New Britain herald., 1925-06-29
{. [. SECRETARIES
 MEET HERE IN FALL
Accept Invitations of Pres, Andrews and Mayor PaOneSSa

The fall meeting of the Connecti- cut Commercial Secretaries associa- ton will be held In New Britain. This decision was arrived at by the executive committee at session held in Greenwich, Saturday follow ing an invitation extended for the New Britain chamber by retiring president, Earl J, Arnold, secretary of the Bristol chamber of commerce. who was acting under special in- structions from President Joseph h. Andrews and Secretary Ralph l.. l Gould of the New Britain Chamber of Commerce, both of whom were unable to be present at the meeting. tive committee, telegrams from May or Paonessa and President Andrews. The tone of these telegrams and the expressed desire of the New Britat~ official and also the chamber of commerce president to have the as- sociaton meet in New Britain. had much to do with the executive com mittee's vote to name New Britain as the next meeting place.
 The fall gathering in New Britain will bring together a large number
 of secretaries and several of the
 presidents of commercial organiza-
 tions throughout the state. It is also
 possible that representatives of the
 United States Chamber of Com
 merce and several members of the
 New England association of com
 mercial executives will be present. , At the annual meeting held ir Greenwich, Harry l., Nado, sccretar, of the Greenwich Chamber of Com , menee, was elected president A. E, 5 Wellman, secretary of the Torring | ton Chamber of Commerce, vice f president; Thomas L. Hinckley, sec retary of the Mddletown Chambe - of Commerce, secretary-treasurei
 and the above three officers wit S George E. Rix, secretary of tn x Manchester Chamber of Commerc and Jacob Jacobs, secretary of th
 West Haven Chamber of Commefc
 form the executive committee
 One of the outstanding papers C
 the annual meeting was the preser
 tation of the American merchar I marine by Alfred Gilbert Smitl l president of the New York and Cub
 Mail Steamship company, and als
 president of the Ward line of pai u senger vessels, and special adviser {
 President Coolidge on the relation
 ship of the railroads to steamshi
 traffic. MT. Smith referred to tl
 great handicap of American shi j. owners in the great number of law h and regulations that congress h; 0 imposed and which form restriction '. of most costly nature. He made IS plea for an irt elligent considerable l. of the American merchant marir re with the view of having the Amer ,e can flag continue to fly over larl os number of ships that would care f a not only the commercial business v- peace time, but would he availab
 as a valuable adjunct during a WI ,p period.
 tc A helpful talk was given by Rog e Baldwin. a New York corporate ,,. attorney who spoke upon taxatit .' problems. his talk indicating a cor l., plete knowledge of the matter, Q ~ pecially as it effected city taxatit matters.
 .mu m The case of the boy in indust 'S was presented by another New Yo lS attorney, William Edwin Hall. pres
 dent of the American Federation B. Boys clubs. who spoke on the a ld sistanCe that chambers of COT IF merce can give the boy who eith ly because of choice or necessity fet ig that he should begin career in t
 factory.
 n- The fourth speaker was Hugh ct Fox. a councillor to the Unit O. States chamber of commerce, and d. man we'll vcrsed in chamber of coI ve merce work.