New-York tribune., 1920-06-06
Business World
Leaders Sail for
Paris Conference
American Delegation to Play
Important Role in Organi.
zation of New Internation-
al Chamber of Commerce

Eighty leading American business
men, representing the most important
commercial and industrial enterprises
IN the United States, sailed yesterday
on the kroonland for Paris to attend
the first meeting of the International
Chamber Of Commerce. to be organized
the latter part of this month In addi-
ton to the delegation from the United
States Chamber of Commerce, there
viii be represented at the organization
meeting missions from France, Eng
land. Belgium and Italy
Altogether, there will be more than
two hundred American business men of
national prominence in attendance at
the Paris conferences, out of which is
expected to emerge an organization
which will be to the business world
the political world. For the last month
John II. Fahey, of Boston. vice-pre
dent Of the nited States Chamber Of
Comm erCe. has been in Paris with a
committee Of American business men
making the preliminary arrangements
for the meetings, the general plan OF
which was laid at the International
Trade Conference at Atlantic City last
October
10 AID Trade Relations
David a. Skinner. executive secretary
of the National Chamber. in outlining
the purpose for which .he international
Chamber is being organized. just be-
fore he sailed sad
at Will be the purpose of the Inter-
national Chamber to act as an instru-
nent OF coordination which viii sug-
gest trade regulations and legislative
measures TO facilitate and further pos
sibilities of each country
10 inform public opinion, through
the publication of facts with REGARD to
business conditions. and through the
dissemination of views of technical ex-
perts and business men.
ITO put at the disposal OF all official
organizations the reports and conclu-
sions prepared by these experts and
business men"
The committee on p .lay ent or
ranization of the international Trade
Conference agreed tentatively that the
constitution Of the new international
Chamber should provide amoag other
things for:
A board OF directors composed of
two mem bers selected by each nation.
An international headquarters, with
one representative of each nation at
tached to it, assisted by technical c1-
perts. all TO be under direction of q
general secretary.
A corresponding bureau in each
country
Membership to consist of chambers
OF commerce, commercial organiza-
tions, banning and similar assoca-
tlons, firms, corporations and indivd-
uals holding associate but not voting
mem bership.
Meetings Of the membership every
two years.
A system of referenda to be issued
during the interval between the BIZ
annual meetings Of the members
Other objects Of the organization
will be: To make import and expert
trade easier; TO remove international
friction, much of which begins with
commercial differences; to safeguard
international trade against waste and
fraud; 20 increase the total produc-
ton Of the world and make the prod
uct available TO the people Of the
world, 70 standardizc international
documents. practices and laws affect
ing commercial intercourse; 70 in
crease mutual profi,ableness Of inter
national transactions; TO cultivate
personal acQuaintanceship among bust
ness men and bankers Of the different
nations Of the world, and thus lessen
international pre- iudices and misun-
cerstandlngs.
Although only fve countries viii
participate IN the organization meet
lng, business organizations IN the
other principal countries OF the world
will be later taken into mcmbership.
Among those making up the deega-
ION which sailed yesterday were f. A.
Filcne, Boston; Ferris Booth. j. H.
burton, Noble f. Hoggson. NJ. l.. Hem
ing~ay, James Imbric, William II. In
gersol, Van Il. Manning, i. A. O'Don-
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