The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-28
CIVIC ASSOCIATION
 DIRECTORS HAVE A
 VERY BUSY SESSION
Establish Bureau of Indus trial Engineering to Lend Expert Aid to Firms
 and Corporations

committee from the Birmingham Civic association cooperating with a similar committee from the Birmingham Furni- ture Dealers association will make cam vass next Thursday morning to increase the capital stock of the Birmingham Bed factory. This corporation has been in vestigated by both associations. The ac- tion of the Birmingham Civic association was determined at the regular weekly board meeting yeserday afternoon At a recess of the meeting several subscrip- tions to the stock were received from the board members.
 The meeting yesterday was busy one Miss Shipp, the county demonstrating agent, was invited to address the next meeting of the board on the conserva- ton of food which will be the result of the energetic propaganda now on for food production.
 The convention committee reported that Dr. George R. Stuart, on behalf of the Birmingham Civic association, had in- vited the Alabama State Sunday School association to meet in Birmingham next year, and that the invitation had been accepted.
 The directors indorsed the action of Capt. Frank s. White in suggesting to the war department to take up with the allies the transportation of the German and Austrian prisoners to America. As America is having to feed the prisoners 1t could better be done here, Ships are returning empty and their presence on the ships would prevent the German sub marines from destroying them. Also that would go fra cd in from guarding them and soldiers in course of training here could guard them
 At the suggestion of Ralph E. Parker there was created a bureau of industrial engineering whose purpose will be to re- organize and strengthen concerns in the district The bulk of the work will fall upon the chief engineer who will collect the data concerning an industry, analyze the situation, prepare reports to be sub nltted to experts in selling, purchasing, processing and advertising. This bureau is to be at the service of manufacturing concerns unable to command expert serv- ice.
 The proposal of the Birmingham Maga- zine to compile and publish under the direction of the manufacturing commit tee of the Birmingham Civic association an industrial survey of Birmingham was ae- cepted. This survey when complete will make volume or l5O pages ana VIII De an expert analysis of Birmingham's con- - ditions. The association has already been promised assistance of the best engineers to make the survey thorough and com prehensive.
 The suggestion of Real Estate excnange that each person adopt 'meatless and wheatless'' day each week in order to conserve the food was approved and the president was authorized to appoint a committee to cooperate with the Real Es- tate exchange to make the resolution eff fective.
 The president was asked to appoint a , ,ccHlmittee to cooperate with Command ant Dozier of Camp Clayton in reference to sending the band of the Boys Indus- trial School to Washington.
 Y An invitation was extended to the rep resentatives of newspapers to be present at the meetings of the board The meet ings have been changed from 2:30 to 4