50 U.S.C. § 3 : US Code - Section 3: Duties of council

Search 50 U.S.C. § 3 : US Code - Section 3: Duties of council

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.