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Stability in Europe is one of the mat- ters uppermost in the minds of all to- day, Secretary Hoover of the Depart- ment-of Commerce told the delegates at the Chamber of Commerce conven- tion last night, and he lald down five pofnts of “economic hyglene, disregard .92 which brings a continued harvest of human misery and danger.” These conclusions, he said, reached by the great majority, are: . Five Vital Steps. “First, such political relations be- tween the states in Europe themselves a8 will produce an atmosphere of peace and destroy the atmosphere of war. “Second.” the reduction of armament not only 1o lessen government expendi- ture, but to zive confidence of peace. “Third, the intergovernmental debts, including German reparations, to be fixed upon such a definite basis of pay- ment of interest and principal as will create reasonable confylence that pay- ments will be met “Fourth, the balancing of budgets more through the reduction of expendi- ture than the increase in taxation, and @ cessation of the consequent inflation in_currency and short-time bills. “Fifth, the ultimate establishment of the gold standard, with the assist- ance of either credits or gold loans and. where necessary. the acceptanc: of diminished gold ent to many ©1d units of currency “There are many less important Steps, but they become easy and cer- tain when these major issues are ac- complished. 1t these measures could be accomplished tomorrow the stream of commerce and industry would rush economic recovery at a pace which Would amaze the world. “Until these are accomplished.” he continued, “our citizens must guide their business with caution in rela- -tlon to the hations who are yet un- #ble to make these steps. Lauds Progress Already Made. “I am not one who believes that eivilization will crash because these measures have been delaved by some nations. in the multitude of passions and almost unsolvable difficulties they confront as the aftermath of the greatest of wars.” he continued. “We are now more than t ars from the armistice, and, despite the failure the combatant states upon the conti- definjte progress in these directions. survived at all is proof of the virility of their institutions. “Our people have a deep solicitude for Europe's prosperity and a sym- pathy for her difficulties, which are comparatively so much greater than our own. Our irterest extends far be- Yond considerations of purely eco- nomic intercst. Her burdens, indeed, do react on our employment and the difficulties of our farmers and of our merchants. In argument of some European business men and econo- mists, however, there is a tendency to overestimate our economic depend- ence upon Europe, and there is some- times a tendency to too highly stress the word responsibility as applied to the United States, Our economic prog- ress is to some extent freeing itseif from dependence upon the interna- tional situation, as witness our recov- ery from the world depression. and we have first to keep America strong to secure universal economic hygiene, | nent, except Russia, have made very: The very fact that these states have ! Ci.'efis Business Men Definite Business " | Strides Ave Already Being Made—Farm Bureau Head Makes Trade Plea. lb! we would be of assistance to any- 04 When we come to the problems of futher economic assistance we must deal with very realistic questions. First, the most unlikely event on the economic earth is that the United States will, as a government, again engage in ‘any governmental loan and seéond, as financial -assistan must arise from our private investors, then, in order to attract these inves ors, 'confidence must be maintained in 'the progress toward peace and ] economic stgbility in that nation which wishes assistance from our | peopte. Other Matters of Concern. “There are some matters in the lending of private capital that are of concern to the mation as a whole. For instance, it is essential that these loans should be confined to reproduc- tive purposes. All loans to foreign nations which are not employed for reproductive work are a destruction of the capital. The furnishings of raw materials, the construction of transportation facilities, public utili- ties, factories and ‘production throughout the world. is a use for American capital that blesses both the borrower and the lender. The { upbuilding of the rest of the world {and its consuming power adds pri- imarily to world well-being, but it <o adds to the future demands for {our own labor. the products of |own farmers, and the services of our {own merchan “But loans that are dissipated eith- er directly or indirectly in military expenditure or in unbalanced budgets, in the bolstering up of inflated cur- rencies, are a_doubie loss to the world. ' They are not only a loss in | that they entail the postponement of productivity, but they are a loss in that they etnail the postponement of those meagures which are vital for the “economic rehabilitation of the world.” ! Farm Bureau Hend Speaks. | Dependence of American agricul- jture on the European markets was { strongly stressed by James R. How- ard, president of the American Farm i Bureau Federation of Chicago, TlL, who said that the farmer has a great- ier direct interest in European con- ditions at this time than has the mer- chant or the manufacturer or the banker. They all have other trade flelds to which they can turn. he pointed out, but the farmer has none | other. | “Europe he went on, “is the sole customer for our agricultural sur- i pluses. the disposition of which is {vital to erican industry. | While she is the farmer's customer, she is the manufacturer's competitor. South America, India, Africa, Aus- t tralia, which are open to the indus- | trial trade.of the United States, are the competitors of the American farmer |'in the European markets.” He reviewed the asricultural era {and the azricultural economics of the i United States, leading up to the pres {ent-day agricultural development of the country, and pointed out that there is no limit to the agricultural possibilities of America, stressing the need as a means of national | safety of producing a good surplus. But if a surplus Is produced there must be a market, and that market ———— SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. s PAY tni of Hail, n.w., Wednesday. May 17, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Second and last meet- ing of the board of registration at the town hall, No. Beach, on Sat.. May °7. from 1 10 pom. The town treasurer. Grund, will he on hand at each of the above meet ngs to receite taxes and to issue receipts. E. F. GRAV V. E. 101 board of SPECIAL NOTICE. The American Security and Trust Company of the District of Columbia, trustee under a deed of trust dated June 2, 1913, made by the Commercial Club of the city of Washington. District of Columbia, pursuant to the pro- D riet dmretn e svatcA Tn- said Ioatrusient in connection with the sinking fund, has drawn for redemption at the office of the trustee on Jupe 1, 1922, bond 6 for one thousand 11,000) dollars, bond No. 111 for five hundred (500) dollars, and bonds numbered 1 16, 309, 321 and 335 for one hundred (100) dollars each, secured by said deed of trus». Bonds enumerated herein are called for the purpose of the sinking fund and the interest on said bonds will cease on the first day of June. A.D. 1922 - AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST CO., By CORCORAN THOM. Vice P ident. Attest: MARTIN R. WEST, Asst. Secretary. ~XNOTICE 1S HE! THAT A SPE- cial meeting of the shareholders of the Riggs B vashington,” D. C., will be held on June 8, 1922, at 3:30 o'clock p.m.. for the purpose of oting on a resolution ratifying and confirming the action of the board of di- rectors of the Riggs National Bank in enter. ing into an agreement with the board of direc. tors of the Hamilton National Bank of Wash- ington, providing for a consolidation of those two associations under the charter and title of ¢ *The Riggs National Bank of Washington, * Do ROBERT V. FLEMING. Cashier. NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPE- cial meeting of the shareholders of The Ham fifon National Bank of Washington will be held on June 8. 1922, at 2:30 p.m., for the purpose of voting on a resolation ratifying and confirming the action of the board of direc- . tors of the Hamilton National Bank In enter- ing into an agreement with the board of direc- tors of The Riggs National Bank of Washing- ton, D. C., providing for aconsolidation of those two associations under the charter and title of ““The Riggs National Bank of Wi ington. D. C."" HILLEARY G. HOSKINSON, Cashfer. NO. 12194, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OF- fico of Comptrolier of the Currency, Wash- ington, D. C., May 5, 1922.—Whereas, by sat- isfactory evidence preseated to the undersign- ed, it has_been made to appear that ‘The Himilton National Bank of Washington.” in he City of Washington, fn the District of Co- jumbla, has complied with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States, required 1o be complied with before an association shall be_authorized to commence the business of banking. Now, therefore, I, D. R. Crissinger, Comptroller of ‘the Currency, do_hereby certify t “The Hamllton National Bank of Wash- in_the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, 1s authorized to commence he business of ban provided in_section fifty-one hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes of the United 81 Conversion_of the Hamilton Savings Bank, with a,main and_ three branches located withinthe limits of the city of Washington, District of Colum- bis. In testimony whereof witness my hand and eeal of office this FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 1922 (Beal) ~D.