The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-06

I NACSSCu lle COHNelllOi Oh " NNA ings Bonds and Thrift Stamps, explair-
 ing how the retail merchants can aid | in the sale ofrthis character of gov i ernment securities.
 VISITORS WELCOMED | John w. DeShazo, president of the Birmingham Retail Clothiers associa- ] tion, welcomed the visitors to Bir- mingham in very appropriate address 1 Dr. George Lang, executive secretary, and Bernard Lobman, assistant secre- l tary of the Alabama council of de- | fense. spoke of the worK ot the coua- | cil and the efforts of the government 1 to conserve the man power of the coun- | try by reducing the number of deliv- cries and by cooperation in other ways.
 l The following members of the as- sociation and invited guests were pres ent: pr. George Lang, executive secre- | tary of the Alabama council of defense Bernard Lobman of Montgomery, as | sistant secretary of the Alabama coun- l cil of defense; Robert w Ewing, state chairman of the retail merchants di- vision of the War Saving. campaign; John w. DeShazo, Birmingham; Sidney Levy, Montgomery; o. c. Law1er, Mont | gomery; H. J. Porter Jr., Birmingham: , Julian Rice, Montgomery; Herman Saks, Birmingham; Louis Stern, Bir- mlngham Leo Loeb, Birmingham; Sam Blach, Birmingham; F. Golson, Bir- ingham; Harry White, Birmingham; Leon M. Friedman, Birmingham H. M.
 Torgerson, Birmingham: M. s. Meyers, Montgomery: l.. S. McKerrall. Mont gomery; T. J. Crittenden. state direc- tor of the four minute men, Birming- ham; Colman Blach, Birmingham; Mer- lin C. Herzfeld, Birmingham.
 FOUR-MINUTE MEN T. J. Crittenden, state director of the four-minute men, made an interesting talk on the work done and being done by the four minute mems organization: i: Colman Blach, president of the associa- .tion, discussed elimination of waste, wasted time, wasted capital and wasted labor. and suggested that some means of avoiding the useless waste in all these things be devised M. M. Ullnian and Bernard Lobman made short talks along patriotic lines with especial ref erence to the part the retail merchants. can take in helping to win9 the war The following resolutions were adopted:
 Whereas, The council of national defense, through the state council O. defense of Alabama has offered cer- tam recommendations relative to de- nVerles and return merchandise and whereas. the adoption of the regula- tons as proposed will conserve man power, material and capital, be it, INDORSE MEASURES Resolved, That the members of this association heartily indorse these meas ures and exert every effort to the end that all Alabama dealers put them into effect as speedily as possible. Whereas, the war industries board ad- vises that speculation in piece goods per SiStS. and that i, oIo clothing is detrimental to public welfare and contrary to the industrial policy as outlined by the President, be it
 Resolved, That the members of this association exert every effort toward stamping out this evil wherever en- countered, and that they discourage pat ronage of the spectators who have en- tered the field and confine their trahe to regular. recognized distributors Whereas, the United States govern ment advocates men remaining in their present positions and vacations until called into work, and that positions be sought and vacancies filled only through
 the United States government employ
 ment bureau, be it
 Resolved, That we merchants abide bv the governments wishes in this matter,
 and that we discourage the fluctuations
 of help by not seeking or bidding for
 other stores employees. ss.s s4
 LIGHTLESS NIGHTS
 Resolved, That we cooperate with the
 fuel administration by a rigid observ-
 ance of lightless nights, or any other
 restrictions the government sees fit to
 place upon us, and that we make fur
 ther effort in the conservation of fuel
 by recommending. that all retail stores
 close not later than D. m, except on
 Saturdays. when they shall close at g
 D. m., except in the cantonment cities
 Resolved, That the association offer it's