The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-04-21
MOBILIZE DATA
ON INDUSTRIES
IDAHO MEMBERS OF NAVAL IN
DUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS
BOARD HELD SESSION
Stanley A. Easton of Kellogg Named
Chairman-LOse No Time in Re-
spending to Nations Call

The Idaho board named by Secre.
tary OF the Navy Josephus Daniels tc
make complete survey of the states
industrial resources which might be OF
service to the nation in case of wal
met and organized in Moscow yes
terday and Stanley A. Easton,
vice president and general manager
of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mines,
of Kellogg, was elected president of
the board. The other members pres
ent at the session yesterday were M.
S. Parker, a prominent engineer of
st. Maries, aid J. Shirley Jones, of
the University of Idaho. George F.
Waddell of Squirrel, Fremont coun-
ty, arrived today. The only member
absent at this time is o. G. F. Mark
ham of Boise.
Every state in the union is respre-
sented on the board for this work with
five members. They constitute the
committee on industrial prepared
ness in making a complete survey of
the American manufacturing and in
dustrial resources and is an adjunct
of the naval consulting board Thos.
A. Edison, the noted inventor, is pres
ident of the naval consulting board
of the United States. Peter Cooper
Hewitt is first vice president; Will
lam NJ. Saunders, second vice pres
ident; Thomas Robins, secretary.
The engineers in the various states
of the union have been appointed state
directors by Secretary Daniels after
being chosen by the five engineering |
societies of the nation who have
pledged their membership of so to
aid the movement. The state direc
ors will serve without pay.
The Idaho board lost no time in
carrying out the instruction to organ
re as speedily as possible. 1--WE plan
O call on the people of the state for
Ill available data relative to the pur
,ose of the movement within a very
hort time" declared Mr.. Easton to-
ay The work in Idaho will be {
aid out at the present meeting and t
othing will be overlooked in provid {
lg the machinery for gathering in l
ormation of the industrial resources t
Idaho with view of placing it at
, Of r1oo
lone for use in case of war but in
mes of peace. 1t means that Amer
,an manufacturers and industrial
oncerns must be modified and class
led so as to produce the highest eff
cheney in serving either the nation
r the world in the manufacture of
roducts.
1.-THE close of the European war will B
,sult in an overwhelming demand on
merican manufacturers by Europe r
# machinery and other products and 9,
e nation must be prepared to meet T.
e demand This new movement is >,
IMPLY nothing more than a gigantic h.
lsiness enterprise except that there ~
i'll be mutual cooperation among
e various industries We hope the i;
ople of Idaho will respond literally ;,
d promptly to the request of the hi
aho board for such information and NJ
ia as it may require" M
The members of the board were in ~,
ssion at the offices of Mr. Jones IN
the university today and outlined
, preliminary steps for mobilizing
: data required. The board expects
meet at frequent intervals in var
IS parts of the state and it is prob HI
e the next meeting will be held at
Use.