Evening journal., 1918-04-03
What Business Can Do in Second Year of
The War 10 be Theme of Chicago Meeting

speakers on the effect OF government
financing on industry.
The group discussion OF railroads and
highway transportation viii be under
the leadership Of Harry A. Wheeler,
chairman of the Nauona Chambers
Committee on Railroads. Alba B. john
son, president OF the Baldwin Loco
motive Works. VIII speak on motor
power. John Il. Wallace, chairman OF
/ the Chicago Railway Terminal Com
mission, viii discuss terminals. Car
supply VIII be the subject OF Edwin
/ Curry director OF operations, L. s..
/ shipping Board. Roy ID. Chaplin, chair
man OF the Highway Transport Com
mlttee OF the Council Of Natibnal De-
rense and also prominent in the auto
mobile world, will present the cause oil
/ highway transportation.
Glow Can We Get More Ships in the
next Six Months?" Will be The subject
OF the shipping group under the leader
ship of p. A. Filene. chairman of the
War Shipping Committee. Following ad-
dresses by the chairman and Judge
Gray. Of Delaware. there will be an cx-
planation Of what Rochester, n. Y. Is
, doing by Henry Il. Noyes. This viii be
followed by a general conference to
reach a consensus Of opinion on
(o) aHow may helping the shipbuild,
- ers best be made the business OF local
organizations 2'
b. Mshd'oBfhaohSncccFYVz- dcp-gn D.
] % should business men help the
I transference OF skilled employees to snip
yards"
b ,cj "What can the local business or
} gonizatlons do in helping to provide ade
AZ FantNIlIna fnW tni
e shipworker
d., Id What can tho local organization
2. do to provide adequate housing facilities
4 for lhe shipworker-for the next sil
r. months-or for the time after sii
!. monlhs?"
e (e) "What can the local business or
\. SANITATION do to show the shipN orBe
IT lis high estimate Of his work and thu
p encourage him to his greatest EFFORTS
N I'D what can the local business OF
s. ganzlatlon do TO make Two or TIRE
" shifts in The shlpyards possible 2"
le I'D rWhat assistance from the bus
ness man does the shlpbullder require
re Thursday evening viii occur the rC
Is, ception 60 The national councillors, del'
a. gates and their ladies'.
Friday morning. following The eiectio
r. Of officers and a report or TIE Iommll
he teo on RESOLUTIONS, there VIII be gen
b. era, discussion leading 20 action upO
lr. the resolutions presented It Is evider
s. from the explanation Of the ptogrol
lrt that tho discussion preceding 8otl0
li- upon the resolutions will be real an
a- general. The whole program OF Oil
e- meeting has been directed TO this cu
tho FIRST day beinB given over to a eel
os, eral presentation Of The subjects Tor az
'f- cussion. the eccond day the group SCI
We uons being given over 90 a detailed e.
ch animation OF The facts, the cumluatir
point of the whole being the Frtds
on morning session which can be best d
on scribed as a real executive meeting
on the whole"
lon Considerable importance IS attached
'ial tho election Of the directors. The boa
The IL composed Of twenty-five mcmbe
der elected for two-year terms, thlrle
expire one year, twelve tho next. TIL
ec- teen expire this year.
ors The Importance OF tho questions TO
lis discussed, the urgent need Of sucn
discussion at this time and the natlol
hi standlng of the speakers In their
de- spectlye nelos, an contribute to mf
lrst the sixth annual meeting the most
A portant In the history Of the Uni
the States Chamber OF Commerce.
rec, The attendance viii, unless ell SIC
en- fail, exceed that of any previous me
the Ing. More than 1000 commercial orga
and zations representing every state O
practically every field OF indiNry. v
lrst be represented there by 5000 delegat
Nil The action Of the meeting may IN trI
viii be described az a national decision
in American business. national in ms g
graphical sense, national in an industi
aa- sense. national in tho personnel Of
mon themselves.