The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-06
Alabama Organizations Hold
Meeting In Birmingham And
Decide On Campaign To
Bring Attention OF Nation
To States Great Resources
SAMPLES OF PRODUCTS
TO BE PUT ON EXHIBITION
Moral And Financial Support
Of Corporations Will Be
SeCured-General Fund OF
Not Less Than 100000
To Be Created For Purpose

At call of an organization of Ala
oama managers and secretaries of
chambers of commerce formed yes
terday a meeting will be held in
Birmingham June looking to for
mutation of a campaign of national
scope for the systematic and result
getting advertising of Alabama and
its resources.
o. l.. Bum, general chairman of
the Birmingham chamber. was elect
ed chairman of the organization and
Paoli Smith secretary. Mr.. Bum
Will name an executive committee
from different sections of Alabama
to conduct the course of the orGanl-
cation.
The meeting to be called for June
is to be attended by state authori-
ties members of county boards of
revenue, representatives. of munich
palities, the state harbor board, rail-
road officials and the representatives
of corporations doing business In the
state, especially the utilities.
The purpose of the organization is
to secure the moral and financial
support of the corporations and the
state, city and county governments
in advertising Alabama in the very
best way and through the strong
est mediums. In his talk to the
managers and secretaries yesterday
Manager Bum outlined the plan in a
broad way as follows:
National Campaign.
/. There shall be a national adver-
Using campaign setting forth the re-
sources and opportunities for invest
ment in Alabama.
2, There shall be systematized
presentation of samples of Alabama
products at eXpositions.
Fund of 800, 900.
Mr.. Bum estimates that a general
fund of not less than 100000 should
be used for advertising the state at
large. The general idea is to have
an all-Alabama league engaged in
the business of advertising Alabama
as whole. At the same time such
particular advertising as eommuni
ties might wish. and for which they
would raise particular sum, could
be handled for them. But the or
ganization is out for advertising the
state of Alabama in a broad way
and for doing that with such we'll
prepared data and well-presented
facts that the states resources VIII
be adequately set forth.
O o O
To Stand Sponsor.
The Chamber of Commerce organi-
cation proposes to stand sponsor for
the campaign and to see that it Is
with the dignity suiting the cause
represented.
Representatives of the various
chambers of commerce will spend
the time between now and June 9
interesting their cities and counties
ir the movement. They expressed
themselves as believing that the time
is ripe for the kind of advertising
that Alabama needs and that the
corpora tons doing business in the
state would participate generously.
Those attending the meeting yes
terday were w. f. Black, manager
of the Montgomery cha mber; A. E
Ausman, secretary manager of the
Bessemer chamber; j. NJ. Brosus.
secretary. Tuscaloosa. O. L. Bum,
manager. Birmingham: H. A. Wheel
ing, secretary, Huntsville; j. S. Ben
nett. secretary. Samson; j. w. Chop
ton, president. Albany Decatur; ]. M.
Clark. secretary, Russellville; Paoli
Smith, Birmingham; w. H. Miller,
secretary Gadsden; David Holt, pub
LEFTY director. Mobile