New-York tribune., 1921-01-07
u, S. Committee Of World
Commerce Group Urges
Discussion and Action on
-. Plans at Coming Meeting

Restoration of the worlds commerce
as one of the prime subjects that Amer
Tcan business men would like to near
discussed and acted upon at the next
meeting of the International Chamber
Of Commerce in London next summer.
. This was the consensus Of opinion at
= meeting held in the rooms of the
Chamber Of Commerce of the United
States, in the Woolworth Building yes
terday by members of the American
committee of the international trade
body. The committee, which acts in
au advisory capacity to the American
section of the international chamber,
flso' proposed an amendment to the
constitution of that organization max
board OF directors rest solely on the
relative commercial Importance of the
different nations.
~ Pho proposed change in the constitu-
ton. if adopted at the next meeting Of
the chamber in London next summer,
viii eliminate any question as to in
ronsistencies in American representa-
tion on the board Of directors. At pres
ept the five foundation countries-Bel-
GUM, France, Italy, Great Britain and
the United Ststes-are entitled to
three directors each and other coun-
tries, as they are taken into member
ship. are limited to lesser number
."sThc proposed change would give
three directors each to the fifteen
eouptries of the world first in COM
.nIezeial Importance. Two places on the
directorate would be held by coun-
tries having a combined export and
import trade of value less than that
of Belgium, the fifteenth country in
commercial Importance, but not less
than one-tenth of Belgium's trade.
Countries having still less trade would
be given one director until there is
reached countries lowest in economic
Importance, which would be repre-
scented in groups, one director to each
group.
In connection with the proposal that
the central theme for discussion at the
London meeting revolvc around the
restoration of the worlds commerce,
ahea American committee sudivides the
topic into five sub subjects:s Finance,
production, transportation, distribu
ton and communications. Under the
heading of finance the meeting would
go into the question of the most seri-
Gus obstacles to the restoration of
finance and into the questions of
iong-term credits, exchange, means for
giving security to the international
credits and international budgets.
Under production the meeting would
discuss obstacles in the way Of maxi
mum output and steps to overcome
them.
~sTrunsp portation would be divided in
20 two sections--land and ocean trans
portation. Under ocean transportation
the meeting would take up such ques-
-tions as port facilities, maritime laws.
'subsidiaries. etc. Under communica-
tion the international cable situation
would be discussed.
SO Another subject which Americans
would like to have taken up by the
international Chamber is that of i'm
migration and emigration.
.aIThe. committee voted to recomme nd
to the board of directors of the Cham
Der OF Commerce of the United States
the reelection of the present Anne rican
directors and alternates in the Inter
national Chamber. The directors serv-
ing now are Willis II. Booth, John H.
Fahey and Edward A. Fiene The
-alternates are William Butterworth,
Harry A. Wheeler and Owen Young.
Willis II. Booth, Of the American di-
sectorate, will sail tomorrow to at
tend a meeting in Paris on January
- OF the board Of directors Of the
international Chamber. He will lay
before the board of directors the topics
the Americans would like to see dis
cussed. Other countries are holding
similar meetings for the same purpose
At the London meeting this month
these topics will be gone over and a
program selected from among them.