The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-07
Nations Output to Be Con-
centrated on Plants Max
ing War Supplies
MANY INDUSTRIES
WILL BE HARD HIT
Ships Head New Schedule With Big
Aircraft Program Next on List-Or-
der Provides for Strict Conservation
of Available Supply.

der Provides for Strict Conservation
of Available Supply.
WASHINGTON, June THE entire
output of steel and pig iron of the coun-
try was taken possession of by the gov
eminent yesterday through the war in
dustries board and will be concentrated
upon mills and foundries engaged in turn
ing out munitions and vital war supplies
The order of the board, which goes into
effect Immediately, is one of the most
drastic industrial moves taken since the
declaration of war on Germany. It's eff
feet may be to curtail if not bring to
standstill many industries in which steel
and iron products are being used for pur-
poses other than war supplies and NUM-
tions
In its general terms the order provides
for strict conservation of the available
supply of steel arid iron and attempts to
encourage expansion of existing steel
mills and fouhdries with greater output
from each as we'll as turning of lesser
essential foundries and plants to manu-
facture of munitions and similar sup
plies.
The decision of the board was an
nounced at the conclusion of four hour
conference in the office of Chairman
Baruch and incorporate the under
standing reached recently by the board
with the American Iron and Steel 1nsti
tute in sessions in Washington and New
York. The new program does not con-
template confscation OF. seizure by the
government of the steel plants of the
country
Steel manufactured products and pig
iron will be shipped under the new ar
rangement only in accordance with the
priority war list of the priorities division
of the war industries board of which
Judge A. B. Parker is chairman. Asso-
ciated with him in this work is J. Leon
ard Replogle, chief of the steel division.
! After the demands of the priority GER
tificates have been filed the steel and iron
producers may utilize such raw mate
rails and manufacturing capacity, if any,
as they may have available to fill orders
of customers not covered by priority GER
1tihcates. provided such orders are EN-
braced within the schedule of purposes
entitled to preference treatment as de-
termined by the priorities board" There
are varying estimates how much steel
will be left over after this course is fol
lowed In some informed quarters the
estimate is ventured. that the surplus
may be about 20 per cent. Some esti-
mates are lower
The schedule, which provides for pref
ference treatment and will control distri.
button of all steel and iron under the new
order, puts ships. including destroyers
and submarine chasers, at the top of the
list. Next is the aircraft program which
has second claim on the mills and foun
dries output.
The rest of the schedule, which covers
: all necessary raw materials. partially
manufactured parts and supplies for com
/ ,pletion of products, in its regular order
! follows:
4 Munitions and supplies for militar,
} and naval operations, including building
construction for government needs ant
i the equipment for SAME
, Fuel and its production, including do
nestle consumption and for nianufactur
| ing the necessities specified in the new
steel and iron program.
Foodstuffs for human consumption ant
, factories handling these products, in
Guiding feedstuffs for domestic animal
and fowls.
Tools, utensils, implements, machiner,
and equipment required for the produc
/, Etion, harvesting, and distribution, milling
preparing, canning and refining foods an
feeds including. seeds or foods and feed
and binder Irvine.