck thebuck buck to the White House in such suchcases ! : suchcases uch uchcases cases Thil This Thl is the reason it if the theV.lute thewhite the\Mute the Mute V.lute Vlute white . \ House accepts all aU of these theseemployer theseemployer theseemployer employer encouraged strikes stnkes and andthe andthe andthe the government takes them over overIt overit overIt It may find itself itseU owning hoards of ofuseless ofuseless ofuseless useless businesses busmesses and facing years yearsof yearsof yearsof of litigation litigationIf litigatIonIf WhiteHouse If on the other hand hand , , the ( he White House refuses to act act , , the board loses its prestige and since it h has hasno hasno s sno no legal right of o1 enforcement , , , it itloses itloses itloses loses its influence InJluence - All AU of which caused many hard bard hardboiled bardboiled hardboiled boiled oldtimers oldtlmers to predict precbct months monthsago monthsago monthsago ago that no matterIoho matter who \Ioho Ioho oho \ was elected electedin In November the sands of the war warlabor warlabor warlabor labor hoard board were rapidly runningout runningout running runningout out . . C . e . e . eSuggest Suggest Sugged Postwar PostwarControl PostwarControl Control of Enemyiff Enemy iff ' ' " What shall we do with Germany Germanyand Germanyand Germanyand and JapanWho Japan7 Japan Japan7Who ' Who ise is \ we \\e e 7I 7 ? 7I I have looked over a sheaf of ofbooks ofbooks ofbooks books and pamphlets listened bstened to ra- ra radio radio ra radio - - dio broadcasts including one by byVmslttart byVpnsdtart byVansittart Vmslttart Vpnsdtart ; ( the number one Ger German German German man hater ) and several apologies of ofthe ofthe ofthe the appeasionists appeaslomsts appeasronists who think all we weneed weneed weneed need to do is to kiss and make makeup makeup makeup up If I am part of that we ' I Imust Imust Imust must say that pa parf pars of " ' "us us 'us " is pretty prettyconfused prettyconfused prettyconfused prettyconfusedThere confused confusedThere There have been many negative negativearguments negativearguments negativearguments arguments offered to proposItIons proposItIonsproposed propositionsproposed propositionsproposed propositionsproposedThere proposed proposedThere There have been many bold'andconflicting bold'and boldand bold'andconfllctmg bold'andconflicting boldandconflicting ' confllctmg conflicting affirmative statements statementsI I know you have to have a nega negatfve negative negalive tfve tive and an affirmative argument to tomake tomake tomake make a good debate and that IS ISwhy iswhy iswhy why I am glad to see two men Sit Sitdown sitdown sitdown down and produce a document documentstripped , , stripped of ail all emotion based on onhard onhard onhard hard cold facts put toget toge togettier er sClen scien sClenMcally scientiflcally scientifically Mcally tiflcally which knocks aown down own and andbuIlds andbuilds andbuilds buIlds up too One of the authors authorsis authorsis is a scholar a man who has devoted devotedmost devotedmost devotedmost most of o1 his hts life to long cold coldanalytIcal coldanalytical coldanalytical analytIcal studies The other is a aman aman aman man who has an engineering educa education education education tion as a foundation and a success successful successful successtul ful industrial mdustrlal career as a back background background background backgroundThe ground groundThe The booklet comprises only 117 117pages 117pages 117pages pages succinctly SUCCIDCtly summarized writ writ- written written written - - ten in simple straight forward Ian lan Ianguage language language guage like the title which is TheControl The TheControl TheControl Control of Germany and Japan JapanThe JapanThe JapanThe The authors are Harold Harold G Moulton Moultona a trained economist head of the theBrookIngs theBrookmgs theBrookmgs BrookIngs Brookmgs institution a non parti parts partisan partssan partisan san scientific research orgamzatIon organization orgamzatIonand organizationand organizationand and Louis Lows Loins Marlio a French bus busi businessman businessman I Inessman nessman who has constructed half haU a adozen adozen adozen dozen industrial plants in Europe Europeserved Europeserved Europeserved served on committees of the League Leagueof of Nations NationsThis This is a book which everyone everyoneought everyoneaught everyoneought ought aught to read Briefly the plan It Itoffers itoffers itoffers offers is . military m.1lltary m1lltary control ( not com corn complete cornplete cornplete plete or permanent occupation ) withsupplemental withsupplemental with withsupplemental supplemental economic devicesThis devicesThis devices devicesThis This would involve disarmament disarmamentof of enemy countries with mamte mainte mamtenance maintenance mamtenance nance of substantial allied armed armedforces armedforces armedforces forces at key points only as a last lastresort lastresort lastresort resort otherwise withdrawal of mii miitary mIll mIlltary milltary ) tary forces as soon as possible and andthe andthe andthe the use of a system of detectIon detectionto to learn of viola violations hons of concbtIons conditions concbtIonsand conditionsand conditionsand and punitive measures it If necessaryThe necessaryThe necessary necessaryThe The United Umted States say the theauthors theauthors theauthors authors is faced with two plain plainobJecbves plainobjectives plainobjectives obJecbves objectives either to join Jom . with a agroup agroup agroup group of nations In a collective pro pro- program pro- pro program program - - gram for preventing German and andJapanese andJapanese andJapanese Japanese rearmament and in gen general general genoral eral developmg developing a universal uruversal collec collecbve collective collective bve tive security system or to rely on onan onan onan an independent IRdependent defense system ade adequate adequate adequate quate to preserve its freedomAnd freedomAnd freedom freedomAnd And they conclude that only by bythe bythe bythe the first means can this country countryhope countryhope countryhope hope to maintain mamtain its national Inde mde Independence mdependence mdependence pendence or to preserve its system of free enterpriseSInce enterpriseSince enterprise enterpriseSince Since everybody even the Vanslt Vansit VanslttartIsts Vansittartists Vansittartists tartIsts who represent the extreme extremeEngltsh extremeEnglish extremeEnglish Engltsh English supporters of a punitIve punitIvepeace punitivepeace punitivepeace peace against agamst Germany agree that thatthe thatthe thatthe the peace must be such that it will willwork willwork willwork work best tor for the whole world the theMoulton theMoulton theMoulton Moulton Marlio which holds strongly strongly strong strongly ly to . this th.1s th1s tenet is interesting . . . I have bad had many requests con concerning concerning concerning cerning the return of war pnsoners prisoners pnsonerswhen prisonerswhen prisonerswhen when Germany collapses So has the theRed theRed theBed Red Cross This is what it says'The says'The says saysThe ' ' The 'The military authorities authontles of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course are looking forward to the theprotectIon theprotection theprotection protectIon of the men as soon as asthey asthey . the they can be reached in Germany Germanybut , I Ibut but the Red Cross will assist the themilttary themilitary themilitary milttary military authorities in every vlay way vlaypossible waypossible v/aypossible v aypossible / possible For this purpose a spe ape special apecial special cial representative repres.entative . of the American AmericanRed AmericanRed AmericanRed Red Cross has been assigned to towork towork towork work with the military auti aut ! ontIes orities ontIesIn oritiesin ontiesin In Europe and with other Red Cross Crossorgamzations Crossorganizations Crossorganizations orgamzations organizations there which are no noless noless noless less concerned about the welfare weUare of oftheir oftheir oftheir their nationalsThe nationals nationalsThe nationalsThe The stocks of standard prIsonerof prisoner prisonerof of war packages amount to ovez over ovei5 5 000 000 |