The Washington herald., 1920-03-28
WORLD TRADE
BODY MEET
International Chamber Of
Commerce VIII Be Or
ganized at Paris.
FIVE NATIONS ENTER
Aim Is League to Aid Busi-
ness Between Foreign
Countries.

The new International CnamDer
of Commerce, projected at the In
ternational Trade Conferepce In
Atlantic City last October. will
be formally organized at Paris
during the week of June 21, it was
announced yesterday by the Cham
Der. of Commerce Of the United
States.
The organization will DC, In ef-
feet, the business mans league
of nations.
Invitations have been sent out
by the American group Of the Per-
manent Organization Committee to
business and industrial associations.
to name delegates. Between 100
and $50 American delegates are
expected to attend.
The Permanent Organization Com
mittee will meet at Paris, begin
ming May II. to complete a coz
stitution for the new organization
and to arrange a basis for repre-
sentation at the first meeting.
The International Chamber sue
ceeds the old International Con-
gress of Chambers of Commerce,
which ceased to function in 1914
with the outbreak of the war.
Committee States Aims.
Aims of the organization, as out
lined by the committee on organiza-
tion, are:
To create a permanent interna-
tional headquarters to centralize all
data concerning economic subjects
and social conditions.
To act as an Instrument OF co-or-
dination which will suggest trade
regulations and legislative measures
to facilitate economic commerce.
To inform the public through pub
Iication with regard to business con-
ditions and through the dissemina-
ton of views of technical experts
and business men.
To put at the disposal of all ofi-
cial organizations the reports and
conclusions prepared by these ex-
perts and business men.
American members of the organ
ization committee, whose names are
now announced, are:
A. c. Bedford, chairman of the
Standard Oil Company. chairman;
Thomas w. Lamont, of ]. P. Morgan
&c Co.; Richard S. Halves, president
of the American Bankers Associa-
tion; Edward A. Filene, of Boston;
John H. Fahey, of Boston. and s. {.
Mead, secretary of the New York
Merchants Association, vice presi-
dent and secretary.
Four Foreign Nations.
The foreign members of the COM
mittee are:
Belgium Louis Canon-Legrand,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, Mons; Prof. Paul Van den
Ven, University of Louvain; Albert
Neve, department director Ougree-
Marihaye Worke, Liege; Alexander
de Groote, vice president Antwerp
Chamber of Commerce.
France-Eugene Schneider. Creu-
sot establishment; NJ. Tirman.
French councillor of state; NJ.
Roche, Paris; NJ. Godet. former
present General Association of Tex
tile Industries, Paris; M. Deileans,
University of Dillon.
Great Britain-Lord Oesborough
president British Imperial Council
of Commerce; Sir Arthur Shirley
Benn, X. B. E., NJ. p, London; Ed
ward Manville, president Associa-
ton of Chambers of Commerce of
the United Kingdom; Stanley Mac
hin, president London Chamber of
Commerce.
italy - Ferdinando Quartieri
president Italian Corporation for
chemical Industries; Vittorio Men
eehelh. president Chamber of Com
merce of Venice. Georgia Mylius,
president Italian Master Cotton
Spfnners' Association; Pietro Lag
zarfnd, Carrara; Aguste Jaccerino
Banco di Napoh, Rome.
Constftutional Provisions.
The proposed constitution pro-
vides for:
A board of directors composed OF
two members selected by each ma
tion.
An international headquarters
with one representative of each ma
ton attached to it
A corresponding bureau in each
country.
Membership to consist of cham
bers of commerce, commercial or
ganizations, banking and similar
associations, with firms corpora
tions and individuals, holding asso-
ciate, but not voting membership
Meetings every two years.
A system of referendum similar
to that of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States.
To Facilitate Foreign Trade.
Other objects are: To make i'm
port and export trade easier. To
remove international friction. To
safeguard international trade. To
increase the total production of the
world. To standardize information
al documents, practices and laws af-
fecting commercial intercourse. To
increase mutual proftableness of
international transactions. To cul-
tivate personal acquaintanceship
among business men and bankers
of the different nations.