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2 Pt. 1 Official U.S. Bulletin 1918

handle is hein.beal/offusbull0002 and id is 1 raw text is: PUBLISHED DAILY under order of THE PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STATES by COMMITTEE on PUBLIC INFORMATION GEORGE CREEL, Chairman Yoi. 2 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1918. No. 197 RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED BY U. S. WAR MISSION IN EUROPE ARE MADE PUBLIC U. S. SHIPPING FARM TRACTORS BY THE HUNDREDS TO FRANCE TO DO THE SPRING PLOWING WILL SERVE A DOUBLE PURPOSE Expected to Increase Crop Acreage and Correspondingly Reduce the Food Tonnage Required from This Country. To increase France's crops and to lighten the burden of toll on her old men, women, and children, the United States Food Administration will ship 1,500 farm tractors to that country. The first hundred are already on the way, and the whole number will be in Franae by March, in time for the spring plowing. They are expected not oply to be of im- mense service to France, but to release added tonnage for the allies and Ameri- Can troops by increasing the amount of tood produced there, thus decreasing the amount of food that must be shipped from America. ' 3r. Morgenthau's Suggestion. The idea originated with former Ameri- can Ambassador to Turkey Henry Mor- gelthau and his son, Henry Morge2thau r. The Food Administrator approve4 the Idea. Deck space was provided for the first shipment of tractors aboard a Daval traxspert through the efforts of sistant S 'etary of the Navy Franklin sevelt and Paymaster General Mc- owan. The Food Administrator desig- = ted Henry Morgenthau, Jr., to follow e machines to France and put them in operation. He will organize schools of instruetign for French operators and will assist the French minister of agri- culture in .lstrIbuting the tractors and operatinf4ihem economically. Approved by X. Tardieu. French-Hjgh Commfisioner M. Tardieu approved the idea on behalf of the French Government and a committee of the Na- tional Implement & Vehicle Association assured Mr. Morgenthau that the tractors can be furnished and that with the ship- ment made now, the manufacturers will not be embarrassed in taking care of the American farmer, since they will have time to manufacture an additional num- ber to meet the home demand when it (Continued on page 8.) Bush Piers Requisitioned by the War Department The War Department authorizes the following announcement: The War Department, through the Act- ing Quartermaster General, has requi- sitioned the Bush Terminal piers and warehouses in New York City. These terminal facilities will pass immediately under the control of the War Department In accordance with telegraphic notice to Mr. Irving T. Bush. Of the piers and warehouses available on the Atlantic sea- board the Bush piers are regarded as the best for the purposes of the War Depart- ment. France Bars Importation of Russian Securities Secretary McAdoo makes the follow- ing announcement: The French Government has given no- tice that the importation into France of the bonds and coupons of the loans is- shed or guaranteed by Russia will be strictly prohibited after January 1, 1918. Coal Companies Ordered to Rush Fuel to Camps Orders have been issued by the Fuel Administration to insure an adequate supply of coal for camps and cantonments where troops are training for service abroad. Coal concerns under contract to supply -these camps were notified that no excuses will be accepted for fail- ure to keep the troops warm. . The following telegram was sent to coal operatoft who are filling the Army requirements for coal: Please take all necessary im- mediate steps to insure coal to supply camps tderyour juris- diction. The health and lives of the soldiers demand priority over all other requirewents ex- cept railroad fuel. If a prier- ity car supply order is neces- sary advise details. The coun- try will accept no excuse for failure to keep the troops sup- plied. We ask of you and ofer cooperation to this end. Definite WorkingAgree- ment for Conduct of Operations Reached by Allied Representa- tives at Conferences. TO POOL RESOURCES Plan for More Active Utili- zation of American Naval Forces is Arranged. The Secretary of State issued to-day the following statement of the accom. plishments of the special war mission which recently returned from Europe: A review of the report, filed with the Department of State by Col. House, the head of the special war mission which visited Great Britain and France in No- vember, shows that it succeeded in its purpose of reaching a definite working plan for the prosecution of the war4 through cooperation of the Governments represented at the conferences held in Paris in the various fields of activity and through marshaling the resources of the nations at war with the central powers and coordinating their uses un- der a common authority, thus avoiding the waste and unceitainties that arise from independent action. Results of Conferences Gratifying. The results of the conferences, as shown in the report, are most gratifying to this Government, first because they in- dicate that the conferees were inspired by the desire to be mutually helpful, and, second, because the agreements which were reached, when in full operation, will greatly increase the effectiveness of the efforts now being put forth by the United States and the allies in the con- flict against Germany and Austria-Hun- gary. A summary of the results accomplished at the conferences and of the recom- (Continued on page 0.)

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