The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-01

| that serious social disturbances in l Europe have a reaction in America. | If Europe should not get back on it's l feet commercially and industrially in | the near future, American business 1 men believe it would mean American | business would lose all chance for a 1 European market for the export sur | plus of manufactured goods which 1t 1 is believed will be available in the 1 United States as soon as stocks de- pleted by war have been replaced.
 America must concern itself, 1t is
 pointed out, in bringing exchange back
 to normal as a means of keeping up
 the volume of export and import
 trade. Business leaders believe the
 best American business policy, there
 fore, is to give Europe the kind of
 business assistance of which it stands
 most in need, and to refrain from ac-
 ton which would tend to prevent it
 from resuming it's own production.
 At Atlantic City all of these ques-
 tions will be taken up by the Mis- slons and the American business men
 attending with a view to arriving at some definite plan of establishing
 European credit. The various delega- l tons will be requested in advance to bring Eata on certain specified SUD- jects to the end that just the kind of information may be given to Ameri- can business men which will be of the most value.
 The plan of organization for the Trade Conference contemp1ates the appointment of a general committee of from 25 to 50 men from all parts of the country. From this general com mlttee an executive committee will be selected to have directly in hand all | arrangements for all details of con- ferences and the various visits to American cities. A. c. Bedford, Chairman of the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey, will act as chair tive committees. Other members of the executive committee thus far se- lected are:
 Homer L. Ferguson. president United States Chamber of Commerce; Thomas W. Lamont, of J. P. Morgan & Co.,; Harry A. Wheeler, vice presi- l>dent, Union Trust Co.,; James A. Far re1l, chairman, National Foreign Trade Council; John H. F'ahey; George Ed. Smith, president, American Manufac- turers' Export Association; R. Godwy1 Rhett; William FelIowes Morgan, president, Merchants Association of New York; Alfred E. Marling, presi- dent, New York State Chamber of Commerce; Joseph H. Defrees, of De- , frees. Buckingham & Eaton; Ernest | T. Trigg, vice president, John Lucas | & Co.,; Theod ore F. Whitmarsh, vice | president, Francis H. Legett & Co.,; | Lewis E. Pierson, chairman of Board, 1 Irving National Bank; Edward A. | Fflene, William Filene's Sons Co.,; B. G. Miner, president, the Pfaudler 1 Co.,; and Ivy L. Lee.
 | Information reaching the chamber | indicates that the Italian Mission will | be made up as follows: Hon. Dr. | Silvie Crespi, former Minister of Italy as Food Comptroller; Comm. Pie Persons of G. Ansaldo & Company; 1 Eng. G. Quartieri, one of the largest | manufacturers of chemical products; l Or Off. Salvatore Tag1iavia, Mayor 1 of Palermo; Hon. Marco Cassint l president of the Union of the Cham 1 bers of Commerce of the Kingdom l and a fifth delegate to be appointed l by the Minister of the Treasury. The Belgian Mission probably will be composed of these: Jean Delori,
 engineer. manager of the Nail and