Evening star., 1941-04-27
Chamber Delegates
Arriving for Start
OF Farley Tomorrow
$500 Business Leaders
To Center Discussions
On Defense Topics


leaders from all parts of the coun-
try began arriving yesterday for the
j opening tomorrow of the 29th an
nual meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States.
With slogan, whats Ahead for
American" the gathering, composed
of representatives of 1900 affiliated
chambers of commerce and trade
associations, will hear many dis
tinguished speakers from the diplo-
matte corps, the administration and
from organized business.
Sessions will last through Thurs
day. They will be held for the most
part in the headquarters of the ma,
tional chamber, on H street at Con-
necticut avenue, but banquets and
mncheons will take place at various
hotels.
The program covers wide range
Of subjects, but centers on defense
and the part business is playing.
Kemper to Give Keynote Talk.
James S. Kemper, president of
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, will give the keynote
address to the meeting tomorrow
morning on american Business
Looks Ahead" He is president of
the Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty
Co. of Chicago. This speech, to be
broadcast by VOL from lis to
Has o'clock, will be the principal
feature of the morning program.
Other business will include a gath
ering of commercial organization
councillors, when there will be NOM
ination of directors for districts.
Trade Association councillors also
will gather, with w. c. Mullendore,
vice president of the national cham
ber, presiding. He is executive vice
president of the Southern California
Edison Co. of Los Angeles. Direc-
tors for departments of the cham
ber will be nominated.
Tomorrow afternoon there will be
discussions of business and defense
activities by national councillors
from the six geographical divisions,
and voting by the national council
ors on nominations for directors.
Fire waste and health awards will
be the subject for the session at 2
pm. tomorrow, with j. H. r. tt
manus of Philadelphia, secretary of
the Philadelphia Contributionship
for the Insurance of Houses from
Loss by Fire, as the principal
speaker.
Sir Gerald Campbell, British Min
lister to the United States, will de-
liver an address tomorrow night at
the dinner of the International
Chamber of Commerce at the May
flower Hotel, to be broadcast from
$50 to 10 pm. by WINK on 1.-The
World Today" Presiding officer
will be Eliot Wadsworth of Boston.
chairman of the American Commit
tee of the international Chamber.
Secretary of Commerce Jones will
be the first speaker at Tuesday
mornings session.
Defense will be the subject at the
Tuesday luncheon at the Mayflower
Hotel, where the speakers will in
clude Gen. George C. Marshall, chief
OF staff of the Army, and Admiral
Harold r. Stark, chief of Naval op-
erations. These addresses will be
followed the rest of the afternoon
by discussion Of defense work of
business organizations.
Two Dinners Tuesday.
Tuesday night there will be two
dinners. At the Willard Hotel there
viii be an organization night din
ner," which will be addressed by
Donald M. Nelson, director of pur-
chases of the Office of Production
Management. At the Mayflower
Hotel there will be the annual din
ner of the American Chambers of
Commerce abroad. Principal speaker
will be Justin R. Weddell of N. w.
Aver & Son, Inc, New York, who
Is vice president and director of
the American Chamber of Com
merce in London.
The subject of Federal fiscal poll
cies and taxes will be discussed
Thursday morning by Ellsworth c.
Alvord, formerly of the Treasury
Department.
Summarizing six of the principal
issues which will occupy the atten-
ton of business leaders at the meet
ing for the next four days, a state
ment from chamber headquarters
last night listed them as follows:
I'm the face of defense produc-
tions tremendously quickened pace,
what policies must business and
Government pursue to insure nee
essary flow of civilian supplies at
fair prices?
"As strikes and strike threats hold
public attention in the defense pro-
gram, what methods should business
propose for the settlement of in
dustrial disputes?
What measures should business
adopt to meet the competition for
world markets that will follow in the
wake of war?
How can United States transpor-
tation Enthusiastically, marine
and air-solve unprecedented prob
lens arising from the national emer-
gency?
What new risks are incurred for
business through the defense pro-
gram and the international Situa-
ton, and how will insurance provide
financial protection against these
risks?
with Government regulation of
agriculture being readjusted to mesh
with the accelerating gears of the
preparedness program, what stand
must the agriculturist and business
man now take in relation to the
Nations farm problems?"