The sun., 1918-04-08
BARUCH GETS
FULL CONTROL
OF PURCHASES
Virtually Will Be Minister
of Munitions Under
New Scheme.
BOARD TO FIX PRICES
Sweeping Powers Over Nearly
Every Industry Will Be
Exercised.
TO FIX PRICES
Specia, DespafcA TO Tnp suN.

WASHINGTON, April 1.--Under a plan
OF reorganization announced to-day BY
Chairman Baruch Of the War Industries
Board. the ordering and delivering Of
war supplies and the management Of
the big industrial problem facing the
country Is to be centralized hereafter
with the chairman Of the board. exer.
cising all the functions Of a Minister OF
Munitions.
The control Of industry and produc.
ton abou. to be assumed by the board
will involve the questions OF national
price fixing. international pooling OF
raw materials and the curtailment and
possible elimination Of less essentials.
In all OF which the board will have Q
directing hand.
Until the Overman bill passes tho au-
thority under which the board will &C,
In its greatly enlarged neld of SUPER
vision over all purchasing agencies will
be that delegated by the President as
commander in chief Of the military
forces Purchasing will be done by ex-
listing agencies but under tho general
direction Of the board.
DsSsRtaests Rsbssssstsa.
The central directing agency In the
new scheme In the Requirements ID.
vision Of the War Industries Board and
is headed by Alexander Legge. Upon
this the War and Navy Departments.
the Shipping Board and Food and Fuel
and Railroad administrations each viii
have representatives.
The needs Of all departments here
after will be submitted to this division.
which thus will be able to furnish Chair
man Baruch with complete information
TO guide him in determining the general
industrial policy Of the country. the or
ga nixation Of production and the re-
location OF industries.
To take charge OF each problem Of
supply q special commodity section has
been created. Each section will have
card indexed capacity Of every manu-
featuring plant handling this particular
commodity. and Its orders. It thus win
have At hand nj! the needed !ntorma-
ton regarding any desired article com
Ing within its jurisdiction and will be
able to make a systematic ALLEGATION. ac-
cording 70 the relative urgency Of the
needs Of the various departments. For
example. should the War and the Navy
Departments each want supply Of GER
tain shapes Of steel. they will lay their
demands before the Requirements Di-
vision and their purchasing agencies be
told just how much TO buy and whore
to place their orders. Purchases Of the
Allies will follow the same plan
VIII share In Meetings.
AZ the meetings OF the commodities
section. at which allotment Of materials
or facilities to MI the requirements is
made the Representatives OF the various
supply departments OF the Government
who are members OF the section will
have full share
II any member OF a commodity section
is dissatisfied with q decision ne may, IL
no wishes. fle a protest with the section
head and also with the head Of his d.
vision or department. Then II. for ex-
ample. he belongs to one Of the Gov
eminent supply departments. his chief
| may appeal for reconsideration to the
War Industries Board. whose decision
will be ANAL. subject only to modinca-
tion by agreement among the chairman
Of the War Industries Board and the
respective Secretaries of War and the
Navy and the chairman OF the Shipping
board. whichever may be tho one inter-
ested In the subject.
In cases where Il becomes necessary
to control an industry in whole or in
part by means OF a,lotments, the appro.
pirate section will determine the ailot-
nents OF materials. commodities and IA
cillties to tho several departments OF
this Government and TO Its allies and
also the extent to which manufacturers
or others. whether serving the civilian
population or engaged In the manufac-
ture of war supplies, shall ne supplied.
When n commodity section comes tn