The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-05-23
PLACES READJUSTMENT DATA Ar
COMMAND OF the BUSINESS WORLD
Research Division Of the Council Of National Defense Offers All It's
FacIites to Aid in Reorganization Of Industry and
Resumption Of Trada-Burden Of Reconstruct
lion Must Fail ON Industry

Washington--The council oe national
defense announces its readiness 10
place ut the command of the business
world the information conlaineu III
the voluminous collection OF d''a
brought together classified, indeNeu''
and partly digesteh by its recohsIruc-
ton research division. 1t also Offers
the services OF this dIvision' IN tlle
procurement of such further specla'
information as may be desired ana
which may aid in the reorganization
of industry ana the resumption OF
trade, or which may in amy other
manner promote progress in u" recon
structi0n.
Just what the information here Of
fered consists Of may he Indicated best
by reference to some Of its sources ana
by mention of few subjects under
which the material is subclaSsiied;
Official Information-Th division
has undertaken TO chart all the led
eral official bodies that have a point
Of contact With rehabilitation or re-
construction. and 10 possess iirst-haii"
up-to-date information as TO ace@m'
pishnIents and plans Of each s'!rh DodJ
or bureau. Furthermore, Grmigh lts
field service" branching on! into lSt''
coo state county, and coAlmuniiy or
ganizatinns including some 1890 woi'
to. otNot,lnil q
maintain direct contact With c"ery
sort Of STATE ana local reconstruction
activity in he LAND. A digest is KEEP
Of Statc reconstruction news.
d0reigr ReconstrucrOn-The G=Ti'
sion has access TO every important re
port Or fofeign reconstruction actiTfty,t
nrc,.0Scd or accomplished ia, Teache$
This country. II also has access to sn<
best information there is on filreisn
commercial industrial, and financial
conditions and prospects. A digeSt IS
kerd of foreign reconstruction new
Domestic Business B0ckground--Tht
division las official contact With III
TIE war administration boards hn.
rear,;, aHd investigation @omElisaion rs
WI! rs with the federal Departments
1sre,aSeKes. THUS it ir:s excess 81
a great deal CT statistical and otheI
unpublished information, ranging all
the way from domestic prices data
ard production estimates, wage dat
labor supply problems; to notes or
foreign production, the fOrcigr labor
and emigration situation, foreign mar
ket conditions. and finance. The divi-
SIGN has advices as TO which industries
and which sections OF our country are
picking up and making their >recon-
struction establishments the more
prolnisingly. OF course such a range
Of information, covering physical re-
sources and available goods, the money
and credit outlook, relative price and
price tendencies, foreign prospects, and
the trend of actual business develop
ment as represented by reports of
current projects and undertakings
throughout the United States-such Il
survey must tend to yield more relia-
BILE impressions as TO what the flu
ture may be expected to bring than
can be derived from the more restrict
ed basis of judgment Of the average
business group.
Devices of Clipping Bureaus.
Public Opinion and General Infor-
mation-The division has its own clip
ping bureau, supplemented by the
service Of the chief commercial clip
ping bureaus. Thus it is enabled to
sift practically everything in public
print that has bearing upon any
phase of reconstruction. All this ma
terial is classified, indexed, and made