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partments. These, at the beginning at 

 least, should be six, as follows : 



1. Department of Food Production. 



2. Department of Supplies and Labor. 



3. Department of Transportation. 



4. Department of Distribution. 



5. Department of Finance and Eco- 

 nomics. 



6. Department of Research and Con- 

 servation. 



Further study and investigation may sug- 

 gest a different division of the Commission's 

 activities, but for purposes of consideration 

 and discussion, the foregoing will afford a 

 practical working basis. Each department 

 should have a member of the Food Com- 

 mission as its head. He should be vested 

 with supreme authority in all matters com- 

 ing within the purview of bis allotted re- 

 sponsibilities, with a single exception; his 

 acts and orders should be by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Chairman or Na- 

 tional Director. Experience, in my humble 

 opinion, has shown the wisdom of the cen- 

 tralization of authority in great crises. 

 ( riven a strong, capable man of high re- 

 solve, constructive vision, and a deep sense 

 of responsibility, and the interests of the 

 people will be much better served by him, 

 acting alone, than by a considerable body of 

 men of divided responsibility and restricted 

 authority. The single official, answerable 

 only to bis conscience and the laws of his 



