Memorandum from Fred T. Walker to John Stigall

to ARCHIVER ABD **NATIOMAN RECORDA I August 28, 1945 MEMORANDUM TO: John Stigall, Department of Justice FROM: Fred. T. Walker SUBJECT: Disposal of Surplus War Property The following is an attempt to bring up to date and present briefly, in accordance with your request, sone of the points covered in my memoranda of February and May, 1944 on the disposal of surplus stocks. However, it should be remembered the views expressed herein are purely personal. It might be well at this point to restate the broad objectives of *disposal" by the Government which may be construed as follows: (A) The orderly disposal of all Government-owned excess and surplus raw materials, end products (and components thereof), plants and facilities subject to reserves nec- essary for use, and for the strategic stock piling of scarce materials. (B) Disposal to be effected in a manner that will per- mit orderly absorption by our economy of all usuable items, and prevent exploitation by speculative interests. At this time no real integrated plan exists for the implementation of this important program. Consideration, therefore, should be given to the following: (1) Extend the present policy making responsibility of the Surplus War Property Board to the operational level, with the ultimate view of combining the functions of all present disposal agencies into one organization thus eliminating present confusion, overlapping, duplication of field offices, and assuring efficient organization, uniformity of policy and procedure, and the adequate dissemination of necessary information.