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Coupon-post- $400 cards provide easy way to order later; per set of SIX only see ee one 3 ORDER WITHOUT RISK..WE GUARANTEE YOUR SATISFACTION! Free Gold Star Service ... provides replacement name-panels, gold starred, for those who lose their lives in Service. WABASH COLLEGE : CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA per Roe Cee ee Cf Ze gg Jy. o Dee ag CERT elasane - — oe ee Za ie alee ee ae oe apogee ae oe Oe at 1541 Tennessee Street Lawrence, Kansas December 30, 1943 Dr. F.C. Allen Robinson Gymnasium University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear. Dr. Allen, I received a letter from you before the Christmas Holidavs asking me to come to your office because of excessive un- excused absences in Physical Conditioning . I dropped into your office to see you several times that week but was un- able to find you in. Because I find it difficult to get time to see you in person, I am writing this letter. The main reason I have so many absences from my class is that I seriously need the time for my studies. I am enroll- ed in nineteen hours of work in the Engineering School. Of these nineteen credit hours six are laboratory courses re- quiring a minimum of nineteen hours of work, and often more each week. In addition to the actual laboratory work I must write several reports each week and do outside reading and research. I also spend thirteen hours each week in classes. I am also employed by the WREN Broadcasting Company as a transmitter engineer at the transmitter plant at Tonganoxie. I work thirty hours a week on the night shift (6:00 to 12 Mid.) As I must drive to work,iI spend another hour and one-half ingdriving to and from work each day during the week. This plus my school work fills my days from 8:00 AM until L:00 AM. As I need time for outside reading in one of my courses and often need an extra hour for studying, my Physical Education classes suffer. I know I should not neglect this class but as I need every hour of credit that I am taking to enable me to graduate in June and must work to stay in school, I have been doing so. I went to see Dr. Mix about exempting me from Physical Conditioning last semester but he said he could not. He intend seeing him again. If you care to see me personally, I will try to drop in your office to see you when you are there. Sincerely yours, i 2 (Za) December 14, 1945. ir. Jack Rader, Howerd, Kangas. Dear Jack: Your sister, Virginia, came in yesterday morning and — wanted to know if we had any shoes size 8. We do not even have that size for our varsity players. However, I have a pair dom at the house that has been used, and I am not sure what size they are, but you could try these on and if you could get a pair o half-soles and fit them in the shoes you might be able to wear theme ; They are not making the canvas uppers with rubber soles any more until the war tekes a different turn. It is absolutely impossible for us to buy any'of these shoes, but you can try these on and if you can use them you may have them for $5.00. Otherwise, you can mail them back and we will save them for some other boy whose feet they will fit. Please do not feel under any obligation, but it is the only pair that I can find that is anywhere near your size. They are not University property and I em glad to send them to you on trial as a courtesy if you can use them; otherwise, mail them back to me at 80] Louisiana Street, Lawrence, Kansas. : Sincerely yours, - Director of Physical Edueation, PCA :AH Varsity Basketball Coach. December 17, 1943. Mr. Harold L, Reade, Coach, Shawnee-Mission High School, Merriam, Kansas. Dear Harold: Those knee pads that you asked about were bought about three or four years ago from Milton W. Kelly, a former K.U. man, and now trainer at the University of Texas. He made then at that time, but now of course is umdhle to get the materiais. I doubt if eny like this will be available until after the war. Sincerely yours, . Direotor of Physical Hdiucation, PCA: AH . Varsity Basketball Coach. Shaunee-Mission Rural High School Department of Physical Education and Athletics Merriam, Kansas December 15, 1945 Dr. Foerrest C. Alien Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr, Allen: I want you to know that we enjoyed taking part in the games last Saturday evening. My team gained a great deal from playing on the big court and picked up some valuable vointers on fundamentals watching some of your team members play. in the future if you desire a high school team to play a curtain raiser for your main game, and we are free, do not hesitatéctoocall on us. Yours sincerely, Hart, Harold L,. Reade ne oo P.S. We would like to buy some Shearling a , knee pads like yours, Will you please give | me the information where they can be fa bought? ; oD” ! , | . / / - December 10, 1953. Master Teno Ratner, 256 N. Pershing, Wichita, Kansas. Dear Teno: Cengratulations on your seleetion to the captaincy of one of the 6B teams. I hope you win most of your games if not. all of them. It is a pretty difficult assignment to win then all. I am sending you several basketball schedules and I em also sending you a Jayhawk Rebounds for your Dad and Mom to learn the whereabouts of the Kansas tesm and the Allen gang. Give my kindest regards to your folks, and resmber I Rte he Christmas and a Happy New Year for the Retners. Sincerely yours, Direstor of Physical Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. Dihegac nad Vitti wre) md ef thee eo fe Paeketsn bthindl howe wf foek November 27, 1943. Rand, McNally Company, 536 So. Clark Street, ' Chieago, Illinois. Gentlemen: I am enclosing $1.00 for which I desire you to send me one copy of your “Histomap". Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. i % CARTER’ GLASS, VA., CHAIRMAN KENNETH MC KELLAR, TENN. GERALD P. NYE, N, DAK; CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ. STYLES BRIDGES, N. H. ELMER THOMAS, OKLA. HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR., MASS. MILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD, RUFUS C, HOLMAN, OREG. + RICHARD B. RUSSELL, GA. WALLACE H. WHITE, JR., MAINE I ited Stat WX fe PAT MCCARRAN, NEV. CHAN GURNEY, S. DAK. 8 f CS Cree JOHN H. OVERTON, LA; C. WAYLAND BRCOKS, ILL. JOHN H. BANKHEAD, ALA. CLYDE M. REED, KANS. JOSEPH C. O’MAHONEY, WYO. HAROLD H. BURTON, CHIO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HARRY S. TRUMAN, MO. THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN, R. |: FRANCIS MALONEY, CONN. DENNIS CHAVEZ, N. MEX. — JAMES M. MEAD, N. Y. BURNET R. MAYBANK, S. C. EVERARD H. SMITH, CLERK October 13, 1943 JOHN W. R. SMITH, ASST. CLERK Dear Friends: In the course of the debate on the question of “drafting fathers," Senator Wheeler and myself rather jointly occupied the Senate floor for an hour one afternoon. In that time, both of us exoressed views upon some important matters besides the single draft question. J am glad to send you a reprint of our discussion. I hope you will find time to read it, and if you do, I shall be happy to have your comment. With my best wishes, I am GH #7 Cordially yours, 4 / V7 ALA (F Clyde M. Reed (Not printed at Government expense) Congressional Record PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 7 8% CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Deferment of Fathers From the Draft EXTRACTS FROM PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES , October 1, 1943 The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (S. 763) exempting certain married men who have children from liability under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended. Mr. WHEELER. Mr. President, first of all let me say that the only reason for introducing my resolution at the out- set was the fact that in February of last year, when the question arose with reference to. drafting fathers, I intro- duced a bill to prevent the drafting of fathers. After that time I frankly stat- ed that what I wanted was to have an investigation by the various departmcnts of the Government of the question of deferring the fathers of the country un- til such time as the various departments themselves, realizing what the situation was, could investigate the manpower problem and take draft dodgers and slackers out of industry and out of the Government bureaus and put them into the Army, where they belong. Nothing was done about it. The other day the senior Senator from Illinois [Mr. Lucas]—I am sorry he is not now present—made the statement that I was wrong in my views before Pearl Harbor, and that I am wrong now. I am willing to let history determine whether I was right in the statements which I made. I am willing to let his- tory decide whether I was right when I said that we should defer the fathers of this country because so many men in in- dustry have been deferred. They are de- ferred for two reasons. Fortunately, ’ some labor unions are opposed to the deferment of young unmarried men in industry and the induction of the fath- ers of the country; but some labor organ- izations have worked hand-in-glove with industrial leaders in hoarding labor, be- 554199—3636 cause the more men who are on the pay roll the more dues will go into the treas- uries of the labor organizations. I am glad to see that some of the labor unions are beginning to realize what it means to the labor unions themselves if they pursue the policy of hoarding labor, par- ticularly young single men, when boys are dying on the battlefields all over the world. Let me call attention to General Hershey’s appeal last night. eneral Hershey is finally saying exactly what I have said on the floor of the Senate. It is an admission that I was right. I read from an article in the New York Times of October 1. The headline is, “Hershey appeals in deferment cut. Fears break- , down of public morale unless employers release single men.” I have stood on the floor of the Senate and said that when we draft fathers and let single men hide behind draft defer- ments in industry and in the Govern- ment service, we break Cown the morale of the people of the United States and the war effort as nothing else under the sun could do. Why is it that I am re- ceiving letters from members of draft boards from one end of the country to the other, saying that they are resigning from the draft boards? Why is it that they are saying that they are going to ' quit. entirely?.. Some of them are.saying that they defy the Government to take them. It is because of the fact that they know that in their particular commu- nities, from one end of the country to the other, the morale of the people is break- ing down when they see what is going on right under their noses. Mr. REED. Mr. President, will the Senator yield? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. EL- LENDER in the chair). Does the Senator from Montana yield to the Senator from Kansas? Mr. WHEELER. I yield. -Mr. REED:. Mr. President, I should like to say to the Senator from Montana that I am in complete sympathy with his objective and what he seeks to ac- complish. I assert that the Senator from Montana has rendered’a great pub- lic service in arousing the thought of the people of the country on this. most important: question. Later I expect to take the floor in my own right to discuss the subject now under debate. I am one of the group which has been working with the senior Senator from Ohio [Mr. Tart] in preparation of an amendment which will bear upon the matters to which the Senator from Mon- tana is addressing himself. Begging the Senator’s pardon for in- terrupting him, I invite attention to a letter addressed to me from Wichita, Kans., dated September 16, 