Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
BUSINESS LEADERS
MEET TOMORROW
Hoover Will Address Four
Day Meeting of U. S. Cham
Der of Commerce.

CONTRIBUTION OF DOtn Government ana
business toward the accomplishment o.
economic sterilization will be widely
discussed at the eighteenth annual
meeting Of the Chamber Of Commerce
of the United States which will open
here tomorrow. More than 5000 busi-
ness men representing 1,700 Chambers
of Commerce and trade organizations
are expected to attend the four-day
meeting.
President Hoover heads the list of
governmental officers who will par
ticipate in five general sessions de-
voted to current economic questions
conferred. In addition to MIR. Hoover,
others speakers are:
Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Com
merce; Alexander Legge, chairman of
the Federal farm board; Ogden L. Mills,
Undersecretary Of the Treasury; j. w.
Pole, controller of the currency; John
Lord OBrian, Assistant to the Attor-
ney General, and DR.. John M. Cries,
chief, division of public construction,
Department of Commerce.
Three State governors, Albert G.
Ritchie Of Maryland, Myers Y Cooper
Of Ohio and Harry q. Leslie of Indiana,
will speak.
Questions to BE Considered.
Foremost among the questions for
consideration are sterilization and en-
ployment, Federal farm board policies,
chain and branch banking, oil and
forest conservation, trade practices,
taxation, foreign trade, public con-
struction as a factor in business sta
bilization, branch factories abroad,
water transportation. old-age pensions,
railroad consolidation, Capitalization in
Federal Government and the future of
air transportation.
The first general session will be de-
voted to q broad survey Of the i'm
mediate future, the difficulties con-
fronted and the economic pitfalls to
be avoided. At this session, the central
theme Of the meeting, What's Ahead
for Business" will be emphasized.
The second session will appraise tine
work done in the direction of business
sterilization and will survey the pos
sibilitieS of effective, concerted action in
planning for the future on national
scale.
The third will be given over to con-
sideration of Federal Farm Board
operations as far-reaching experiment
both in government and economics.
The position Of the Government will
be put forward by Mr.. Legge, while the
business attitude will be presented by
There also will be general discussion
of the subject from the floor.
The fourth will bring business atten-
ton to bear upon the growing per-
plexities Of taxation and fiscal policy.
Canadian Will Speak.
The final general session will give
an opportunity for a review of the
relationship between American and
Canadian business and o summing up
of the entire meeting. At this session
Linut. Col. j. H. Woods, president OF
the Canadian Chamber of Commerce,
publisher and business man, will be the
principal speaker.
At the second general session the
possibilities of planning and maintain
ing business stability will be considered.
Business stability, 1t Is pointed out, will
be discussed not as an academic Ques-
ton, but rather in the light OF prac-
tical accomplishments. Practical meth
DDS for maintaining sterilization of
business and employment will be put
forward At this session, Secretary OF
Commerce Lamont will open the dis
cussion with an address on the stabili-
zation work Of the Government. The
conference will be reviewed by the
chairman, Julius H. Barnes. Another
speaker, F.. s. Snyder, chairman OF
the board Of the Institute of American
Meat Packers, will discuss the ECO
nomic Bases Of BUSINESS Sterilization"
and Alfred Reeves, general manager OF
the National Automobile Chamber OF
Commerce, will present the question OF
"Centralizing Reports on Business Con-
ditions"-the first necessary step in
business planning.
These addresses, the chamber an
nounced, will be followed by general
discussion Of the subject of stabiliza-
ton from the viewpoint Of SPECIFIC
industries.
The business viewpoint will be put
forward by an equally prominent group
Of business leaders, including William
Butterworth, chairman OF the board,
Deere 81 Co., Moline, ILL.,; MIR. Barnes;
Melvin A. Traylor, president the First
National Bank, Chicago; Fred w. Sar-
gent, president Chicago & North West
ern Railway Co.; Felix M. McWhirter,
president the Peoples State Bank, In
dianapolis Howard Coonley, president
Walworth Co., Boston; Ernest T. Trigg,
president John Lucas & Co.. Philadel-
phia; H. H. Rice, General Motors Cor
poration; John Kirby, president Kirby
Lumber Co., Houston; E. j. Kulas,
president Otis Steel Co., Cleveland;
E. B. Reeser. president the Barnsdall
Corporation, Tulsa, Okla; II. r. Mac
MILAN, president California Oil and
Gas Association, and Henry L. Harri-
man, chairman New England Power