The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
What Members of Advisory COM
mittee OF Defense Have Un-
dertaken to Do.
Big MEN GIVING SERVICES
co-ordInatino the Industries Of the
Country So That Each Can Rem
der the Limit Of Its Potential
Service to Government.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

visitors to Washington: What Is the
Council Of National Defenser"
1t is apparent also from letters that
are received In the capital that the
exact nature Of the council and Of its
great advisory committee Is not gen.
orally nor thoroughly understood. The
Council Of National Defense itself con-
sists simply Of six cabinet officers, the
secretaries Of war, navy, interior, agri-
culture, commerce and labor. The ad-
yisory committee Of national defense.
which Is affiliated with the council,
consists of commission Of seven bust
ness men who, with the departments
assigned to them, are as follows:
Daniel Willard, transportation and
communication president Baltimore
& Ohio railroad), chairman.
Howard e. Coffin, munitions and
manufacturing Including Standard
| zation) and Industrial relations, vice
president Hudson Motor company.
Julius Rosenwald, supplies (includ-
ing clothing, etc., president Sears,
| Roebuck & Co.
Bernard NJ. Baruch, raw materials,
minerals and metals, banker.
DR.. Hollis Godfrey, engineering and
education, president Drexel institute.
Samuel Gompers, labor, including
conservation Of health and welfare Of
workers, president American Fedora
ton of Labor.
DIR. Franklin Martin, medicine and
surgery, including general sanitation,
secretary General American College Of
Surgeons, Chicago.
All Freely Undertaken.
Upon these men devolved the task
of so co-ordinating the industries Of
the country that each and all, figura-
lively speaking, could render to the
government the limit of its potential
service at the pressing of a button.
Less than 100 salaried persons are
working for the government under the
advisory committee of national de-
fense-of the members of the COM
mittee itself only one or two have
even rendered expense bills. From
400 to 500 men, whose incomes from
their business ranges from $1,000 to
more than 100000 a year, are giving
their services to the government that
the United States may perform its
share of winning the war against Ger
many.
The vital thing at first was to as
certain the needs of the country, TO
learn the things industry must supply
to put our soldiers into the field and
keep them there and to supply the
needs of ourselves and our allies. A
dozen major subjects instantly sug-
men began to put their heads togeth-
er: the best use to be made of the
both for the transportation
Of troops and of material to keep our
Industries going and our citizens fed;
he part the waterways should play In
he scheme of transportation the mo-
)ilization of military and industrial
'esourees; the increase of agriculture
Ind manufacture to meet the abnor-
nal demands incident to war; the
'uilding of ships, and the compilation
II an enormous mass Of data from
which any reasonable question with
eference to military and industrial Ca
acity could be answered.
Railroads and Telephones.
Already the 100000 miles of rail-
DAD in the United States have been
irtually Communicated by the ad,i-
Dry committee, which, through Chair
IAN Willard, can issue to them more
rbitrary orders than President VIII
IN, under the most drastic law, prob
bly, would care to issue. This is
service Of the railroad and
dmittedly possibly is intended as IN
nswer to some Of the railroad criti-
SINS in congress.
One man also now governs the tele-
N. Vail, president OF
lie American Telephone and Tele-
'aph company. For the first time In
lephone history regulars and indie
,ndents are working side by side for
g good of the country. More than
1000 miles of wire have been set
ide for the special use of the army
ID the navy and some of the other
partments. Modern methods for
lug Tue lelepuOut uIt DtluS lHtTO-I
ced and new systems installed. one
which will cover completely the
NAL service In the Held. Washing-
] is being taught how to use the
ephone properly and a new central
ce with capacity of 10000 lines
being provided.
IN the mobilization camps and
ong the lighthouses and coast guard
tions new telephone facilities are
ng created, requiring 300 miles of
)marine cable, 800 miles of pole
! more than $4,000 miles Of wire.
e soldiers of the National Guard
o are guarding railroad bridges
water supply systems have been
!. In touch with headquarters. II
rets could be told, the story Of the
enslon of the telephone service In
navy would make the people sit