1943, in which my friend, the writer, states as _ follows: I would suggest that a thorough investi- gation be made of these so-called essential single men in the defense plants. It may interest the Senator to know that Wichita is one of four or five largest centers of aircraft manufacture in the country, and is the largest center of such manufacture in the whole cen- tral West. My friend continues as follows: From my own observation in the Wichita airplane plants, and I have worked at several of them, I would say that a great many young men are needlessly deferred. I am certain that they could be replaced by IV—F’s, fathers, women, and older men. In one large plant, great numbers of young men, foremen and assistant foremen, sit for hours with their feet on the desks with very little to do. I am telling you the things I have seen. ‘ Mr. WHEELER. I thank the Senatcr very much. I am glad that there are at least one or two Senators who are sufficiently interested in the country, and sufficiently interested in the drafting of fathers, to obtain and to listen to facts. When I returned after the recess of Congress some of my Democratic col- leagues said they did not know anything about the bill or about the facts and that they wanted some facts. Now when we propose to give them some facts they will not even listen. Mr. REED. tor from Montana that during the re- cess of the Senate, from the middle of July until the middle of September, I Spent the time entirely in my own sec- tion of the country. In the 5 years I have been a Member of the Senate, in 554199—3636 I may say to the Sena- all the trips combined I have made home, I do not think I have talked to so many people as I talked to during the recess. Kansas and Colorado, where I spent a couple of weeks, happen to have a very large number of defense plants, a very large number of air bases, and other. Army camps. Everywhere I went, with- out exception, in Kansas, Missouri, in Colorado, I heard constant discussion and statements made by people of con- ditions that come under their own ob- servation in their own localities, dealing, for instance, with the excessive number of men in the camps, indicating that the Army really had more men than it knew what to do with, and dealing also with the very definite factor that the defense plants had been used with the approval, and in fact, by the manage- ment for the purpose of accumulating young manpower to help them in avoid- ing the draft. I can make that state- ment after the most thorough and satis- factory contacts with my own constitu- ents in Kansas and in other midwest States in the 2 months I was home. Mr. WHEELER. I thank the Senator. As I was saying a moment ago, my Democratic friends on this side desired to have hearings before the committee because they wanted to get the facts; they were not familiar with them. All that it is necessary to do is to take a look on the Democratic side today and see how many of them are interested in obtaining the facts. The truth about the matter is that if they want to get men for the Army without taking fath- ers they can get them; they do not have to take a father; but, apparently, the Senate of the United States or at least my Democratic colleagues, prefer to take fathers. Mr. REED. I happen to have another letter that touches upon a different fac- tor, but a very important factor, in this situation. I read from a letter addressed to me from a town in western Kansas, in which this statement appears: if the Congress does not assert itself, this country is going to be in a hell of a shape. I have a good friend who is county chairman of a bond drive in the eastern part of Kansas, who made this statement recently: “It takes a hell of a lot of guts for me to ask people to buy bonds when we all know that about three-fourths of all the money obtained from these bonds will be wasted in the adminis-~ tration of the war and the Federal Govern- ment.” ‘ I may add at this point, having read the letter, that when I was at home many people inquired of me, “Now, if we buy bonds, may we have some assurance that the money we invest in the bonds will not be wasted?” I will ask the Sen- ator from Montana what kind of a reply he would suggest I make to such inquiries which were addressed to me a hundred times, and which show the temper of the people? If that kind of a situation continues, there will be a break-down in the morale of the people of this coun- try. Mr. WHEELER. Let me say to the Senator that the same question pro- pounded to him was asked me hundreds of times by farmers and others all over the country. Not only have such ques- tions been asked me, but the people have come to see me. I have repeatedly pointed out that if this waste of man- power, of materials, and of money con- tinues in this country, we are going to have a complete break-down of the morale of the people. One of the rea- sons why more small people are not buy- ing bonds, one reason why more of the bonds have to be taken by bankers, in- surance companies, and others, is the waste of manpower, the waste of mate- rials, and the waste of money going on all over the country. Mr. REED. I might add to what I said a moment ago that those who ask me this question are not slackers; they are not unpatriotic; they are as good Americans as can be found in this coun- try. They are mostly people I have known all my life. They are earnest people, good people, patriotic people who want to help, but they are in despair over the extravagance and inefficiency and tremendous bureaucracy and waste of money under the policies which have been followed and which continue to be followed by the present administration. Mr. WHEELER. Let me say to the Senator that I have invariably said to those who asked me similar questions that, notwithstanding the waste of man- power, notwithstanding the waste