Show BARNES TO HANDLE HANDLEr r NEXT EXT WHEAT CROP PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL GRAIN CORPORATION TO ADMINISTER GRAIN FUND Will Direct the Handling of the Entire En En- tire 1919 Wheat Crop and Administer Admin ister the Billion Dollar Fund t I Approved by Congress I IN N New w YOl Julius Ii Julius II H Barnes arnes president dent of the federal grain corporation has been heen appointed wheat director of the United States by President Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- s son n It was announced April 18 at the theoffice office of the food bed administration In InthIs Inthis Inthis this city Mr 1 Barnes will direct the handling of the entire lO 1919 9 wheat crop and will administer the fund ap ap- by congress to take take care cae of the crop under the government guaranteed guaranteed guar guar guar- price il He w was s selected for the place It was announced upon the recommendation recommendation re re- commendation of Herbert Hoover In addition to the administration of the fund Mr 1 Barnes will remain pr president of the OO government grain corporation which will continue t to function as the commercial agency agency for carrying out the tise government policies and which aIso also al aI so acts as the pui purchasIng chasing representative tive of the American relief adminis adminis- President Wilson said In his cable to Mr Barnes BarnOs arn s. s requesting him to become wheat director director- Your responsibility will be directly to myself myself- after Mr retirement retirement retires retire retire- s ment entas ent as fiS chairman of of the grain corp corpOratIon corpOr corpor corporation ratI r- r atI n on July 1 1 T The e experIence which you jou OU have gained and the success which you jou OU have attained in in handling the wheat and cereal crops under the food administration has has' been so generally recognized by expressions from the different sections of bf the country flint I 1 feel it would be a national loss If we could not hot h have ve your jour our service continued con con- d until the completion of this most Imp important rt rif national undertaking |