The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-12
WILSON PICKS :
 ADVISERS FOR
 DEFENSE BODY
Gompers Among Selections to Serve on Special
 Board.

Harrisburg. Pa., Oct. 12.-President Wilson. en route to Indianapolis. an- nounced last night the appointment of members of the Advisory Commission to be associated with the Council of National Defense created by Congress at the last session. At the same time he gave out statement saying he hoped the council would become a rallyiAg point for civic bodies working for the national defense"
 The seven members of the new Ad- visory Commission are Daniel W.T. lard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; Samuel Gompers, pres ident of the American Federation of Labor; Dr. Franklin H. Martin of Chi cagg; Howard E. Coffin of Detroit: Bernard Baruch of New York; Hollis Godfrey of Philadelphia, and Julius 'Rosenwald of Chicago.
 Would Be Ready for War.
 The Presidents statement follows: ''The Council of National Defense has been created because the Con- gross has realized that the country is best prepared for war when thorough fly prepared for pface. From an eco- homie point of view there is now very
 
 required for commercial efficiency and that required for military purposes. In >both cases the whole industrial mechanism must be organized in the most effective way.
 Upon jthis conception of the na- tional welfare the council is organ lized. in the words of the act for the creation of relations which will render possible in time of need the immediate concentration and >uti1zaztion of the resources of the nation
 'The organization of the council likewise opens up a new and direct channel of communication and cooper ation between business and scientific men, and all departments of the gov lernment, and it is hoped that it will, |1n addition, become a rallying -oint flor c'vic bodies working for the na- ltional defense
 1 The councils chief functions are:
 '1- The coordination of. all forms of tran-7ortation and the development of means of transportation to meet the
 litary, industrial and commercial needs of the nation.
 Seeks the Best Talent. ' '2- The extension of the industrial mobilization work of the Committee on Industrial Preparedness of the Naval Consulting Board. Complete tnformation as to our present manu- featuring and producing facilities ] adaptable to many-sided uses, of modern warfare will be procured, analysed and made use\of. i "One of the objects of the council will be to inform American manufac- ttrerS as to the part which they "a and must play in national emergency. K 1tHs empowered to establish at once and maintain through subordinate bodies of specially qualified persons an auxiliary organization composed of meR of the best creative and admin istrative capacity, capable of mobiliz- ing to the utmost the resources of the country.
 "The personnel of the councils ad- visory members, appointed without regard to party, marks the entrance of the non-partisan engineer and pro- fessional man into American govern mental affairs on wider scale than ever before. It is responsive to the increased demand for and need of business organization in public mat yters and for the presence there of the best specialists in their respective fields.
 "In the present instance, the time of some of the members of the Advis- ory Board could not be purchased. They serve the government without , remuneration, efficiency being their sole, object and Americanism their only motive."