of ma- terials, and notwithstanding the tremen- dous waste of the taxpayers’ money, we have got to go ahead, now that we are in the war, and buy bonds and more bonds. But let me say to the Senator and to the Senate of the United States that, in my judgment, this colossal waste and extravagance, and their aftermath, 554199—3636 3 are going to have a harmful effect upen the Army and upon the Navy and on the morale of the people generally and upon the Government. Mr. REED. Mr. President, I may say that I agree entirely with the Senator from Montana. That is about the only kind of an answer that a responsible person could make. I may add at this point, lest someone may feel that I have not sufficient con- cern about the welfare of the Army, that I have a son in north Africa now; I have a son-in-law at the Pendleton air base in Oregon; I have another son-in-law at Wright Field at Dayton; I have a grand- son in one of the camps in Mississippi; I have another grandson attending school under a scholarship from the | Army. I do not want anybody to ques- tion my patriotism unless he can equal my record. Mr. WHEELER. Many of those who are questioning the Senator’s patriotism or my patriotism or the patriotism of someone else are the very ones in some of the Government bureaus who are themselves getting out propaganda and evading the draft. I quote from a statement issued by William Green: Boston, September 30.—President William Green, of the American Federation of Labor, said today that labor hoarding is common and has resulted in apparent shortages. Arriving here for the sixty-third annual A. F. of L. convention that opens Monday, Green said managers of many plants have accumulated labor by asking for more work- ers than actually are needed. “A situation of apparent labor shortage can usually be relieved by developing a com- munity program,” Green said. The way to do it is for the Government of the United States to check up on these plants and to take these young men. Mr. REED. Mr. President, may I in- quire of the Senator from Montana if, in his opinion, 90 percent of the conditions which are being discussed and com- plained of could not be cured by proper administration by the administrative authorities? Mr. WHEELER. There is no question about that, in my mind, and it is not only my opinion, but it is in accordance with the report of Mr. Baruch, the adviser to Mr. Byrnes. According to Mr. Baruch’s report, there are three root causes for our manpower difficulties: First. Bad planning. Second. The attempt to do the job from Washington, and Third. The failure to enlist the services of the best men available. In the first respect the report states: The second root cause of our manpower difficulties has been that production has been planned, new facilities built, and con- tracts awarded without adequate regard to the supplies of labor available locally. This is, in fact, the primary reason we have critical areas at the present time. Had production been properly planned geographically and had orders not been concentrated in the hands of the few at the expense of the small busi- nessmen and other localities, there would be far fewer critical areas today, and there would have been much less labor hoarding of young men in factories, and we would not have been in the muddle we are now in. Mr, President, let me ask, Who is re- sponsible for this bad planning? Is it due to the complacency of the people? Is the Congress responsible? Or are the Federal bureaus responsible? As to the second cause of our man- power difficulties, the attempt to do the job from Washington, the report states: If this labor budget plan is to work, there must be adequate delegation of power from all Washington agencies to their west coast representatives, and the communities them- selves must get on the team. The job can- not be done from Washington. This, of course, is the truth and fact of the matter. The report states further: An immediate survey should be made of the possibilities of subcontracting in nearby communities. Had this been done earlier, fewer small businesses would have had to go out of business. Who is responsible for this failure to decentralize power? Certainly that is not the fault of the people of the coun- try; it is not the fault of the Congress; but again I say the fault rests entirely upon the Federal bureaus in Washing- ton. As to a third cause of our manpower difficulties, the report states: Too much emphasis cannot be laid on the importance of selecting the best man pos- sible in the community to serve as chairman of the local priorities committee and the necessity for giving him the fullest commu- nity support. 554199—3636 The principles there laid down are unquestionably sound, and they could and should be applied on a national scale so that here in Washington we would find, especially in time of war, the best men possible heading the departments and the bureaus, able, public-spirited citizens, but, as the report states, in- stead we have heading these agencies men “spending their energies battling to build up empires.” Who is responsible for this? Certain- ly not the Congress of the United States. Certainly it is not due to the compla- cency of the people. Certainly the responsibility rests nowhere except with the bureaus in Washington. At the conclusion of the report, it is stated: Our study of this problem also emphasizes anew the necessity for your constant review of military and lend-lease requirements to see that all different parts of the program are in balance with one another-and» that: the program as a whole is balanced against the essential needs of the civilian economy. We have reached the stage of our war econ- omy where there is not much to spare. Something gained in one direction means a loss in the other direction. -Whose business is it to do this