Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-02
PLANS MADE TO
ORGANIZE ALL
KINDS OF WORK
Idea is to Place all CONNER
e cial Interests into One
Unit.

mercial interests Of the nation into a
single unit to represent business in
general will be undertaken at q series
Of conferences. opening here tomor-
row and continuing until Friday, of
war service committees Of each In
dustrial or trade group formed dur
ing the war as mediums for negotia-
ton between the government and
their respective business. There are
more than 800 Of these committees.
each composed Of the leaders Of the
industry or trade, and the confer
ences are expected to bring together
between 1000 and 5000 prominent
business, men to discuss problems of
reconstruction. industrial relations
after the war raw materials and their
control. price regulation, amended
Antitrust legislation. export and i'm
port regulations financial supervision
and similar subjects.
I. is planned to organize the in
dustrtes represented by these 800 or
more committees into IS groups
aligned according TO interests, and
finally into ten master groups. which
will federate In a single organization.
The importance Of this movement, it's
organizers say is that it will effect the
largest organization Of business in
terests ever attempted in the United
States.
= The conference was called by the
Chamber of Commerce Of the United
stater. which has assisted in the or
g~anization Of war service committees
for each industry to cooperate with
the War Industries Board and other
government agencies in regulation of
production during the var A num-
Der OF prominent speakers have been
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each Industrial FOR trade group has
formed its own program Of topics for
consideration and of speakers. q
The principal immediate purpose Of
the conference will be to determine
practical methods by which industry
.imay cooperate o closely with the
government during the reconstruction
period By a more centralized scheme
Of organization.
Here are some Of the more i'm
portant questions to be presented for
discussion and as the basis for recon-
mendatlon to the government.
What method should the govern
ment pursue in the cancellation Of
contracts to insrre the least hard
ships? What should be done with
the enormous war plants the govern
ment has erected? What conserva-
ton measures put into operation IN
your craft during the war can be con-
tinued? How r we to bring about
better relations between employers
and employer How can men dis
, charged from the army and navy
best be absorbed by industry? How
far should American buaipess men go
in combining to buy and sell. In for
eign countries? What aid SHOULD
American busiress men give the
European countries in their rehabili-
tation? How closely should business
work with tho government in study
ing reconstruction ana Rehabilitation
plans? What kind Of government
agencies should be established to deal
with reconstruction What legal
methods OF means could be intro
duced IL the craft to better stabilize
period?
; What rs your financing problem
during reconstruction Do you rec
ommend government aid? On unde-
livered government orders. what per-
centage Of materials on hand. sup
piled either by the government OF
purchased by you for government or
ders. car be utilized by your craft for
commercial purposes during 1919?
What is the value Of q uniform
method OF cost accounting for the in
dlVlOual ~auuIactuT anu tHe Cra1t
as a whole What new methods and
practices would simplify materials.
eliminate waste. reduce number OF
styles, save materials, without de-
stroying individual creativeness?
What propaganda is necessary to
educate the retailer and consumer to
accept these e1irninations and simpli-
fc~atlons?"
1t IL planned also to prepare for
the quick assembling Of extensive in
formation on industrial and labor
conditions for use by business repre-
eentativee. congress and the govern
mcnt executive branches in the re-
construction.