Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
BUS|NESSLEADERS
GATHER IN CAPITAL
Chamber of Commerce of
United States to Open 18th
Meeting Tomorrow.

Three thousand business leaders from
all parts of the country will gather
here tomorrow for the seventeenth an
nual meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce Of the United States.
OIL conservation proposals, the Federal
Reserve Boards effort to curb specula-
ton, tariff principles, farm aid and the
national origins provisions Of the i'm
migration law are a few Of the subjects
listed for discussion. The sessions will
last five days.
Economic Changes TO Be Studied.
Radical economic changes now taking
place in business also Will be revealed
IN the discussions a. outlined by the
complete program OF the meeting, made
public last night. Some Of the topics
under this heading are the future Of
small business, the impact Of science
on business, the shifting of workers
due TO the nechanization OF industry
and the five-day week.
The Growing Responsibilities Of
Business" will be the keynote Of the
meeting It viii be stressed by Julius
II. Barnes, former president Of the Ma
tiOnal Chamber, in the opening address
and viii enter prominently into all the
speeches. At the sessions American
business leaders will attempt 70 iornlU-
late policies with regard to the various
questions ON the program, outlining a
course to be followed for the next II
months.
The delegates will represent more
than 900 business organizations, rang
ing from the smallest local chamber
Of commerce to the largest national
trade association.
Lamont VIII Speak.
Among the speakers will be Secre-
tary of Commerce Lamont, who was
former vice president of the chamber;
Senator Allen of Kansas, Chairman
Hawley of the House ways and means
committee, William Butterworth, presi-
dent of the national chamber; Leonard
p. Ayers, vice president of the Cleve-
land Trust Co.; John q. Lonsdale,
president Of the National Bank Of Com
merce. st. Louis; Paul Shoup. presi-
dent Of the Southern Pacific Railroad;
John H. Fahey. Boston publisher, and
score Of other men Of national prom
inence in the business world.
President Hooyer,s new policy of with
holding permits for oil production on
public lands and the effect this policy
may have on the conservation of other
natural resources will be taken TN by A
special group representing the oil, coal,
metals and forest industries.
McCann Boomcd for Directorship.
As the delegates gather for the meet
ing considerable interest is being mani
tested In the fact that an advertising
man has been brought forward as
candidate for the board of directors.
Friends Of Harrison King McCann, pres
idert OF the H. K. McCann Advertising
Agency and head of the organized adj
vertising agency interests of the country,
have launched his campaign.
They point out that In the present
makeup Of the board every major
business activity Is represented except
professional advertising Mr. Mccain,
who Is widely known throughout the
country, is a native Of Maine. He has
been engaged in advertising for a
quarter of q century.
The work of the five-day meeting
of the chamber viii be carried on in
6 general sessions and IL round table
conferences. Topics of general inter-
est will be discussed at the general
sessions. Topics for the rm,nd table
discussions are as follows: Marketing
agricultural products, trade practice
conference, industrial extension prob
lens, Government influence on trans
portation, Government policies relat-
ing to raw materials and water power,
modern planning and financing of
cities, mass merchandising, principles
OF tariff legislation, business finance
and the credit supply, life and property
conservation, traffic Of the city and its
trade area and employment relations.