Evening star., 1943-04-13
Many U. s. Officials
Slated 10 Address
Commerce Council
Chamber Speakers Will
Discuss Wartime
Business Problems
By EDWARD C. STONE.

By EDWARD c. STONE.
Many high Government officials
will address the 31st annual meet.
ing of the United States Cham
Der OF Commerce at the Waldorf
Astoria, New York, April 27-29, ii
vas announced today by President
Eric A. Johnston. All will speak on
subjects pertaining to wartime con-
ditions.
What Is Needed for Victory" will
be considered by 1t. Gen. Brehon B
sonerven Paul V. McNutt and
Representative James. Wadsworth
will speak on "Manpower," while
Nelson Rockefeller, who spends
smuch time in Washington, will talk
on foreign trade policies. Renego-
tiation of war contracts has been
assigned to Paul E. Shorb and inter-
national problems of peace to Dean
Acheson of the State Department.
Headline speakers at the second
days session will be Chester c.
Davis, food administrator; William
l.. Bait vice chairman, War Produc-
ton Board; Joseph B. Eastman, di-
rector, defense transportation Ad-
miral Emory S. Land, chairman
Maritime Commission, and Admiral
Ernest L. King.
On the third day, Representative
Albert Gore will consider the place
of Congress in Our Postwar Victory
Democracy" while another speaker
will be Senator Millard E. Tydings.
Senator Walter F. George will speak
ct the annual dinner.
In addition to this array of WASH
tngtonians, others on the program
include Chester Dumond, president
New York Farm Bureau; Clarence
Francis, chairman Food Industry
War Committee, New York; E. R.
Eastman, editor American Agricul-
turist; Edward L. Allen, president
National Retail Dry Goods Associa-
tion; Robert Watt, American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and a score of
others.
Potomac Power Sales Mount.
Electricity sales of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. in the District of
Columbia in March registered a
sharp gain of 1853 per cent over
March, 1912, company officials an
nounced today.
Sales in the District totaled 1885,
COL ,874 kiloWatt hours, against 90
666 1872 in March a year ago, gain
St 1895 ,482 hours.
Railroads and railways used H.
t69, ,l05 klloWatt hours, against TO-
365 ,557 year ago, an increase of
1908 SAG, or 1740 per cent.
Public street and highway light
irg required practically the same
amount of electricity as last year.
but "other sales made the best
gain reported, 1911 per cent,
These sales totaled 92,117,664 kilo-
watt hours, against 77,993,569, a
Jump of 14,l24,095 XVIII.
Controllers Laud Parley.
District of Columbia Control Con-
trollers Institute of America, sent
an important delegation to the in
stitute's war conference, held in
Philadelphia Sunday and Monday.
Sack il town today, they praised
the program most highly.
Among those attending from
Washington were: Harold Hayden,
Potomac Electric Power Co.; Ralph
Heitmuller, Acacia Mutual Life In
surance Co.; F. Charles Brown. Ma
tional Geographic Society; o. H.
2ittenour and Richard Ennis, WASH
!ngton Gas Light Co; Raymond
Lochiel, Pennsylvania Central Air
lines, and P. L. Hickman, the o Sui
hvan Rubber Co. Twelve Eastern
States were represented at the con-
Terence by over 500 members.
Insurance Payments S1,163, 900.
A total of ST ,l63, 900 in benefit pay
nents was made to residents of
washington by the Mutual Life In
surance Co. of New York during
1912, Thomas P. Morgan, jr., man
eyer for the company here, said
soday.
Directors of the Lanston Mono
type Machine Co. have declared a
dividend of so cents per share on the
outstanding stock, payable May 81
TO stockholders of record May 81, it
vas announced today. This action
doubles the dividend. as 25 cents per
share was paid in February. The
last sale of the stock on the WASH
tngton Stock Exchange was made
at 30.
The 2l,024 shares of Washington
Gas Light SIS preferred stock, which
recently was sold to present stock
holders and to the public. was listed
On the Washington Stock Exchange
today
This brings to 10000 shares the
amount of this stock now on the eX-
change and winds up the financing
which the company carried out to
meet bank loan payments and other
current needs.
Today's Trading on Exchange.
American Security e. Trust Co.
stock appeared in very small sale
on the Washington Stock Exchange
today at l89. 1t was the first sale
this year.
Capital Transit appeared in two
sales at 30, unchanged from last
week.