Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-18
c. OF c. DELEGATES
OF 50 CITIES HERE
International and Domestic
Problems CT Varied Pro-
gram of 18th Session.

Delegates from half a hundred cities
all over the country were gathering
in Washington today in preparation
for the opening of the thirteenth an
nual meeting of the Chamber of Com
, merce of the United States, to be held
Wednesday at the new home of the
chamber, Connecticut avenue and II
street. A varied program, embracing
international and domestic business
and financial problems, and dealing
at length with agriculture, an Ameri-
can merchant marine and the rela-
tions of Congress and the American
public, will be presented to the dele
gates when the meeting opens.
During the course of the meetings,
which will end Friday, half of the
directorate of "a men who guide the
destinies of the chamber will be elect
ed. Nominations will be made at a
meeting of the National Council to-
morrow for II of the direc'orships.
Edwin C. Graham, president of the
National Electrical Supply Co. of
Washington, has been formally sug-
gested as one of the candidates for
| nomination to the board of directors
representing the second election dis
| trict, which comprises the District of
Columbia, New York. New Jersey.
| Delaware, Pennsylvania and Mary
| land.
| If his nomination is made at the
meeting of national councillors tomor-
| row, ii will be formally ratified by the
entire chamber later in the week. Mr.
| Graham'S name was suggested at a
midyear meeting of the chamber in
January by delegation of Washing
| ton business men from the business
| organizations here. He is opposed by
six prominent business men of the
East, including Philip H. Gadsden,
| former chairman of the Federal Elec-
trio Railway Commission.
| First Meeting i'm Five Years.
The meeting of the chamber, which
opens Wednesday. is the first to be
| held in Washington in five years, and
will be the first held in the new mil
| lion-dollar home of the national or
ganization. Dedicatory exercises for
| the new building will be held Wed
nesday night, at $50 o'clock, with
Chief Justice Taft delivering the dedi-
catory address. Richard f. Grant,
president of the chamber; Harry A.
| Wheeler, first president of the cham
ber and chairman of the committee
on financing the building, and Charles
| Nagel, former Secretary of Commerce
and Labor, will also speak. Organi-
! zation of the national chamber was
| first suggested in 1909 by President
| Taft, and the steps leading up to
formation of the body were taken
under the direction of Mr.. Nagel.
More than 5000 delegates from all
business and industries and all geo.
graphic sections of the Nation are ex-
pected to attend the meetings of the
chamber. Officials of the organization
said today Washington always draws
a more complete representation than
do other cities when the national meet.
| ingS are held here.
A meeting of the board of directors
was held today at the chamber to
| formally pass upon the many reports
made prior to the opening of the an.
nua! meeting and upon the program
arranged for the sessions. The new
board of directors will meet on FRIDAY
| to elect a president of the chamber
for the coming year, beginning July |.
1t was not known today whether Mr..
Grant would run for reelection to the
| presidency.
Coincident with the meetings of the
chamber. conferences of the National
Association of Commercial Organiza
| ton Secretaries and of American
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