Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1935, Page 8

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Speaking last night in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and broadcast over a Nation-wide net- work of the National Broadcasting Co., Nye, taking cognizance of Baruch's criticism of the Munitions Committee's legislative program, said the latter was “hedging™ on his previously-expressed support of the move to curb war profits. Baruch had described the to defeat in war or communism. It would take away all corporate profits over 3 per cent, all individual incomes over $10,000 and put industrial leaders under war-time discipline. Would Remove Profit. The Senate committee will go into executive session in a day or so to House. This latter, which Nye said last night is “inadequate.” contains many of Baruch’s ideas, including a proposal to put a “ceiling” on profits in war time. that if we Temove the profit from pre- paring for war, and then destroy in every American mind the prospect of profit from war, there will be far less danger of war.” He expects the legislation to be ready for Senate consideration next week. Taking Profit Out of War. The text of Senator Nye's address is as follows: Strange contradictions confront the world. These contradictions would be less difficult of understanding were it not for the fact that they arise in the face of firm contrary resolutions of such recent making as to cause us at times to wonder if we are in our right minds. Indeed, there is an abundance | of evidence disclosing that civilization is of unbalanced mind. Perhaps it is unfair to thus indict all people of the world, It might be that only the lead- | ers of this age are deserving of that classification. But at once we are | confronted with the question, “Who lisn't the people?” | people unalterably opposed to more war and convinced that another war would be the undoing of more races | than one. There is wide acceptance | of the belief that the world could not possibly carry the burden of another war. Yet, though this belief exists, the governments of these people are madly racing in preparation for more war. Only a few years since the war. to end war we find all the powers with larger military budgets than were ever known in peace time. Our Amer- ican increase in military expenditure has been greater than that of any other land and we will next year spend on our Army three times as much as we were spending the year before we went into the “war to make the world safe for democracy and to end war.” When Is Defense Adequate? I stand with those who want to see our country amply provided with such preparation as will find us with an adequate defense against attack by foes who would make so bold and ders. Plainly, any preparation beyond that ceases to be “national defense.” ‘Those who constantly harp about the are no more satisfied with our defense of today than they were with our de- fense in 1915, when we were spending but a third of what we are spending now in the name of national defense. Next year we will spend on prepared- ness for war more money than it was costing the United States in 1914 to run all its establishments of govern- ment, including the Army and Navy. Who will answer, when will our de- fense be adequate? As a_matter of fact, the issue of national defense has become the dis- guise of profit-hungry men who like nothing better than these armament races between nations. Arming a nation and the world has become a racket that either does not recognize Every Sund2y committee plan as likely to lead either | weld its program into the McSwain | plan, which already has passed the | Nye said the Munitions Committee | didn't expect its bill to “end war” | but that he was “firmly convinced | | makes and keeps these leaders if it | In any event, we find a world of | foolish as to attack our shores or bor- | inadequacy of our national defense | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, APRIU 16, 1935. Hits at War Profits the consequences or remembers that | war pays their racket better returns | than does national defense. Profit in Preparing for War. When a year ago the Senate author- ized an investigation of the munitions | industry, few dreamed that the study would result in the flood of disclosures unearthed. For nearly a year the committee named to conduct the inquiry has labored, conducted some- thing more than 100 public hear- ings to make record of its findings, and is now about to report in the Senate its findings, along with leg- islative recommendations having to do with one particular phase of its study. This does not mean that the investigation is about completed. Much work remains to be done and will be approached as fast as the com- mittee can afford the means and time necessary. In the public mind the investigation has been primarily one of war-time profit of those industries engaged in the production of war machinery. The actual duties of the investigating com- mittee have been concerned with much more than that. A very large part of its consideration has had to do with the peace-time profit and ac- | tivities of the same industry. And that consideration has brought con- viction that it is quite as important to take profit out of preparedness as it is to take profit out of war, Helping World Arm. For instance, who can recall during the past 10 years the advent of the annual military appropriation bills ]thn was not preceded by a small or large war scare? ‘The appeal is at once made for more adequate préparedness to defend ourselves. As a result, Army and Navy budg- | ets have grown steadily until we find | ourselves supporting billion-dollar mil- | itary programs in times when we can- | not_balance budgets. The annual scare about war be- tween Japan and the United States proves very profitable to some. Inci- dentally those who profit are gener- | ally found selling war supplies to | Japan, as well as to the United States. The munitions racket sells to one and all alike. And in this racket the | arms makers have the co-operation of their own Government. Our Army | | and Navy, for instance, help American } armament makers accomplish sales of their supplies in other lands, and offi- cials of our military declare this to! be good policy. They say what comes | to this: We must encourage larg-| er foreign use of American-made national defense items, so that the Reduces Swelling Soothes Piles Swelling prompt]; subsides when | you apply soothing Pile-Foe. Pain, itching, or bleeding is checked and blessed relief follows. Thousands attest its remarkable healing prop- erties. Don’t suffer needlessly. .. et Pile-Foe at any drug store. oney-back guarantee. Refuse substitutes. American industry can have the ca- pacity to produce what we need if and when those nations to which we have sold decide to use our own in- struments against us. However, the | munitions racket is not so impressive as when it engages in furnishing mu- nitions for both sides engaged in armed conflict. Specific Case Cited. One American munitions firm re- cently sent its salesman, a Mr. Jonas, to Cuba, with instructions to sell mu- nitions to the rebels who were trying to overthrow the Cuban government. For such sales this salesman received a handsome commission. But a better commission prevailed for him when he sold the same sort of supplies to the government that was trying to put| down the rebellion. We can readily understand what this salesman meant when on the day after Christmas in ' 1933 he wrote another salesman as follows: “We certainly are in one helt of a business, where a fellow has to wish for trouble so as to make s living. It would be a terrible state of affairs if my conscience started to bother me now.” Mr. Jonas expressed it well. It isa hell of & business, a business that has no room for conscience. The private business of making and selling muni- tions is one warranting tremendous regulation if not destruction. At least 1t is time that people were awakening to what probably is largely influencing the mad armament races under way today. Profit in War Scares. Look at the :aaddest of all peace- time naval races between our own country and Japan! What might be behind that? Is it possible that the private shipbuilders have any hand in provoking it? Two weeks ago one ship- builder was made to admit that he had written and urged a newspaper pub- lisher to print stories about the danger of war between Japan and the United States 50 that there could be news- paper clippings to send to members of Congress who were slow in ap- proving the appropriations for more and more ships for our Navy. Assuredly such disclosures warrant programs looking to the control and regulation of this private racket in peace time. Perhaps it calls for the stamping out of this pri industry and for Government manufacture of its own national defense machinery. 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