Evening star., 1918-08-08
SURPLUS SUPPLIES
WILL Be DIVIDED
From Those That Have, War
Industries Board Warns,
Shall Be Taken.
PENALTY ON F0REsIGHTED

Chairman Barnard Baruch of the War
Industries Board has given warning
that manufacturers throughout the
country must expect to make sacrifices
for the benefitsof the public welfare in
the conduct OF their enterprises wher-
ever the public interest and their own
business may come in conflict.
Mr. Baruch indicated that the War
Industries Board will not hesitate. to
steel and other essential war material
when needed by the government and
when located in the possession Of indi-
viduals.
Division to Be Forced.
! 1t has been found that some manufac-
| turers with vision who foresaw L
shortage of material, stocked up their
establishments in advance OF the gov
vernment's curtailment order. These
forehanded gentry will be sought out by
the government first and made to divide.
| One wise one boasted Of his pre-
science in laying in a full supply OF
/! coal. Now the Fuel Administrator is
/ on his trail and will make hole IN his
coal pile.
| War Industries Board. to make the
manufacturers subservient to the
| needs of war prs5uction, is in line
w the prevailing general policy
which rules throughout all national
affairs. from the drafting of the in
dividual for military service, the tax
i ing of incomes and profits to the ulti-
mate extreme of governmental con-
troll Of all vital affairs OF business;
production: transportation laaa so aa ana
ed by the exigencies of war. and ap-
proved by Congress. the executive
and the administrative branches of The
government
International Pool Proposed.
And the policy goes further than
| even national application to the
/ United States. Through cooperation
| with the allies, there is to be, upon
an international scale, pooling OF re.
| sources and division of raw material
among the users. according to the ne
| cessities of the situation.
! At this time there are five interal-
! lied councils in Europe. working to
bring about unity in production and
| distribution as well as in military ac-
ton. Trey include the commission
on finance, Herbert Hoover's food
/ w, d
council and the munff4ons council
q. S. Experts Arrive in London.
Arrival in London of L. L. Sunfrers.
a member of the War Industries
! Board and its technical adviser. with
a party of ten other experts, is. an
| nounced by the War Industries Board.
In the party with Mr.. Summers are:
Chandler P. Anderson. counsel of the
War Industries Board on international
matters; George NJ Armsby, chief of
the tin section: Albert NJ Patterson,
| chief of the foreign wool section;
Lincoln Hutchinson, mineral expert;
John Hughes, tin specialist; Edward
A. Pierce, formerly of the raw ma
1 terials division of the board; Paul
! Mackall. chief of the rail. alloy steel
and projectile bar section of the steel
| division; Frederick K. Nixon, Arthur
D. whiteside, Henry Boyd, leather
section, and James B. Mahoney. sec
| retary They will confer with repre-
sentatives of the allied natioiIs on the
various interallied councils.
Conservation of shipping space.
shortening of ship hauiage. better
methods of distributing materials and
means of preventing imitation will be
discussed.
There are now five interallied coun-
ellis in Europe func:ioning toward
ultimate unity of purpose. They are
the war council. shipping council.
munitions council. food council and
commission on finance.