New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
Place Of Business
I1a New War Plans
To Be Discussed
Nations Leaders to Address
u. S. Chamber Of Com
merce at Chicago

WASHINGTON. April L. American
business is moving on to Chicago. On
April 10, II and IL the sixth annual
meeting Of the United States Chamber
of Commerce will be held at the
Auditorium. Representatives of more
than 1000 commercial organizations
with a combined membership in excess
of 100000 business executives, will
gather there to plot out the further
part business is to play the second year
Of the war.
There will be four chief objective
points:
(a) Financing the war,
CD Railroads and highway trans
portation,
(c) Ships and shipping,
(d) Organized control Of industry.
Prominent among those who will de-
liver addresses are the Earl of Reading,
British Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary on Special Mission;
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels, Secre-
tary Of the Interior Lane. Edward N.
Hurley, chairman OF the Shipping
Board; Alba B. Johnson, president
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works;
tions, United States Shipping Board;
John r. Wallace. chairman of the
Chicago Terminal Commission; Roy
D. Chaplin, president of the Hud-
son Motor Car Company and chairman
Of the highway transport committee of
the Council of National Defence; Theo-
dore N. Vail, president of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company;
Charles A. Hinsch, president of the
American Bankers Association, and
others of equal standing.
Although the annual meeting itself
will not open until Wednesday morn
ing, on Tuesday afternoon at the meet
ing of the national councillors in the
Cold Room Of the Congress Hotel, F.
A. Seiberling, president of the Good
year Tire and Rubber Company, and
chairman of the chambers committee
on war payrolls, will report on progress
in the matter Of the return to industry
of soldiers and sailors who become
crippled in the war.
Finance will be taken up by the
group under the leadership of Charles
A. Hinsch, president of the American
Bankers Association. The discussion
will be divided between trade accept
ances and tine erect OIL government
financing OH industry. Lewis E. Pier
son, chairman of the board of directors
Of the Irving National Bank, and Wal
lace D. Simmons, president Of the Sim
mons Hardware Company, will discuss
trade acceptanccs. Thomas N. McCar-
ter, president Of the Public Service
Corporation of New Jersey, and David
Forgan, president Of the National City
Bank, Chicago, swill be the speakers on
the effect OF government financing on
industry
The group discussion of railroads
and highway transportation will be
under the leadership of Harry A.
Wheeler, chairman of the national
chambers committee on railroads.
Alba B. Johnson, president of the Bald
win Locomotive Works, will speak on
motor power. John F. Wallace, chair
man of the Chicago Railway Terminal
Commission, will discuss terminals.
Car supply will be the subject of Ed
win Carry, director of operations,
United States Shipping Board. Roy D.
Chaplin, chairman of the highway trans
port committee Of the Council Of Ma
tional Defence, ard also prominent in
the automobile world, will present the
cause of highway transportation.