Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-13
State Organization Informed
Creation of Reconstruction
and Survey Work Body
Completed.
TO DIGEST OPINIONS
Welcomed With
Criticism to Help Solve Prob
lens Facing Country-val-
liable Information at Hand.

The council of national defense has
notified the Idaho state council Of de-
Tense of the creation of a reconstruc-
ton research division or board to
study the serious council problems
that confront the nation and every
state council and to keep them ad-
vised with regard to Developments.
Grosvenor B. Clarkson, director of the
national council. issued the following
statement to the Idaho state council:
The council of national defense has
created reconstruction research di-
VISION. This division is the outgrowth
ct the reconstruction and survey wo tx
Iorgdnized and carried on by Director
3CiSrksUn for the past five months nv
direction of the council and under the
specific authority of the president.
ihc prime intention of this research
organization has not been TO deter
mine policies. 1t has sought To analy2e
the problems of reconstruction and re-
adjustment, to find out what Congress
|apd federal and civic agencies are do
Ing to solve them, and to digest the
Iopinions of experts and responsible
LEADERS of thought concerning the ac-
ItiNities of the federal agencies FAR
Iticularly. Recently a similar study of
|lhe activities of state agencies has
|been started. Through the fled di-
Vision of the council, guiding and co.
|ordinating the work of the $4,000
Iunits of the state. county, community,
|ard municipal councils of defense,
definite information has been gather
led concerning the county and ccm-
|munity reconstruction movements.
TO STUDY SITUATION.
The reconstruction research divi-
|elon will continue to record the al
|justments in trade and shipping made
by the war trade board shipping
board. railroad administration, and
either agencies created to exercisc
control during the war; Comni2Ic
lilies of the orders, releases, and other
|eltIcial documents concerning these
sgercies are being keps and careful
records made of their development,
Organization and discontinuance.
early in the fail the reconstruction
and REIMBURSEMENT work of the various
Federal agencies was recorded. map
ned, and carefully charted The ma
ferial was circulated freely among the
IIeueTal agencies as q oasis lOr Closer
Knit CO. ordination of their activities
|and with the obvious result OF pre-
venting overlapping effort, Almost
ANY one of the reconstruction prob
|lems requires special action on the
part of every federal agency. Demob-
|ilization, for example has required the
efforts OF the treasury, war, interior
agriculture and labor departments,
|and of the shipping board, railroad
administration, and council of national
defense. The charting and recording
|of these activities Will be confined
land expanded. Information has been
|Gnd will continue to be assembled
|eoncerning the readjustment activi-
|ties of private agencies, national and
and the official activi-
tiles of more than score Of foreign
countries. NTH the opening of the
State legislatures a service is being
established whereby their reconsttuc-
|t,on activities are to be tabulated
|f1lms that viii doubtless be of ser
|Siee to other legislatures"