The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-30
COMMITTEE WORKS
FOR CONVENTIONS
Chamber Body Will Seek to
Land Four.

At u meeting OF the conventions COM
mittee OF the Chamber OF Commerce last
night ways and means were considered
at great length for getting several meet
ings Of national bodies in Washington
during the next two years. Granville
Hunt presided as chairman Of the COM
mittee and Thomas Grant as secretary
The first proposition was the annual
meeting OF the United Brotherhood OF
Carpenters and Joiners in 1912. The con-
vention meets this year on September 10
at Des Moines. and the committee is
anxious to bring the body 70 Washington
for its meeting two years hence. \
special committee was appointed 10 get
in toucA with the local branch OF the
national body. with a view 20 influencing
them to work in cooperation with the
conventions committee.
Wants POst-Office Clerks.
Mr.. Hunt placed before the committee
the facts regarding the meeting OF the
convention OF post-ofice clerks. which
IT is possible TO bring 70 the Capital in
1911 This association meets this year
at Saratoga Springs, In the month Of
September, and 1t appears that members
OF the local body are willing to work
to bring the convention here next year
The convention has about SO delegates,
and Is usually in session for six days
The delegates often bring their wives
and the following OF the convention IS
about 1000 Mr.. Hunt and Secretary
Grant were empowered by the committee
to gather data and report at a subsequent
meeting with reference to this convention.
Special committees were appointed also
10 look after the convention OF the Social
Order OF the Moose which meets this
year in Detroit In the month Of septem-
Der. and could come 70 Washington In
1911
Similar efforts will be put forth TO bring
about the meeting here Of the national
gatherings OF the National Union and OF
the Royal Arcanum, both prominent in
surance organizations.
Wants Headquarters Here.
Another subject considered was the pos
sible removal Of the headquarters Of the
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen TOO
Washington. This matter is already in
the hands Of a special committee. which
did not have a report ready last night.
It appears that the headquarters Of the
organizations is now at Peoria, Ill. and
that the magazine Of the order with
about 10000 subscribers, is published at
Indianapolis.
The organization seeks to bring the
headquarters Of the body and the ofica
Of publication Of the magazine to the
same city. and among other places it is
understood that the executive committee
Of the association is considering WASH
ington. 1t was determined last night 10
urge the national body 10 send a repre-
sentative TO this city to look over the
ground and consider carefully the ad-
vantages this city has to offer in the
way Of headquarters and offices Of pub
lication for the brotherhood magazine
In case the brotherhood should decide
to come to Washington. it will mean the
erection Of a $S5O,O0O plant for the maya
zine. with offices in the building for the
national officers.
The subject OF handling the publicity
end Of conventions when they come to
Washington WIS considered IN an in
formal way by the committee The sug-
geston was made that the meetings OF
the CONVEX d-Hs were sometimes treated
in pe,f lctUry way by the press. due
to the l5gt o. facilities IN the conven-
tons TO" reporting the essential things
done an proper preparation for the
local newspapers and the press asso-
Citations. A member said be had been
Informed that reporters sometimes found
1t difficult to get at the interesting things
done by the conventions, and he believed
it was up to the committee 70 devise
ways and means to remedy this defect.
1t was suggested that the committee
might either put man in the convention
to act as press agent. or that some men,
Der Of the body should act in that capac-
ity. with far better results in the way Of
publicity than are usually achieved