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sible for the matters placed under his super- 

 vision, and answerable to his department 

 chief. Each bureau should be a separate or- 

 ganization, entirely distinct from the others 

 in direction, control and personnel, but ar- 

 ranged and prepared to cause minimum de- 

 lay or "lost motion," if I may use the term, 

 in their active cooperation with each other, 

 or in the performance of their respective 

 duties. 



2. Department of Supplies and Labor. 

 This department should have charge of the 

 problems of seeds, fertilizers and equip- 

 ment ; the distribution of these where need- 

 ed to responsible companies, associations 

 and individuals ; the arranging for imme- 

 diate or deferred payments for same ; the 

 mobilization of labor for agricultural work ; 

 and general direction of all agencies con- 

 cerned in the cultivation and harvesting of 

 crops. 



3. Department of Transportation. This 

 department should have entire charge of 

 the movement of food supplies, ( a ) to con- 

 centration points; (b) from these to centers 

 for domestic distribution ; (c) to seaboard 

 cities for foreign shipment ; the rolling stock 

 required for the proper distribution and 

 handling of food products ; the grain ele- 

 vators or warehouses in which supplies 

 must be stored pending shipment ; the labor 

 connected with transportation and storage ; 

 the provision and control of docking and 

 loading facilities ; the control and manage- 

 ment of the ocean or coastwise shipping 

 needed for a steady flow of food supplies to 

 the nation's allies ; and general supervision 

 of all matters directly associated with the 

 transportation of the country's food prod- 

 ucts from the source of supply to the point 

 of final distribution. Thru appropriate 



