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Show - Preparedness of oj U.S US U . S . Industry Induthy IndustryRegatded InduthyRegairded IndustryRescinded Regatded Regairded Regairdedas 0 as Key Keyto Ker / to Security Security e/ e / Strategic Strategie Product Sh\rtage Sh rtage Shyrtage ShyrtageDraws ShortageDraw \ , Draw Draws Attention of ofMilitary ofMilitary Military Men . By Dy . JOSEPH .JOSEPH W LaBINEThe LaBINE LaBINEThe The "peace peace " " of Munich and andthe andthe andthe the undeclared war in China Chinareflect Chinareflect Chinareflect reflect a general ferment of ofunrest ofunrest ofunrest unrest in Europe and Asia Asiawhich Asiawhich Asiawhich which may momentarily fiare flare fiareup flareup flareup up into a greater World war warThis warThis warThis This is the situa situation t.J tJ . on which has hasstImulated hasstimulated hasstimulated stImulated American efforts effortsI effortsto I to assure both territorial and andeconomic andeconomic andeconomic economic securityWhIle securityWhile security securityWhile While the balance of power powerIn powerin powerin In Europe as well as in m ASIa ASIaappears Asiaappears Asiaappears appears to make the contin contin- contingency contingency contingency - - gency of territorial aggres aggres-- aggres- aggresslOn aggresslon aggression - - sion slOn against agamst the United Ul1lted States Statesremote Statesremote Statesremote remote both army and navy navyhave navyhave navyhave have ad advocated athocated " oented a program of ofreasonable ofreasonable ofreasonable reasonable expansion in m their theirdepartments theirdepartments ! departments and the extent extentI extentof extentof extentof I of this expansion will be a amajor amajor amajor major subject of debate at atthis atthis atthis this session of congress Less Les spectacul spectacular r but { ' even 'ven ven mor more morebasic morebasic basic Is the need for adjusting the thecapacity thecapacity thecapacity capacity ( ) Of f American Industry to towar towar towar war material materials * production and ac accumulation accumulation accumulation cumulation of raw material supplies supplieswhich supplieswhich supplieswhich which might be : cut oft off from us In Inthe Inthe Inthe the event of a European or Asiatic Asiaticcon Asiaticconflagration Asiaticconflagration con conflagration agratlon Industry has to a Um lim Umited limited llmited ited extent prepared itself but has a along along along long way to go yetThere yetThere yet yetThere There are according to the asslstant assistant as asIstant slstant sistant Istant secretary of war approxl approxi approxlmately approximately approxlmately mately 55 items needed net'ded netded nee'ded ! ' ' in war time timewhich timewhich timewhich which are so o difficult of production , , so o different difTerent from trom ordinary peace peacetime peacetime peacetime time need needs * that Industry will not notbe notbe notbe be able to go into production of ofthem ofthem ofthem them without rome some sonic education educationAnd educationAnd educationAnd And the last ( ) congress Qngress oongress provided providedfunds providedfunds ! tunds funds for the purpose of giving ed educatlOnal educatlonal educational ucatlOnal orders for tor the manufac manufacture manufacLure manufacture ture Lure of ot only six of these items The average voter does s not real realbe reallie reall2e be lie that th t mobilization applies not notonly notonly notonly only to men and battlt battleships > shlps but to toplants toplants toplant plants * and machines machint > s skilled labor laborpower laborpower laborpower power transportation raw maten materi matenals materiuls matenals als uls and financingPr'paratlon financingPreparation financing financingPreparation Preparation Pr'paratlon Prparatlon { ' for Peace Pt"ace Ptace PeaceIt Pt"aceIt " It is sigruflcant slgnttkant signifitant that f r the ' first firsttI firstIi firstti tI Ii ne ite In the hist hlst hint > iry ry ( f the Ute UOlted United UOltedSIRtes UnitedStates UnitedStates SIRtes States U II e war delutmt de del , cirtment artment > nt Is Isthrough isthrough isthrough through preparati preparatJ n of an educa educatlonalorder.s educational educational tlonalorder.s tlonalorders tional orders . program anllc1p/ilmg anllc1p ilmg antcIpgting an4clpatuigwar anllc1pilmgwar antcIpgtingwar / war well wt"11 wt11 " in adva ice lee we of the unpleasant unpleasant unpleas unpleasnt ant nt fact Th Tb s