Evening star., 1950-04-30
Greater National
Capital Groups
Driiveto0pen
Business MobiIizes
To Collect $4,000
To Promote City

tinued life Of the Greater National
Capital Committee of the WASH
ington Board of Trade.
The one-month campaign is
being presented as q business
proposition.
Businessmen will be told that
contributions to the committee are
an investment in future business
since the committees sole pur-
pose is to make Washington a
mecca for tourists and a con-
vention city.
Committee Chairman Joseph
c. McGarraghy yesterday named
Clark G. Diamond, vice president
Of Chestnut arms-Chevy Chase
Dairy, as chairman of the fund
drive. The vice chairman will be
Samuel H. Kaufman, president
of The Evening Star News paper
Co.
The campaign leaders will be
assisted by businessmen from all
sections of the city's economic
life directly affected by tourist and
convention business.
Travel Is Big Business.
"The GNCC is operating for one
purpose only: to increase the flow
Of new business into Washington
by bringing in the greatest posi-
BILE number of tourists, visitors
and conventions" Mr.. McGar-
raghy said. THE travel industry
is large factor in our Nations S
economy. Locally. visitor business
is estimated as being worth ap-
proXimately 500 million during
the past year.
when considered as a single
business, it is the largest source
Of new income into our business
houses. In volume 1t is second
only to the Government payroll.
All our activities are geared to at
tract this travel business"
Participation in the campaign
represents an investment rather
than a contribution, Mr.. Diamond
asserted.
"This is pure business PROPOSE
tion." he said. by participating,
our local business firms are taking
part in a cooperative venture.
This is an investment, and it pays
off at the rate of 1,O00-to-1. We
raise $4,000 and we can guar
antee that the GNCC will bring
500 million into the Golfers of
our business houses. z ri
Others Are Helped.
"One of the little-appreciated
facts about this influx of visitor
money is that it turns over many
times to the resultant benefit of
so many people not directly con-
nected with the visitor industry.
For example, the hotels of this
city employ approximately 5000
persons with a gross payroll of
over SIS million per year. The
livelihood of these people depends
upon visitor business. They, in
turn. buy houses, pay taxes. shop
at all our stores. in fact difTuse
the income brought into Washing
ton by our visitors"
Mr.. Diamond pointed out there
are also other economic benefits
that flow to Washingtonians
through the tourist and conven-
tion business.
These division chairmen to aid
him in the drive were announced
by Mr.. Diamond:
Amusements: Carter T. Barron,
division manager. Loew's Theaters,
and George Crouch. general zone
manager. Warner Brothers: au-
tomotive: Floyd D. Akers, presi-
dent, Capitol Cadillac Co.; banks:
Richard A. Norris, president,
Lincoln National Bank; breweries:
Ralph Van Reypen, American
Sales Co.; building and loan:
William H. Dyer. secretary, Per-
petual Building Association; con-
struction: Abner L. Roe, vice
president, William P. Lipscomb
Co.; distilled spirits: Walker H.
Colston president, Beitzell & Co.;
drug stores: Paul E. Largent,
Peoples Drug Stores; grocers:
Edgar Balshaw. division manager,
Safeway Stores, Inc; hotels and
purveyors: Frank E. Weakly,
president, Washington Properties,
Inc, Bourbon A. Dawes, secretary
Hotel Association of Washington;
insurance: Vincent Saccardi,
manager, Metropolitan Life In
surance Co.: laundries: Jay P.
Conger, president. Yale laundry;
newspapers: Mr.. Kaufman.
Also real estate: William w.
Taylor. j. Rupert Mohler. jr. Co.;
restaurants: Alfred A. McGar-
aghy. Sholl's Cafeteria: storage
and moving: Robert w. Berberich.
Assistant Manager, Powell Trans
portation Co.: department. stores:
Philip M. Talbot. vice president.
Woodward and Lothrop; retail
stores:-women's clothing: Frank
keenan,, Washington Daily News:
furriers: Dewey Zirkin, H. Zerkin
& Sons; shoes: Herbert j. Rich,
president, B. Rich's Sons; variety:
B. c. Hoyt, manager, G.. c. Muir
ply Co.; airlines transportation:
Hayes Dever, secretary. Capital
Airlines; local transportation: E.
c. Giddings, vice president. Capt.
tai Transit Co.; utilities: William
j. McManus, vice president, Ches-
apeake & Potomac Telephone
Co.; miscellaneous: John Kent,
division commercial manager,
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co.
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