Evening star., 1922-05-14
WORLD PROBLEMS
TOUCHING BUSINESS
OF j. S. TO Be AIRED
National Chamber of Com .
merce Convention Opens
Here Tuesday.
MERCHANT MARINE HELD
VITAL TO TRADE BOOST
Hughes, Hoover and Lasker to
Speak-Hundreds of Dele
gates to Be Present.

, Problems international in their
aspects affecting the business and
| prosperity of the nation will be dit-
cussed by four or five thousand
leaders in the commercial fields of
| the country this week at the sessions
| of the tenth annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, which will be formally opened
at Convention Hall, 5th and l. streets
northwest. Tuesday morning at IL
O'Clock.
Hundreds of the delegates, repre-
! senting almost every line of business,
are beginning to arrive in the city.
! preparatory TO the opening of this
conference. out of which are expected
to come plans for developing the
trade of the nation, foreign and do
| mestic, with a view to lifting the
| country's business to the top notch
| of production, distribution and con-
sumption.
Ofhcfals of the government of this
! country and of foreign countries as
! we'll will take part in the discussions,
explaining their problems with the
| idea of bringing about a general
movement of world trade which will
rebound TO the best interest of all
| concerned
European Issue Vital.
The main topic of the meeting, A.,
around which will center all of the
! discussions. will be European condi-
tions and their effect upon American
business with the problem of "a
merchant marine one of the prime
necessities of trade extension. fur
nishing an important sub-topic. The
main goal. which it is hoped to reach
as a result of the conference, is that
of outlining a national commercial
policy
Secretary Hughes of the State De-
partment will be one of the promi-
: nent speakers during the sessions.
and among the others on the list will
be Secretary Hoover of the Depart
ment of Commerce.; Albert d. Lasker.
chairman of the United States Ship
ping Board; Arthur Balfour. vice
president Associated Chambers of
Commerce of Great Britain, Sheffield,
England; J. c. A. Everwijn. minister
from the Netherlands to the United
States; Senator Carter Glass of Nir-
sinia, Senator Howard Sutherland of
West Virginia. Dwight W. Morrow of
J. p Morgan & Co.: James r. How
ard, president American Farm Bu-
reau Federation; A. c. Bedford. chair
man of the board of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey; Julius
Klein, chief of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, and Silas H.
Strawn. chairman of the board of
Montgomery, Ward & Co, Chicago.
u Mnny Special Groups.
/ General sessions of the conference
at which problems affecting the COM
mercial world will be discussed will
be held at the convention hall. In
addition. there will be a number Of
group sessions, to be held in the sew
eral hotels. at which problems affect
ing the particular groups will be
threshed out. These special groups
include finance. foreign trade, manu-
featuring. merchandising, raw ma
terials. insurance, transportation. etc.
One of the most important functions
in connection with the present con-
ference will be the formal laying of
the corner stone of the proposed new
home of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States. which Is being
erected on the northeast corner of
Connecticut avenue and street
northwest, and which will stand as
a monument to American business.
Preliminary to the formal opening
of the general convention there will
be a series of meetings tomorrow,
beginning at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing with the national council meet
ines at the Washington Hotel. The
council Is made up of one representa-
tive from each of the fourteen hum
dred business organizations connect
ed with the national chamber and
acts in an advisory capacity to the
| chambers board of directors. At
this meeting the council is scheduled
to nominate business men to fill sew
enteen vacancies on the chambers
board of directors. The council also
will meet at 2 pm.
, Association Hends to Meet.
The National Association of Com
mercial Organization Secretaries will
meet at pm. In the crystal room or
the New Ebbitt Hotel. The American
Trade Association Executives will
meet at the same hour in the gold
room of the same hotel and at 10
| o'clock Monday night. in the rose
room Of the Washington Hotel Presi-
dent Defrees will hold a reception.
Secretary Hoover of the Depart
ment of Commerce will address the
National Association of Commercial
Organization Secretaries at lunch-
con to be given in the crystal room
of tho New Ebbitt Hotel at 1880
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The first general session Of the
meeting will be called to order at Ill
Io'clock Tuesday morning by President
Defrees, Rev, Charles Wood. pastor
Of the Church of the Covenant. Will
pronounce the invocation. after which
the convention will proceed to for
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