Publications. XV 



With the danger of fuel shortage the Congress passed 

 control laws and a Federal Fuel Administrator was appointed 

 with very broad powers. He in turn appointed a Fuel Admin- 

 istrator in each State to each of whom were delegated the 

 powers of the Federal Administrator. With the increasing 

 shortage of fuel coal attention was turned to the use of fuel 

 wood to replace fuel coal so far as possible particularly in house- 

 hold use. Fuel Administrator Hamlen for Maine, appointed 

 the Director of this Station as chairman of the State Fuel Com- 

 mittee for Maine, and delegated to him the powers of the Fuel 

 Administration for handling fuel wood. This is taking quite 

 a considerable amount of time. 



Ordinarily the Station Staff does no work at all analogous 

 to extension service. But the needs of the year called for expert 

 direction of the work along the lines of insect and plant disease 

 control. Doctor Edith ^l. Patch, Station Entomojogist, has 

 acted as leader for the work along insect control and Doctor 

 Warner J. Alorse, Plant Pathologist to the Station, has acted 

 as leader along plant disease control. As part of his work in 

 connection with the Fuel Administration the Director has acted 

 as leader in improvement wood lot cutting demonstrations. 



It will be noted that the Station has granted leave of absence 

 for the period of the war to 4 of its ablest workers and has 

 partly diverted for war needs the time of 3 others of its most 

 important staff members. Although all of these accepted the 

 added war work with enthusiasm and have endeavored to have 

 it mtertere as little as possible with Station activities it has no*t 

 made it possible to maintain the Station program entact. In 

 common with the rest of the Country the Station is glad to "do 

 its bit." 



Changes ix Staff. 



The temporary changes are noted in the preceding section. 

 Gem C. Russell, Stenographer, Doctor ^laynie R. Curtis, As- 

 sistant Biologist, John H. Perry, Assistant Chemist, Harry C. 

 Alexander, Laboratory Assistant (Chemistry) Donald S. Clark, 

 Laboratory Assistant (Plant Pathology)- Blanche F. Pooler, 

 Clerk and Janie L. Fayle, Stenographer resigned at the end of 

 the fiscal year although the services of part were retained for 

 a few weeks later. 



