The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-22

manager South Bend Chamber OF
Commerce.)
south Bends Chamber OF Com.
meroe occupies a very permanent
pace In the civic. Industrial COM
nerciaI and agricultural affair. n,
81 Joseph county. Its function Is
TO serve the whole community ana
It's record of public service r. 90
OF the brilliant spots in a raoora -
acn1eVernent which has brought
commendaion from within and
without the State
6uuded on a platform OF nervtos
20 the greatest number. thu cham
nas consistently forged Itself
Into the confidence or a Yarw~ ma
1orfty OF the citizenship.
The building occupied hv the
chamber has been developed into
headquarters for s5 different organ
I1ationA II In the office OF the vet
sr1ns ourea1. the Federation for
social Service. the American Red
Cross and tho Boy Scouts OF Ameri-
ca
Conducts Separate Rureau
Inc Chamber of Commences oper-
eees through a bureau and commit
Tee system The more important
bureaus Of the chamber, each under
the active direction of trained per-
sons. are: Traffic. safety and fire
prevention council. merchants,
housing employment. information
and investigation.
The committee system Is orran-
Used under the following heads:
city plan. civic orgarisations CO.
operative, hospitals esnergens-v-
federal building. finance, health and
sanitation, housing, industrial. labor
relations, legal legislative mem
pership public sfrairs, special, teach
erF federation and track separation
Under this plan only a chairman is
appointed and he IN turn chooses his
associates to complete each special
task assigned the committee. This
system has been found successful as
compared TO the old standing com
nittss system.
AS an evidence OF service rendered
the following Will convey some idea
Of the practical work OF the organi-
cation:
The employment bureau placed in
positions UP TO August /, 1865 men
and 222 women. Most OF the work
involved was Of personal charac-
ter. This department co-operates
with the American Red Cross, Anti
tuberculosis league, associated
charities, police department, Amerl-
can legion, Y. W. c. A, the business
colleges and the vocational educa-
ton department of public schools.
lowing places in addition TO South
Bend. st. Joseph, Niles and DO
agiae, Mich: Chicago. Plymouth. J
Hartford City, New Carlisle, Walk !
ereon, ana 4dTA.4e.s IN northern In |
diana and southern and western
Michigan.
the housing bureau has foun, |
housing accommodations for 4.o2c |
Inc demands upon this service are |
greater than the supply as is testi- |
neo TO by the fsct that we had 5,642 !
requests for such acconlra % lions
In tbs matter OF furnishing informa- |
tfon the chamber is called upon to
be OF every conceivable service from
ne correctly over the
phone to furnishing data on mat
ters of vital Importance. Up to Aug
1, information had been furnished |
personally and by phone In Pals
instances. while information requir-
Ing investigation has teen furnished
4 1883 inquirers
Complete Civic Information
Also our information department
has a complete file OF data of gen
eral interest in addition to library
OF city directories of gao cities COW
ering every state in the union.
In the investigate department. a
complete service Is rendered banks
and individuals whether members of
the organisation or not The saw
lngs in dollars cannot be computed.
We are affiliated with and receive
the confidential reports OF the In
diana securities commission. Crook
ed operators, solicitors and the blue
sky' artists know the reputation of
this depa-tment. Thirty-five cities