Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-06

Washington, March 3.-Reorganiza- ton of the, War Industries Board with i Bernard NJ. Barueh of New York as chairman and with vastly increased l powers to control the output of Amer | jean industry during the war, was an | nounced today by President Wilson.
 Final determination of all questions i Of priority in deliveries to any depart i ment of the United States government i tand to the allies is vested in the board and it is charged with CO., -ordinating and anticipating the needs of any of these. creating or improving facilities for production aiad advising as to prices.
 Much of the power is given to the chairman, with the board acting in an advisory capacity. and he the pres i iGent says, should ''act as the general ieye of all supply departments in the 1 fold of industry
 1 Through the board it is proposed to eliminate all competition for supplies 1 between the various departments and theN allies, thus meeting in 9 measure ], ct least. the demand in congress for oentralization of rewer. There were suggestions today that the action now
 announced was one Of the steps con 1 templated by the president when he sent to the senate the bill now pending to enlarge his powers for reorganiz- Ling. and CO., ordinating government agencies. and that the delay in. bring 1 ing the, measure to 8 vote caused him
 ts, proceed witheIlu waiting for legis- 1ation. If the bilIsis passed it will be ' hossfble to make more specific some rl off the authority now given tEesFT1f. iduktriess boa rd.
 T The f1resident prescribed the new
 duties Of the board in letter to Mir.
 "arueh requesting him to accent the II chairInansbip as successor to Daniel
 Willard. who recently resigned to de
 vote his entire attention to his duties as president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and as ehairi11an of the ad- { visory commission of the Council of National Defense.
 Presidents Letter.
 The presidents letter to MT. Baruch follows:
 q am writing. t0 ask if you will not
 accept appointment. as chairman of the war industries board, and am going to take the liberty at the. same time of outlining the functions. the consti-
 tuition and action of the board as
 think they should now be established
 "'Fhe functions of the board should be-:
 : "d): The creation of new facilities l and the disclosing if necessary ths :, opening up, of new or additiona
 sources of supply
 t "f2l: The conversion Of existing g facilities where necessary to new uses ,, "(3): The studious conservation ot ,. resources and facilities by scientific
 commercial and industrial economies. a "(4l: Advice to the several pur a chasing agencies, of the governmen ). with regard to the prices to be paid e "(5): The determination, wherevel
 necessary of prioritie sof production
 and of delivery and of the proportion: q of any given article to be made imme e liately accessible to the several pur c, chasing agencies when the supply O . that article is insufficient, either tenn
 porarily or permanently.
 # Making of Purchases for Allies. x "(6): The making of purchases fo e the allies.
 l, "The board should be, constituted a
 at present and should retain, so far a
 necessary and so far as eonsisten l. with. the. character and purposes o Is tie reorganization. it's present advis r, ory agencies: but the ultimate decis d ion of all questions, except the deter
 imitation of prices. should rest alway
 with the chairman, tlse other member j. acting in a cooperative and advisor Ie capacity. 2 The further organization o s, advice I will indicate below, l. '9n the determination of prioritie of production. when it Is not possibl s' tc have the full supply Of any articl e, that is needed produced at once tn lg chairman should be assisted and S in far as practicable guided. by the pres n ent priorities organization or it's equi t. valent.
 Priorities of Deliveries. al Tn the determination. of prioritie d of delivery. when they must be deter CT mined. he should be assisted when ne se cessary in addition to the present ad l. Eyisorv priorities organization by tn
 advice and cooperation of a commit
 tee constituted for the purpose an " consisting of official representatives { or the food administration, the fuel ad g. tninistration the railway administra y ton. the shipping board and the ws B. trade board. in order that when 2 pri A ority of delivery has been determine
 there may be common, consistent an
 concerted action to carry it into effec or Tn the determination of prices u g. chairman should be governed by tf on advice of a committee consisting, bt oy sides himself, of the members of u ee. board immediately charged with Il he study of raw materials and of. manl
 Isfactured products. of the labor men
 Der 0f tlie board Of the chairman
 the Federal Trade Commission, u lc lchairman of the tariff commission aI 4 the fuel administrator
 re Should Be Constantly informed. [. AThe chairman should be constant
 and systematically informed of z en contracts, purchases and deliveries, es order. that he may have always wi i'd him a systematized analysis of the. pr ng preEs of business ii1 the several supp IT. divisions of the government in all d he partments
 as The duties of the chairman are: it. Duties of the Chairman. he .(I): To act for the joint and SC of eral benefit of all the supply depar
 ments of. tae government.