' NEW ORLEANS CONDUCT 0 R~-Massimo Freccia,
shown in his New York home with his pet cocker spaniel, is the
I new permanent conductor of the New Orleans Symphony, Arturo
Toscanini recommended him for the post.
Puzzle: How to
End War Contracts;
By JACK STINNETT
WASHINGTON — In Congress
now hearings are being held be
fore the Subcommittee on War
Contract Terminations of the
Senate Military Affairs Commit
tee.
It is one of those subjects gen
erally considered dull as dish
water. Although labor and in
dustry are interested mightily,
they aren’t particularly “het up”
about it and to much of the pub
lic “contract termination” is
only a vague term that isn’t
worth a second thought.
That it’s worth more than a
second and even third thought
becomes obvious with the realiza
tion that a sloppy, inept policy
, of contract terminations could '
wreck industry when war draws
to a close and bring unprecedent- (
ed unemployment, industrial
chaos and depression.
It’s the fear of that very thing 1
that slows down the industrial i
war effort every time we win
victories and it appears that our j
enemies may be crushed within'
a few months. No industrialist!
wants to be caught napping when i
peace comes and those who can ;
get out of the production of war |
goods and into the production of
| civilian goods soonest are going!
to skim the cream from that lush
| vat of savings, being held against
the day when we can buy all the
things we want to buy.
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In order to do that, they are go
ing to have to wind up their war
business with Uncle Sam speed
ily and without loss of working
capital. That’s what “contract;
termination” means but its mag- ,
nitude can only be appreciated
when you look at the facts.
It's a cinch now that there isn’t
going to be any single V-day
when all our enemies will fold
up at once as they did in 1918.
But if there were such a day,
there would be between 50 and
75 billion dollars of unfinished
business between Uncle Sam and
war industries. This would in
volve something like 250.000 pri
mary contracts and more than
5,000,000 subcontrators.
On many of them, Unle Sam
can merely say we don’t want
that now. But in many instances
he can’t say that without wreck
ing the producer who may have
millions tied up in raw materials
and overhead, and without
throwing hundreds of communi
ities into an unemployment pan
ic, as management scurries to fi
nancial cover by firing millions.
In addition, it is estimated that
industry would have around fif
teen billions tied up on partially
completed contracts. The prob
lem arises of how best Uncle
Sam can dodge taking delivery
of tanks, planes, guns, etc., which
are no longer good for anything
but the junk pile, without leav
ing the manufacturers holding the
sack.
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There has already been testi
mony introduced that some of our
biggest producers, some employ
ing as many as 50,000 men, are
operating on such narow mar
gins of working capital that they
couldn’t go on for more than a
week or two if the Government
suddenly should say we want no
more of your product.
Thought of in those terms,
“contract termination” becomes
one of the vital issue of today.
It is one peacetime issue thatt,
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must be decided while war is go
ing on. To delay might eauso far
greater waste than any the econ
omy minded Congressmen are
talking about today.
ELK HUNT REPORTED
BY CARRIER PIGEON
GREELEY, Colo. — <APW_On
a trip into distant mountains, E.
B. Repp and party took along
carrier pigeons to keep Mrs. Repp
at home in Greeley, advised of
the progress of an elk hunting
expedition.
Repp carried four pigeons with
him to the White River country,
about 300 miles from Greeley.
The came was far from telephone
or telegraph wires.
The first pigeon, flying straight
across the mountains made the
trip in 7% hours and informed
Mrs. Repp “there is lots of game
but it will be hard to get."
Another bird arrived the next
morning and reported the party
shot three elk. A duplicate mes
sage was carried by the third
bird. The fourth pigeon inform
ed Mrs. Repp of the exact hour
the party would return so she
could have hot coffee and soup
ready,
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TRAIN ARTILLERYMEN
FORT SILL, Okla. —(API
German army uniforms captured
■ in Africa help train American
artillerymen. The uniforms, once
worn by the Atrlka Korps, are
donned by American soldiers who
impersonate the enemy.
Using German tactics, the
“Afrika Korps” attempts to sur
i prise artillerymen training in the
! hills near here, and to “knock
out” the American field pieces.
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