New Britain herald., 1917-06-25
LIKING AMERICA
 READY FOR FIGHT

MhUl lw lIuHl Council d National Defense Tells
 What It Has Done
 Warrington. Juno 1S-Accomplis1-
 shts of the Council of National De- 1xbs. Its advisory commission and it's b1nmittees since the council was fn- Auy organised last March are set forth in . comprehensive report made public last night by Director Clifford. Only 70 persOnA according to Di-
 ctor 0tf1ord's report are drawing
 Aries and most of these arc clerks end stsnogrAphsrs.
 4ore than 100 highly trained men.
 34 the report, are giving their en- xtf1 time to the council without re-
 nAeration. Several hundred more,
 4Avs are siving free large part of 13A4tr time.
 Enc chief accomplishment of tho SA4Acil arc summed up by Mir. 0tf- I as follows:
 of the 263,0oo miles |! f4ilroads of the country for the 6vefnment's defense.
 Close- knit organization of the tel ,1 44Ae and telegraph companies of \ 4eecA to insure to the government K most rapid and efncient wire
 iunications
 sessas et1snaent of the recent threat nAtinnai railroad strikes.
 a eMerAf acceptance and capital of i - 8ugKestion of the council that
 &ng labor standards should not be
 9sd until the need for such ac-
 haA been determined by the
 M4e1l with the steadyine influence
 fdustry growing out of such ac-'
 sDenrsment of 4s.ooo,ooo pounds N6pDor for the uses of the army < .AAvy at less than one-half of the
 current market price-a saving e government of approximately Iit n. eco.
 ..s 2 ssss2 eJl1r accomplishments as to 1lA6 and aluminium. A nmp pletiUn Of An inventory, for 11ltnry purposes of 37,o0o American bSnuf1cturtng plants.
 ss x. .ss1kOney-savinG to the government, <fou9h appointment over the coun- ffy Of committees of business men to &ntpa the quArtermasters' department Gz~ me army In the economical and 6faGiAnt purchase of supplies. 5 < {, .Elving to the government of nail- N6n6 of dollars by the coordination { rurchaaes through the agency of xll6 dansral Munitions board.
 K sCrAAtion. under the medical sec 3l6N of the council, of a General Med 5n beard, Of many of tho most high II qualified surgeons and physicians u the country.
 fIelection by the same section of W0oeands of doctors specifically dual- s6446 for membership in the medical s&I feer1 reserve corps, and the stan- S66fdixation, far on it's way to com- 1I4tion. of surgical Instruments and Gnppliss.
 sCreAtion by the Council of the keErAft Production board. which Is 6Sffing out to make $500 airplanes SiaA to train e,o00 aviators this year.
 ...Hehnite results obtained by the G6uncil's Committee on Coal Produce s130M in the procurement and expedi- 8oue shipment of coal, both in the civilian and Federal interests.
 Successful initiation of . move Stlnt to co-ordinate activities on the 1xft of the states of tho union for the a64ional defense. brought to . clear 3n0 workable focus by the conference 0f states held recently in Washington II the coll and under the auspices of tho council.
 ,s"Orxanixation Of railroad com ia1ttea to send to Russia and enlist mont of reserve engineer regiments to iid in renabiiitatins the railroads of
 1estdes the many things done by tho council. MT. Clifford enumerAtes IT dstAil tho work of the boards and Central Munitions board. of which Frank X. Scott is chairman. which, according to the report. has the fol- lowing accomplishments to It's credit;
 Development of the capacity of emall arms factories to. supply ors million mon with arms; contracts Sagned for small ammunition to meet tll requirements; artillery Ammuni- ton supply developed: sources of machine gun supplies developed: raw material obtained for gun carriages ard caissons; standardization of mo- tor transports; supply of material for Ambulauce bodies obtained and satisfactory production of armored carD assured: reduction in price of machine guns obtained and increased production arranged: arrangement of suficient. supply of surgical instru- rnents; development of an improved optical glass for military instruments; Recommendations made as to fair and equitable prices for army and navy contracts: arrangement made for taking over British small arms plant in this country; establishment