Evening star., 1947-04-25
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NanledDirecfors
OF Trade Board
Copitui Committee
To Seek $85 900
: In Moy Drive
Picture on Page Al

ing in the Mayfower Hotel last
night.
The terms Of the new directors
will begin Thursday. Their election
was under the by-laws amended al
the general membership meeting
last month.
Those named for q tfree-yeal
period were Floyd D. Akers, presi-
dent, Capitol Cadillac Co.; Sterling
a. Parks, district manager, Gulf Oh
Corp. L. Gardner Moore, vice pres.
tdent and general manager, Shore.
ham Hotel Corp: Edgar Morris
president of Edgar Morris Sales Co..
=. D. Merrill. president, Capita
Transit Co.; A. G.. Neal, president
Potomac Electric Power Co.
Also, II. Randolph Maddox, presi-
dent, Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele.
phone Co.; Carl j. Burkland. gen.
eral manager. Station WTOP, Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System; Clar-
ence w. Gosnell. president, Clarence
w. Gosnell, Inc; Harvey l.. Jones
vice president, Sandoz, 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 years
were Jack Stone, president, the Jack
Stone Co., Irlcy and Marcy l.
Sperry, president, Washington Gas
Light Co.
Maj. Gen. David McCoach, jrs
u. s. A., retired, vice president, the
Charles H. Tompkins Co., and
Charles M. Uphan1, engineer direc-
tor, American Road Building Asso-
citation, were named to serve for
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
rnerce, and principal speaker. In
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, a 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 labor-management strife
the enactment of equal-sided leg
islation and 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 members
ship on the committee and whose
names viii 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 SOC or over classical
tions.
Another event was presentation
Of q testimonial and a coinbina-
tion radio-phoilograph and albums
of music to Odell S. Smith, "a
who is retiring after more than
80 years as chairman of the Pub
lie. Order Committee. "In recog-
nfsion of your faithful service te
Washington, the Board of Directors
has elected you an honorary life
member of the Washington Boarc
of Trade" the testimonial stated
The presentation to Mr.. Smith
was by Edward F. Colladay, vict
chairman Of the Public Order Com.
mittee, in the presence of Fir,
Chief Clement F. Murphy, Acting
Police Supt. Walter H. Thomas anc
Mr.. McGarraghy. Mr.. Smith wa.
presented another testimonial II
days ago by the committee mem.
bers.
S85.0o0 Tourist Fund Sought.
Mr. Morris, chairman of tn,
Greater National Capital Commit.
tee, and E. C. Baltz, campaign
chairman. outlined plans for tn,
GNCC fund, to be raised durini
May. This fund, with a goal O
$85, 900, will be solicited from Dis,
trict businessmen, it was said, ane
be used in connection with tn,
work Of the Convention and Touris
Bureau in boosting Washington a.
q tourist and trade center. tn,
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 o
the plebiscite last election day; Il
large measure the increase in th
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