Evening star., 1950-06-11


dustrial relations. New York Uni-
verSity. also are scheduled. F.. C.
Stephenson. congress chairman.
will give his report.
DELEGATES will be welcomed bv
District Commissioner J. Russell
Young. The Rev. Frederick Brown
Harris. Senate chaplain and pas
tor of Foundry Methodist Church.
will give the invocation. A recep-
ton for delegates will be held at
s pm.
Panels Start Tuesday.
A Pacific group will start the
ball rolling Tuesday morning with
a panel on merchandise control
for small stores. j. c. Goodwin.
controller OF Woodward e. Lo.
throp, will be chairman OF the
morning session. starting at 10
O'Clock. An address by A. p. Will
liams, director Of the retail divi-
sion. Ernst q Ernst. Chicago. will
be followed by Detroit panel on
departmental expense evaluation.
Charles Sawyer. Secretary OF
Commerce, will address delegates
at a luncheon at 1890 pm.
Vincent A. Bitter, executive vice
president and controller OF Peck
a. Peck. New York. will be chair
man of the afternoon session. A
Philadelphia panel on productiv-
fty measurement and a Baltimore
panel on expense budgeting will
be presented. A clinic and round
table on the Lifo inventory method
will be held at 7:30 pm.
Following a Wednesday morning
panel on stock control methods
led by Lawrence Lachman. treas
urer OF Bloomingdale'S. New York,
Lew Hahn. president emeritus OF
NRDGA. will give an address on
Let's Argue"
Lazarus to Discuss Credit.
Fred Lazarus. jr.. president OF
Federated Department Stores,
Cincinnati. will speak on Credit
Selling Importance to Retailing"
and two Harvard authorities will
discuss the nationally known
Harvard Report. j. l.. Foster, jr,
Harvard instructor. will talk on
Expenses Up-Profits Down." and
Malcolm p. McNair, professor OF
retailing, will discuss the l949 re-
port. Douglas r. wellington. vice
president and controller. Abraham
& Straus. New York. will be chair.
man of the session.
w. E. Reitz, jr.. executive con-
troller of Hecht Co., will be chair
man OF the afternoon session and
will announce the place for the
1851 congress. Following a Mill
waukee panel on expense saving.
Bert Sarazen. Baltimore publicity
director for the Hecht Co, and
Louis Melicek, general merchan-
disc manager Of C. Crawford Hol-
lidge, Ltd, Boston, win speak.
Postal Rules Live Subject.
New parcel post rules which
have been criticized by retailers
will be discussed by Postmaster
General Jesse M. Donaldson at
banquet sponsored by the National
Capital Group of Controllers at
tbs Wednesday night. DR.. Paul
F. Douglass. president OF American
University, will be POSTMASTER.
Dancing will follow the banquet.
Emerson Schmidt, director Of
economic research. United States
Chamber of Commerce. will adj
dress the Thursday morning ses-
sion on social legislation and its
effect on profits. Other speakers
will be Paul Thompson, J. L. Hud-
son Co.. Detroit: John Chase. En-
cry Bird Thayer. Kansas City, Mo,
and Edward B. eagle. controller.
Kohn a. Co.. Balti-
more. Jerry F. Bernoudy. con-
troller. Scruggs- s-Vandervoort- Bar
ney, Inc. st. Louis. will be chair
man. Preceding the regular ses-
sion. small store clinic will be
led by Clare r. Sperry, J. B. Sperry
Co.. Port Huron, Mich.
Store Sales Hold Above 1919.
Washington department store
;ales in the week ended June 3
ieclined 3 per cent from the pre-
;eding week. but remained 2 per
,ent above the like 1949 week, the
Reserve Bank reported.
sales in four weeks ended June 3
llso were 2 per cent above a year
,arlier.
Sales in the entire fifth reserve
district we're per cent below the
previous week and per cent above
he like l949 week, while those for
our weeks were per cent above
! year ago.
The 22nd annual meeting of the
'afe Deposit Section Of the Dis
rict Bankers Association will be
,eld In the Sapphire Room OF the
Hotel at $50 pm. on
Tuesday. June 20.
Shane Maecarthy, the author.
gill speak on Bank Today" and
council members for the