The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23

is the most important single organiza-
ton, outside of the War and Navy de-
partments, having to do with the car
rying on of the war. The chairman of
the Council of National Defense is the
Secretary of War. The other members
of the Council are the Secretary of
the Navy, the Secretary of the Inter
Tor, the Secretary of Agriculture, and
the Secretary of Labor. The Advisory
Commission of the Council is composed
of seven of the most distinguished and
successful business men of the entire
country. Mr.. Daniel Willard, presi-
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio, is chair
man of the Advisory Commission and
has under his personal charge the
supervision of transportation and COM
munication. The other members COM
posing the Advisory Commission are
Mr.. Howard E. Coffin, vice president of
the Hudon Motor Co., who has super
vision of munitions and manufacturing
and industrial relations. Mr.. Rosen-
valid, president of Sears-Roebuck &
plies, including clothing. Bernard NJ.
Baruch, distinguished as banker and
fnancier, has supervision of raw ma
terials, minerals and metals. DR.. Hol-
lis Godfrey, president of the Drexel
Institute, has supervision of engineer
ing and education. Mr.. Samuel Com
pers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, is in charge of labor,
including conservation of health and
welfare of workers, and DR.. Franklin
Martin, Secretary General of the AM
erican College of Surgeons, Chicago,
has charge of medicine and surgery,
including general sanitation. Yester-
day / had a matter of business to take
up with Mr.. Coffin and found that his
time was so occupied that it was more
difficult to make an appointment with
him than with the President. At the
time / called at the Munsey building
where the seven hundred employees of
the Council of National Defense are at
work, Mr.. Coffin was in consultation
with a large delegation of automobile
and aeroplane manufacturers, who
were presenting to him their difficult
ties in securing transportation for the
raw materials needed in the manufac-
ture Of automobiles and aeroplanes
and their difficulties in securing trans
portation for the manufactured pro-
ducts, The supervision Of the $780,
100000 appropriated last month for
charging the aviation branch of the
army, in itself, would seem to be
enough work to keep one man reason
ably we'll occupied for the period Of
the war. However, Mr.. Coffin has a
very pleasing personality and is man
of great executive ability who seems
to enjoy hard and difficult tasks. He
works rapidly and energetically and
disposes Of surprisingly large am
cunt of business and a more surpris-
ingly large number of visitors in a
very short time. Mr.. Coffin seems to
have his work now well in hand and is
proceeding with directing the manu-
facture of war munitions and aero
planes on scale unheard of before
in the world. The chief aim in war
preparation Of the War Department.,
the Navy Department, and the Council
Of National Defense is to first have
our soldiers and sailors well trained
for the work they may be required to
do, and secondly, to have them sup.
piled with the best and most modern
war equipment and materials for fight.
ng, so that in this war, where powerful
guns, trinitrate Of toluyl, and fast
aeroplanes count even more than num-
bers of men, our forces will have a
clear advantage over the enemy in
the guns, aeroplanes and other fight.
ing material they twill have for use