Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1917 — Council of National Defense. [ARTICLE]

Council of National Defense.

The Council of National Defense vas created under an act of congress passed August 29, 1916, and the same act provided for the creation of an advisory commission of seven to act with, under and by the authority of the council. By the terms of the act this council, with the “co-ordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare,” and with the “creation of relations which will render possible In the time of need the Immediate concentration and -utilization of the resources of the nation.” The main body, or central council of defense at Washington, consists of the secretaries of war, navy, Interior, agriculture, commerce and labor. The advisory commission consists of railroad presidents, financiers, manufacturers, educators and specialists In particular lines. The board acts as a clearing house for the war Industry needs of the nation with authority to determine the most effective ways of meeting them, and the best means and methods of Increasing production, including the creation or extension of Industries demanded by the emergency; the relative urgency of the different needs, also considering price factors, Industrial and labor aspects and conditions affecting food supplies and prices. The authority of the council is nation wide.