Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-06-13
Research Division Of the Council of National Defense Offers All Its
Facilities to Aid in Reorganization Of Industry and
Resumption Of Trade-Burden Of Reconstruct
ton Must Fall on Industry.

Washington-The council Of national
defense announces It's readiness to
place at the command Of the business
world the information contained IN
the volunlinous collection Of data
brought together, classified, indexed.
and partly digested by its reconstruc-
ton research division. It also offers
the services Of this division In the
procurement Of such further special
Information as may be desired and
which may aid In the reorganization
Of industry and the resumption of
trade, or which may In any other
manner promote progress In the recon
structlon.
Just what the information here Of
fered consists of may be indicated best
by reference to some of its sources and
by mention Of few subjects under
which the material Is subclassifed:
Oflcial InfOrmation-The division
has undertaken to chart all the fed
eral Official bodies that have a point
Of contact with rehabilitation or re-
construction. and to possess flrst-hand,
up-to-date information as to accom-
plishments and plans of each such body
or bureau. Furthermore, through its
''field SERVICE" branching out into 1884,
600 state, county, and community or
CARNATIONS, including some 1000 wom-
ems units, the division Is enabled to
maintain direct contact with every
sort Of state and local reconstruction
activity In the land. A digest is kept
of state reconstruction new2.
Foreign Reconstruction-The diH-
sion has access to every important re-
port Of foreign reconstruction activity,
proposed or accomplished, that reaches
this country.
Domestic Business Background-The
division has official contact with all
the war administration boards, bu-
reaus, and investigation commission, as
we'll as with the federal departments
themselves Thus it has access to
great deal of statistical and other
unpublished information, ranging all
the way from domestic prices data
and production estimates, wage data,
labor supply problems; to notes on
foreign production, the foreign labor
and emigration situation, foreign mar
ket conditions, and finance. The divi-
sion has advices as to which industries
and which sections Of our country are
picking up and making their recon
structiOn readjustments the more
promisingly. OF course such 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 a
survey must tend to yield more relia-
Bile Impressions as to what the fu-
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-
division has it's 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 a bearing upon any
phase Of reconstruction. All this ma
terial Is classified. indexed, and made
ready for reference. The Industrial
or financial organization or trade
paper that chooses to tap this resource
will no doubt find unexpected stores
Of information. From the siftings of
Its incoming information the division
Issues daily digest of reconstruction
news, intended primarily for the use
Of the council and government blu.
reaus, but available also TO 0ther In.
stitutiOns whose relations to recon.
problems are such as to en-,
title them to the service.
In thus proposing to extend Its serv.
Ice. the council opens to the business
public probably the largest and most
complete assembly of up-tO-the-minute
Information in exist
ence. The undertaking also implies
the proffer to industry and commerce