Evening star., 1951-03-04

Authority was established in
September. The commodity divi-
sion of the Office of Industry and
Commerce of the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce
were transferred to the NPA, and
the export control functions which
had been located with the COM
modify divisions were returned to
the Office of International Trade.
In addition, the Office Of Field
Service of the bureau was as
signed the job of performing the
field programs of the NPA. BY
January /, the OFFS had expanded
its normal complement of AZ
field Offices to SO Offices toward a
planned goal of SO offices. The
Maritime Commission also made
considerable internal organiza-
ton adjustments to meet its re-
sponsibilities in connection with
the defense effort. A new Office
of Ship Construction was created
and several other internal changes
were made. Minor internal
changes also occurred in the Bu-
reau of Standards, where an
ordnance development division,
missile development lewiston.
and supply division were created.
Defense Department (Off1ce of
the Secretary of Defense)-The
position Of Assistant Secretary
administrative and Public AZ
fairs) has been abolished and the
position of Assistant Secretary
(Manpower and Personnel) has
been established. In addition, two
new Offices have been set up: Mil
itary Traffic Service. to provide
under one authority efficient and
economical traffic departments of
the Defense Department: and Of
fee of Guided Missiles to provide
competent advice for the direc-
ton and coordination Of activi-
ties connected with research. de-
velopment. and production of
guided missiles. Also. an Office
of North Atlantic Treaty Affairs
has been established, and the Of
flee of Medical Services and the
Armed Forces Medical Advisory
Committee have been abolished
and ana Armed Forces Medical
Policy Council established to per-
form the functions previously as
signed to these two separate
groups.
New Air Commands Created.
The Department of the Air
Force-Three new commands and
a financial division have been
created. They are the Northeast
Air Command, the Tactical Air
Command. the Air Defense Com
mand, and the Air Force Finance
Division.
Department of the Army-With
the exception of some minor
transfers of school and training
activities from the armies to the
appropriate technical or admin
istrative services, there have been
no organizational changes.
Department of the Navy-Four
new units have been added. They
are the Physical Disability Ap-
peal Board. which considers in
dividual rebuttals in cases where
there is disagreement between the
Physical Review Council and
Physical Evaluation Boards; the
Physical Review Council, the AS
sistant Chief for Research and
Development, Bureau of Aero
nautics; and the Military Occu-
pational Classification Project.
Interior Department-Staff di-
visions have been created for each
Of the three resource Assistant
Secretaries-Water and Power,
Minerals, and Land Management
and the abolishment of the Di-
vision of Power and the Offices
Of Land Utilization which were
program divisions reporting di-
rectly to the Secretary. Under
the new plan. each resource AS
sistant Secretary will have a
division reporting to him to assist
in program development and in
directing and supervising the bu-
reaus and agencies which report
to the particular Assistant Secre-
tary. The Oil and Gas Division
was relieved of all functions ex-
cept enforcement of the so-called
Connally Hot Oil Act, it's ether
functions being transferred to the
Petroleum Administration for
Defense. This was done in recog-