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Show Government Cancelling War f Orders and Getting Back 1 to Peace Basis. 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 Savings through war department readjustment orders including cancellation of contracts con-tracts are estimated at one billion, three hundred nnd thirty -six million dollars by Secretary Baker, in a letter let-ter read to the senate today by Senator Sen-ator Martin of Virginia, chairman of the appropriations committee. "On contracts which has been let, but upon which no work has as yet I been done," Mr. Baker wrote, "can-collations "can-collations aggregate a saving of $700,-000,000. $700,-000,000. "An order was made on the eleventh of November cutting out all overtime' and Sunday work. The amount saved by this order aggrtgates about $2,900,-!000 $2,900,-!000 a day. "In the bureau of aircraft production orders have been telegraphed stopping all production on a large number of items, including planes of arious types, engines, parts and special Instruments, In-struments, which aggregate the estimated esti-mated saving of $225,000,000. "In addition to the foregoing, plans have been made to begin the demobilization demobi-lization of the forces under arms. How rapidly it will be possible for us at present to return soldiers from overseas over-seas cannot be immediately determined. determ-ined. "In tho termination of contracts for supplies and war material, the war department de-partment Is working In close harmony with the war Industries board and the .department of labor, in order that there may be the utmost freedom for the resumption of civil business and the most complete opportunity for labor la-bor released from war industries and military service to find suitable and profitable industrial and commercial employment," |