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OCR Page 1 of 10The Committee Investigating the National Defense Program, of which
I am Chairman, has been following with the keenest interest the
developments in the war programe The Committee has been very mindful
of the fact that public criticism of major phases of the war effort might
givided -be and comfort thenemy
detrimental to the public morale. Because of this, the Committee
in recent months held as few public hearings as possible, and the bulk
of its work has been done privately. The Committes will continue that
policy, but there are some things the public is entitled to know and
unfortunately it is sometimes necessary to have the force of public
opinion to insure rosults.
This Commi ttee was organized largely because of the waste that was
reported in the defense program às it was being administered in the early
part of 1941, particularly waste on construction jobs. One of the first
tasks of the Committee was to investigate construction, and the
Committee found an enormous amount of unnecessary waste, particularly
in camp construction. The Committee recommended that camp construction
should be transferred from the Quartermaster Branch of the War Department
to the Engineering Corps. This was done, and a substantial improvement
was
AUMAN
NARA JERSED
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