The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-25
COUNCIL TELLS
What HAS BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED
National Defense Body Re-
ports on Activities of
Three Months
MORE THAN 100 MEN
GIVING TIME TO u. s.
Millions of Dollars Have
Been saved by These
Volunteer Workers
(Ry Associated Press.l

Washington, June 25.-Accomplish-
Tense, it's advisory commission and its
committees since the council was
finally organized last March are set
forth in a comprehensive report made
public last night by Director Clifford.
Only eighty persons, according to
Director Giffords report, are drawing
salaries and most of these are clerks
| and stenographers.
| More than one hundred highly
trained men, says the report, are CIV
| ing their entire time to the council
without remuneration. Several hun
dred more. it says, are giving free a
large part of their time.
The chief accomplishments of the
council are summed up by Mr.. Clifford
as follows:
Mobilization of the $4,000 miles Of
/ railroads Of the country for the gov
ernment's defense.
| Close knit organization of the tele-
phone and telegraph companies of
America to insure to the government
the most rapid and efficient wire COM
munications.
Settlement of the recent threatened
national railroad strikes.
capital of the suggestion Of the coun-
Gil that existing labor standards should
not be changed until the need for such
action had been determined by the
council with the steadying influence
on industry growing out OF such &C
ton.
Procurement of $4,000, 900 pounds of
copper for the uses of the army and
navy at less than one-half Of the then
lJaA WV g. hn
government Of approximately 10000
900.
Similar accomplishments as to
steel, zinc and aluminium.
Completion Of an inventory, for
military purposes, of $4,000 American
manufacturing plants.
Money saving to the government,
through appointment over the country
of committees of business men TO as
sist the quartermasters' department. OF
the army in the economical and efn-
cient purchase of supplies.
Saving to the government OF mill
lions of dollars by the coordination Of
purchases through the agency OF the
general munitions board
Creation, under the medical section
of the council, of general medical
board of many of the most highly
qualified surgeons and physicians Of
the country.
Selection by the same section of
thousands of doctors specifically quail
fed for membership in the medical
officers reserve corps, and the stand
ardization, far on its way to compile
tion, Of surgical instruments and
supplies.
Creation by the council Of the Air
craft Production board. which is set
( ting out to make $500 airplanes and
/ to train 5000 aviators this year.
| Definite results obtained by the
councils committee on coal production
| in the procurement and expeditions
/ shipment of coal. both In the civilian
and federal interests.
| successful initiation of a move
ment to coordinate activities on the
part of the states of the union for the
national defense, brought to a clear
| and workable focus by the conference
| of states held recently in Washington
| at the call and under the auspices of
the council.
Organization of a railroad commit
tee to send to Russia and enlistment
Of reserve engineer regiments to aid
| in rehabilitating the railroads OF
France"