The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
Statesmen
/ LIKELY TO
| COME BACK
Plan to Make Detroit
Permanent Home OF
Congress
BIG CONVENTION
REACHES CLOSE
NorvaI A. Hawkins and
ID. Nj. Barrett Are
Reelected

The World Salcsmansaip con
xress closed IT'S annual convention
wednesday night without selecting
place for TIE next meeting p0'
n 4 ouite likely thai the next con.
vention viii be held in Detroit as
have the only TWO convention thus
far held.
About g. dozen cities sent de'e.
gate here 10 boost l1r The next an
nual meetng The $40 delesa'ion'
which made The most noise were
81 Lonis and Minneapolis s.
Louis has thc largest mcmaersa.i'
OF any club in tho congress ana
has fully one-dfth Of the otal mem
bership. There are 80 clubs in ne
oreanlzation. with $4,000 members
IN was felt by many Of the dele.
gates that because OF Che splendid
showing OF the s. Louis cub t
should have the convention and IL
a said It would get il next year =
II went outside OF Detroit The
congress did not select city Tor
next years meeting bat LEFT il 20
the executive committee
I, Is understood that The eHeen-
tive committee viii name Detroit
and II Is not improbable that th.s
city will become the permanent
homo of tho congress- II 1873
founded here n months axe. and
both the president and The secre-
tary manager live here as wei o.
other important officers. The official
modification, "Salesmanship 81 puo-
iished here, and the business 81 the
congress is conducted from here
That ST. Louis and Minneapolis
soon realized that they had little
chance to capture the meeting Is m
dicated BY the fact that when they
frst came they had bands, Quariets.
choruses, yells and numerous other
vays OF advertising their burgs
On the second day the enthusiasm
was less in evidence and il kept
Sdwindling until the congress ad'
journed.
!. Norval A Hawkins was reelected
presldcnl and y NJ Barrett seore-
.tary-nanogcr. Charles " schvab
was slated for vice-president, bur
he failed 20 indicate TO the con
grcss that he would accept such an
ofsce. and Winslow Russell. ~ Hart
ford. Ct. was selected Mr. Hawk
ms said he would hold the ONCE of
president only until the congress
was fully organized and then would
retire to prevent the organization
becoaing a oneman affair
Al the hnal meeting OF the con
greas. W {. BNhcimer s. Louis
". s. Gold Minneapolis, and John
H. wiles, Kansas City were elect
ed members OF the executive com
mittee.
Edward ~ Hurley. Of Chicago.
formerly chairman Of The federal
trade commission. made the prin
cipaf address at the closing session
3 his subject being The salesnan's
part in the coming year" Mr Hur
3 ley said that large part OF the
burden OF winning the war would
fall upon tho business men Ht
predicted that the boys IN th'
trenches would do their BIT vel
and nobly, but he insisted tha
those who stay a. home must. als'
make sacrifices Re told Of the es
Enlistment OF the central purchss
ine commission OF the United State
TO prevent the men who remain a
home from prohfing too much b.
the war He said Il was idle q
talk OF cutting out all prof IRON
business during the war, but tina
: the profit should be normal and nc
extrsyagant The commission. h
said. would base prices upon COS
OF production plus reasonabl
profit.
Mr. Hurley Is now a member {
the Red Cross war council OF hvr
under whose direction the 800. o0C
600 war fund will be admeisteret
He appealed 20 the statesmen 70 d
all they could 70 encourage CO.
tributions during Red Cross week
IL Fred b. Smith. Of New York. al,
spoke on The great future OF n
\ worlds salesmanship congress" =
declared that II would require.
/ great effort 10 hold the commerce
lsadership OF the world and e W,
up 70 the congress OF statesmen
do its part and 10 keep pace wi
\ the nnirif Of derrnrrnr,