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BOUND UP IN
RED tAPE.
Criticism by S.A.
Premier ;
ADELAIDE, Friday .--Criticism of '
the administration of the Australian
war effort in which 'he included the
operations of the advisory war coun- e
cil, was expressed by the Premier
(Mr. Playford to-)nlght in his weekly
broadcast. ,
The Premier said he was not con
cerned with fixing" the' blarrie' for past
mistakes, nor was he overlooking
what had been accomplished. He was
concerned -with the fact that the
nation was not doing everything- it
could. ' The methods being adopted
were too wastefl, too slow, to achieve
results and too bound up In red
tape. - That complete agreement was
not always reached at meetings of
the advisory war council was obvious,
from the public statement-3 that at '
loncf. t.wn mpmhprs nf f.ho rmnu.il
prone to make from time to time.
Mr. Playford urged the establish
ment of an all-party war cabinet of
four responsible only to Parliament
to deal with questions of war policy
He did not know whether Mr. Men-
zies or Mr. Curtin had explored the
possibility of participation in a purely
war cabinet, out if they could bring
about such an arrangement their
names would live ns great Australian
statesmen. Six different authorities
In South Australia were dealing with
manpower problems, and even at
army head quarters there was evi
dence of lack- of appreciation of man
power difficulties. During a visit to
another State he hacl been amazed
at- the number of jobs which could '
be dispensed with- which had been
created- -at head quarters there.
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