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Show i JACKLING TO BUILD EXPLOSIVE PLANTS Copper Magnate to Expend $90,000,000 i Under Direction of War ! Department. i WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Govern- lacut explosive plants to supplement the present output of private manufacturers manufac-turers are to be built in the immediate future, it was disclosed tonight in an announcement bv Secretary Baker of the appointment" of Daniel C. Jacklmg of .San Francisco to take charge of the construction work. The number and location of the plants was not disclosed, but Mr. .Baker an-: an-: uounced that their construction would ; entail an expenditure of more thai j f'jfl.OOO.OUO. Decision to build the factories, the ! sccretarv said, was made because it was i not thought that private manufacturers would be able to meet future needs of ' the armv, and was in accord with the war department's purpose to keep abreast, of war requirements and to anticipate an-ticipate them where necessary. Mr. .Tackling, who will act directly uuder the authority of the secretary, j is managing director of a group of i copper rn'iies producing a la.rge percentage per-centage of the copper of tho country. |