Arizona republican., 1921-02-15
NOL|M|T TO WHAT
 RIGHT |. IF |. GAN DO FUR PHOENIX
Wonders Are Accomplished By Strong And Repre- sentative Organization Program Making Is First Act

One of the Phoenix men who are ac- lively promoting the reorganization of l the chamber of commerce was today 1 asked: What can the chamber of com l merce do for Phoenix?" His answer was that his examination of the plans for the enlargement of the chamber of commerce had impressed him with their simplicity, democracy and cer- tainty of operation.
 "The short, and in way, complete, l answer to this question of what a chamber of commerce can do for Phoenix he said, ''is that it can and will do whatever the membership wants done. There is no limit within reason to what 800 or more of our cit izens. united in a modern chamber of commerce, can do. The number of our men and women, including the skilled workers in the trades as well as those of prominence in business and the professions, all thinking and acting
 alike, can direct and lead the city along | lines so constructive and permanently progressive that the achievement will begin at once and grow from month | to month.
 However, the thought behind the question of what the chamber of com
 merce will do is how it will proceed to accomplish things.
 l "The modern chamber of commerce | made up of blanks. The building of l program of work is a process calcu-
 lated to enlist the interest of all of the
 members of the chamber and at the
 same time of all the citizens of Phoe- nix.
 I "The first step following the election 1 of directors and officers of the new chamber will be the making of the program. Every member will receive a blank form bearing these two ques- tions:
 What, as a citizen, do you believe the chamber of commerce should first undertake for the good of the city of I IPhoenix?'
 "sWhat, in your opinion, is the thing
 of first importance that should be un- dertaken by the chamber of commerce to improve the trade conditions or op- lportunities in your own line of busi- ness?'
 Means will be adopted to secure
 from every member carefully thought
 The first impression will be that 800
 or more citizens will make so many
 hundred, or at least scores of sugges-
 tions, as to involve a platform a mile
 long, Nothing of the sort will hap pen. In cities much larger than Phoe-
 nix experience has been that answers
 from memberships of 2oo0 or 5000 will . group themselves under not more than 15 or 20 heads, these comprehending
 substantially everything the citizens would like done at this time. In a . year. perhaps six months. the member ship will be given an opportunity to : Irevise and add to the list These Is or 20 concrete suggestions will thus become the blanks of our platform. The next step will be put !, ting them into effect, with the definite ! understanding that the entire member l ship is behind the projects. The modern chamber of commerce 5 believes in committees. It believes 1T : naming committees of men and womer }. who are interested in the project: T given them for action. Every member 1 who answers the two questions above n Twill sign his or her name to the blanl n form given him containing these ques- n tions
 Now let us suppose for a minut. n that one of the blanks of our platform d is the adoption and promotion of a pro e gram of highway improvement and ex }. Itensions. Examination of the answer = to the questions will disclose the mel . and women who are most interested s in that particular matter. It will b' e possible therefore to name commit = tee of members who believe in ciyi . organization plan and whose interest i
 sufficiently strong to guarantee tha : they will see the project through. Ut will be the duty of this commit
 tee to keep at work on the matter un
 til it has been finished. Provision i . made in the form of the office organi
 zation to check up the work of tn 1 committees at frequent intervals t'
 make sure they are at work and to in | form the membership of the progress being made.
 Tt will be apparent that committee n working in this way will be more ef 7. ficient than were those working unde e the old methods.
 . "The blanks in our platform will b n those put forward by the members and
 Of course, I have no right to mak ' a concrete suggestion here. But ther q is much to be done for Phoenix, an II am firm in my belief that thes e things can best be done by unite l. community through a responsible. ef T. ficient chamber of commerce.