bal- ancing? : This, obviously, is not purely a mili- tary question. What the military say they need is one consideration; what producers say they need is another, and the need of the civilian population of the country is another, so that..the morale of the people, which Mr. Hershey speaks of, will not break down. It is the obligation of the Government, and, Mr. President, the Government of the United States includes the Congress, to determine on the evidence submitted what the true facts are and to act ac- cordingly. So when Members of the Senate stand on this floor and say that they do not want to take the responsi- bility, in the face of the responsibilities which are given to them, they are shirk- ing the responsibility which the Consti- tution of the United States imposes upon them. Mr. President, for Congress simply to say, “Well, the military men say they want this; let them have it” is, to state it plainly, for Congress to shirk its re- sponsibility. When Members of Con- gress say that some Government official or Army official—I care not who he may be—wants this or that, and so they are going to give it to him, they are not act- ing in the spirit of the principles upon which the Government is based. When a Government official comes to Congress and says “I want this” or “I want that,” and Members of Congress say they will grant the request simply because it is made, that, Mr. President, is merely act- ing in the spirit of fascism. That is what was done in Italy, that is what was done in Germany, and that: is what brought fascism and nazi-ism to those countries. Army officials have testified that the Army will have in this country January 1, 1944, over 5,000,000 men. That of these 5,000,000 the Army cannot move overseas for fighting purposes during the whole of the year, 1944, up to January 1, 1945, over half this number, and that the Army will have in this country, in uniform, January 1, 1945, in excess of two and a half million men. Yet, Gen- eral “Marshall has previously testified that 500,000 men were sufficient for the defense of this country. There is no question that the men who are drafted come out of the labor pool, and the more taken the more serious the labor shortage will become. No one knows, neither the Army gen- erals nor civilians, the number of men who will eventually be required to finish the job; but from time to time we do have exact figures from the Army as to the number which can be fed, equipped, and. transported. No matter how the fortunes of war go, whether we lose thou- sands of men or whether we do not, the fact is that we cannot transport more men than the Army estimates can be transported. Under those circumstances, would it not be sounder to time the in- duction of these men in accordance with the actual schedules of ability to use them effectively, rather than in accord- ance with some preconceived idea of the Army as to the number of men who will be eventually needed, which, being spec- ulative, is subject to change from time to time? Looked at from another angle, first, there are the men actually in the armed forces. Then there are the men who are engaged in war industries. Both classes of men must be supported by the remain- ing population. So the burden on the civilian economy becomes increasingly greater with each man drafted and each man taken for industry. 'The' standard of life under this pressure is of necessity 554199—3636 constantly reduced; yet it is because of this standard of life that we are able to outstrip the whole world in production. From the evidence, we are approaching the limit, the fair minimum to which this standard of life can be reduced without seriously affecting the productivity of the worker and upsetting the national morale. With respect to industrial waste, the Baruch report speaks for itself of the great wastage of labor, and labor hoard- ing, which, if relieved, would go a long way toward correcting any local labor shortage, and would go a long way to- ward preventing the drafting of fathers. Speaking of cost-plus contracts, the Baruch report points out: Not alone on the west coast, but all through the country, much labor is being hoarded and poorly utilized. How can anyone insist upon taking fathers and breaking up American homes when Mr. Baruch admits, first, that the situation is the fault of the vari- ous bureaus in Washington; second, that labor is being hoarded in indus- try; and third, as everyone knows, that labor is being hoarded in the Govern- ment by every department in Washing- ton and throughout the country? Mr. REED. Mr. President, will the Senator yield? Mr. WHEELER. I yield. Mr. REED. At that point I should like to add to what the Senator from Mon- tana has said:that when I was at home I visited three airplane-manufacturing es- tablishments in Wichita. One of them employs 5,000 men, another 11,000 men, and the third 26,000 men. There are 45,000 men. engaged in the airplane- manufacturing business in that one city in Kansas. A representative of one of those fac- tories told me that their first contract was a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. They did not like that. It meant a waste of labor. So they changed their contracts, and they are currently operating upon fixed-price contracts. Under those fixed-price contracts they offered what, for want of a better term, we may call incentive wages, which had some rela- tion to the productivity of the employees as a whole. Under the present arrange- ment that factory has increased the pro- duction per man 25 percent. That is the experience of one very efficient airplane manufacturing concern in my own State. I visited the plant when I was at home. Mr. WHEELER. I thank the Senator for his observation. I have in my files a letter from a large contractor in my State, who has been building and is now building Army bases and