Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-25

to detect invisible aircraft and improv.
ing wircloss apparatus. ssaa
committee on shipping Is working
with the Shipping Board on the pEob.&
lem of increasing the country's NOR.
chant tonnage. St4,
The work of State defense councils
Is CO -ordinated through department
headed by George F. Porter. It has
assisted in organizing State councils.
and is giving them advice as to what
the Federal government expects Of tho
States in assisting In the conduct. Of
the war IT y
transportation questions are studied
by committee on transportation.
Daniel Willard, president of the Balti-
more and Ohio Rnilroad. Is It's chair.
man. 1t operates through a war rail-
road board, Of which Fairfax Harrison.
president OF the Southern Railway, is
head This board is running the va
rious transportation lines as one con-
tinental system. riG5 4
The railroad board has given prefer
ence to fuel. and is moving coal ahead
OF all other commodities. Food prob
ably will be the next commodity given
preferential shipment. Coal is moved
in this order-fuel for the government
for the roads on which mines ere To-
Gated. for other steam roads and
finally. for general purposes. The com
mittee recommended the personnel Of
the railroad comm isson now In Rus.
STA 1t Is engaged in disseminating
passenger trains not considered essen
tiai and expects to discourage conyen-7
lions and other meetings that would
require unusual train service
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT 90.
OF RAILROAD BOARD
al tel e. -
road board are given as follows:
Enlistment of nine regiments of
engineers to rehabilitate tho French
railway systems: an arrangement for
moving coal to the Pacific Coast In box
cars to prevent an uneconomical haul
back: expeditions movement of food
products"
Telephone and telegraph committees
OF the council have arranged a system
or cooperation between the wire COM
panies and the government. Govern
ment calls are given preference
Much army and navy purchasing has
been done by the committee on sup
| plies. OF which julius Rosenwald, OF
Chicago. is chairman. Tho committee
is composed OF six business men chosen
from different industries, who are Civ
ing their entire time to the work This
committee is said 20 have saved the
government millions OF dollars in the
! purchase OF supplies. All army and
navy contracts. before signed, are SUBJ
mitted to the committee for approval
and the committee in many instances
has instituted new purchasing systems
Associated with the committee are
large number OF subcommittee made
up OF experts on various commodities
The committee on raw supplies
headed by Bernard NJ. Baruch, OF New
York. has organized the purchase OF
raw materials. 1t saved the govern
ment, according to the report. 10000
600 on the purchase OF a supply OF
copper
Samuel Compress committee on labor
is engaged In settling Industrial dis
putes and maintaining existing labor
standards.
The committee on Industrial pre-
paredness has obtained $1,000 detailed
reports from the country's larger man
ufacturins plants as to capacity to
meet the governments industrial and
military needs dur:iS the war. This
| information. tho report declares. will
prove invaluable in placing orders for
supplies.
Engineering problems are being
studied by an engineering COMMITTEES
under DR.. Hollis Godfrey.