PUBLISHED DAZLY under order of THE PRESIDENT of THE UNITED JTATES' by COMMITTEE on PUBLIC INFORMATZON GEORGE CREEL, Chairman * * * COMPLETE Record of U. S. GOVERNMENT Activities IVor. 2 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918. No. 480 NEW WAR TRADE BOARD CONCERNING RULES Mr. Glass Nominated to CORRESPONDENCE REGULATING PROCEDURE FOR Be Secretary of Treasury CESSATION OF ACTIVITIES OF EXPORTING GOODS TO HOLLAND THE WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD The nomination of Representa- AGREEMENT WITH NETHERLANDS tive Carter Glass, of the 6th Vir- PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO ITS HEAD ginia district, present chairman of Trade Arrangement With Associated the House Committee on Banking Accepts Resignation with Regret and and Currency, to be Secretary of Governments Concerning Licenses the Treasury to succeed William Asks Him to Continue as Adviser Effective at Once--Valid Only for G. McAdoo, was sent to the Senate to Departments Taking Over Part Shipments Under Dutch Flag. to-day. of Board's Work. The War Trade Board announces, in a THE WHITE HosE, new ruling (W. T. B. R. 365), that a Washington, November 30, 1918. trade arrangement has been concluded be- Treasury Certificates My Dear Mr. Chairman: tween the Netherlands Government and Allow me to acknowledge the receipt the Associated Governments. Called for Redemption of your letter of November 19, about con- Pursuant to said arrangement, the fol- cluding the labors of the War Industries lowing regulations, governing the proced- The following announcement is author- Board, and to say that-while I agree with of li- ure with respect to the issuance ized by Secretary McAdoo: the conclusions to which you have come, censes for the exportation of commodities and deem It best as you do that the activi- to European Holland, are effective imme- Notice to holders of United States ties of the board as such should cease diately. The previous announcement Treasury certificates of indebtedness of with the 1st of January next, it is with with respect to such regulations (W. T. Series IV E, dated September 3, 1918, a feeling of very sincere regret that I B. R. 287, Oct. 25, 1918) is hereby with- and maturing January 2, 1919. see this admirable and efficient agency drawn. All United States Treasury certificates discontinued. I have constantly felt the Applications for License. of indebtedness of Series IV E, dated spirit and quality of the work it has September 3, 1918, and maturing Janu- of 1. Exporters should apply for licenses ary 2, 1919, are hereby called for redemp- been doing, and it has been a source to the War Trade Board, Bureau of Ex- ac- great confidence to me in the prosecution tion on December 19, 1918, at par and of the war that the tasks of the board ports, Washington, D. C., using Form X crued interest pursuant to the provision concur and such supplemental information sheets for such redemption contained in the cer- were in such hands. I entirely concerning the commodity as are re- in your estimate of the services of your tificates. On December 19, 1918, inter- associates, and I want to add my own quired. est on all certificates of said series will of the 2. Before filing applications for export cease to accrue. conviction that the chief cause licenses, exporters must obtain from the success of the board and of its happy re- W. G. McAnoo, lations with the departments of the Gov- prospective importer in Holland advice Secretary of the Treasury. ernment has been your own ability, tact, that there has been issued by the Nether- Dated December 4, 1918. lands Overseas and devotion to duty. It is with the ut- Trust an import certifi- most regret that I accept your resigna- cate covering the proposed consignment. tion, and I shall beg that you still not 3. The number of the import certificate leave Washington but continue to lend us of the Netherlands Overseas Trust should so be forwarded by the importer in Holland Adriatic Sails for U. S. the advice which has been all along to the American exporter, and must be valuable to us. specified on Supplemental Information With 2,303 Troops Aboard As I have told you orally, I think that Sheet I just the right course is being followed in X-119 (or X-102), which must be I handing over to the proper permanent de- duly executed and annexed to the appli- cation for export license before The Chief of Staff announces that partments those activities of the board same is with Which the Government- ought not filed with the War Trade Board. transport Adriatic sailed from Liverpool permanently to dispense. All Applications Considered. on the afternoon of December 1 for New Cordially and sincerely, yours, 4. The War Trade Board will now con- York with the following troops: WOODRow WILsoN. hider applications for the exportation to 88th Aero Squadron, 3 officers, 134 men. Hon. BERNARD M1.BARUCH, 338th Acro Squadron, 4 officers, 144 men. European Holland of all commodities. 