The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-03
ALLIES POOL ALL
OF WAR RESOURCES
U. s. Central Control Plan of
Economic Forces Now
in Operation.
RED TAPE is ELIMINATED
War, Shipping, Finance, Mu-
nitiOns and Food Unified
to Speed Victory.

WARRINGTON. Oct. 1.-The long
planned centralized control Of all the
economical forces OF the nations fighting
Germany is at last a fact. 1t applies
the principles OF the unified military
command to raw materials, manufac-
tured products. shipping. finance, food
and the export and import relations Of
the United States and the co-bciliser-
ents.
The great plan was worked out by
President Wilson's so-cailed War Cabi-
net and the allied missions. 1t has been
approved by the President and the Pre-
miers of the Entente nations. That II Is
actually In operation became known
through developments In Paris and Lon
don.
Work of Capitalization.
Coordination OF effort by the associated
Governments In addition to military and
naval activity. amounting to centralized
control. Is built around the i've inter-
allied oouncils-war, Shipping. NUM-
lions. Food and Finance. Under these
special bodies completion OF a common
economic and industrial programme is
now being undertaken. principally In
London and Paris. and limited to the fol-
lowing cases:
Where two or more Governments are
interested In supplies which must be
transported overseas to supplement de-
hciencies In local production. or where
several sources Of supplies should be
agreed upon. together with the allotment
and method of their distribution or
utilization. or where there might without
agreement be competition between Gov
ernments In procuring supplies or a
wasteful duplication of productive effort.
Plans for Programmes.
The programmes will be coordinated
with France through the Interallied FL
nance Commission. with shipping through
the Interallied Shipping Council and with
export and import relations through an
Interallied Board made up of heads or
representatives OF the American War
Trade Board and similar departments OF
the other Governments.
Subordinate to the interalhed councils
are being organized commodity commit
tees or executives.
The committees will deal directly with
virtually all materials and commodities
for the prosecution of the war. These
include nitrates. tungsten and tin, inter-
Hhtiohoi pOoiihB d6teeHhehto iof Whcii
have recently been effected in Paris and
London: non-ferrous metals. iron and
steel, hides and leather rubber. wool
and all other raw materials or manufac-
tured products Of which there may be a
shortage or where competitive and ship
ping conditions and the local production
and distribution situation make desira-
BILE. Pooling agreements for these latter
will be effected as the necessity arises.
The committees will be responsible to
the five interallied councils.
Food control already has been centred
In London. following Food Administrator
Hoover's recent visit abroad.
The Munitions Council will meet in
Paris with two American representa-
tives. Assistant Secretary of War Stet-
tinius for the War Department and L. l..
Summers OF the War Industries Board,
personal representative OF Chairman
Baruch Of that organization.
The entire plan contemplates the cut
ting OF red tape. elimination of con-
troversles and welding the resources OF
the Allies into a common pool and to
provide the machinery to handle all
problems
The theory Of the organization Is based
on the mistakes OF the Allies early In
the war. America through its position
as the storehouse of the world and not
less through President Wilson's world
leadership accepted by the Allies. prob
ably will be the guiding hand in the
plan for centralized control.