Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-08
Iar Industries Board to ExerciseIts Power
TO CONTROL PRODUCTIONS Es.
 sENTIAL TO WAR
STATEMENT BY BARUCH
The Task of Filling Orders Win Be
 Delegated to Special commodities Divisions of the Board.

Washington, April 7.-Formal an- nouncement was made today by the War Industries Board of it's functions and policy under the broad powers delegated by President Wilson under which the board and it's chairman, Bernard M Baruch, virtually will con- | trol the production and distribution of l every commodity. essential to the pros 1 ecution of the wa
 The recently appointed requirements division will be the central directing l agency through which the policies of ] the chairman are .o be carried out. 1 Through this division the va,riou5 purchasing agencies of the govern
 ment and the allied purchasing com mission will obtain their needs of raw l materials and finished products. These.
 agencies will submit statements of their respective needs as far in ad-
 vance as possible. The task of filling
 orders will be delegated to special l commodities divisions of the board, or to the supply derartments or other
 agencies that may be decided upon.
 To Interfere as Little as Possible.
 Where no shortage exists the. re- quirements division will recommend that the affected department purchase in accord with established practices
 It will let alone what is being success fully done and interfere as little as possible with the present, normal pro- cesscs of purchase and delivery.
 ! Through information gathered by the new division Chairman Barucf
 will determine general industrial
 policy. According to todays announce.
 ment, the requirements of the Amer ican government and the allies can be met if orders and deliveries are syste.
 matically al located according to the
 relative urgency of the needs of tht
 various war activities. Shortage O
 materials is declared to be frequently not actual but result of poorly plan, ned distrib9tion. The purpose of tn, board will be a guide and assist thu
 department through proper allocatio1 of materials.
 Special Commodity Sessions. Special commodity sections hay, been created ot solve problems of sup
 ply involving raw materials and fin iShed pre ducts ard where there is
 threatened CT actual shortage neces
 sitating government control of pric or production fer the protection of tn
 government, the allies or the civil pop :, l;rlatiori, T,ew sections will be- created :. Each section vii, collect if1forrnatioj
 eoneerHing the production of the par ticulari commodity with which it i charged, Is]uding available andr neS sources of supply, and methods to in
 crease, production. Each section chiei laceordine to MT. Barucfls announce iplau will be the sole governmen fagency. for. handling the industry GOV cred by his section
 In the commodity sections will b | centralized the gathering of informa
 tien regarding each industry, to b
 available to the several interested de : partments, the price fixing con1mitte : of the board, and the priority, division l Through the new organization. tn < cf1airman's statement says, confusio : lin the minds of business men as t g the agencies throush which they ar : to deal in furnishing information { e the government will be avoided To Provide For Allies.
 : Anticipation of the prospectiv
 needs of the supply departments ( s the government and the allies as ia l. | in advance as possible will be an i'm
 portant function of the requirement g division. Specific requirements wi l, be referred to the proper comnodit l Section on which there will be repre n sentatives of each of the supply de e partments of the government and tf r., allied purchasing commission. An
 appeal from decisions affecting dis
 ltrlhution will be made to .Chairma
 Baruch whose decision will be ,fina 5 Conversion of existing facilities ft
 rrodUction will be a function of Il y section chiefs in addition to creatic
 and disclosure of new sour ces of SUI
 iply.
 If Market Conditions Will Be considere .et Market tconI;tions affecting mate 1t rials or commodities over which eat ,f section has Jurisdiction will he COT h sidered with relation to the purcha -e ing plans of the government Il Wher,e ie is necessary for the goverl r. mert to control an industry in who d or in part, the section of the industl n involved will determine allotment > material, commodities and facilities
 the various departments of the go F. ernment and the allies and the exte is to which manufacturers and otfe ts shall he supplied, whether serving u re civilian population or engaged in VI
 work
 IT. this. connection representatives
 the fuel and food administrations al
 tie American Red Cross will atte, E the meetings of the requirements the divisions whenever. they are pr K, nare1 to Iresert plans under cons
 err tion5 the consummatien of whi
 wll3 require fuel. supplies. faciIitie 1s electrical power or transportation a k feeting the industries Of the country til The War Industries Board will n, nt it is announced. make inspection ce products for which orders have be Id placed, CT follow up delays. This " i'll devolve unon each department a E. fected Each department howev, ia, will keep the requirements division fl he lv Advised where there is shortar re f. delay in delivery or either is thea j. ened.
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