Connecticut western news., 1916-09-21
INDUSTRY READY
 FOR MOBILIZATION
Seventy Per Cent of Nations Resources Listed.
FACTS TO DEFENSE COUNCIL

Success of Canvass to Aid Country In
 War Emergency Made by Organ7a-
 ton Developed by Naval Consulting
 Board, Witk Five Societies of Engi
 neers and Chemists Co., operating.
 Listing of the cOuntry'S industrial re- sources available in case of war has progressed so far that meaSurably complete tabulation will be turned over. probably by the end of this month. to the newly formed Council of National Defense. At present the list includes about 70 per cent of the na- tion's resources of this description.
 w. S. Clifford. supervision director of the industrial preparedness commit tee of the naval consulting board. the organization that has been making the canvass, announced that before the committees work was published it is expected that 80 per cent will be rep resented. This is regarded as a re- markable showing.
 Organized In March.
 It was last March that the commit tee organized and began it's campaign with headquarters in New York city. It had the active cooperation of five great natiOna, societies-the American Society of Civil Engineers. the Ameri- can Institute of Mining Engineers. the American Institute of Electrical Engi- neers. the American Society of Me chanical Engineers and the American Chemical society. State boards were constituted, each board having upon 1t a representative of each of the five so- cieties mentioned. Under the guidance of these boards. which called to their assistance the members of the socie- ties in the several states, the indus trial canvass was immediately under taken. the results being sent to head CTarters.
 So vigorously has the work been car, ried on during the last seven months under the supervision of Howard F. Coffin. chairman of the industrial pre- paredness committee. that almost from the first an instrument of great use to the country in emergency came into being. The speed with which the wheels have moved has not initiated, it is said. against the gathering of ac- curate and serviceable information.
 Naticna Defense Council.
 Meanwhile, by act of congress. the Council of National Defense has been created. This body. designed to co-or- dinate the country's resources in case of war. is made up of six cabinet off cers. the secretary of war. the Secre- tary of the navy, the secretary of the interior. the secretary of agriculture the secretary of commerce and the sec retary of labor
 Supplementing the council is an ad- visOry board of seven civilians. serving without remuneration. The advisory board to include, according to the plan. men in close touch with the nations industries, will Le appointed shortly. With the council, it will take over and continue the work that has been car ried on by the industrial preparedness committee of the naval consulting board.
 This committee and it's numerous helpers h"ve given their services vol untarily and without remuneration. AS result of their labors it will he known just where the country could turn for war supplies. A plan also has been devised by the committee for making and keeping industrial plants efficient for possible war needn by the distribution of government orders. This, it is figured, will make the necessary machinery always available