The Washington herald., 1922-06-19
NATIONAL COUNCIL
OF CONSTRUCTION
MEN MEET TODAY
Franklin d. Roosevelt to
Be Installed as Presi-
dent.
TO ESTABLISH CODE
Pec'y Hoover Will Deliver
Opening Address This
Morning.
70 ESTABLISH CODE

With a view to establish better
md more efficient standards in the
construction industry. representa-
Ives of every national construction
association in the country will as
emble at the Washington Hotel at
o o'clock this morning for the
opening session of the American
fonstruction Council.
The conference will be formally
pened by Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover. after which the
ouncil. of which Franklin D.
Roosevelt is president. will begin
happing out a code of ethics to
aise the standards OF the whole
Industry"
Besides representatives OF na-
ionsl associations. there will be
attendance representatives of the
eading firms of architects. en-
ineers. general and subcontractors,
onsuuction labor. manufacturers.
ce-cASs OdAAcASf IcoL ChoeS oAN
hsurance interests, construction
apartments Of railroads and other
tiities. and Federal. State. county
nd municipal governmental de-
ertments interested In construc-
Many Bodies Represented.
zmong the national associations
hat will be represented are the
american Institute of Architects.
associated General Contractors Of
america. American Society of Civil
Engineers. Building Oficials' Con-
ference. Asphalt Association, Ma
ionaI Brick Manufacturers Asso-
iation. Associated Tile Manufac-
Urers, National Wholesale Lumber
Dealers Association, American So
iety for Municipal Improvement.
National Association of Builders
Exchanges, National Association of
faster Plumbers, and the building
rades department. American Fed
ration of Labor.
Some of the subjects that will be
onsidered are: Development of To-
al action to establish a code of
thics; awakening the youth OF the
alton to opportunities in the
uilding trades: lengthening the
Construction year to reduce season =
unemployment: obtaining basic
Information from each locality to
ian broadly and successfully for
Construction requirements in labor
nd materials.
Secretary Hoover's Address.
II
ary Hoover will speak on In
ustriaI Self-Government. or Gov
rnment Regulation" His address
Fill be followed by one by William
b. Booth. vice president of the
Guaranty Trust Company. of New
FORK. on -Co-ordinating all Ele-
hents OF a Great Industry" The
neeting VII then be given over
discussion. at which time men
Prominently identified with the
Construction industry will give
heir views on the best methods to
e adopted.
Group meetings will be held to
ect representative to the execu-
We board of the council, which
FiIl hold its first business session
pmorrow evening electing Off
ers and formally inducting the
ew president. Franklin d. Roose-
elt. into office.
Tomorrow the principal addresses
-ilI be: Determining the Proper
relations between the Several Ele-
hents in the Construction Indus
ry" by Walter Gordon Merritt.
lew York City; and Imperative
feed of a Code OF Ethics" by F.
T. Feiker. vice president Of the
tcGraw-Hill Company and for
berly assistant to Mr.. Hover.
these will be followed by a dis
ussion of the immediate program
activities Of the council for the
krst few months