The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-22
500 MEMBERS
Of CHEVROLET
STAFF IN CITY
Program and Policies for
1880 to Be Outlined
at Sessions.

Headed by H J. Klingler. Vice
president and general sales manager
Of the Chevrolet Motor Company,
a party Of Chevrolet executives are
in indianapolis today TO outline to
nearly 500 dealers. bankers and star
statesmen the sales program and
policies for 1890 Klingler arrived
here from Detroit this morning.
The meeting opened with an
elaborate sales presentation at the
Murat theater at 100 p. m To-
night at $50 all members Of the
Chevrolet retail organization and
the bankers will be guests Of the
Chevrolet Motor Company at a
banquet at the Claypool.
Assisting Klingler in presentation
Of the sales plans will be M. D.
Douglas, parts and service manager.
Detroit; J. J. Dobbs, service promo
ton manager, Detroit; c. j. Setfert,
business management division. De-
troit; G. w. Luce. Charlotte, N. c.,
zone sales promotion manager; Joe
Blass, Atlanta zone sales promotion
manager; c. D. Asbury. Atlanta
regional sales promotion manager,
and N. H. Pearson, Norwood regional
sales promotion manager.
NJ. E. Coyle, vice-president and
general auditor, is making a special
trip to indianapolis to attend the
meeting and will speak at the
hapoiret tonight
IOO-Car Club Meets
A. F. Young. Norwood regional
sales manager, and c. P. Fisken,
indianapolis zone sales manager
will be hosts to the Detroit officials
and to the dealers, bankers and
statesmen.
one of the high lights Of the days
activities was a meeting Of the 100
Car Club of the indianapolis zone
at 9 a. m. at the Claypool, when Of
ficers for 1890 were installed The
IO0-Car Club Is a Chevrolet organi-
cation composed Of retail statesmen
who sold and delivered 100 or more
new cars in 1929. Frank <. Rice,
Frankfort, is president; G. A Starr,
Anderson, vice-president; Everett
Harmin, Kokomo. secretary; Everett
Salmons, Kokomo, treasurer.
The sales presentation this after
noon is said to be the most COM
prchensive thing of It's kind ever
attempted by an industrial organi-
cation Talks will be illustrated by
playlets and the various parts Will
be acted by the executives from the
Chevrolet central offices
The meeting today is one OF a
series of forty-two similar meetings
being held In key cities throughout
the United States by Chevrolet.
Show VIII Be Elaborate
More than q carload OF stage
equipment has been brought from
Detroit for the afternoon show and
every art of the theater will be
employed to make the program Wis
uaLy effective.
Thursday the Chevrolet ezecu-
tives will meet the members OF the
Indianapolis zone and at night they
will leave for Louisville, where an
other meeting will be held Friday.
Vice President Klingler, inter
viewed today by a Times reporter
said: IN considering the prospects
for 1880, I take an optimistic point
Of view. The general forecasts ap-
pearlng from so many sources, indi-
eating business recession due to last
Years stock market adjustment, are
premature, in my opinion
Chevrolet will sell more cars this
month than in January year ago,
Mr.. Klirgler continued. The sched-
ule for this month had to be in
creased in response to the greatest
reception q new Chevrolet model has
received in the nineteenth year his
tory Of the organization.
Auto Business Unframed
THE economic readjustment had
little effect on the automobile
business, coming as it did at a
period of the year when the produc-
ton curve Of the industry bends
downward. Nineteen-thirty will
come close to being as big as 1929,
which was the largest year the in
dustry has ever known
History has shown that the low
price field is the least affected by
good or bad years, and the surplus
this year is practically chargeable
TO one manufacturer making part
Of MS 1928 output in 1929.
Directly on the heels of the first
showing Of the new Chevrolet Jan.
4 q flood of congratulatory messages
poured into our home office from
every part Of the country. Every
message told of unprecedented pub
lie interest in the new car and a
consequent increase in retail sales.
Every message We received from
the dealer organization expressed
confidence that the sales this year
would exceed any previous year.
ON the basis of the reception
accorded our car, and the renewed
interest of the buying public. can
not be convinced that the automo-
bile market is not still expanding "