2270. Do you not think there is more likelihood of delay occurring when a branch society has to communicate with someone else, say an acquiring agent, and then that agent has to apply to the Government before definite instruction can be given?▬ There should not be the necessity for all that. 2271. You think then that the branch society should communicate direct with the Pool?▬ Not in the way you suggest. We receive all our instructions from the acquiring agents. 2272. Suppose the agent wanted dunnage,