New Britain herald., 1923-05-04
CONN, [. OF [. WILL
 MEET IN HARTFORD
24th Annual Meeting at Hotel
 Bond May 16 and Y

Hartford May 4.--The program fol
 the twenty-four annual meeting oi the Connecticut Chamber of Com.
 nnerce to be held at the Hotel Bond
 Hartford, May 18th and 17th, is prac.
 ticaliy completed and constitutes what is expected to be the most compre-
 hensive discussion of Connecticut
 business and national affairs from all
 aspects that has ever been staged in i this state. The main theme of the ! two days meeting may be character
 ized as the industrial situation, tire keynote of which will be sounded a. the manufacturing and agricultural conference to be held the first evening to be addressed by Frederick A. Wa lis. former United States commission CT of immigration, who will talk on
 Immigration and the Shortage Of La bor." The other speaker for that eve ming will be Dr. David Friday preai- dent of the Michigan State Agricultur- al college, who will take for his sub iect An Agricultural Program TOT sn Industrial State" Both speakers are we'll known to the American public. Mir. Wallis is an authority on 'mml- grafton, and Dr. Friday is considered one of the foremost authorities in the country on agriculture.
 Good List of speakers.
 An exceptional program of speakers is provided for the annual banquet to be held on the evening of May 17th. General Herbert NJ. Lord. 'lirectpr of the bureau of the budget, Washing ton, D. C., will be one of the speak CTS. General Lord succeeded Hell and Maria" Dawes as director, hay ing served as General Dawes assist ant. He will take for his subject 'The Nations Business" Julius H. Barnes president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will talk on Recent Commercial Trends in America and Europe MT. Barnes recently returned from Germany where he had conference with Hugo stinnes, the financial and industrial wizard of Germany, and other lead CTS of German industry. on the mat ter of separations. MT. Barnes IS forceful speaker and is well Known to Connecticut business men.
 The speaker who will furnish the laughs for the banquet will be Strick- land W. Gillian of Baltimore. well known humorist and lecturer. MT. Gillian has lectured in every part Of the United States. The title of his talk will be "A Confidential Confao'
 In connection with the annual meeting there will be four group m meetings. The group meeting will be held on the afternoon of May 17th, | These groups represent the funda- mental divisions of Connecticut busi- ness which are represented on the d. rectorate of the State Chamber of Commerce. kt these meetings there ! will be such speakers as John Howie Wright. editor of Postage" maga- zine; Philip H. Gadsden, vice presi- dent. United Gas Improvement Co.,, Philadelphia Prof. l.. P. Brecken- ridge of Yale university, New Haven; Lew Hahn. director-general of the National Dry Goods Association: Cal yin F. Brown. chief. organization di- vision, Chamber of Commerce of United States, Washington. D. C.
 These speakers and others whose names will be announced at a later date will discuss such subjects as commerce. office eff ,ienCy, transportation, community ad- vertising, agriculture. public utilities, 'nd banking and insurance.
 The program promises to furnish every phase Of industrial problems 'acing business men today and at the ame time there will be plenty of en-