Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-28
U. S. Chamber Delegates Discussing
Wide Range Of Topics at Meeting
BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
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BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
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Lem T. Jones, So. is one bust
nessman who almost can be
happy about a recession.
Along with 5000 other bust
ness leaders from across the
country, Mr.. Jones is in town
this week for the four-day
meeting of the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
While most Of the delegates
talk about business in terms
Of recovery and the future, Mr..
Jones has to admit he never
had it so good.
He is candy manufacturer
senior partner in Russell
Slower Candies Of Kansas City.
Mo.
Business has been very
good" he said. I'VE are show
ing a nice increase all across
the country"
His explanation: People
need candy to get energy. Then
they can keep going and help
themselves get out tot the re-
ceSsion."
During their meeting, which
ends tomorrow evening. dele
gates are shutting back and
forth among three hotels to at
tend carefully planned sessions
designed to show, according TO
one official, whats going on
in Washington thinking, bust
ness-wise.
Politics and policies are
their main concerns-not how
to improve. for instance, man
ufacturing or marketing tech
niuues.
Topics for discussion during
the meeting include Essential
Tools for Effective Citizen
ship; Education l970-Our
Schools viii Be What We
Make Them; THE Com
munist Challenge; Mutual
Security-Pro and Con-" and
Organization Workshop on
Practical Politics-A Cracker
Parrel Session -
The delegates are not re-
luctant to discuss the state of
business back home. They
talk optimistically about the
future.
Here are some representative
comments:
John w. Harsh, AZ, Mayor
of Magnolia, Ark; Business is
good. This week we're going to
announce that a new industry
has decided to come to our
town. The segregation issue
might have set us back some,
but we're 140 miles from Lit
tie Rock and we've got a lot
of resources. Our situation
seems to be improving"
DIR. T. L. Howard, Sc, man.
ager of the Knoxville (Tenno
Chamber of Commerce: I'VE
have felt some effects of the
recession. But at the present
time business is excellent. We
have an outstanding amount OF
construction in all fields: in
dustrial, commercial. residen-
tial and public. The future
looks excellent" CDR. Howard
received his doctorate in phi
losophy from the University OF
wisconsin,
John Bregger, So. secretary
of the Clemson IS. c. Cham
Der of Commerce and owner of
a tree nursery: I'D say the
South was hurt less than other
parts of the country by the re-
cession. 1t didn't cut as deep.
Now we're coming back. The
textile industry is very strong.
AS agriculture sloughS off, in
dustry is coming in to take up
the slack" Mr.. Bregger retired
some years ago from the Soil
Conservation Service here.
James w. Stone, 46. man.
ager of the Hagerstown MD
Chamber of Commerce: I'VE
have felt the recession. don't
know if we've exactly suffered
from it. We are trying to get
more diversified types of indus
try to develop additional pay
rolls. The situation could be
improved"
Bernard c. Ziegler, 81, Secre-
tary of the West Bend wis.,
Aluminium Co.: March was the
biggest month in our history
We felt the recession during
the first six months of 'S58.
For the last six months we
were caught short and couldn't
fill all the orders. The same
thing happened to many firms
which reduced their inventory
and weren't ready for :he sud-
den upturn."
John d. Banner, 70, presl-
dent of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank in Meadsville, Pa.
and a former member of the
Federal Reserve Board in
Cleveland: I'VE are optimistic
for the future: all the signs
point that way. The worst