Evening star., 1941-05-03
Producers Council
To Discuss Building
Opportunities
Experts Will Address
Sessions in Chicago
And Yosemite Valley

Public and private building op-
portunities during and after the
present war emergency and the
prospective demand for construc-
ton materials will be discussed by
leading American production eX-
perts at the 18th annual meeting
of the Producers Council to be
held this year both in Chicago
and in the Yosemite Valley, Calf.
After meeting in Chicago from
May to 9, the council will reas-
semble in the Yosemite Valley on
May II in conjunction with the
73d national convention of the
American Institute of Architects,
with which it is affiliated. At Yo-
semitic, the role of the architect
and the building industry in de-
fense will be the theme of three
day program, following which the
Joint convention will move to Los
Angeles for the final banquet of
the 194l meeting.
Leaders in Discussion.
Men prominent in Federal and
civilian ranks of production man
agement will take part in the Chi
cago sessions of the council. which
will be held at the Stevens Hotel.
Among them will be D. H. Daven-
port, chief of the Employment and
Occupational Outlook Branch of
the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics; H. E. Foreman, man
aging director of the Associated
General Contractors of America;
Thomas S. Holden, president of the
r. w. Dodge Corp; F. j. Plimpton,
assistant general sales manager of
the Vermont Marble Co., Proctor,
VT, and John Abbink, president of
the Business Publishers Interna-
tional Corp, New York City.
A symposium on The Prospect
for Construction and Demand for
Building Products" will open the
program at 1890 am. May 7.
Albert B. Tibbets, sales production
manager of the National Lead Co.,
New York City, and president of
the Producers Council, will pre-
side.
Speakers and Topics.
Speakers and their topics will in
clude: Robinson NeWcomb of the
research and statistics bureau of the
Office of Production Management,
probable Demand for Defense Con-
Ernest M. Fisher, direc-
tor of research in mortgage and real
estate finance for the American
Bankers Association, New York City,
Maintaining Private Residential
Building for Defense Housing and
Community Needs; Mr.. Davenport, |
supply and Demand for Building
Labor; Mr.. Foreman, Public Works
Policies During and After the Emer-
gency."
Mr.. Holden will be the principal |,
speaker at a building industry
which will follow the SYM
postum at 1890 pm. His subject |
will be Present and Future Prob !
lens of the Building Industry
Central and South American trade /
will be the subject of a public dis
cussion led by Mr.. Abbink and Mr.
plimpton at 2:30 pm. Mr. Abbink .
will speak on Economic Factors in .
Latin American Trade and Mr..
Plimpton on Members Interest in
Latin American Trade" A second |
symposium will be held at $3.50 pm.
on The Market for Members
Building Products in the Residential .
Field"
Builders to Speak.
Outstanding men from the field of .
residential building who will ad-
dress the symposium include Sum-
ner D. Hersey, largescale operative !
builder in East Natick, Mass; Cliff
ford w. Stuart. manager of the Cen
pral Electric Home Bureau, Schen-
ectady, N. Y; Howard Potter, head
Of the Potter Lumber & Supply
Co.. Worthington, Ohio, and H. R.
Northup, secretary of the
National Homes Foundation.
Council efforts to promote Coop
Grafton with industry will be re-
viewed by F. Stuart Fitzpatrick of
manager of the con-
struction and civic development de-
partment of the United States |
Chamber of Commerce. Other re-
ports will be given by j. c. Bebb,
assistant to the vice president of |
the Otis Elevator Co., New York
City, and chairman of the councils |
Committee on Bylaws. and F. w. |
Morse, vice president of the Cham
berlain Metal Weather Strip Co.,
Detroit, and chairman of the coun-
ellis Nominating Committee. After
the election of new officers and di-
rectors. the business meeting will
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