Speech of Hugh Fulton to the Society for the Advancement of Management
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Mr. Chairman, distingui'shed guests, and members of the Society for the
Advancement of Management: It is a great honor to address you on the subject,
"How Legislative Investigations Can Help Management". Senator Harry S. Truman
of Missouri, the Chairman of the Special Senate Committee Investigating the War
Program, was most disappointed that an unavoidable commitment with the War De-
partment prevented him from addressing you today. At his request, I am taking
his place.
Good management in war time is imperative. The success or failure of
the war to a very great extent depends upon the quality of management, parti-
cularly management in government offices.
In war time there are not enough strategic materials to supply all of
the items that would be useful in winning the war. Also, there is not sufficient
manpower to supply the Army and Navy, manufacture all the equipment and materiel
required for war purposes and maintain essential civilian economy.
To win the war, our government operations must be so conducted that
we obtain the maximum possible use and benefit from the strategic materials and
the manpower that can be made available.
The problems involved are stupendous. We Americans have always drawn
a sharp contrast between the private functions of business and the public func-
tions of government. We have believed that business should be run by hundreds
of thousands of separate, private concerns - each establishing its own sources
of supply, constructing its own buildings, acquiring its own tools and facili-
ties and employees, and finding its own markets. The function of government was
simply to act as a policeman to see that there was fair play.
As civilization progressed and life became more complex, the functions
of government also became more complex. For our own protection and to assure
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