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Show 'SO SELL SURPLUS STOCKS OF WAR Government Has Immense Supplies of Material for Disposal. WASHINGTON, Pec. 1'.- Responsibility Responsi-bility for tlio disposition of tho surplus ttoi k of equipment and .supplies acquired by tho war department during tho war has been assumed by Assistant Secretary frotvell at. the request of President Wil- In announcing litis today, the war dc--j.utriient said .Mr. Crowell hud appointed' his assistant, ( . w . uare, to nav Ken-era Ken-era I supervision of tho work a.nrl Brigadier Briga-dier General C. C. Jamieson as director of sales. Plans for getting the immense stores out of the government's hands are. be-iry1 be-iry1 worked out with greatest ram and ' .t follow on Hi heels of me eanrolla- VyT.on and curtailment of war contracts, Vwith which Mr. Crowell, as director of munitions, has been engaged since the armistice was signed. A n inst.'i neo of iho problems to he .solved lies in tho single item of machine tools. 'i'tn; war depart incut has some j $:i(iri.flnn.Hn) worth of these tools on hand, including the fixtures for cun nianufae-mrins nianufae-mrins plants. It is planned to in 11 into conference the Association of Machine I'otii Makers and arrange with 1hm for V- absorption of a definite percentage of rniH sovernmenr. stock from year to year, the trade agreeing to sell the tools up to the agreed amount for the government, although it will mean limitation of Its own output 1o that rxtent. Five years Tnay he required to absorb some of the government surplus Mocks such as tins. Included In M r. Croweil's task if? t he disposition of some 100, uoo motor trucks. Those in Prance, however, will not he brought home, it is -said, but will he fold to the French or Belgian governments for reconstruction work, a.s will much of the nthe American equipment. The nu inner of trucks in France has been estimated at more than 50,000. The return of VI. ft. F-tel t inius, war department special com mere ial representative represen-tative in Kurope, reported as ahoard a transport now Hearing New York, will pive an opportunity' for . conferences here regarding the rout raids in Kurope. 1 before be-fore President Wilson determied to attend at-tend the peace conference in person, Secretary Sec-retary Baker had planned to go abroad to clear ijp the contract situa I ion with 1 Mr. Steltiuhis, hut the return of his special spe-cial representative will permit this part of the demobilization projects to be worked out here. |