The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-04
Senator Swanson Arranges For
Hearing Before Federal Or
ganization Committee on
That Date at 2 O'clock in
the Afternoon.
CITY TO TAKE
ACTIVE PART
VIII Have Representatives on
Booster Committee Which
Will Invade Carolinas in
Effort to Induce Cities to
Help Richmond.

The Richmond COMMITTEES having in
charge the campaign to secure for
Richmond one OF the eight or twelve
regional reserve hanks, which are to
be established in various cities of the
country under the new currency sys-
tenn, will go to Washington Thursday
week when at . o'clock 1t will be
given an opportunity by the organiza-
ton committee to present Richmond's
claims.
Senator Swanson has notified the
local committee that he called on
Assistant Secretary John Shelton Will
lsams at the treasury department yes
terday and arranged for the reception
of the delegation at that day and
hour. The claims of Raleigh, N G..
and Wheeling, w. Va. will be heard
on the same day. The North Carolina
and Yves Virginia cities will present
their claims in the morning and In
the afternoon the Richmond delega-
ton will present those of the Virginia
city.
The following compose the commit
tee: O. ]. Sands. chairman: George
c. Gregory. secretary; Captain John
Landstreet. B. H. Randolph, Edmund
Strudwick, John K. Branch, II. Leo
Peters.
City Gets In Game.
Besides the Bankers association,
the 7. p. A. the Business Mems club
and the chamber of commerce the
city of Richmond Is to take active
part In the campaign which is to bo
launched by those bodies Tuesday in
North and South Carolina In m ef-
fort to convince the bankers lana
other heads OF commercial organixa~
tons there that 1t win be to their
advantage to- concentrate all Of their
efforts In an attempt to bring to Rich
mond one of the new federal reserve
banks.
This was brought out at yesterdays
meeting of the executive committee.
which Is composed of representative
business men, who have allied them
selves in an effort to bring this about.
This field. or booster" committee.
which is expected to leave Richmond
Tuesday, is to be composed OF Horace
Smith, whose experience as a news
paper man will be OF inestimable
! value; w. r. Dabney, who is able to
advance Richmond's arguments in an
able manner: two men who have not
as yet been named, who are to repre-
sent the city of Richmond: and three
bankers or other business men. who
will be selected from the foliowina
list of mem bers of the general COM
.Haittee-J44hfsw -MeAdams, John X.
Branch. II. w. Jackson, George J.
Seay, John NJ. Miller, Jr., and II. n.
i Litchford.
Among those present at yesterdays
meeting were: Edmund Strudwick.
b. H. Randolph. r. Lee Peters, Oliver
J. Sands. who is chairman: George ..
/ Gregory. secretary; w. T. Dabney.
/ E. L. Bemiss, Captain John Land
street and r. NJ. Darlington. who al
/ though not member of the commit
tee, was present in the name OF the
chamber Of commerce.
| Map Out Route Later.
| This field committee will go over .
route which has not yet been made
known. after having previously made
appointments for meetings with bank
ers and the heads of the chambers Of
commerce in the towns selected.
/ This committee will be in touch Al
all times with the headquarters OF the
movement, which have been estab-
lished at the Business Mems club. II
was also agreed at yesterdays meet
! ing that those men who. though in
| terested. cannot leave their business to
go on the tour, will try to arrange to
4 leave Richmond at short notice for q
| day or two In case their services and
! t. t. -
clinch and add extra weight to the
arguments already set forth by the
committee In the field. =
Ten thousand dollars was the
amount of the fund which was named
as necessary to carry on this work.
A goodly sum has already been sub
scribed and subscription blanks have
been printed and are to be distributed
among the business men Of the city.
Checks should be made payable to G..
p. Walford. Jr.. Of the Business MEMS
club, who was elected treasurer Of,
the committee. Any sum over the
figure set will be redistributed TO the
subscribers, pro rata.
Send Out Letters.
Arguments in Richmonds favor
showing why she should have re-
serve bank. and that this Is the only
| natural and logical location in tho
South Atlantic States for such q bank.
are in the hands Of . printer and VIII
he sent out tomorrow TO all Of tbs
bankers and heads Of commercial
/ bodies and the mayors OF al Of tn
towns that ara to he visited. The4
win also be sent to all vlrginia cittnal
and tnwm and be Etv0n out aH6057SF
the business men o. this city.
About tan Thousand trAssli9g Mss