does not mean the theUmted theUnited thiUnited Umted United Stiles Shtes Stites is preparing pnpanng prtparing to go to towar towar towar war on the c ntrary it Is i * prepar preparing preparIng preparing ing to keep out of war if p < ( sslbe ssible sslbeSo ssibleSo ssibleSo ] So doing it is merely following cau cautlously cautiously cautiously tlously tiously in the footsteps of those dlc die dlctator dietator dietator tator nations which for a decade decadehave decadehave decadeh have vc bent nearly all aU economic ef effort effort etfort fort to the furtherance of ot one ulti ultimate ultimate ultlmate mate 81m-the 81m the aim-the aim aim - the efficient functioning functioningof of ( ) f an army in the fieldPldnts fieldPlants field fieldPljnta Pljnta Pldnts Plants and mjchines mdchmea machine . cannot be I , , immt Immediately > dlatcly turned to production of ofwar ofwar ofwar war material matenals materials * In the event of an anemergency anemergency anemergency emergency America has excellent excellentmachines excellentmachines excellentmachine machines * and excellent mechanic mechanics mechanicsto * to run them them . , but an army tank can cannot cannot not be ordered one day and secured securedthe securedthe securedthe securedI the next . . . Special sk1l1s skills kill * are requiredtor requiredfor required for munition munitions * manufacture The Theman Theman man who does the work of oJ . checking checkingthe checkingthe the breach end of a 75 mm howitzer howitzerwith howitzerwith howitzerwith with a concentricity thread ring ringgage ringgage ringgae gage ( which measures down to one oneten oneten onaten ten thousandths of an inch . . , for ex cx example cxample example ample needs five year years * of special specialtraining specialtraining specialtraining training Other special jobs job * require requireralnlng , ' ralnlng raining .raining , . period periods * of between betw"en betwen ( " one and andfour andtour andtour four tour yearsAmerica yearsAmerica years yearsAmerica America has ha no extensive munl muni munltlOIS munitions munitions tlOI\S tlOI S tions \ Industry at the present time timeTooay timeToday timeTcxisy Tooay Today the army manufactures most roost mostof roostof mostof of its munitions in its It5 even seven arse arse- arsenals arse- arse arsenals arsenals - - nals which upply supply little littie more than than5 5 ner cent of1 of wartime 1artime aartirne \1\ 1 \ artime needs And Andthere Andthere Andthere there is I * a great lack of skilled skiiled la Ia labor Iabor labor bor During the tht > deprt depression > ssion few apprectlcl"s ap- ap appreaticeo ap- ap - - - prectlcl"s prectlcls preaticeo " were tralnE'd tralnEd trained ' manufac manufacturE'rs manufacturers turers turE'rs ' today todllY faced with the pros prot pros- prospect prospect < - pect peet of munitions orders say they theyare theyare theyare are una unable LIe even eVE'n ' to iccure secure cecure men to tomanufacture tomanufacture tomanufacture manufacture the necessary toolsAn toolsAn tools toolsAn An essential part of ot the tremend trernend tremen trernen d us navil nav"ll navll " building pn pr ( gr-arn gr arn gr-am am grarr - - , must mustbe mustbe mustbe be a program of in service train trainIng trainjog training Ing jog to provide skilled skilll'd skillld ' shipbuilders shipbuildersThe The number of civil employees employet > s oT of J tt 1 ; 1 B Be"l1 " , . , , ' . 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From Fro Toys T y to t * nmk Bombs BombsInlUalinvestIgation BombsInitial * > InlUalinvestIgation Initial investigation of ot about 10000 10000factorIes 10 000 000factories 000factories factorIes which has haa been carried carriedout carriedout carriedout out by the government constitutes constitutesonly constitutesonly constitutesonly only the beginning of ot a gigantic taskwhich task taskwhich taskwhich which will prepare America tor for pro pro- production production production - - duction of those war materials which whichit whichit it lacks and which it may have haveto haveto haveto to produce in a hurry-bomb hurry bomb hurry - bomb sights sightsfor sightsfor sightsfor for planes canisters camsters tor for gas masks masksdC'mol1t1 masksdemoliti masksdcmolitl dC'mol1t1 dCmol1t1 demoliti ' n bombs and fuses 37 mm mmguns mmguns mmguns guns more and heavier tanks tankssemI tankssemi tanksgerm semI automdtic automdtlc automatic rifles light machine machineguns machineguns