The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-03
OUTLINE PLANS
FOR ADJUSTING
OF INDUSTRIES
Program for Business Recon
struction to be Formed at
Congress Of War Service
Committees.

WASHINGTON, Dec 3.-The defin-
lite program of industrial readjustment
which will be put forward by the
American business men at the con-
gress Of industrial war service COM
mittees to be held at Atlantic City,
Dec. 4, 5, and 6, under the direction OF
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, was announced yester-
day.
Representatives of 377 industries
will take up all phases of reconstruc-
ton work and the benefit of their ad-
vice and counsel will be offered to
the government through the Indus
trial Advisory Federation. which is to
be created. This federation will
speak through a small executive COM
mittee, made up of the strongest men
that can be found in industry, Offic-
ials of the chamber declared today.
The war service committees will
first meet as separate units, later in
rs related groups and again In 10
major groups and finally in general
session. Features of the general SEES
sion and the speeches which will be
made as given in the program are:
Harry A. Wheeler. president, Cham
Der OF Commerce of the United States
will speak on THE Purpose of the
Convention"
Secretary of Commerce Redfield
will address the convention on Our
Opportunity and Obligation in Inter-
national Trade"
Assistant Secretary of War Bene-
dict Crowell, will speak on "Demobi-
lization In Relation to Industry"
James A. Farrell. Foreign Trade. !"
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., "Represen-
tation in Industry
Paul NJ. Warburg, former member
Of the Federal Reserve Board, Fl
nance After the War
The chairman for major group
meetings names j. f. Rousmaniere of
j. Spencer Turner company, New
York. as chairman.
Addresses will be delivered at the
group meetings of the textile group
by F.. Fl. Marble, of the Curtis Marble
Machine company. Worcester, Mass,
Samuel WE'LL, of the Stein-Bloch COM
pany, Rochester and Prof Paul P.
Cherington, Of the Shipping Board
Horace Baker OF the American
Agricultural Chemical company, New
York. will act as chairman of the
chemical major group meetings.
The chairman of the wool and
wooden products section of the 35 re-
lated group meetings is to be named
but It has been definitely announced
that Winthrop l.. Marvin Of the Nat
ional Association of Wool Manufac-
turers OF Boston, will address the
meeting. The chairman of the cotton
and jute products meetings also are
to be named. Malcolm d. Whitman
OF New York will address the group.
William Skinner of William Skin
ner and Sons New York, is announc-
cd as chairman Of the silk and silk
products group and there will be an
address delivered by someone yet to
be selected.
No chairman has yet been selected
for the rubber saturated and coated
textures and allied products groups.
An address will be delivered by Alvin
Munsicker Of the Standard Oilcloth
company, New York.
Representatives of boots and shoes.
harness and saddlery, and trunk and
bag industries will meet as one re-
lated group. John s. Kent. of II. A.
Packert company, Brockton. Mass,
will b echairman. Owen Gathright,
Of Harrison and Gathright, Louisville
Ky. and Aaron Belber of the Belber
Trunk and Bag company, Philadel.
phia. will address the meeting.