The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
EXPERTS NAMED TO
LIST U.S.. INDUSTRIES
Will Pave Way for Mobiliza-
ton Of COuntry's Resources
in Time Of War.
FIVE FOR EACH STATE

The names Of the $50 State directors
five for each ~State-who under the
direction OF the committee on indus
trial preparedness Of the Naval Con-
sultine Board Of the United States will
make a complete survey Of American
industry so IT can be mobilizcd in time
OF war, were announced yesterday by
the committees chairman. Howard f..
Coffin.
Each OF these $50 men has been APP
pointed by Secretary Of the Navy Daniels
an associate member of the naval con-
sulting board. They will be under the
immediate guidance OF W. G. clifford.
chief statistician of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company. VINO is
acting as supervising director OF the
survey. unucr them Will work more
than 10000 highly trained members Of
the American Society OF civil Engineers,
the American Institute OF Mining Engl-
ncers. the American society OF Mechan-
ical Engineers. the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers and the Ameri-
can Chemical Society.
MIR. Coffin said The names and
! standing of these men speak for them
selves. They have been selected by
their own professional associates. with
the Only standard that OF efficiency and
integrity They work without pay-in-
deed. the services of many ~ them could
not be bought. In my judgment they
form "A vast, flexible organization the
like OF which has never been known in
this or any other country. and AN or
| ganization. moreover. which from top TO
bottom is absolutely non-political"
I'D Vocational Ordcrs."
MIR. CofIin's committee has decided
hat the first step IN industrial prepared
ness is an inventory OF the country's
manufacturing and producing
With this as a basis, IL proposes that
small annual educational orders for
army and navy supplies be placed with
thousands of establishments. u that
skilled lahurcrs he enrolled in an indus
trial reserve in time OF peace. with a
view to keeping them at work In time
OF war. This inventory Is the task 10
which the I'VE national engineering So
cieties pledged their aid. at the request
OF President Wilson.
The iivc directors appointed for New
York State are
J. u White american Society Of
Cvil Fncineersl. president OF j. q.
! White 4 Co. chairman ar director OF
many public service corporations. edu-
Gated at Pennsylvania state College and
Cornell University. yIce-president OF the
Merchants Association.
Charles T. Rand american Institute
Of Mining Engineers. president OF the
Spanish Iron Company. presi-
dent of the United Engineering Society.
former president ~ The American lns.i-
tutc Of Mining Engineers. developer OF
iron and Manganese" mines and railroads
in cuba decorated by the KIM of Spain
with the Grand Cross Of a Knight Com-
mander ~ tho order Of Isabel Ia Catolica
"for distinguished services to spain and
mining
Waldo II. Marshall ,Ainerican Society
Of Mechanical Engineersb. president OF
the American Locomotive Company
member Of the executive committee OF
the hallway Business Association, vice.
president of tho Merchants Association
formerly general manager Of the Lake
Shore Railroad.
William Mcclellan tAmrrican Insti-
tute Of Electrical Engin.ers). consulting
engineer. graduate of the University OF
PennSyivaRia.
Theodore - Wagncr american Chem.
zeal Society. manager Of the Corr
Products Refining Company, former
president Hf the American Institute o
Chemical Engineers, chairman OF th'
Chemical Society.