Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-20
Hoover Heads GrOuD

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properly taken by employers. local
authorities and civic bodies and to
consider such measures as tend to
give impulse to the recovery of
business and commerce. to normal"
In arriving at policy for provid-
, ing employment, however, Mr.. Hoover
declared. the conference would avoid
any charity arrangements such as
have been put into effect BY q number
of foreign governments.
While no announcement has been
j made rs vet hE the White House it
was considered probable that Presi-
dent Harding would open the con-
ference With an address outlining the
Administrations desire to remedy the
nations unemployment situation.
! The list Of the conference members
made public tonight follows: .
! Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
Secretary Of Labor Davis.
WinsloW Il. Aver or Portland. Ore,
president Eastern and Western Lum-
+ Der Company: former member com
mission on minimum wages and in
dustrial conditions in Oregon: federal
i food administrator of Oregon in 1917.
I Julius e. Barnes. Duluth. MINI.
president of the L. = Food Admins
tration Grain Corporation 1917 to
I 1919; L. :. wheat director: chairman
/ Institute Tor Public Service, New
/ York
! William NJ Butler. Of Boston. man
/ ufacturcT: president and director of
several New Bedford cotton cloth
and yarn mills.
! ". = Carter of Cleveland. o.,
president of the Brotherhood OF Lo-
! ccomotivc Firemen ana Enginemen.
! Elizabeth Christman, of Chicago,
secretary of the International Glove
Workers Union: secretary treasurer
of the National Women's Trade Tn
ION League.
/ Edgar T.. Clark, president Order
Of Railroad Conductors: member
! Roosevelt Anthracite Commission in
! 1902; formerly chairman Interstate
! Commerce Commission.
John T. Connery. Of Chicago, presi-
dent Miami Coal Company.
/ Mayor James Couzens. Of Detroit,
president Detroit Board Of Com
merce: vice president Ford Motor
Car Company; mayor since 1919.
Joseph II. De Frees. Of Chicago,
president chamber of commerce OF
the United States.
! T Z Edgarton. Of OashvilIc,
/ Tenn; president Lebanon Wooden
Mills: fuel administrator Of Ten
nessee: chairman War Resources
committee for Tennessee and Unit
ed War Work campaign; president
National Manufacturers Associa-
ton.
W. x Field Of Pittsburg president
Of the Pittsburg Coal Company;
represented the western PonnsyI-
Nania coal operators in central COM
petitive coal fields agreements.
Mortimer FIetschaker Of San
Francisco; banker; regent Tniver-
sity Of California; mediator of labor
disputes in shipping during the war.
Samuel Gompers. Of Washington,
y. c.: president American Fedora
ton Of Labor,
Jackson Johnson, Of st Louis;
chairman international Shoe Com
pany
John II. Kirby of Houston, Tex;
president Kirby Lumber Co.
William Kelly. of Vulcan. Mich;
president Cleveland Gigs Iron Com
pany.
W. NJ. Leiserson, of Rochester;
impartial chairman mems and boys
clothing industry, Rochester, and
New York City
John t. Lewis, Of Indianapolis,
president OF the United Mine Work
ers OF America
Bascom Little OF Cleveland. o.;
contractor: head of the Cleveland
Community Chest.
Major General Richard c. Mar