Show Econ economic onlie WWI criticism of this nations arms effort continues to mount aa according to one of th tho latest aur it will bo be another year before our military production rivals that of L ingland england Ina inasmuch i us as wo we have three times tile the population of britain and havo have tit clinos nos tho the resources of all kinds it la Is apparent that wo we aro ara still a long long way front from anything resembling an all nil all out armament program in aunio quarters terii it la is believed bol loved that thai out our actual may bo greater than official an indicate that ini ill othor other wordy words tile the extent of our arilis out output put le ie being deliberately played down ao aa a matter of policy whether this la Is truo or not however a great many authorities tire aro convinced that some rad leal C hangos changes must be effect effected od before this nations arsenal of democracy dream la Is even partially realized thoro there aro are three definite tac fac eloga involved lit in tile the defense program number ono one la Is tho the government hero here thero there has boon been an excessive overlapping of activity thero there has been too much responsibility some of tho the more extreme now dealers according to informed critics have put their ideological ambitions ahod of anything else tit at tho the expense or of military production A number ber of tho the much touted experts who have boon given key jo jobs be have proven failures and tho the age old vices of bureaucracy slothfulness and lack ot of initiative have been retarding elements tho the second factor la Is industry by and large it has responded well to the tho demands of tile the emergency but certain important segments consciously or otherwise seem to havo have boon unwilling or iu bahlo to abandon the tha business as usual idea this segment ot of industry in the opinion of its critics has been too cautious too fearful of losing profits that has delayed the harsh changeover from peacetime to a wartime basis of operation the third factor Is labor hero here again an important segment has put personal power and profit ahead of the needs of the abo nation strikes I 1 in n defense industries have cost tile the country millions or man days of work they nay have prevented the ho manufacture of unknown quantities of planes tanks and other weapons of war in those days a strike carried on by a few workers in a vital plant can stop production in a hundred plants A late example Is the strike in a plant which Pro produces ducos transmissions for motor vehicles that brought tho the production of trucks tanks jeep cars and other motorized equipment to a standstill this particular strike was purely a lional disagreement between the ar AF i of L and the it Is reported that the prost president is considering a tremendous victory drive involving the spending of a 0 year sonio sonia of tho wore more levelheaded friends of labor are tolling telling it that continued strikes will result in disaster tor for the trado trade union movement there are to the effect affect that production of heavy con consumer conf cumer bumer goods such as aa motor wars cars may come to a virtual stop inside a faw months what will come of at all this remains to be seen in any case it Is ia plain that the tempo of americas war effort must be tremendously accelerated it wo we aro are to produce the goods which the beleaguered beleaguer ed allies abroad must have if if hitler is to be stopped the hand of hitler can bo be peen been in the recent changes which have taken place in the japanese government and time may prove that ahat hitler won a considerable diplomatic victory when the moderate konoye government gave up the ghost and the saber rat aling government of at axis admer ing general tojo came in the advantage of this to hitler Is clear first it if this country la is forced to face a 0 naval threat in tho the pacific its nay naval I 1 efforts in the atlantic will necessarily essa ess rily artly be limited we got a two ocean navy and we wont have one for four or more years it Is unquestioned that a US japanese naval war would be of Im immense menso service to the axis second the now new japanese go ornament constitutes a threat t to asiatic russia rumors fly about that japan may selzo seize the vital port of vladivostok and the tha only frosh fresh troops russia has are in III eastern E astern garrisons it japan offered no danger russia could bring them and their supplies to bolster her weakened forces to in europe but it if japan threatens atena sho she Is between the devil and the deep blue sea in NV washington ashington the japanese chango change of government made a comparatively small email stir As AB columnist put pul mallon put it the fluctuating wrath of tokyo caused considerably lose less than the expected reaction over committed in china torn with political dissension within threatened with economic starvation tokyo would have to exhibit a lot of 0 wrath to frighten anyone it la Is an open secret that many high ranking U 8 naval officers would welcome a naval showdown with nippon they think we could win will that war in fairly quick time but should it come our aid to england program would v 0 uld c certainly a have to be slowed down to a walk tor for the duration of hostilities in the pacific |