336th Aero Squadron, 3 officers, 129 men. Chairman, War Industries Board. 5. All shipments to European Holland 334th Aero Squadron, 2 officers, 18 men. must be consigned directly to and only to 472d Aero Squadron, 4 officers, 144 men. NOVEMBER 29, 1918. 377th Aero Squadron, 4 officers, 179 men. the Netherlands Overseas Trust. 837th Aero Squadron, 3 officers, 108 men. MY DEAR 21R. PRESIDENT: 6. Licenses will be valid only for ship- 4th Construction Co., Air Service, 5 officers, The main function of the War Indus- ment on vessels flying the Dutch flag. 244 men. tries Board was to obtain the materials 6th Construction Co., Air Service, 5 officers, 261 men. required for carrying out the military Credit of $23,764,036 7th Construction Co., Air Service, 5 officers, program of the United States and the 230 men. allies, with as little dislocation of indus- Extended to Greece 8th Construction Co., Air Service, 3 officers, try as possible. To do this it was neces- 242 men. sary In some instances to restrict nonwar 'The Secretary of the Treasury has es- 9th Construction Co., Air Service, 5 officers, production, and to fix maximum prices. tablished a credit of $23,764,036 in favor 242 men. With the signing of the armistice and the of Greece, making a total of $39,554,036 Casuals Medical Detachment, 4 officers, 17 consequent cancellation of contracts, men. of ma- for Greece, and a total for all the allies Casuals, 40 officers, 1 man. there was no longer a shortage of $8,220,340,702. Total, 90 officers, 2,213 enlisted men. terials, and the War Industries Board i- 2 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918, mediately removed its curtailments. In like manner, the necessity for maximum IRON PIPE MAXIMUM PRICES 112 WAR AIRPLANES ASSIGNED - prices is disappearing, except in a few isolated cases which can best be regu- ARE ANNOUNCED AS OFFICIAL FOR POST-OFFICE MAIL SERVICE lated through the War Trade Board. The facilities of the War Industries The War Industries Board authorizes The Post Office Department issues the Boa rd have been put at the disposal of the following: following: the various contracting agencies of the The price-firing committee of the War The War Department hgs turned over Government, such as the War and Navy Industriies Board, acting upon the request to the Post Office Department 100 De Departments and the Shipping Board, to of various Government agencies, that it 1Haviland No. 4 and 12 Handley-Page aid them whenever they so desire in airplanes, in compliance with the provi- their consideration of the cancellations make official the differentials recom- sion of the 1919 appropriation bill, to be of their contracts. This particular func- mended by the American Iron and Steel put in operation in the Air Mail Service. tion soon will have been completed. Institute upon cast-fron pipe. has fixed the The De Ilaviland fours will carry 400 Those activities of the War Industries following maximum base prices per net poulnds of mail, and may be altered so as Board which have lasting value are being to increase the capacity to 1,200 pounds. transferred to permanent departments of ton of 2,000 pounds upon cast-iron pipe, The 12 Handley-Page are large bombing the Government, where they may be car- 6 inches end larger, Class B, American planes capable of carrying a ton or more. riefi forward. Thus, the Department of Water Works, weight or heavier, effec- the Interior, Bureau of Mines, in which tive from October 1 to December 31, 1918, New York-Chicago Route. you have vested authority to enforce the Inclusive. $60 f. o. b. Birmingham, $67.70 f. o. b. The New York-Chicago air route will waar minerals act, has already assumed be divided into three legs. Starting control over many of the former activi- New York, and $66.80 f. o. b. Chicago. pro- from Elizabeth, N. J., the first regular ties of this board; the conservation stop will be Bellefont, Pa., with emer- grm is about to be undertaken by the gency landing field at Lehighton, Pa.; Department of Commerce, and the Central Holiday Letters from the next regular stop will be at Cleve- Bureau of Planning and Statistics will land, Ohio, with an emergency landing departments Soldiers to Fathers be'cme a bureau to serve all place at Clarion, Pa.; and the final leg of Ihe Government- from Cleveland to Chicago with a stop I venture to suggest that the various OFrIcE Or FltsT AssIsTANT at Bryanr, Ohio, to take on and discharge commodity heads of the War Industries POSTMASTER GENERAL, mail. Three planes will be used between Board, and those who have been associ- Washington, December 2, 1918.