Evening star., 1933-11-01

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Swope Reveals Plan.
The Planning Council, after hearing
from Gerald Swope, chairman, a pro-
posal that all business organizations be
merged into a National Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, which would
name a panel of distinguished indus
trialists to supervise operation OF
codes, voted on the motion of Henry I.
Hartman, president of Chamber Of
Commerce of the United States, to place
the proposal in the hands of a COM
mittee for study.
Swope tolds newsmen after the morn
ing session that nobody is respon-
slble for that plan but myself"
1T doesn't commit the council the
Secretary OF Commerce or any one else"
he said.
In addition to Teagle. those leaving
the board today are Swope, James A.
Moffett, recently resigned from the
Standard Oil Co. Of New Jersey: Austin
Finch of Thomasville, NJ c., and John
B. Elliott, California oil man.
On December ! four more members
will leave the board. These are David
r. Coker Of Hartsville. S. c.; Henry :
Heimann of Niles, Mich; Louis XII
stein, Boston and New York merchar
and W. J. Vereen Of Moultrie, Ga.
Successors Chosen.
They will be replaced by Morris e.
per Of kansas City, Thomas H, Nc.
lnnerney, A. Lincoln Filene Of Boston
and William A. Hartman of New York.
naming four members-Harriman Ed
ward N. Hurley of Chicago, Robert E
Lund, president of the National Manu-
facturers' Association, and Alfred p.
Sloan, jr., of General Motors-would
END their service on December 81, being
succeeded by Everett G. Griggs of Ia
coma, Wash; F. B. Davis, jr.; Henry
S. Dennison of birmingham, Mass: H.
r: Kendall OF Boston and Thomas ].
Watson.
Swope's proposal for super-trade or
ganization visualized three main divi-
sions.
The first, for commerce or trade,
would head up the various codified ma
tlonal retail and wholesale distributing
associations and those of kindred in
duStrieS
The second would be at the top of
industrial or manufacturing groups, in
cluding the Textile Institute, the Amer.
lcan Iron and Steel Institute, and DOS.
sinly also the present National Associa-
tlon OF Manufacturers and the National
Metal Trade Association.
Inc third division would cover asso-
clatlons representing local or geograph-
ical divisions.
owope also proposed that there be
created In this national chamber an
economic and statistical bureau. with
the highly organized and efficient"
industrial Conference Board of New
YORK as the nucleus, and other inde-
pendent economic and statistical bodies
now supported by merchants and man
ufacturers to be incorporated.
Facts Would Be Gathered.
All statistical reports and data from
each national codified association would
be submitted to this economic bureau
and ito the National Recovery Admin
Btration or department of the Govern
ment taking over this work perma-
nently"
Swope advocated that the super
business organization should become
the actual governing agency of codiied
industry, saying:
If industry does not organize and
govern itself, either the State or Fed
eral Government wlll-with the conse-
ouent paralyzing effect on initiative and
progress"
He suggested that the new national
chamber should be governed by board
which would elect officers and executive
committees. and upon which both the
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