Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1918 — WILL NAME BARUCH [ARTICLE]

WILL NAME BARUCH

WILSON TO APPOINT NEW YORKER HEAD OF WAR INDUSTRIES. Commissidn to Be- Organized to Fit More Closely With Other War Machinery of Government. Washington, Feb. 1. —President Wilson has selected Bernard N. Baruch of New York as chairman of the war industries board to succeed Daniel Willard, resigned, according to information from sources close to the president. The president, it is predicted, will announce the appointment of Mr. Baruch in a day or two. At the same time it is understood announcement will be made of a general organization of the board to make it fit more closely with the mar-making machinery of the government. The president had a conference with Bardch and Secretary Baker, at which the matter is said to have been discussed at length. Mr. Baruch is at present a member of the bohrd. He has charge of all questions connected with the purchase of raw materials for the United States and allied governments. Mr. Willard resigned recently on the ground that his services could be used to better advantage by operating the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, of which he is president, under government control. Mr. Baruch, while a member of the war industries board, brought about reductions in prices on various materials needed by the government and the allies, including copper and other metals. Just what Changed are to be made in the organization of the board has not been disclosed. The suggestion is made it might be made to function along the lines of the proposed war cabinet. The executive committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, which has urgently demanded a greater centralization of co-ordinating functions in the government, had a long conference with Secretary Baker.