The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-15
A BETTER CITY KEY
 NOTE OF SPEECHES
 AT CHAMBER MEET
Enthusiastic Smoker in In- terest of Chamber of Com merce Campaign For Ex-
 pansi0n. Clark Speaker.

"A magnificent body of business men,
 said one of the speakers woh attended
 the enthusiastic meeting last night at
 the Tutwiler hotel, where the Birming-
 ham Chamber of Commerce gave a smoker that witnessed the beginning of campaign for the upbuilding of Bir-
 mingham.
 be concerned in making it better home
 for his children was the keynote of the
 entire meeting. Housing speeches were
 made by Professor Harry Clark of the
 University of Tennessee, Colonel Charles
 L. Simmons of the American Cities bu-
 reau, Commissioner J. Ellis Brown, Rab-
 bi Morris Newfield, and others. Dr.
 Percy H. Woodal presided.
 w. H. Maxim directed the singing of
 snappy songs that put variety into the
 programme. Almost everyone present
 took part in the singing, which was one
 of the features of the smoker. Refresh
 ments and smokes were served and the
 meeting was considered a success from
 every angle.
 Professor Clark made the principal ad-
 dress, speaking of the duty of citizens
 to the city and of what live chamber
 of commerce can mean to a city. His
 words were applauded frequently and his
 address considered a gripping one.
 BUILT BY CHAMBER
 "Chattanooga has been built by it's
 Chamber of Commerce" he said. Years
 ago a big business concern sent repre-
 sentative there to look over the place.
 He told the Chamber of Commerce that if the company could get certain loca- ton, which he thought impossible, it would locate in Chattanooga. He got it and the town got the company. The thing that counts is not the fortunes you leave to your children, but the better city you make It is the business man talent rather than his money that we need"
 Professor Clark enumerated many i'm provements that are needed and that are desired by every good citizen, saying uhat while the citizens as individuals cannot give Birmingham these things, a cnam- Der of commerce can.
 The programme of the campaign for a better Chamber of Commerce that is to be carried out here was outlined Dy Colonel Simmons of the American Cities bureau, which organization is promoting the campaign.
 Next Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock the captains are to pick the members of the various teams. Sixty teams are to be chosen. Monday afternoon at 6:3O o'clock meeting will be held in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel. when several speakers of prominence will make talks On the following Friday the units will meet at the Hillman hotel at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when sales talks will be given The next Monday morning at g o'clock, on the first floor of the Cham Der of Commerce building. prospect cards
 will be given out and the first day oi solicitations will be begun. Then for six
 consecutive days the teams will work from o'clock to Il o'clock in the morn , ings. each worker giving total of F hours work
 PLAN OF WORK The Chamber of Commerce will take rp plans of work for three years during which time the American bureau will furnish the local organization with al the reports and suggestions that come l';n from hundreds of other cities where successful chambers are operated. There are to be 16 or 20 main blanks in the work of the organization. Each of these is to have subheadings, all of them GOV ering all the various work that will be before the Chamber of Commerce. Com petition is to be made between the three main divisions in the campaign We can build Chamber of Commerce here with more than 2uo0 members" said Colonel Simmons. Ana it's voice will bs so great and so, united that Birmingham can do anything she sets out to do.'' | was pointed out that there are about 23,-
 o00 commercial institutions in this coun try. The American Cities bureau ha. built up some 200 of these, according tc Colonel Simmons.
 Following his talk cards were passed to every person in the audience, whicf when signed indicated that the persons signing would do active work in rlit campaign.
 ] Dr. Woodall introduced Commissionel J. Ellis Brown as the man who has no | only been made to make 30 cents look like fro-<a~ueA n, pa~e sfvN