The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-19
NEW CONSTRUCTION
PUT UNDER CHECK
New England Regional Advisor Of War
Industries Board Starts Plan to
Limit Work to the Essential
Industries.

Stuart w Webb, New England advisor
of the war industries board, has turned
over to the state councils OF defense or
the public safety committees Of the
states under his Jurisdiction all informa.
tion which he had gathered relative TO
new construction projects or additions
to buildings in this region, in accord
ance with Instructions from Washington
announcing the formation Of the non war
construction section of the war indus
tries board.
BY new arrangement between the
war industries board and the state coun-
ellis Of defense, all matters pertaining
70 the erecting Of new buildings or alter
ations Of existing buildings will be han.
died directly with the state committee.
Until the formation of the new section,
the regional advisors Office exercised SUI
pervision over all construction work for
the purpose Of conserving materials and
labor, but the work relating to new
buildings assumed such proportions
throughout the country that new sec.
| tion Of the war industries board was
deemed necessary.
According to instructions received
! from Washington by Regional Advisor
| Webb, the state council Of defense viii
supervise all construction or repair work
where more than $500 Is involved, with
the exception Of building operations al.
ready under way. Through its control Of
priorities and by virtue Of the pledges
! secured from manufacturers Of building
| materials not to deliver materials unless
authorized, the war industries board has
power to check all building operations
that are not essential to the prosecu-
! ton Of the war.
| The Massachusetts, committee on pub
! lie safety has already established a com
mittee on eurtailment of nonwar pro-
| duction, of which A c. Ratshesky is
chairman, and the public safety commit
tees Of state councils of defense Of 9th
er states are about to form similar bod
| les to act for the non.war construction
section. Local committees viii be es-
tablished in various cities throughout
each state.
Certain building operations, in add.
ton to those already started, will not
be affected by the new regulations. They
are. Work done directly or under con.
tract with the war department, navy de-
partment, shipping board, bureau Of in
dustrial housing and transportation OF
the department Of labor, United States
housing corporation or the railroad ad'
ministration; work connected with coal
metal and ferro-alloy mines, and public
highway improvements and street pave,
ments when approved by the United
States highways council.
In order to secure a permit for con.
struction project not included in the
above list, the person interested must
submit TO the local committee Tor ap'
proval full statement of the facts
under cath, relative TO the quantity ant
kind of material to be used, the amount
Of labor to be employed, the time to b
consumed in the operation, and other in
formation. After investigating the ne
cessity for the proposed construction tho
local committee will transmit the apph
cation, together with the reasons for ap
! proving it, to the state council Of defense
or the public safety committee. If the
state committee decides in favor of the
construction it will send its recommen
dation to the non-war construction sec
ton Of the priorities division of thu
war industries beard. The final authori
tv to grant or withhold the permit
rests with this section, and it will notify
the state committee of its action. l.
| permit is granted it will constitute Z
warrant to manufacturers and dealers Z
deliver materials required in the licensed
project James H. Walsh, publicity di
vision.