Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-21
MANY WILL ATTEND.
!. c. OF c. GATHERING
Convention at Atlantic City
Expected to Be 0rganiza-
TONS Largest.

| Indications are that the annual meet
4 ing of the Chamber of Commerce or the
United States, TO be held Monday. tues
day Wednesday and Thursday OF next
| week at Atlantic City, will be the largest
in point of attendance and the most
important in questions discussed OF any
convention ever held by the chamber.
! The annual meeting is TO be preceded
| by a meeting of the national councillors
of the chamber to be held at 1890
joclock Monday morning. with Homer L.
| Ferguson. president, in the chair. At
this meeting final details OF the pro-
gram for the annual meeting are to be
! arranged: committee reports are to be
| made: Elliot H. Goodwin. general sec
rotary. is to deliver an address on the
| work of the new departments OF the
! chamber: proposed amendments 70 the
/ by FLAWS are TO he discussed; j. II. Fahey.
chairman OF the general organization
COMMITTEES, is to speak on the internal
| ttotai chamber Of commerce, and noInf-
mating committee is to be chosen. A
buffet dance and smoker is to be held
| II the evening IN the Hotel Traynore.
Order of business.
The order of business for the opening
session Of the annual meeting Tues
day is: Invocation. rules of the conven-
ton, appointment of committees on Gre
dentials and resolutions. report of ma
ttonal council. report Of directors, APP
prevail of action OF directors. APP
prevail Of proposed amendments to the
bylaws, report of the treasurer and an
address by President Ferguson.
Seven group meetings are TO be held
during the afternoon. At the meeting
of the railroad group George A. Post.
president OF the Standard Coupler Com
pany, New York, IS 20 preside. with
Richard Waterman, secretary of the
railroad committee, as secretary. The
report OF the committee is 10 be read
BY Chairman Post: John f. Oldham of
Boston is to discuss railroad consolida-
ton, Charles E. Lee OF New York will
speak on car service and car supply
and the session will! close with general
discussion of transportation problems.
William F. Morgan Heads Group.
William Fellowes Morgan of New
York is to be chairman of the meet
ing of the shipping group, with n.
Sumner Myrick. vice chairman of the
committee on ocean transportation.
as secretary. Development of Amer
lean marine insurance is to be dis
cussed by Prof S. S. Huebner of the
University of Pennsylvania, S. D.
McComb of New York and William
H. MCGEE of New York Port and
terminal facilities as factor in pro-
duction are to be discussed by II. S.
MacElwee, assistant director of the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce. Department of Commerce and
bSiJd hiH T 1TeSSOu OIL New Ork.
At the meeting of the cost account
ing group William Butterworth. Mo-
line, ILL.,, is to be chairman. with John
y. Van der Vries. central district sec
rotary. as secretary. Costs as a
basis for prices is to be the subject
discussed by F. Wilbur Main of Pitts
burgh; while other addresses. unas-
signed. are to be on accounting. fun
damental of business success; methods
OF distributing expense as applied to
different industries. and the necessity
of detail cost accounting to the indi-
vidual nianufactu
World need of increased production
is to be the general topic at the meet
ing of the foreign commerce group.
with the discussion led by W. l.
Saunders of New York and Philip B.
Kennedy. director of the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce. De-
partment of Commerce. Russia's po-
discussed by William c. Redfield,
former Secretary of Commerce; while
export trade and increased produc-
ton is to be the topic of an address
by Harold B. Gregory of Newark.
n j.; w. l. Saunders is to be chair
man of the meeting. with c. D. Snow.
manager of the foreign commerce de-
partment, as secretary.
James s. Alexander to Preside.
James .. ALEXANDER OF New YORK
is to preside at the meeting of the
finance group. with Fred N. Shepherd.
manager of the field department, as
secretary. Topics. unassigned are to
be the report of the national commit
tee on European finance and foreign
financing and the Edge law.
At the meeting of the domestic dis
tribution group w. D. Simmons Of St.
Louis is to preside, with r. w. Bel
cher of this city as secretary. In
assigned topics for discussion are
common interest in improved distri-
button methods. efficiency in distribu-
ton as an aid to production, current
difficulties affecting distribution and
personnel relations and efficient dis
tribution.
H. NJ. Sweetland OF New York is to
preside at the meeting of the bust
ness press group, Merle Thorpe of
this city acting as secretary. John
H. Fahey OF Boston is to present the
business press in relation to produc-
ton. The topic for general discussion
is to be the function of the business
press.
Daniel c. Roper. former commits
sioner of internal revenue. lie to de-
liver an address on federal taxation
at the general session to be held at
o'clock Tuesday evening. sharing the
subject with George T. Buckingham