| Show Iu U. U S. S S Forms Unit Uni UniTo To Spread Defense Orders WASHINGTON Sept 5 UP A UPi UPi- A Anew A Anew new federal agency ag nc set out Friday Frida to enlist even the smallest Industrial Industrial industrial Indus Indus- trial plants in the national arma armament armament arpa- arpa ment manufacturing drive e but on one i of President Roosevelt's Roosevelt principal advisers repeat repeated d his conviction that a single administrator is urgently urgently urgently ur ur- ur- ur gently needed for the whole defense defense defense de de- production program Bernard M. M Baruch who vho conquered conquered con con- a a similar military production production production tion problem 24 years ago called calle not only for a single defense chief chie but for a blanket ceiling on prices A few hours after Baruch's blunt blun the president announced Thursday night the creation of ot a division of contract distribution Inthe in inthe inthe the office of production management management management manage manage- ment to be headed by Floyd B B. Odium New York financier and former Salt Laker A White House statement said the new agency was formed forme-d to further further further fur fur- ther a determined move on the part of the administration to help the smaller business units of the country obtain a 0 fair share of the defense orders and to prevent so far as possible dislocation of industry Industry in industry In- In and unemployment of workers work work- ers in plants where production has been curtailed by priorities and material shortages Tall white-haired white Baruch had hac no Immediate comment on this development But he was no more than out of the White House door after lunching with the president Thursday when he told reporters reporter I in plain words s what hat he thought i W. W Two Six DEFENSE UNIT SEEKS SPREAD Continued from Page On Ont Ond should be done to speed vital pro pro- Baruch saw the new seven mem ber supply priorities and allocations allocations allocations alloca alloca- board headed by Vice President President President dent Wallace as only a faltering step forward He Ie expressed the hope It would work but he asserted asserted asserted as as- The one thing this picture needs is s one-man one authority In World war days when he headed the war industries board Baruch had had and and used used the the fullest fullest fullest full full- est power in throwing the nations nation's entire productive capacity behind the military effort So successful was he In marshalling industry that Germanys Germany's beaten Marshal von Hindenburg admitted the war was WM won In the American industrial industrial industrial indus indus- trial centers They understood war He spoke of the ruthless efficiency with which the war industries industries industries in in- board operated The presidents president's friend and counsellor counsellor counsellor coun coun- m made de it clear that he didn't like the administrations administration's ns n's pending price control bill He said he would go before the house banking committee committee committee com com- next lext week to kick the everlasting life out of ItI ItI itI It I believe a universal ceiling should have been put over all prices as EIS soon as they began talking about priorities Baruch said Branch Dranch Offices Planned The new contract distribution office will have branches in various states and become one of the most Important divisions ns of 0 P M the White House stated Its principal duties as outlined in the official statement are One The breaking down of large orders of supplies into smaller units and spreading the purchases among more firms and in all localities localities ties possible Two Providing ass assistance 1st a n c e through the labor division of 0 O P M MIn Min Min in retraining and obtaining reemployment reemployment reemployment for workers who are unemployed unemployed unemployed un un- un- un employed as a result of the shutting shutting shutting shut shut- ting down of some plants or reduction reduction reduce tion Lion of their output Three The effective distribution of defense contracts to the smaller business enterprises as yet largely unused through an expanded use of subcontracting contract distribution distribution distribution distri distri- and nd the pooling of plant facilities Four By providing a staff stall of industrial and production engineers engineers engineers engi engi- to formulate and execute specific plans for the conversion of Industries and plants to defense production The new bureau will assist manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- in getting financing facilities facilities facilities fa fa- through the Reconstruction Finance corporation or banks Mayor F. F H. H LaGuardia of NewYork New NewYork NewYork York City proposed a method to enforce federal price ceilings LaGuar LaGuardia LaGuardia La La- Guar Guardia lla said that when cases of willful and persistent price ceilIng ceiling ceil- ceil ing violations ar are certified to him he would call a attention of local mayors to the violation and recommend recommend recommend rec rec- that the offenders offender's municipal municipal mu mu- license be revoked Floyd B. B Odium director of the new division of contract distribution distribution distribution tion in the office of production management is a former resident of Salt Lake City Mr Odium was born in Union City Mich and came to Salt Lake 1914 after his graduation City In n I from law school in Colorado For two years he was a member of the Utah Power and Light company legal staff He left Salt Lake City in 1916 to join a New York City law firm and In 1919 was made vice president of Electric Bond and Share corporation Shortly thereafter thereafter thereafter there there- after he began organization of the Atlas corporation |