machineguns guns tJ trench ttmch Mlch mortars gas masks masksthere masksthere ( < there are only oniy eight gas masks masksfr masksf masksfir fr f ) r every hundred men in the na nalional national national lional tional guard today ) 105 mm how howitzers howitzers howitzcrs itzers 8 B inch Jnch howitzers motor cars ears carsmotor earsmotor carsmotor motor trucks and so onLocomotive onLocomotive on onLocomotive Locomotive factories must pre prepare prepare prepare pare to produce 155 mm shells sheils and andmakers andmakers andmakers makers of toy trains must be trained trainedto trainedto to manufacture gas mask parts partsFactones partsFactories partsFactories Factones Factories all over the th * nation must mustmake mustmake mustmake make artillery shells sheils instead of ofplumbing ofplumbing ofplumbing plumbing fixtures leather leatber leggings leggingsinstead leggingsinstead leggingsinstead instead of baby shoes chell shell fuses fusesinstead fusesInstead fusesinstead instead of radios haversacks In Instead instead instead stead of handbags bombs instead of rrr r r - I cit - : # 'c c 'ce ' e : * A : 0 0'c [ * or 4 I - ? * F0 W ' t1H ii ii4aa 4aa 4aaST ST fjT ; if IIU IR { ( II FOR STFFL TFFL - Manganese ManganeM ilanganrse ) ' for lor American merlcan 81rrl steel 81rrleo"u steelroUt steelcnnns eo"u eou roUt " . S . principally Jlrluclpally priticipally fro from " . far away places plrups : , bu but ' ( Cuban Luban .ubun ubun . depo/ul depo ul deposits depositssimilar / . , 8ulr similar " , . , in 10 those t11O.e t11Oe lIwse . foundIn found in Ihe the th * United VRIled V RIled States Slales , have been IIPt deii'l deiil deii'low'd deieloped 1'1 11 1'1opell ' ' opell ow'd owd beingloaded , ' This Th , . picture pe'ure peure , ' shows shOin the Ihe vital 1'lIal 1lIal 1'lIal81eel vitalsteel . ' steel 81eel 81eelmaking steelmaking making material malenal being loaded loadedal loadedat at al a fantiafo Sanllago Santiago f antiafo dock . toys submarine mines Instead of ofsteel ofsteel ofsteel steel safes airplane metal stamp stamp- stampings stamptogs stampings - - ings togs instead instesd of ot pots and pans car cartridges cartridges cartridges tridges instead of oJ . washing ma machines machines machines machinesIn chines chinesIn Inorder In order to educate industry for forthese forthese forthes these necessary neceuary change changes * congress congressat at the last session authorized a five- five fiveyear fiveyear five-year five year - - year $10 10 $ iO 000,000 000000 000.000 . , program of educa educational educational educational tional order orders * Extension of this thisprogram thisprogram thisprogram program is regarded by the vimr war de do partment as essentialThe essentialThe essential essentialThe The very foundation of ot a prepar preparedness preparedness preparedneas edness program is the supplyot supply suppij ot of otraw ofraw ofraw raw materials upon which the coun country country country try must depend for production of ofall ofall ofall all kinds of articles from gas masks masksto masksto to rifles nfles more than ever before in inthe inthe inthe the problem prob1cm history of ot the world the th * prob prob- prob- prob - - lem 1cm of ot national defense is an indus industrial industrial Industrial trial problem and raw material is . isthe isthe the keystone of industryArms industryArms Industry IndustryAnns Anns Arms Baaget Budaret Budget tecreaae Increased IncreasedCurrent IncreasedCurrent Current publicity publlclty has familiarizedthe tamillarizedthe familiarizesjthe tamillarized familiarizesj the man in the street with trends in inrearmament inrearmament inrearmament rearmament Index of the program programIs Is sen se < ( n in 10 unofficial estimates estimatra which whichplace whichplace whichplace place the national nauonal - - budgetf defense dcf budget beglnn10gJuly beginningJuly t f r the coming fiscal year ye yeJuly beglnn10g beginning July 1 1B39 1939 a at t about (1 1 $1 ( $ 300 000 000r 000n 000 r ' \ in \n n increase of about $250 250 $ 000 over overthe overthe overthe the preceding precE'dlng precEdlng ' yearThe yearThe year yearThe The bu hu Id Jd ng n < prognm progr"lm progrlm progr-im progr im " - is at t least leant leastoutlinoo leantoutlined leastoutlined outlinoo outlined The new nE'W ' cor cot greis gress may mayauthorlzt mayauthorize mayauthorize authorlzt authorize > plans plane of the army general stat staff ataff ! tor for increasing the army per- per |