Evening star., 1919-12-29
BOARD Of TRADE
OFFICERS MEET
Program Outlined for Gather
ing at New Willard
January g.

To make final arrangements for the
meeting of the Washington Board of
Trade on January . at the New Will
lard, the officers of that body met
this afternoon in the boardrooms
The program was outlined and ques-
tions of entertainment discussed.
Capt James Oyster, president of the
board. presided
a letter has been received by the
board from the Federal Trade Com
mission on the question of guarantee
against decline in price. The COM
mission states that this question has
been the subject of so many COM
plants and that opinion in the mat
ter is so diverse that a thorough in
vestisation has been decided upon.
To the end that every party OF in
terest may be fully represented. the
commission extends an invitation to
Producers. manufacturers. merchants.
wholesale and retail, and consumers.
TO declare theeir interest, so that the
commission may know what parties
should be represented.
General Hearing Later.
general hearing. called by the
Federal Trade Commission. will be
held at later date. 1t is under
stood that 4 committee will be
To insure eX-service men and
wounded soldiers receiving the proper
medical attention. the cooperation of
the board has been asked by the
War Department. Under the act of
March 3, 1919. EMIT. ed IAN act to
authorize the Secretary of the Treas
ury to provide hospital and sana-
torium facilities for discharged sick
and disa bled soldiers sailors and ma
rines." the United States public
health service will furnish relief to
any honorably discharged sick and
disabled soldier. sailor or marine.
Army and Navy nurse, male or fe-
male. who was discharged on or after
October s, 1917. and is seeking treat
ment for disability due to Illness or
injury incurred previous to discharge
from the service, and not due to his
own misconduct. The War Depart
ment wishes all men or women de-
string treatment in this city to apply
to the medical officer in charge United
States public health service.
Industrial Committee.
Announcement has just been made
of the names of the newly appointed
members of the industrial committee
Of the board. A meeting of the COM
mittee will be held soon after the
holidays. They are as follows: Isaac
Cans. chairman: William Corby, first
vice chairman: r. p. Andrews. second
vice Chairman and Darrell c. Grain
secretary; Julian C. Dowell. Edward
NJ. Tyler. w. NJ. Weston. n. S. Stinch-
comb. Emanuel Baumgarten. Charles
w. Warden. j. A. Bailey. George Pitt,
Harry Blake, Henry c. Karr. James A.
Messer. DR.. J. Albert Potter. E. J.
Febrey, T. c. Dulin. Z. J. Murphy.
Howard Moran. William Corby. Hor-
ace j. Phelps, NJ. A. Leese, George E.
Hebbard, Lewis Flemer. Reuben A.
ID ID Lob Tlor
bour. Joseph D. Dreyfuss. Robert c.
Rogers. E. H. Neumeyer, jr:; NJ. D.
Rosenberg. F. w. Harper. Oscar T.
Wright, w. w. Spragg. Francis P.
Sheehy, Fred A. Hessick, Frank
P. Howard; Maj H.; si,bb Robb'
Frank B. Essex. Granville c. Bradford.
William r. Stone. A. c. Houghton. c.
Phillips Hill. Charles F. Lanman.
Charles Macnichol. T. E. Gilbert. w.
c. Miller. NJ. Mayer, Percy S. Foster.
Leo P. Harlow. Leon S. Hurley. Louis
Levy, Harry w. Taylor. r. ]. Murphy,
Charles p. Hancock, w. w. Bowie.
Joseph Strasburger. A. J. Richards.
C. w. Pimper, Franklin H. Ellis, Hy-
man n. Levy, Arthur J. May, A 2.
Reeves. Thomas E. farrell, Claude w.
Owen, Francis G. Addison. jr.: William
]. Eynon. Oscar J. Bernstein. William
A. Rawlings. William n. Schafer, Fred
A. Hessick. James P. Schick. George r.
Potter. Lanier P. McLachlen. J. III.
johnson. jr.; r. X. Ferguson. H. r.
Stanford, NJ. A. Kettler, William Fl.
Bennett, Joseph A. Petty. Charles P.
Ravenburg. III. S. Elkins. d. E. Ste
phan. F. II. Wall, James b. Henderson,
Charles A. Goldsmith. +. T. Shull. G. T.
Kingsbury. Henry NJ. Camp, Sidney W.
Leech. Paul Z. Finigan. Leo c. Brooks.
Oscar p. Thorup. Harry w. Brimer. w.
F. Andrews ]. w. Hunt. DR.. Tom A.
Williams. Albert Schulteis. Lyman E.
Burdne.