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Code · U.S. Code · Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · CHAPTER 1— COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE · § 3

§ 3. Duties of council

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It shall be the duty of the Council of National Defense to supervise and direct investigations and make recommendations to the President and the heads of executive departments as to the location of railroads with reference to the frontier of the United States so as to render possible expeditious concentration of troops and supplies to points of defense; the coordination of military, industrial, and commercial purposes in the location of branch lines of railroad; the utilization of waterways; the mobilization of military and naval resources for defense; the increase of domestic production of articles and materials essential to the support of armies and of the people during the interruption of foreign commerce; the development of seagoing transportation; data as to amounts, location, method and means of production, and availability of military supplies; the giving of information to producers and manufacturers as to the class of supplies needed by the military and other services of the Government, the requirements relating thereto, and the creation of relations which will render possible in time of need the immediate concentration and utilization of the resources of the Nation.
(Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418, § 2, 39 Stat. 649; Nov. 9, 1921, ch. 119, § 3, 42 Stat. 212.)
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  • Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418, § 2
  • 39 Stat. 649
  • Nov. 9, 1921, ch. 119, § 3
  • 42 Stat. 212
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ActAug. 29, 1916, ch. 418, § 2
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