New Britain herald., 1925-09-26
l.. [. SECRETARIES
 IN SESSION HERE
Long Discussion Oyer Relations
 With Press Results

That the newspapers will play fair with the Chamber of Commerce, If Chamber of Commerce secretaries will play fair with the newspapers was the consensus expressed yester- day at the quarterly conference ot the Connecticut Association of Com mercial SecretC ries, which was held at tho Burrtt hotel,
 The question of tho newspapers and the Chamber of Commerce was docketed at the request of Secretary Ralph l.. Gould of this city, and pro- yoked a long discussion.
 The representatives were Nelcon- ed 10 tho city by Mayor 4. M. laon- essa and President Joseph R. An drews of inc Chamber of Commerce. Short addresses of welcome were made also by Frank H, Shield, presi- dent of the Rotary club, Attorney Donald Ciaffney. president Of the Kiwanis club. and C. V, Ruckey' president of the Lions club.
 Henry l.. Nado, secretary of the Greenwich Chamber and president of the association presided,
 Proud of C, of C.--Paoncssa
 Tn his welcome to the visiting sec. retaries Mayor Paonessa stated that New Britain was proud of ifs Cham . lter of Commerce and the achieve ments it has accomplished here. He nointed 10 the Burritt hotel as one lChamber of Commerce proposition lcalled attention to the iact that New Britain Is the second city in the state in building operations and first in large industries, and that a school building program for the future called for the spending of a million
 and 8 half dollars in schools in the
 near future. He told the delegates
 they could do anything except com
 init murder. while in the city. Selling the Chamber An address on Selling the Cham lber of Commerce To Its Members was made by Ben Alexander, assist ant secretary of the Boston Cham Der. Mir. Alexander told of man' methods whereby businessmen coul' { inc made to see the advantages or Chamber of Commerce, which h 1 charac eriZed as "business insur lance." He characterized as indus | trial hoboes those who fit iron ! nlace to place." industries which de | maud bonuses from Chamber 0 l ICommerce to locate in towns Whicl 1 offer inducements. He called "busi | tnessmen who reap all the advantage l of Chamber without themselVe | giving anything" as "commrnlt | parasites"
 | Chandler Praises New Britain l New Britain, with no wNter DOW l CT. no railroads became an industria leader because its early citizens na | vision, according to George | | Chandler, executive vice president q | the Connecticut Chamber, MI ] Chandler mentioned the start of th / tjnware business in the early day !. of New Britain and Berlin, whic
 he said "foundcd the most marve |, GUS system of salesmanship man ' fested in the countryside Yanke Z tn peddler."
 New Britain was built by me
 who capitalized their own resource ! One factory in New Britain furnish
 cd every article of hardware whic 2 went into the building of one cntl
 city"
 . Referring 10 the Chamber
 Commcrce as q whole, Mir. Chandl' V said: "The Chamber of Commcr'
 is the one central, fundamental il
 elusive organization in the con " Imunity,"
 - c. of C. and Newspapers \ 'The Chamber of Commerce al inc Local Newspaper" by George
 Rix of inc Manchester Chamber
 Commerce provoked lengthy di
 cussion. Mir. RiX sent out a que
 tionnaire 10 leading newspapers
 inc country asking their opinion
 12 questions affecting their relatio }
 with the Chamber of Commerce.