Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
MASTER KEY LIST
| GOVERNS PRIORITY
Four Classes Furnish Basis
4 for Making All Industry
IL Meet Wars Needs.
REPORTS FROM PLANTS

A new pr4orfefes list. superseding an
previous listing and described as the
master key" governing the issuance
of priority certificates for fuel supply
or electrical energy, transportation.
material facilities. capital and labor.
and as the basis for exemption from
the draft. has been announced by
Chairman Baruch Of the War Indus
tries Board.
Its purpose, according to announce
1nent, is not to operate as an embargo
against other industries not named,
but ito defer the requirements of all
other Industries and plants until those
on the preferential list shall have been
satisfied"
Requirements Must Be Met.
Industries have been grouped into
four classes. The classes differ in
degree of necessity as a vital ele-
lnent in the prosecution of the war.
Class ! is the most important, and
its requirements must be met in
preference to those OF the three re-
ina lining classes.
Between the last three classes there
is no complete or absolute preference
provided.
will be required to file with the War
Industries Board before the 18th of
each month a report of it's activities
during the preceding month. Failure
TO comply with this order will mean
removal from the preference list.
Class One.
Glass I allows fuel for consump-
fton in residences apartment houses,
restaurants and hotels. Other groups
in this class include:
Plants principally engaged in pro-
ducing aircraft. supplies and equip
States and the allies; ordnance and
small arms for the United States and
the allies: chemicals for explosives.
ammunition and aircraft. and use in
warfare; metallurgical coke and by
products including toluol; explosives
for military purposes; feed for live
stock and poultry; foods. including
Z; cereals and cereal products. meats,
poultry, fish. vegetables. fruit, sugar,
: sirups. glucose. butter, eggs. cheese,
milk and cream, lard. lard compounds,
oleomargar1ne and other substitutes
for butter Or lard, vegetable oil,
beans, salt, coffee, baking powder,
soda and yeast. and ammonia for re-
frigeration: fungicides. oil and
natural gas for fuel or mechanical
! purposes Qncluding pipe lines and
pumping stations): toluol (gas
plants): ships. other than pleasure
craft or vessels not built for the
United States or the allies or under
license of the shipping board; steel
plates; plants producing solely steel
1ngotS and castings by the various
processes: coal mines. arsenals, can
comments and camps of the Army and
Navy yards: railways operated by the
, United States Railroad Administra-
, ships, excluding pleasure craft, not
common carriers. and maintenance Of
public buildings used as hospitals or
sanatoriums.
Class Two.
Class two-Plant principally en-
gagged in producing locomotive or
travelling cranes, rolling and drawing
copper, brass and other copper alloys,
coke not otherwise classified and list
ed. ferro-alloys, machine tools and
wire rope: blast furnaces producing
pig Iron: steel rail mills (producing
rails over fifty pounds per yard); con-
struction work of the War or NAVY
Department In embarkation ports,
locks. channels. inland waterways and
mines producing metals and ferro,
alloy minerals; street railways; eIc-
trio lighting and power companies:
! gas plants not otherwise classified:
water supply companies and like sen
eral utilities: railways not operated
by the United States, excluding those
operated as plant facilities.
Glass Three.
Class three-Plants engaged prin-
ripally In producing food not other
hEfnA in Ind e.
confectionery and chewing gum; ice,
mining tools and equipment equip
ment and supplies for producing or
transporting oil or gas for mechan-
ical purposes; iron and steel chains.
electrical equipment, explosives not
otherwise listed. tin plate and small
or hand tools for working wood or
metal: fuel and electric energy for
domestic consumers not otherwise
listed: maintenance of public build
ings other than those used as hospi-
tails and eanitariums.
Glass Four.
Glass four-Laundries; plants en-
gagged principally in manufacturing
hemp. 3ute and cotton bags: manu-
featuring chemicals not otherwise
listed: medicines and medical and
brick, gray iron and malleable iron
castings: food containers. insecticides,
soap. tanned leather and tanning ex-
tracts, cotton and wooden textiles, in
GLIDING spinning, weaving and finish
ing: cotton and wooden knit goods,
textile machinery, binder Irvine and
rope; plants engaged exclusively in
manufacturing boots and shoes;
plants. engaged exclusively in manu-
featuring pulp and paper; cotton
COMPRISING; plants engaged prin-
cipally in producing newspapers or
periodicals, which are entered at the
post ot1ce as second-class matter
plants preserving, drying. curing,
packing and storing tobacco, but not
for manufacturing and marketing.