Evening star., 1927-10-16
BUSINESS LEADERS
PLAN FORUM HERE
Talks on Curbing of Waste
Set for Management Week,
October 24 to 20.

Mana cement week. inaugurated in
1927 by business leaders of the Ma
ton as a means of teaching the dis
astrous effects of inefficient and
wasteful practices with the hope OF
preventing panics and periods of de-
preston. will be observed in Wash
| ington for the first time October "a
tn % with a series of daily forum
discussions by outstanding business
and professional men at the City
Club.
The observance here, held in con-
junction with similar programs over
the country, will be under the au-
spices of the City Club, in co-opera-
ton with other organizations which
are represented on the local COM
mittee in charge.
Development Needed.
While the movement for simpli-
fled practices and the elimination of
waste in business methods was de-
clared to have spread rapidly with
4 widening of its scope each year
since the first observance of Manage
ment week. with a resultant elimina-
tion Of waste. much yet remains TO
be accomplished, it was pointed OUT
last night by III. j. Odenthal, eXecu-
tive secretary of the City Club. in
announcing plans for the observ-
ances here. One hundred aud thirty
five thousand commercial failures
were reported between the years 1920
and 1927, he said, with total liabil
tiles amcuntaing to $4,000. 100000.
This, he declared. is evidence that the
management of the Nations business
even yet is not as efficient as 1t
might be.
The national committee. organized
as the result of the 1921 movements,
consists of representatives of the
American Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers. Society of Industrial Engineers,
the Taylor Society, the Management
Association. the American Institute OF
Accountants, the National AssOcia-
tion of Purchasing Agents, the
National Association of Foremen, the
National Association of Office Man.
gers and the Life Office Management
Association.
Discussion Topics Cited.
The subject for discussion during
the observances of-ManagementW Week
this year is announced as Manage
ment and its Part in Maintaining Pros
perity."' During the weeks program
in Washington the City Club plans to
invite to the forum discussions execu.
tives and employees of local business
organizations. Each day during the
week meetings will be held at the
City Club between 1890 and 1880
o'clock. Speakers are announced as
follows:
Judge Theodore Risley, solicitor of
the Department of Labor, who will
talk on Labor; Maj. /. d. Carson,
general manager of n. w. Aver Co.
advertising; Chester Leasure, as
sociate editor, the Nations Business,
This Business of Getting Together"
DR.. A. J. Lame of New York, "The
Psychological and Health Factors
Entering Into Employment; William
Gibbs McAdoo of California. Trans
portation": Ray Hudson, of the De-
Partment of Commerce, "Simplified
Practice and its Application"
Rudolph Jose, president of the City
Club, is honorary chairman of the
local committee in charge, and other
members of the committee are the
following vice chairmen: Martin A.
Leese, president of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce: Edwin G..
Graham, president of the Board of
Trade; Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan,
president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association; William
Knowles Cooper, secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
and the following committeeman: Z.
ID. Merrill, f. S. Pardoe, +. f. Penn,
jr.; Harry Carroll, Peter Dorsch, Ed
ward ID. Shaw. George Offutt, jr.;
Maurice Rosenberg and III. j.
Odenthal