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Show into 10 HANDLE NEXT WHEAT CROP PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL GRAIN CORPORATION TO ADMINISTER GRAIN FUND. Will Direct the Handling of the En-tire En-tire 1919 Wheat Crop and Administer Admin-ister the Billion Dollar Fund ..' Approved by Congress. New York. Julius II. Barnes, president presi-dent of the federal grain corporation, has been appointed wheat director of the United States by President Wilson, Wil-son, it was announced April IS at the office of the food administration in this city. 1 Mr. Barnes will direct the handling of the entire 1919 wheat crop and will administer tlie $1,000,000,000 fund appropriated ap-propriated by congress to take care of the crop under the government guaranteed guar-anteed price. lie was selected for the place, it was announced, upon the recommendation re-commendation of Herbert Hoover.. In addition to the administration of tlie $1,000,000,000 fund. Mr. Barnes will remain president of the $150,000,- 000 government grain corporation, which will continue to function as the commercial agency for carrying1 out the government policies and which also al-so acts as the purchasing representative representa-tive of the American relief administration. adminis-tration. President Wilson said in his cable to Mr. Barnes, requesting him to become wheat director : "Your responsibility will be directly to myself after Mr. Hoover's retirement retire-ment as chairman of the grain corporation corpor-ation on July 1. The experience which you have gained and the success which you have attained in handling tlie wheat and cereal crops under the food administration has been so generally recognized by expressions from the different sections of the country that 1 feel it would be a national loss if we could not have your service continued con-tinued until the completion of this most important national undertaking.' |