Evening star., 1941-10-12
State Department
Revamped 10 Press
Anti-Axis Drive
New Caribbean Office
Set Up TO Strengthen
Economic Cooperation
By GARNETT ID. HORNER.

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the State Department, to lntegrate
more closely the departments activ-
tiles in the economic warfare pro-
gram against the Axis and to put
new emphasis on relations with
countries in the Caribbean area was
announced yesterday.
A new Board of Economic Opera
tions was given general supervision
over the activities of a number OF
divisions having functions in con-
nection with the economic defense
of the United States and was
charged with co-ordinating these
activities with those OF other Gov
ernment agencies.
In order to strengthen social
and economic cooperation between
this country and its possessions and
bases in the Caribbean area with
other nations and colonies in that
region. new Caribbean Office was
established to function under the
American republics and the Euro
pean Affairs Divisions.
The reorganization program also
involved abolition of the Division of
Controls, which has had charge of
issuing licenses for export of arms
and other materials under export
restrictions. Much of this divisions
functions have been taken over by
the Economic Defense Board, head
ed by Vice President Wallace. Re-
naming functions were assigned to
other units of the department.
Green Heads Special Division.
Joseph C. Green, former chief of
the Division of Controls, was ap-
pointed a special assistant to Sec
retary Hull and made chief of the
Special Division, which handles
problems arising from the war which
do not come under the jurisdiction
of other departmental units.
Assistant Secretaries of State
Dean Acheson and A. A. Berle, jr.;
DR.. Herbert Feis, adviser on inter-
national economic affairs; DR.. Leo
Pasvolsky, special assistant to the
secretary, and the chiefs of the
Commercial Policy and Agreements,
Exports and Defense Aid, Defense
Materials, Studies and Statistics,
World Trade Intelligence and For
eign Funds and Financial Divisions,
were named members of the Board
of Economic Operations.
Mr.. Acheson was designated
chairman of the board, with Mr
Berle and DR.. Feis as vice chair
men. Emilio G. Collado, formerly
an assistant chief of the Amer
lean Republics Division, was made
executive secretary of the board
All the divisions whose chiefs were
named members of the board are
newly-created, except those of
World Trade Intelligence and of
Commercial Policy and Agreements
The name of the latter was changed
from the former designation OF
Commercial Treaties and Agree
ments.
LiaisOn Duties Assigned.
A concurrent move to integrate
State Department policies with the
new Office of Co-ordinator of In
formation, headed by Col. William
j. Donovan, and other Government
agencies concerned with disseminat-
ing information to counter Axis
propaganda, involved the assigning
of liaison duties to the department S
Division of Current Information.
Robert T. Pell, assistant chief of
the European Affairs Division, was
made an acting assistant chief of
the &C. l." Division to assist Michael
j. McDermott, division chief, "in
this new field of authority"
Coert du Bois, recently consul
general in Havana, was appointed
chief Of the new Caribbean Office,
which was given original iurisdic-
ton" over matters relating to "the
interplay between the countries, COL
onies and possessions in the Carib-
bean area of social and economic
conditions"
The new divisions under the Board
OF Economic Operations were as
signed functions largely described
by the titles of the divisions.
Bum Acting Exports Chief.
Charles Bum, special assistant to
the Undersecretary of State, was
made acting chief of the Exports
and Defense Aid Division, with
Charles Yost, former assistant chief
of the Division of Controls, as as
sistant chief.
Thomas K. Finletter. special as
sistant to Secretary Hull, was named
acting chief of the Defense Materials
Division.
Lynn Edminister, another special
assistant to the secretary, was desig-
mated as acting chief of the new
Studies and Statistics Division.
Frederick Livesey, an assistant to
Mr.. F'eis, was made acting chief of
the new Foreign Funds and F'inan-
cial Division.