The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-14
MANUFACTURERS
 HOLD OFF FROM.
 NEW MOVEMENT I
Proposed Civic Body Will Em- Brace Many Hitherto Dis
 tinct Organizations.
will Operate Under the Charter of the Bridgeport Board of Trade-Large Offices
 Planned.

The second meeting in an attempt to perfect an organization in Bridge port which shall be most extensive in its membership, broad in it's scope and fully repr resentatfve of all the i'm terests of the city, was held last night at the Board of Trade rooms in the New1eld building, where in executive session, B. M. RestaIl, of Boston, ant other speakers expressed their ideas and gave impetus to the movement. Lewis B. Curtis, president of the Manufacturers association, acted as chairman, while Elmer H. Ravens was appointed secretary. Though no defln- l ite plans were adopted last night by the various delegates a committee of seven members including D. K. Nichol- l son, l.. B. Curtis, David s. Day. Chas. D. Davis. LeRoy Ketchum and B. W. Bolande were named to meet today and draft Il general plan of procedure and organization, which is to be re- ported back to the delegates on No vernber 24.
 ] If approved by this convention of delegates 1t will then have to be votesi upon by the various organizations who may or may not decide to become a part of the new body.
 I As far as can be learned today, the plan is to make Of the various organ- fzatIons represented at the convention and any others that care to identify themselves, one big body, with cen | under one executive whose salary shall
 be fixed by mutual consent. That the l organization if perfected will be an lenlarged body under the original char ter of the Board of Trade is almost fassured.
 It has been shown that the Board o1 Trade has a broad charter of nearly l unlimited scope, working under which l the various organizations would be l able to secure greater Ieeway than al present. 1t has been said by prom fnent members Of the Manufacturers association that they hardly see their way to consolidating under the scheme las outlined up to the present time. 1 Whether the n1anufacturers join or not, can be definitely decided only af- ter the full plans have been disclosed and the manufacturers have met for I the purpose of voting upon the prop ] osition. The tendency, however, as expressed by prominent members to- day is to retain their present fndfvid- uality as their aims while friendly to l those of the others are distinct in many ways It is not unlikely thai while remaining a distinct body they will at the same time cooperate with the new body if formed.
 Following is the resolution: I Resolved, That the organization. I here represented approve of the exist I ence of a consolidated body whose | cIude tlee work and functions now per l formed by such of the business or icivic associations in the city as may ldesire to affiliate herewith: that be-
 cause of the position Of the Bridge port Board of Trade in being the old est lernbership, including a large
 number of the members of the other organisations, this consolidated body lshould continue under the name o1
 the Bridgeport Board of Trade ;thaa there bs appointed a, committee o1
 seven who shah be instructed to pre- pare q plan by which there shall be Ia reorganization Of the Board o1 ITrade so that 1t may include the ae- l tivfties and functions of the various organizations here represented in such Ia manner ,and to such an extent as may be approved by this committee od Ithe whole. 2
 The organizations were represented las follows:
 Board of Trade-Ered Enos. Edward
 K. Nicholson, F. W Bolande. I Manufacturers assocfatio tion-Llewi: aIB. Curtis. Edgar W. Basstck. A " IBurritt
 Business Mems aasociatfon- ram Ip Bell. Elmer IT. Ravens. R. T.. Whit. ling.
 Edwards, William R Webster. AIber
 B. Lavery
 ] New organization George B. Craw
 ford, D. Fairchdld Wheeler. Harry IHAmilton.
 City Planning Conrnission-C Charle. D. Davis. Arthur M. Marsh. Waite IB. LaShar.
 Commission Government ceuInitte, l-samuel E. Vincent Harry H. DeLoss
 Frederic A. Bartlett.
 Better Housing society-David $ Day, William R. Webster. ". P Kirk
 Publicity cIth-W. IeRoy Ketcharn James F. Brown, Karl Cyrus. s l.. B. Curtis was chairman of tn,
 meeting and B H. Ravens, secretary
 The special committee selected {.
 draft a. workable plan was compose.
 of E. K. Nicholson, [. B. Curtis, e. B
 Davis, W. L4eF2oy Ketchan1, W. B
 Webster. D. G. Day and F. W. 80 Iande.