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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
7
Debates focus on maintaining rationing while limiting government overreach. Proposals include excluding farmers and producers from central regulation, and a rule barring government workers who are also manufacturers from selling their goods to the state.
Members of the Advisory Commission press the President for personal participation in key council deliberations to speed decisions. Centralization of the councils work is planned with sub commissions folding into the General Munitions Board and the aircraft production program facing Navy department hesitancy amid ongoing war strategy uncertainty.
Former German naval minister Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz has reached St. Blaise in the Black Forest. He suffers serious diabetes and is noted as a key advocate of unrestricted submarine warfare. Once Germany’s navy chief, he retired in March 1910 after a long campaign over the submarine issue.
British secret service reports that large numbers of Spanish sailors are being paid by Germany to gather intelligence on Allied shipping. Wives are reportedly dressed in mourning and men receive cash for a dual role, providing information to U boats and, passively, staying home to disrupt crew levels. Suspicions extend to other nationalities and even Scandinavian sailors, with bribes affecting crews and shipments.
Washington reports at the first meeting of the Export Council the plan to license bunker coal and cereals while considering export controls on European neutrals and specific commodities. The group led by Hoover and others outlined steps to regulate shipments and rationing, with emphasis on preserving war materials and governing foreign trade.
Senator Philander C Knox argues the prompt passage of a comprehensive food control bill is vital to mobilize war effort. He contends the president will need broad powers to regulate exports and enforce rationing, warning that delaying could endanger democracy and aid Prussian aims.
Private Gerald Young of the hospital corps, 23d Regiment, from New York, has reportedly invented a new gas for war use. The formula and production directions were sent to the War Department with endorsement from Captain Joseph A. Mundy.
The Treasury announced new credits to Allied nations pushing total U S assistance past 1.008 billion dollars. Great Britain received 550 million and France 210.1 million, with additional credits to other Allies to cover wartime expenditures.
Circulation of a petition to dismiss Professor Herman Hoch, a German, began this morning after pupils reported Hoch criticized their government's aims in a recent lecture about the war with Germany.
London dispatch reports Baron Rhondda forms a food pricing department to determine exact production and handling costs. He seeks strict control from producer to retailer to curb price rises and ensure fair profit. Prothero warns war outcome may hinge on American grain and pledges increased British farming effort and female labor in agriculture.
The piece argues the U S faces a critical shortage of machine guns as demand rises and battle methods evolve. It notes existing ammo, gauges, dies and skilled labor must be expanded through government contracts, with emphasis on mobilizing industry, preventing bid-driven delays, and speeding production to equip Allied forces. It mentions the need for a petroleum monopoly and the broader effort to mobilize output across sectors.
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