The Washington times., 1929-05-03
BUSINESS ME- n
Of VIRGINIA
To CONFER

RICHMOND, Va, May 3.-Fifteen
hundred of the leading business men
OF Virginia were today invited to
attend the first "All-Virginia Con.
ference" in letters mailed by Major
Leroy Hodges, managing director
of the Virginia State Chamber or
of Commerce.
The conference will be held at
Virginia Beach on May 10. IL and
IL. and many of the leading business
men of Virginia are on the program
for addresses. All ten of the new
permanent State chamber commit
tees will organize at this time and
determine upon their work for the
coming year.
"Virpinia Is at the crossroads, so
to speak. and the business and
civic forces of the State must
Justify their leadership by blazing
q safe trail ahead for the Old
Dominion." Major Hodges wrote
Fully realizing its responsibility:
the Virginia state Chamber Oh
Commerce has called this CONFER
ence In an effort to help tind the
proper approach to virginia future
industrial development.
Besides business sessions OF tne
10 state chamber committees ana
other groups which are to meet 81
this time, three general conferences
sessions are planned and nine tor'
NAL addresses are on the program
These will be delivered by recog
nized leaders in their particular
lines.
Parrish to Talk
The first conference will open at
2:30 o'clock on May 10, following
meetings at noon of the commit.
tees and the board Of directors OF
the State chamber. j. Scott Par
5rish, fromer president of the Rich
mond Chamber of Commerce and
vice president of the Virginia
state Chamber of Commerce, will
speak on Education in the INDUS
trial Development Of Virginia.
He will be followed by DIR. En-
MON G. Williams, State health
commissioner, who will talk on
Public Health in the Develop
ment of Virginia. The third ad
dress will be delivered by Junius
p. Fishburn. former president Of
the Virginia chamber and Roanoke
publisher. who will discuss Build
ing the New Virginia Through
Publicity"
On the night of May 10. former
Gov. K. Lee Trinkle, of Roanoke.
will preside, and addresses on the
lndustrialization of Virginia will
feature the program. Robert d.
Ramsey, business manager of the
Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce
will talk on Local Aspects of
Industrial Development of Vir
ginia."
DIR Douglas s. Freeman will speak
on THE Relation of Agriculture to
the Industrial Development of Vir,
ginia" and the program will con.
clude when Mr.. Bohannan, speak
ing as chairman of the State ort
authority OF Virginia, will deliver
an address on THE Relation of
Hampton Roads to the Development
Of All-Virginia.
Discuss Forestry
The third formal session of the
All-Virginia Conference is called for
10 O'Clock on the morning of May
IL, when Forestry in the Develop
ment of Virginia, by S. H. Marsh,
district forest inspector of the
United States Forest Service;
Transportation in the Building of
the New Virginia" by Henry G.
Shirley, State highway commIs-
sioner, and Next Steps in Taxa.
ton and Governmental Reorganiza-
ton in Virginia" by DIR. Robert II.
Tucker, of Lexington, viii be the
,ormal addresses.
The May IL sessions will end with
I dinner at the Cavalier at Virginia
Beach with Mr.. Bohannan presiding
and five-minute statements from
the chairmen of the 10 State cham
ber COMMITTEES on the accomplish
ments of their committees during
the first two days of the conference
Sir John Joyce Broderick. K. B.
E.. C. NJ. c., commercial counsellor
of the British embassy in Washing
ton, is among the guests of honor
who have accepted the invitation Of
Mr.. Bohannan to be present.
The last day of the conference
will not follow a fixed program, but
will resolve itself into a series Of