Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-22
Chamber IndOrses Inter-RaCid Council

Claiming that the practice of choking Americanism down mans throat will never make loyal citizens, Frank J.. Raymond of the Inter racial council,
 New York, gave the members or the Norwich chamber of commerce, gather ed in open meeting Wednesday evening at the Community Center Girls club
 hall on Main street, new phase or the great work now being pushed forward throughout the country to bring about stabilization of industry.
 At the close of MT. Raymonds highly interesting and most instructive ad dress the chamber of commerce went On record as indorsing the work of the Inter racial council. After the meeting members of the chamber are quoted as saving that MT. Raymonds address was one of the most inspiring addresses heard here this year.
 The meeting was presided over by
 President Charles F. Wells and opened with a fifteen minute community sing the '. M. c. A. The chamber then voted to hold an annual picnic this summer and the date and arrange ments were left in the hands of con- mittee to be appointed by the chair. It was voted to invite the New London chamber of commerce and the Norwich and New London Rotary clubs to join the local chamber as guests at the pie nic.
 AS a preliminary to the address of l the evening President Wells read the following quotation from John Wana-
 maker on The Last Swift flying Years of a Mans Life.
 The last swift flying years of a mans | life ought to be the best if blest with l fairly good health.
 His past experiences have taught him much and they reflect light by which he may see more clearly the most important things to be done. William and John Penn, Franklin and his associates, the first president and ltis noble wife, Martha Custls Washington, and the members of the frs; cabinet of President Washington and their families all helped to bulld | imperishabIe foundations for ocr country.
 Every city is what it's men have been. Making q personal and practical ap- plicafion of the one all perVadIng thought of the foregoing, why should not the mercantile and manufacturing business men, individually resolve to upkeep, enlarge, perfect, and complete their enterprises, to the betterment oi the city?
 Mr. Wells introduced as the speaker of the evCn.ng, Frank J. Raymond of the Inter-racial Council of New No"'I
 The speaker emphasized the fact that the vital concern of America and of the world today is to obtain sufficient SUD-
 ply of staple products. The extreme
 scarcity of workersand lack of enthusi-
 asm and good, steady work are acting as
 brakes which retard industrial progress
 and make it impossible to satisfy the
 ever-increasing demand for goods MT Raymond stated oh account of the war
 immigration had been almost complete
 ly cut off as a consequence. we are short
 some 4,OO0,O 900 people. Added to that
 working hours have been cut down, and
 the productive capacity per man per
 hour is less than in 1914. He insisted that we cannot maintain our commercial position among the nations unless some
 source is found from which our farms and factories may draw substantial la borers to do the heavy work. Already, 8
 movement is well under way among the American manufacturers to take ovel Europe's idle worshops in which to turn
 our raw materials into marketable pro-