The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-03
ALL les JOIN IN y
POOLING THEIR
VAST RESOURCES
They Are Centralized for More
Efficient Work
WASHINGTON For CENTER
Committee Of Experts TO Handle Raw
Materials, Products, Food, Ship
ping, Trade and Finance.

Washington, Oct. 2--Tho long plan
ned centra.ize control Of all the econ
omic forces Of the nations fighting
Germany is at last fact
II applies the principles OF The un-
fled military command to raw mater
alg. manufactured products, shipping,
finance, food and the export ad I'M
port relations Of the Uaitad States
and the co-belligerents.
The great plan was worked out by
President Wilson's so-called war cab
met and the allied missions II has
been approved by the President and
the premlcrs Of the entente nations
No announcement OF its consumma-
lion has been made here; in fact II
has rather been withheld from pnblici'
az. Some of its details and the fact il
ii actually in operation have become
known through developments in Paris
and London
Coordination Of effort by the as
sociated governments in addition to
military and naval activity amounting
20 centralized control IS built around
shinpinc. munitions. food and finance
Under these special bodies compile
ton OF a common economic and in
dustrial program is now being under
taken. principally ia London and
Paris. and limited 10 the following
eases.
Where Two or more governments
are interested in supplies which must
be transported overseas TO supple
mcnt deficiencies in local production
or where several sources of supplies
should be agreed upon. together with
| me allotment and method OF theil
distribution or utilization; or where
aOmpeiitioa te cen governments II
procuring sappAos 0r a wastefu
duplication Of productive eHoft.
The program VIII be co-ordinaiet
with finance through the inieralliet
finance commissions with shlppins
through the interallied shipping eoun
/ 81. ana with export and import rela
| lions through an interallied board
made up Of representatives OF the
/ American war trade board and sim
llar departments Of the ctner govern
mont
Subordinate to the interallied coun
ellis are being organized commodii!
committees or executives While the
lntorallied councils are composed @
men OF so.caled ministerial or cabi
net rank. the committees viii b'
made up OF men Of lesser position, hu
experts in their particular community
The committees viii ZEE responsible
90 the hye interallied councils. An,
! differences arising as 20 allociatioi
x ships or material or other natter
OF a serious or vital nature. on whici
The members OF the interallied coun
ellis are unable to agree, viii b'
brought TO President Wilson and th'
nremiers Of the allied nations for sci
tlement
Food control already has been cen
tered in London, following Food Ad
minlstrator Hoover's recent visl
abroad to attend the in,eralled con
ference in London One of the re
suits Of his trip. it became known tC
day. was the perfection OF the Pres
dents plan for centralized control
and its acceptances by England
Franco and Italy
Tho entire plan contemplaies IN
cutting Of red tape. elimination g
controversies between the allies j
their fight against the central power
and welding the resources OF the a
= lies into q common pool,