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Show IMING RESOURCES for mmm American and British Officials Offi-cials Arrange for Closer Co-operation on Supplies. - WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. American and British officials are working on a programme providing for closer economic co-operation with a view to uniting for war nui-Doses the entire resources of this country and Great Britain and her possessions. pos-sessions. As confidential agent of the British government. Viscount Reading, lord chiet justice of England, is handling negotiations negotia-tions here. While tremendous in its scope, Ijord Reading's mission here Is only part of the comprehensive structure of unity of resources which Great Britain is building. The resources of all her dominions do-minions and those of all the allies are to be formed, so far as possible, into a compact com-pact whole, providing a mammoth reservoir res-ervoir from which all the allies may draw to make more effective the war against the common foe. One purpose of Lord Reading's mission Is to ascertain what supplies this country may furnish the allies. Indications are that the allies will request re-quest a volume of materials hounded only by America's ability to produce and the transatlantic transportation facilities. A detail of the programme under consideration consid-eration is the manufacture on a huge scale of munitions here for the allies. The munitions requirements, however, form but a small part of the total. Coal, copper, iron and steel, foodstuffs and clothing are still needed in tremendous volume. Co-ordination of these requirements require-ments is one of the chief topics under consideration In the proposed agreement- |