doing other construction work throughout the country. He has written to me saying that the idea of renegotiat- ing contracts is the greatest incentive to hoarding labor there could possibly be. They take contracts at huge prices with the idea they are going to renegoti- ate them. That is what has been done: “in a great many instances. Contracts have been made at exorbitant prices in “some instances with the idea they will be renegotiated, As the writer points out in this letter, it is the greatest incentive to the hoarding of labor that could pos- sibly be given. He says: If you eliminate that and put them on a regular basis you will find out how much labor will immediately be freed and will not . be hoarded. I quote further from the Baruch re- port: : Such wasteful practices are encouraged, among other things, by prevailing cost-plus- fixed-fee contracts. Under these contracts the Government pays all costs—whatever _they are, Since the Government is footing the bill, there is no incentive for manufac- turers to economize in the use of materials, facilities, or labor. More workers are hired than are needed. Workers may stand idle— it costs the manufacturers nothing. Much labor is wasted. Mr. President, I inquire, who is respon- sible for that. situation? Is it due to the complacency of the people of the country? Is it the fault of the Con- gress of the United Siates, or does the fault lie in the administrative depart- ments of the Government? Unless we solve this problem, what responsibility do we have? I do not wish to, and would not, interfere with the executive depart- ments if it were not necessary. But when the executive departments them- selves have completely broken down and have not done their job—as is said by Mr. Baruch in his report—then whose responsibility is it to take charge and do something about it? If the admin- istration will not do anything about it, the only place left for the people to come to is the Congress of the United States. Mr. REED. I am sure the Senator from Montana and myself share the view which he has expressed. Both of us have had long public life and many 554199—3636 contacts. I venture the assertion, with which I believe the Senator will agree, that not in my lifetime have I seen such a profligate waste of money, so much inefficiency, so much confusion, and such) .a lack of a sense of proportion with re- gard to costs as related to production, as exists at the present time. If the morale of the country breaks down under that kind of a situation it is the fault of the administration and the adminis- trative policy. Mr. WHEELER. I thank the Senator. With reference to Government waste, the report of the Byrd committee, Senate Document No. 66, page 4, of June 18, 1943, states: With 55 percent of the Federal employees not engaged in direct war production— Fifty-five percent, the report states— it is obvious that cuts may be made in Fed- eral personnel without hindering direct me- chanical war production. Consequently a drastic reduction can be made in the num- ber.of Federal employees without harmful effect to the war-production effort. Other portions of the report show that the efforts of the 55 percent of the Fed- eral employees who are not engaged in mechanical war-production work have not been fully utilized because of the lack of a vigorously administered war-trans- fer program, and the failure to establish an effective Federal employee manpower pool. The report shows an alarming increase in personnel and in the monthly pay rolls to meet it. It sets forth a table showing the Federal employment in- crease which, through the activity of the a committee, has been brought up to ate. It reads as follows: j ( Monthly Year Personnel Tay roll NOW TE OLR. i rel uy) boa OL7CO Loy acl August 1939-.5.-.....1 See Le 933, 886 | $141, 733, 064 PAUBUM SL OaO tn aS eno 1, 039, 451 159, 260, 975 WORSE LOST ee eee 1, 444, 985 217, 772, 054 Ada mriaty O42 kee ath Wt es 2,450, 759 | 391, 502; 171 MM erohiloss eres kU Mar 2, 878, 824 638, 926, 265 Aupust 1048). 7 16 eli cS 3, 063, 379 646,.372, 969 The total number of civilians in the War Department alone, according to the July figures, was 1,355,515. That covers the War Department alone, for July. In the Navy Department, according to July figures, the civilian employees alone numbered 697,475. ‘I was shocked when the Army officials advised the committee that it would take at least 10 days in which to report the number of men in this country who had been in the service for a year or longer, for 2 years, for 3 years, or for over 3 years. They, apparently, do not even know the number of fully trained men they have. But to return to the Byrd report, there would seem to be no reason, in the nature of things, why there should not be a’ drastic curtailment in nonwar agencies. This took place in the last war. Is there any possible excuse, when they talk about drafting fathers, for it not taking place in this war? I understand that when the Byrd committee makes its new report it will recommend that there should be a re- duction of at least 200,000 in the clerical category now employed in the War De- partment. There would seem to be no excuse for the delay in liquidating those agencies which have been ordered to liquidate and whose liquidation would release manpower. ‘The least the Government and the War Department feted before they undertake to draft fathers and break up American homes is to clean their own house. The Baruch report states: In any drive against the hoarding and poor utilization of labor Government- operated plants should set an example. What applies to Government-operated plants applies with greater force to non- essential Government bureaus and the waste of manpower in those bureaus which are essential to the conduct of the war. I pick up a Boston newspaper and note that charges are being