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and courage, we must apply our
selves to finding the correctives
necessary to recovery, and, through
the Congress-our representatives
see that the correctives are applied"
James S. Kemper, vice president
Of the chamber, said in an address
this morning that in event of war
business should be allowed to carry
on without being hamStrung by
rules and regulations or excessive
taxation"
Mr.. Kemper, president Of the
Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co..
Of Chicago, said:
1.-The vast majority Of our coun-
trymen don't want America to get
into another war, but whether war
comes or not, we men in business
must not falter even for an instant
in our determination that business
shall be permitted to carry on"
More Criticism Indicated.
Furthermore, he added, business
should not be crucified by Govern
ment competition supported by taxes
on the very businesses that are being
ruined"
With every indication that the
meeting would be marked by some
free-for-al criticism of the policies
of the Roosevelt administration, the
chamber said in a statement that
an effort would be made to point
the way to starting the flow Of
capital into private inrustry.
In this depression that great In
strument of improvement has been
all but missing" it was added.
Awards made some time ago in the
national fire prevention contest for
cities and the health conservation
contest for cities and rural areas
were presented at meeting this
morning at which Mr.. Kemper
spoke, and later the National Coun-
Gil, composed of representatives of
the constituent organizations of the
chamber, was to meet to nominate
directors.
The American section of the In
ternational Chamber Of Commerce
will have the annual dinner tonight
at 7::30 at the Mayf1ower. The speak
ers will be Thomas J. Watson Of
New York, president of the interna-
tional chamber; j. Stanley Mclean
of Toronto, president of the Cana
dian Chamber of Commerce, and
Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington cor
respondent of the London Times.
The chamber had expected to hear
something of the administrations
business appeasement" program at
the opening session at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning, at which Sec
retary Of Commerce Hopkins was
to speak. Mr.. Hopkins, who has
been i'll, yesterday advised President
George H. Davis, however, that his
recovery has been much slower
than had expected" and that he
had not been able to write the
speech.
Group Sessions to Be Held.
The convention then will split up
for the first of the group sessions at
which various aspects of industry
and agriculture will be discussed.
One session of particular interest
at this time will be held at the
Willard at 2:30, when industry's
preparation for national defense
will be studied. Col. J. H. Burns,
executive officer to the Assistant
Secretary of War, will outline what
individual manufacturers would be
called upon to do in time Of war,
while Col. Walter c. Cole of New
York, former president of the Re
serve Officers' Association Of the
United States, will speak on provid-
ing strategic war materials.
There will be three dinners to-
morrow night: American Trade As
sociation Executives and American
Chambers of Commerce Abroad,
Mayflower, and National Associa-
ton of Commercial Organization
Secretaries, Willard. Representa-
tive Bruce Barton, Republican. of
New York, will address the last
named.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi,
an advocate of economy in Govern
ment, will be the principal speaker
at the annual dinner Thursday night.
A tentative" acceptance to the
dinner has been received from Sec
retary of State Hull. Others who
have accepted invitations include:
Supreme Court Justices Butler and
McReynolds; Postmaster General
Farley, Jesse Jones, chairman of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp; Sec
retary of Labor Perkins; Mariner S.
Eccles, chairman of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
Board, and Secretary Of War Wood
ring.