The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-26
TRAINING PLAN CONSIDERED FOR
 AFTER THE WAR

SAN O.-Preliminary to the training of an army of young men and women for an American trade drive after the war, a survey of commercial interests in 15 large cities of this country will be started this month by a committee of 15 prominent business men and edu- cators, appointed by P P. Claxton. United States commissioner of edu- cation.
 The survey, according to John Clausen, San Francisco banker and member of the committee, will dis close what qualifications will be re- quired of applicants for foreign trade positions, and will be made the basis of an appeal to American schools and colleges for co-opera- tion with American business in the contest for world trade which will follow the war Mir. Clausen said the survey would probably be. con- cluded by the end of this year. Special training for United States consular positions and private ex- port trade enterprises will be re- commended
 "The Committee of Fifteen," as it is known, was named by Com missioner Claxton at the Second Pan-American conference at Wash ington. Its chairman is Glen Levin Swiggert, specialist in commercial education, bureau of education, and E. D. Adams, professor of history, Stanford University, is a member. Recently an advisory council of the committee comprising 100 men was named. Among the western men on this body are Charles H. Bentley, sales manager, California Packing Corporation; H. B. Schles- inger, manager of the Emporium H. R. Kingsbury, vice-president of Standard Oil Company, all of San Francisco, Henry Suzzallo, presi- dent of the University of Washing ton, and Charles R. Van Hise, presi- dent of the University of Wisconsin.
 The American Association of Urban Universities and the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, are cooperating with the committee of 15" and the bu- reau of education in making the survey.
 Questionnaires are to be sent out to business houses in each of the cities and the data assembled anc classified by a local committee, in cluding representatives of the gen
 eral survey committee and repre- sentatives of all higher institution: and city schools and of leading trade organizations. The informa
 tion, thus gathered and sent tc
 Washington will be held in conf
 dence.
 Emphasizing the necessity of de
 veloping closer relations with tht republics of South and Centra
 America and of modifying our pres
 ent home business-winning methods
 to suit the customs and prejudice! of our foreign friends" Mir. Clauser in statement sent out by Mir
 Swiggert, said:
 "If we accept the assertion o: the Sage Foundation that only per cent of the males in the United States are prepared by definite edu
 cation for their occupations in life
 it is readily conceived that our pres !; ent courses of study are who'll! inadequate to meet the needs of ou younger element who in such i:
 large percentage plan for com ercial career It would seem tna
 the first forward step to devis'
 effective courses of study and de velop methods of commercial attain ments, would be to unite the edu
 cational agencies in promoting tn move of specialization in instruc 4;o.s fo. +lo ,>.as4 l;..aL -~..--~