made that in the navy yard in that vicinity, there aré several times aS many men as are needed, and some of the great news- papers of that city are calling for an investigation. Mr. REED. Mr. President, will tae Senator yield? Mr. WHEELER. I yield. Mr. REED. At that point, if I may break in upon the Senator from Mon- tana, I wish to read a letter which was received at my office today and brought over to me by my secretary, who knew the Senator from Montana had the - floor, and that from time to time I was interrupting the Senator from Montana for the purpose of illustrating the con- 5541998636 ditions which prevail the country over. The letter is dated Augusta, Kans., Sep- tember 27, 1943, and reads: Just heard a broadcast where the speaker seems in great fear that the Third War Loan drive will not be filled and in’a nice way he considers the home people a bunch of tightwads and slackers. I wonder how many bonds he has and what he received per minute for that talk. He really is no worse than some newspaper writers. In regard to such people, I wonder if in their shriveled one-track minds they can have the intelligence to know that there are very few of us who would not give our last dollar or bite to one of those boys over there but that we are getting d sick and tired of buying bonds and seeing the money go for such things as the Office of War Information, Commodity Credit Corpo- ration, Office of Price Administration, and a hundred other bureaus that the country would he better off withcut. Yes; and money for the radio corporations for fireside chats, Get rid of these bureaus, take the person- nel in them that are of draft age and put them in the Army and stop this draft of fathers not to speak of the saving to the taxpayers. As for the draft, it is nowhere near as bad for Secretary Ickes to lose his secre- tary as for Jim Jones to lose his hired man when he is trying to raise beef for the soldiers. I have a son in the Air Force and am proud of it but I hate to see him fight to protect some rat hiding in 1 Government job, and there are still plenty of sing’e and non- fathers in the defense plants; believe me Iam not quoting hearsay. And the writer underscores the word “hearsay ’— Senator, I hate to bea crab, but take a tip from Senator WHEELER and the more h you can raise about anything that does not pertain directly to the war effort, the more we folks at home are going to back you. I think that letter is quite apropos to the remarks of the Senator from Mon- tana at this point, and, if I may do so, I should like to add that while the writer of the letter makes a rather extreme and impatient statement, yet he reason- ably reflects the attitude and sentiment of $0 percent of the population of the Middle West. Mr. WHEELER. Iagree with the Sen- ator entirely. I have said since I came back from the West that I have never znown so much bitterness and resent- ment on the part of people in my sec- tio. of the country as there are at the present time over the waste, exXtrava- gance, the misuse of manpower, and also the waste by industries in the hoarding of labor, slow-downs, and so forth. Mr. REED. Mr. President, if the Sen- ator will pardon me for a further inter- jection, I have lived a long time, and have had a long public experience; I have been Governor of my State in ad- dition to the honor I have received at the hands of the people of Kansas who voted to send me as one of their Repre- sentatives to the Senate, but in a long public life I have never seen public senti- ment so inflamed, public indignation so aroused, and people so incensed over waste, inefficiency, and extravagance in governmental administration—whether county, State, or Federal—as they are now. Mr. WHEELER. I want to say to the Senator, in response to his statement, that if the Government in Washington does not wake up to what is the real feel- ing of the people in the Middle West and West, I fear for what is going to happen, As I suggested Tuesday when I was speaking, some have said that I was wrong, but I want to tell Senators who do not want to listen to the facts, Sen- ators who are not interested, apparently, in saving fathers, but are willing to break up the American homes, that when they come up for election and return home they will find out the feelings and senti- ments and temper of the American people. What applies to Goverment-operated plants applies with greater force to non-- essential Government bureaus and also to the waste of manpower in those bu- reaus which are essential to the conduct of the war. Mr. President, I appreciate the fact that anything I may say upon this sub- ject will not change any votes in this 554199—3636 ’ ‘ cs atl a body. I appreciate that my Democratic colleagues are apparently not particu- larly interested in ascertaining the facts. I wish to say, however, in all seriousness, that the time will come in the not far distant future when they will be inter- ested. If they follow blindly—— Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield there, I should like to call attention, for the Recorp, inasmuch as the Senator from Montana has sin- gled out his Democratic colleagues, that there are as many Democratic colleagues present in the Senate as there are Re- publican colleagues. Mr. WHEELER. Well, Mr. President, there have not been all afternoon. If there are now, it is the first time there have been. However, the time will come, whether they are Democrats or Repub- licans, when they will be interested in the subject; because it is one which af- fects not only 446,000 fathers, but also 446,000 mothers, countless children, and grandparents and other relatives. If any Members of the Senate do not believe for one moment that the people of the United States are interested in endeavoring to prevent the breaking up of American homes and the throwing into the