Evening star., 1921-07-27
DAWES TAKES STEP
TO CONTROL SALES
Continued from First Page.D

of supply in corps areas to select
those classes of stocks which repre-
sent substantially tn. bulk of tn"
money value of all stocks. and con-
.centrate upon these until disposed OF
ut shall be the duty of the chief
co-ordinator to advise as to the
methods of expeditinx the inventories
Of Surpl Is stocks in tn. possession or
the various departments and .nde-
! endent establishr .ents of the gov
ernment concerned.
"He shal! advise the department
h,; ds upon policy governing the
sales of commodities Held surplus iii
mere than one departing mt Of the gov
ornment. which policy shall aim tn
insure uniformity in prices receiTe1 l
and tend to protect the state of the
The co-ordinating officer assigned
20 each territorial subdivision of the
United States and it's ,Xtra-continen~
tai possessions shall exercise within.
his area such like supervisory pow
crs over the purcl asing functions of
the several departments and cstab-
lishments as may he required CT him
by the chief co-ordinator at the seat
of Eovernmsn in cooperation WITH
tie depa rtment heads.
I'm each executive department and
independent establishment OF the gov
ernment there shall be director of
purchases and a director Of sales. who
shall coordinate all activities involv-
ing purchases and sales within their
respective departments and be in di-
rect liaison with the chief co-ordi-
nator, to whom they shall furnish
copies of all their surplus property
reports. These directors Of purchases
and sales shall be subject to call by
the chief co-ordinator for conference
in all matters involving the co-ordi-
nation of sales and purchases in the
various departments Of the govern
ment service"
Orxanisatio. IL Independent.
while the necessity for using ex-
isting agencies to promptly meet the
general situation requires for this or
ganization the detail to this duty Of
those already in different departments
Of the; public service, this sorgant1a-
tion is Independent Of any DEPART
ment." Gen. Dawes said. THE word
ing Of the order must not create the
impression that the War and Navy
Departments are being placed in con-
troll of the organization. because Of
the fact that. for supply and purchase
coordination purposes. the country ie
divided along the lines of the present
corps areas of the Army and some
Army and Navy officers may be used
in it. Experienced men will be Sc
lected. Irrespective of the present de-
parrment status.
1T will be noted also that the CO.
ordinating machinery set up by the
order does not interfere with existing
departmental authority. save in the
matter Of coordination Of action.
which can be properly accomplished
by executive order alone. Under
the order there is set up the machin-
cry to facilitate interdepa rtmentai
transfers of property. Negotiation be-
tween the departments as to the price
at which surplus material Is trans
ferred from one to the other is rem
dered unnecessary by the authority
given to the co-Ordinattng supply
officers in the different corps areas to
fax the price at which the bookkeep-
ing entries incident to such transfer
are made. This co-ordinating ma
chinery also will be concerned in the
systematizing of government pur-
machinery immediate relief to the
existing situation is expected. and 1t
will continue to function pending the
study Of the question of whether or
not better machinery can be instftut,
ed through legislation. Its operation
will provide an opportunity for the
executive and Congress to determine
whether or not the purchase and
surplus supply situation will be bet
ter handled by a central organization
created by law or by the continuance
and improvement of this System.
which Is one Of the coordination Of
existing agencies"