Evening star., 1947-04-25
is Businessmen
Named Directors
OF Trade Board
Copitol Committee
To Seek So, 900
In May Drive
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The terms of the new director,
will begin Thursday. Their election
was under the bylaws amended q
the general membership meetin,
last month.
Those named for a tfree-yeal
period we're Floyd D. Akers, presi.
dent, Capitol Cadillac Co.; Sterlins
Al. Parks, district manager. Gulf OF
Corp; !; 1. Gardner Moore, vice pres.
ident and general manager, Shore,
ham Hotel Corp; Edgar Morris
president Of Edgar Morris Sales Co.
e. D. Merrill, president, Capita
Transit Co.; A. G. Neal, president
Potomac Electric Power Co.
Also, H. Randolph Maddox, presi
Dent, Chesapeake 81 Potomac Tele
phone Co.: Carl J.. Burkland, gen
eral manager, Station WTOP, Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System; Clar.
ence w. Gosnell, president, Clarenc,
w. Gosnel, Inc; Harvey l.. Jones
vice president, Ssndoz, Inc; Chris.
tian Heurich, jr., president and gen
eral manager, Chr. Heurich Brewing
Co., and James B. Edmunds, assist.
ant general passenger agent, Chesa.
peake Ohio Railway.
Four Others Elected.
Directors elected for two year,
were Jack Stone, president, the Jacl
Stone Co., Inc, and Marcy L
Sperry, president, Washington Ga,
Light Co.
Maj. Gen. David McCoach, jr.
y. S. A., retired, vice president, the
Charles H. Tompkins Co., ane
Charles M. Upham, engineer direc.
tor, American Road Building Asso.
citation, were named to serve TO,
one year.
AS election judges, Raymond M
Florence, A. Gray Dawson and John
H. Burnett tabulated the vote
President Joseph C. McGarraghy
presided at the meeting, attended
by 1,100 members.
A program of American business
was outlined by Ralph Bradford
executive vice president of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce, and principal speaker. m
presenting this program, Mr.. Brad
ford stated the United States cham
ber is q business organization
plus"
Outlines Business Goals.
Main points In the program which
he said business wants are. world
peace through strength, the shar-
ing OF American abundance with
the less fortunate, high levels OF
production, employment and liv-
Ing, balanced Federal budget, the
return Of administrative and execu-
tive authority from Washington to
the States and localities, mainte-
nance and extension of social Sc
curity, the upgrading of education
and provision of adequate funds
for salaries and equipment, a ces-
sation of abor-management strife
the enactment of equal-sided leg
tslation and a return to true lib
eralism," which he said was nearly
the opposite Of what has been pass
Ing for liberalism in recent years
Awards were made to members
who brought in the largest num-
Der of new members during the
past year. The list OF those re-
ceiving the awards was read by
Harvey l.. Jones, chairman of the
Membership Committee, as follows
High men OF the committee whose
names will be inscribed on the Ben
T. Webster Memorial Plaque: Ed
gar Morris, for the third consecu-
tive year: Frank A. Leon, Thomas
j. Groom, for the second time;
William j. McManus, for the second
consecutive year. and w. Russell!
Lamar, for the second time.
Morris Breaks Record.
Those who presented 100 or more
applications during their member
ship on the committee and whose
names will be inscribed on the Pres
ton w. Perkinson-H. Campbell
Dance Memorial Plaque: John F..
Hillyard, Mr.. McManus. Howard
c. Drake, Mr.. Akers, j. Merrill
Conner, Charles H. Jerman, Emil
A. Press and Frank A. Leon.
Members who presented 200 or
more applications and whose names
will be inscribed on the w, Cros-
dale Wits Memorial Plaque: Har-
old o. Payne and Thomas J. Groom.
Mr.. Morris broke the individual
record for one year and was the
only member of the 400 or over"
and the 800 or over classifica-
tions.
Another event was presentation
Of testimonial and coinbina-
ton radio-phonograph and albums
of music to Odell S. Smith, "a,
who is retiring after more than
SO years as chairman OF the Pub
lie Order Committee. I'm recog-
milton of your faithful service to
Washington, the Board of Directors
has elected you an honorary life
member of the Washington Board
Of Trade" the testimonial stated.
The presentation to Mr.. Smith
was by Edward F. Colladay, vice
chairman of the Public Order Com
mittee, in the presence of Fire
Chief Clement F. Murphy. Acting
Police Supt. Walter H. Thomas and
Mr.. McGarraghy. Mr.. Smith was
presented another testimonial 10
days ago by the committee MEM
bers.
SS5.00o Tourist Fund Sought.
Mr.. Morris, chairman OF the
Greater National Capital Commit
tee, and E. c. Baltz, campaign
chairman, outlined plans for the
GNCC fund, to be raised during
May. This fund, with goal Of
sS5 900, will be solicited from Dis
trict businessmen. 1t was said, and
be used In connection with the
work of the Convention and Tourist
Bureau in boosting Washington as
tourist and trade center. The
money Is needed for the year COM
mencing May /.
In reading his annual report,
President McGarraghy pointed par
ticularly to several accomplish
ments OF the Board Of Trade dur
Ing the past year, including the fol-
lowing: Sponsoring and financing of
the plebiscite last election day; In
large measure the increase in the
Federal payment of the District
from $6,00o,o0o to 5000 900 last