Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-19
NAMES
 JULIUS H, BARNES J. WHEAT DIRECTOR
Will Handle 1919 Crop And Administer $1,000,000,000
 Appropriation.

New York, April IS Julius H. Barnes, president of the Federal Grain corporation, has been appointed wheat director of the United States by President Wilson, it was announced tonight at the office of the food ad- ministration in this city.
 Mir. Barnes will direct the handling of the entire 1919 wheat crop and will administer the $1,e0o,00O,000 fund appropriated by congress to take care of the crop under the government guaranteed price. He was selected for the place, it was announced, upon recommendation of Herbert Hoover. In addition to the administration of the $100O, 100000 fund, MT. Barnes will remain president of the $150,- OOO,0OO government grain corporation, which will continue to function as the commercial agency for carrying out the government policies and which also acts as the purchasing represen tative of the American relief admin
 istration.
 President Wilson said in his ca ble to Mir. Barnes, requesting him to become WnedC ulIeClOI.
 Responsible To Wilson. 1 Your responsibility will be direct ly to myself after Mir Hoover's re- , tirement as chairman of the grain l corporation on July list. The eXpe- rience which you have gained and l the success which you have attained in handling the wheat and cereal crop under the food administration
 has been so generally recognized by
 expressions from the different sec tions of the country that I feel it
 would be national loss if we could
 not have your services continued un-
 til the completion of this most im-
 portant national undertaking.
 "I should like to take this occasion
 to express the high appreciation and l gratitude which l have for the serv- l ices performed not only by yourself,
 but by the directors, vice-presidents,
 and other members of the grain cor poration. The sacrifice which these gentlemen have given in time of national emergency, the skill and in tegrity with which they have carried out so difficult an economic under
 taking is one which I am sure the
 whole of our people must appreciate
 lam in hope that these gentlemen
 will remain with you in this service
 and I would be glad if you would convey to each of them my personal gratitude for the exhibition of sacri- flee and willingness to national ser vice which is so promising to the fu- ture welfare of our people,"
 Cables Acceptance.
 MT. Barnes ill his cabled accept ance, replied: I
 '1 appreciate most gratefully your , expression of approval of the work of myself and my associates in the , grain corporation for the past two years under MT. Hoover and I shall convey with great pleasure and pride to those associates the personal ap , preciation you so generously ex. . press. We have no mlsconeeption re- garding the scope of the large prob
 lems to be met in administering just ly, the national wheat price guaranty
 this coming year.
 9 "Only care and patience and z : great desire to use influence and au | thority justly can find the right solu
 tion and with your kind invitation tt carry these problems directly to your { self, I accept the responsibility yo, . tender with sincere desire on m. { part to discharge it's duties in th' : interests of our whole people, and : shall endeavor to carry into that ser d vice also my present assistants e possessing already, as believe the, lido, the public confidence"