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Show AAA Too Many College Professors The government Is making progress, prog-ress, but Is making It too slowly. That Is to say, It might bo accomplishing accom-plishing much more. Congress knows (his, and this is why t ho Investigations Investiga-tions have been ordored. No ono wishes to tear down. All wish to build up. How can It bo done? Ono way to do It la to cast aside all partisanship par-tisanship and summon to Washington Washing-ton tho men best fitted by their actual ac-tual oxporlenco for tho duties assigned as-signed to thorn. Never mind tho po Utlcal affiliations of a man. That Is or should bo nothing. This Is the nation's war, not tho war of a political party. There aro too many lawyers, too many collego professors trying to run things. They havo seriously hampered tho all-Important ship construction. They havo seriously delayed tho manufacture of rifles, artillery and machlno guns. Mero shakoups In tho shipping board amount to nothing. Put shipbuilding ship-building organizations In the hands of exports. I'ut everything appertaining apper-taining to munitions In tho hands cf a secretary of, munitions. 'Put real organizers In charge wherever organization or-ganization has fallen down, and glva theso organizers tho order to cut the red tape nnd push ahead. Hod tapo and npood do not go together. to-gether. Get t id of tho red'tnpa and spoed up! Wo hope that congress will take this vlow of tho matter as tho result of Its Investigations. Philadelphia Inquirer. |