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Show APPEAL TO THE I BUSINESSMEN I President Asks for Cordial Co- l operation With Naval Con- B suiting Board Committee. H New York, April 25. An appeal by :H President Wilson to business men for 4 '! co-operation with tho committee on r 'H Industrial preparedness of the naval ' U consulting board In its industrial In- H ventory of tho country's resources for national defense was made public here H Tho president's letter, dated April fl 21, follows: H To tho Business Men of America: 'M "1 bespeak your cordial co-operation M in the patriotic service undertaken by fM tho engineers, nnd chemists of this ' country under tho direction of tho in- M dustrinl preparedness committee of M the naval consulting board of the M United States. , H "The confidential industrial inven- M tory you are asked to supply is in- ( IH tended for the exclusive benefit of the IH war and navy departments and will bo M used in organizing tho industrial re H sources for the public service in na M tional defense. M "At my request, the American So- jH cioty of Civil Engineers, the American H InBtltuto of Mining Engineers, tho H American Institute of Electrical En- M glneorB, and the American Chemical I M naval consulting board in the work of I M collecting data, and I confidently ask I M your earnent support In the interest of M tho people and government of tho jH United States." 'H Instructions issued by the Indus- !! trial preparedness committee to its ; field organization of moro than 30,- M 000 cngineors in taking tho inventory H of tho manufacturing establishments, M directs them to keep tho inventory M confidential and to retain no copies of !! it for their own uso. ri 2l |