streets, of children, and if Members of the Sen- ate do not think the people of the country believe it is the duty of the Congress of the United States to stop the waste of manpower in the Government bureaus and the hoarding which is taking place in various industries throughout the country, whether such Senators are Re- publicans or Democrats, they will be sadly mistaken. If they do not believe they are breaking down the morale of the American people in the war effort by inducting fathers into the military serv- ice they are sadly mistaken, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943 nti % _NAVY V-12 UNIT | oe . a “WABASH COLLEGE . . CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA ,% & AC» wi. ' os : eo — gabe ~~ ® << ro 4 Be i 2 AG Fo) i pevaninas. Ce oo > i: a SST ETO TSS Se FSET NA TE SILER ESTE SSRI ANTI 2 EMESIS i Staff salaries : : 7 Playground $432.25 $562.79 $995.04 ‘Incidental Expense Playground | $ 50.85 Art Studio Cos 3200 . ‘Teen-Age coean ges ; 24,440 . 78,25 Equipmental Rental to C.S. League #Note: the staff salaries for July 9 Sokal: Leaders! $15.00 compensation for supervision during | bible study hour, $90.00; $25.00 in gifts to playground volunteer leaders; $30.00 to Art Studio volunteer soos and $10.00 for. teen-age tennis eae Balance carried forward from 1942 = § 571.16 Bd. of Education gr ant “ 800.00 $7,183.29 Donor's gifts __ Aho hO ee : Total receipts o $1,812. 56 Total disbursements | Balance on hand a $ 329.27 July el, 1943 : We are indebted to the Jr. Red Cross for all but > $15.00 of the cost of the ewimning instruction. ‘Swimming fee due ur, jenn << >= - $38.34 Amount of money receipts ~--- —_ 38.34 Ootober 14, 1943. Pvt. Phil Russell, 3936 Mercier, Kansas City, Mo. Dear Private Russell: In answer to your inquiry of the llth the dimensions of the intramural football field, I beg to state that our field is 260 feet by 160 feet. It is 200 feet from goal line to goal line. I am sorry that we do not have any new rules available. Our intramural program will not start here, for the civilian students, until after the first of November. Very sincerely yours, Direetor of Physical Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. fet. Parl Rosse(/~ 2936 S ee KOS, Mo, Oeteber 18, 1943. Professor U. Ployd Rible, Department of Architecture, Marvin Hall. Dear Floyds Thank you very much for sending me the Southern California Alumi Review. It was srand. I enjoyed reading of ovr mutual friend, J. J. Jakosky, and also was extremely interested in the article on "Understanding Delinquents". I ejoyed resting, in sad retrospect, the passing ef Captain Charles Paddock, I know him well and had been with him many times during his stellar track conquest. Rotarily yours, Director of Physical Education, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. Ootober &, 1945. We are playing Iowa State tomorrow and the dope is against us, but people who watched the football beys in action are greatly impressed with the way they are coming along. With all good wishes, I an Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA H Varsity Basketball Coach. NAVY V-12 UNIT WABASH COLLEGE : CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA Cees. 6. SAGES Homestead, Florida September 7, 1943 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education Varsity Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear "Phog".... Thanks a lot for putting me on your mailing list to receive the JAYHAWK REBOUNDS, I often had wondered where Charlie Black, Gordon Gray, Maurice Holden, Horace Mason, et al, had finally landed, ‘Their names brought back pleasant memories, \ You are doing a grand job with the letter and believe me I know how much it is appreciated. Letters from home or news fron our friends come first to a service man, I was glad to get the K,U., football schedule and also was happy to see a couple of games with Washburn. Wish I could get home for a game or too, but it looks rather doubtful now. If nothing happens, however, I'll get back to see your basketball team in action. I'm afraid my sports menu will be rather slim this season, Most of the fod ball games down here will be played in the daytime, beeause of the blackout, and it will be difficult for me to officiate or to be a spectator in the day time. Since joining the army I have been in seven camps and have traveled nearly 7,000 miles, During the past five months, I've never been in one camp more than two months, Being permanently Stationed here is a relief, My hours are good---8 am. 'til 5 pm-- and my wife joins me in ten days. We'll live in Miami until I'm transferred or make that long trip. At present, I'm waiting to go before the OCS board, : The war news looks good and let's pray we'll all be home before long and that the lights will go on again in a peaceful world. Thanks again for everything and give my regards to all. Pfe. Jin {Re 17082835 Hq & Hq St, ond OTU, AAB, ATC Home stead;~Florida September 21, 1945. Mr. Winston Rose, 513 Sa. Div., Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Dear Winston: i | & any money. te : open. The civilian population will be small compared to the large mumber students enrolled in achool. We are going to have a good basketball schedule, and I would be happy to work with you as a member of the team. | Director of Physical Education, FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. | THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY October 1, 1943 Physical Education Department: Mr. William Reardon is employed by our department as a half time assistant. All assistants and instructors concerned with the Army and Navy programs meet every Friday afternoon at 4:30. We would be pleased if Mr. Reardon could take his physical education at some other hour. Thank you. f fp Le N. Liebermann Assistant Professor. in Physics LNL:vm