New Britain herald., 1917-06-25

school building and equipment of buildings; assisted the aeronautical division in selecting sites for aviation schools.
 Investigated the production facili- ties of airplanes in the United States and made recommendations covering orders that should be placed immed- lately
 Arranged for Standardization of training type of machine between English. Canadian and United States service.
 Developed plans for battle types of planes. orders for which are being placed, now by the military authori- ties"
 The medical section. under Dr. Franklin Martin and Dr. r. F. Simp- son, has spent much of its time se- lecting civilian physicians for recom- mendation to the army and navy. public health service and the Red Cross. The work has been done through committees named In each state. Selection of 21.0Oe physicians has been completed. and the mon have been given application blanks which they have been asked to file with the surgeons general.
 MT. Gifford.s report emphasizes the work of an intsr-departmental committees whose purpose Is to pre- vent duplication of war work In the various government departments.
 The council has In the Naval Con- sulting board . board of inventions. which just now Is investigating plans to combat the submarine. The board Is headed by Thomas A. Edison and numbers among it's members some of the country's, most noted scientists and inventors.
 "A Commercial Economy board. with A. w. Shaw as its chairman, is studying means by which commercial business may best meet demands made on 1t during the war, and how large quantities of supplies may be diverted to- government use without upsetting the essential service of trade. This board is studying plan to economize on city delivery sys- tems and is investigating measures of economy for adoption by retail stores.
 The coal problem h in the hands of . committee on coal production. headed by F. s. Peabody of Chicago. It h assisting the War Railroad board in expeditins the movement of coal and is taking measures to stimulate production.
 A women's defense committee was created in April with Dr. Anna How ard Shaw as its chairman. Its actiH- ties will be directed along the follow ing lines: .s
 Organization of state committees. registration of women for service with the food administration, home and .l conservation and thrift: educational propaganda. protection of women and child workers, conservation of tho health and welfare of women. conser- walton of the moral and spiritual forces of the nation.
 Scientific research is being conduct cd by the National Research Council. Tho work is under the direction of Dr. George E. Hale and Dr. R. A. Milli- kan. The Research Council is CO., ordinating tho research activities of the country in tho fields of science and engineering. It is now engaged in studying devices to detect submarines and mines, investigating range finders and instruments to detect invisible air craft and improving wireless appara- tus.
 A committee on shipping is work ing with tho Shipping Board on the problem of increasing the country's merchant tonnage.
 The work of state defense councils Is co-ordinated through department headed by George Fl. Porter. It has assisted in organising state councils and Is giving them advice as to what the Federal government expects of the states in assisting in the conduct of
 Transportation questions are studied by committee on transportation. Daniel willard, president of the Bal timore q Ohio Railroad, is its chair man. It operates through a War Rail- road Board. of which Fairfax Harri- son, president of the Southern Rail- way, is head. This board is running the various transportation lines as one continental system.
 The Railroad Board has given pref erence to fuel and is moving coal ahead of all other comm odities. Food probably will be tho next commodity given preferential shipment. Coal is moved in this order: fuel for the gov- ernment, for the roads on which mines are located. for other steam roads and finally for general pur- poses. The committee recommended the personnel of the ralroad con- mission now in Russia. It is engaged in discontinuing passenger trains not considered essential and expects to discourage conventions and other meetings that would require unusual train service.
 Other accomp1ishments of the rail- road board are given as follows:
 "Enlistment of nine regiments of engineers to rehabilitate the French railway systems: an arrangement for moving coal to the Pacific Coast in box cars to prevent an uneconomical haul back: expeditious movement of