The Washington herald., 1918-06-07
Rigid Allotment Of Steel to
War Needs by Federal
Board.
MAKING PLEASURE
AUTOS TO BE ENDED
Rules Are Result of Study
of Status in Furnace
Region.
100000 TONS UNTITLED
ORDERS ALREADY ON BOOKS
Entire Supply Under Government
Control-List of Uses
Permitted.

Control-List of Uses
Permitted.
Non-essential industries last
| night were cut OF from steel anS
iron by action of the War Indus
tries Board in agreement with the
American Iron and Steel Institute
The order is effective at once.
No manufacturer not producing
for the war will be permitted tC
have iron or steel, unless every wal
requirement has been satisfied, and
the Director of Steel Supply reports
| that the United States and the al
lies will require all the steel that
can be produced this year.
Expansion of the iron and steel
manufactures Of the country is to
be brought about systematically tc
take care of the increasing war
trade. A committee of the Insti-
tute, with U. Leonard Replogle
steel director, will study the needs
of every department and agency
and make a report with recommen-
dations for the stimulation Of iron
and steel production.
Control OF All Steel.
The entire steel supply of the
nation will be under absolute gov
ernment control by priorities, the
material to be distributed only in
the following order. subject to
changing conditions: -
Ships. aircraft. munitions. mill
tary and naval supplies and opera
tions, for the production of fuel for
essential uses; for the production
Of food and for collateral indus
tries; for clothing manufactury;
railroads; public utilities.
The manufacture of automobiles
| for pleasure purposes is the largest
industry cut of from supplies. This
means there will be no more pleas.
ure cars made duripg the war. Al.
ready, the automobile industry
faced suspension through the re-
striction of chrome ore imports &C
the absolute needs of the govern
ment, in order to save ship tonnage
and chrome ore is essential to au-
tomobile steel. Now the stoppage
of pleasure CA making is certain
Barnard =. Baruch, chairman OF
the War Industries Board, last
night made the following statement
in answer to inquiry concerning the
automobile industry:
Not Enough Steel
There will not be enough steel
for both war needs and civilian
needs. The steel needed for war
purposes will not be curtailed. The
supply for civilian needs must be.
If there should be any surplus. II
will be distributed equitably among
all nonessential industries
That there will be no such sur
plus is indicated, not only by Direc-
tor Replogle's statement that this
war will require every ton, but also
by the fact that the steel mills
now have on their books untitled
orders for steel approximating
17,000.0 900 tons. which is more than
half of the entire product for the
first year of the war.
Furthermore, the steel produc-
tion in prospect is so inadequate to
the known war needs, especially for
ships, which heads the list as
the most essential item of war
needs. that Charles NJ. Schwab, di-
rector general of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, has been giving
much of his time to the expansion
of steel production.
Buildings Included.
Under head of military and naval
operations is included building con-
struction for government neds and
equipment for the same; under the
head of food Is included all tools.
utensils, implements, machinery and
equipment required for production,
; harvesting and distributing, milling,
preparing, canning. refising, Of both
foods and feeds; also coll: teral in
dustries. such as making binder
twine. fertilizers. insecticides and fun
gicides. containers and equipment for
food preservation and refrigeration
The term railroads embraces other
necessary transportation-equipment,
including water transportation.
No steel manufacturing supply OF
facility may be used, even after fill
ing or providing for all orders COW
cred by priorities certificates. unless
the additional orders are for manu-
manufactures embraced within the
priorities list.
Preferred List First.
Provision Is made for non-essen-
tial industries only after every need
Of the preferred list has been taken
care Of, under the certified orders of
priority or by the secondary proyis-
lon OF war uses, not necessarily GER
titled, and then only by written per
mission Of the steel director after
formal application.
Whatever Is left after rneefino, Tho
direct and indirect war requirements
of the United States and the allies
shall be equitably distributed among
the industries not engaged in war
work -
The resolution adopted yesterday
afternoon, as the result Of several con-
ferences between the board and the
institute, reads:
ut is understood and agreed by the
committee on steel and steel products
Of the American Iron and Steel In
sdtute and the War Industries
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