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Show i It was impossible to obtain a large I stock of war supplies on short notice. He believed the time to act was now and that the government should be enabled at once to purchase all the supplies necessary bo that any emergency emer-gency might be met promptly and effectively. ef-fectively. General Wood favored the national council of defense plan, as out-lined In the administration measure introduced intro-duced yesterday by Representative Hobson of Alabama, and contended for legislation providing a permanent policy such as was worked out successfully suc-cessfully in governments of Europe He said the United States should not be lehind any other government In preparing for war. UNITED STATES WHOLLY UNPREPARED FOR WAR. Geueral Wood, chief of staff of the army, was again before lh hous military committee todav to explain his views as to the militia un-pre-' paredncss of the country. He said |