Evening star., 1942-06-27
Edward BaIfz Named
Better Business
Bureau Chairman
Officers Are Elected
As Organization Marks
23d Anniversary

Edward c. Baltz, secretary Of the
Perpetual Building Association. was
elected chairman of the Better
Business Bureau at its annual meet
ing at the Mayf1ower Hotel yeSter-
day.
His election came at a session. at
tended also by the Advertising Club
OF Washington, at which United
States District Attorney Edward M.
Curran made an appeal for indi-
viduals to accept the responsibility
of serving on juries during the war
time emergency, period during
which he said crime will swing up
waro.
This Government needs help
more than ever now" he said after
citing that 100000 persons in the
United States are engaged in COM
hitting telonies and that 1000 serl-
ous crimes are committed every day.
We need men and women who have
an abundance OF good common sense
TO serve on Jurles.'
Other Officers Listed.
The new chairman. a native of
Washington, will succeed Y. +.
Booker. who presided at the meet
ing. Other officers elected were
James w Hardey, vice chairman:
Hubert T. BiSSell. treasurer. Ar
thur J. Sundlun, assistant treasurer:
R. B. H. Lyon, counsel, and c. G..
Sheffield. chairman of the Mer-
chandiSing Committee.
With the following members, they
Will comprise the board of trustees
Tor the next wear
c. A. ASpinwall. Earl D. Baker, S.
Meyer Barnett. Kenneth H Berkeley
Donald NJ. Bernard. Y E. Booker. Ev-
erett J. Boothby. B. B. Burgunder.
George B. BurruS, Lee D. Butler.
John H. Davis, Charles B. Dulcan.
sr.: Joshua Evans. jr.: DR.. CLYDE M
Gearhart, Ralph L. Goldsmith. Miss
Margaret Gollan, Gerald D. Gros-
ner. J. j. Hasley, j. Wriley Jacobs.
Louis D. Krakow, c. J. Mack, Archi-
bald McLaChlen, E. D. Merrill
Thornton w. Owen. William N.
Payne, Jr.; John A Reilly. Herbert
j. Rich, Charles A, Robinson. H. l..
Rust. Jr.: Charles H. ST. John, c.
Melvin Sharpe. Frederick P. H.
SlddonS. Harry E. Ullman and
Dewey Zlrkin
Claude H. Woodward was re-
elected director of the bureau and
Mrs. Sally Muchmore, assistant di-
rector.
Bureaus 23d Anniversary.
The part the Better Business Bu-
reau plays in their respective busi-
nesSes was discussed during the ses-
sion by Sidney F. Taliaferro, rep
reSentlng local banks; Mr.. Sharpe.
public utilities; Mr.. Hardey. mer-
chants, and Col. Leroy Heron,
newspapers
The meeting, as pointed out by
Director Woodward. marked the bu-
reaus 23d anniversary. The Or
ganlzatlon was started at the close
OF World War l primarily to pre-
vent fraud, but now has expand
ed It's program OF take in also
fraud prosecution, promotion of fair
advertising and selling practices.
education of consumers and nro-
ton OF informative advertising and
selling.
during the last year, according TO
Mr.. woodward, there has been
greater increase than ever before in
the number of inquiries and COM
plants received from the public bv
the bureau.
1880 Inquiries Handled.
Undoubtedly this unusual In
crease, which has made a great de-
mand upon the bureau office" he
said, is the result of the increased
population. More than 12.8OO have
been handled. l am happy to say
tndt The great majority of them were
lnqulrles-clearly indica ting that the
public Is familiar with the program
and that the majority of business is
honest"
AS one Of its most recent services,
Mr.. Woodward said the bureau kept
Washington free Of inaccuracies in
advertising concerning a number of
powders represented as capable of
eHtln2ulShing lncendiary bombs.
The bureau is cooperating fully
with Government agencies, particu-
larry those connected with the war
effort Mr. Woodward rerortod