- R. CRISSINGER, Comp- trolier of the Currency. WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN g CUSHIONS BEDELL'S FACTORY 610 E st. n.w. Main 3621. Ladies Instructed Free. Make your own hats in the latest o ‘guarantee_the result. Braids, flowers ‘.’.,; -:':» b l-'llll.m R Lllrldll lli.‘.uzll ‘lr;ml'i 65¢c. Hats o order, $3.50. £—xo0d made to order, ¥ emstitehiny RIS HAT FRAMB SHOP, 1010 F..* . WARFIELD’S INCOME TAX BUREAU HAS been incorporated and additional accountants associated. We now make audits, insta ‘tems, make financial statements at reason able rates. Warfiel Incorporated, 1423 F st. n.w. Painting and Paperhanging. First-class work; reasomable 'Pflm. V. Line. 3 DFFUTT, 307 K n.e. | paes o YOUR OLD FLOORS™ . Planed, scraped and finished—cleaning and waxing_done reasonably. Estimate, 25, CPRIOR BROS. 808 A st se. 3o 608 F st. n.w. 6460-J. The Shade Shop ‘W. 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Will Hunt Cheap Markets. Europe now being a debtor, he said, she will not be so much interested in furnishing a market for United State products, but rather will be more con- cerned in finding an advantageous market for products of that continent. “Naturally,” he said, “Europe will seck the cheapest possible markets in which to buy food products. This means that the American farmer, under high wage conditions and with a soil in many sections of the coun- try demanding articial fertilization, must meet competition of the virgin soils of South America and Australia s grown by coolle labor. This is made more serious because we have virtually closed our doors to Eu- an immigration and those. coun- are relieving their congestion by sending their surplus populations to agricultural competing nations. Thus "the Argentine, Australia and vestern Canada can be depended upon for an increased agricultural produc- tion because of their influx of labor from Europe. This also means that the American farmer will have a kegner competition in the world's market. “Not only must this competition be met. but sooner or later Russia's experiment in Sovietism will end and her reconstruction' begin. That re- construction will be agricultural, It is authentatively stated that the | various negotiations for loans to the Russians by the allies have been contingent upon the rehabilitation of her agriculture ahead of her other industries in order that England might have cheaper cereals at home and enjoy the industrial market abroad. Alds to Ameriean Agriculture. “There are three things which, if accomplished in Europe, would as- sist greatly Amerfcan agriculture, viz.: That balancing of European budgets, the final settling' of Ger- man reparations and the stabilization jof exchange. The three are some- what interrelated. A nation is like an_individual—it cannot continue to {spend more than it collects indefi- | fore taken, the balance of the thirty-sixth . , LOLoes o = | dividend of two aud one-half per cent on the | MALTLY: Bankruptey would inevitably preferred stock of the Washington Railway & | Sole: is Europe has done and has | Electric Company is pasable Juge 1. 1922, The | K€Pt out of bankruptcy as yet | books for the trunsfer of the preferred stock through the issuance of currency not | will be el e 'of business on | based on stable values. This has | May 20 10 the opening of business on | been largely responsible for the drop May 25, 192 e {in the price of foreign exchange. It H. M. KEVSER. Secreta is clear that American agriculture, which disposes of so many surpluses abroad, is able to sell its products for a higher price. as the price of exchange goes higher and becomes more certain. Our interest lies in having exchange go back to par and stay there. “Three steps are essential in se- jeuring this stabilization of exchange. “First, the drafts must be redeem- able in some commodity of falrly table value, preferably gold Second, the imports and exports of ithe varioud countries must reason- ably balance each other: for only in this way can drafts continue to be re- deemable in gold. “Third, each country must be at work producing goods for sale and to use In making purchases of other countries: for only in thsi way can exports and imports hope to reason- {ably balance each other. These three points tie into each other, but the most important of the three is tbe last, namely, production. g Edonomlic Balance Needed. “The greatest fundamental need is to have exports and imports of goods and services between nations more nearly in balance. This in turn can be accomplished only by resumption of business activities in countries now { disorganized in order that they may have more goods to sell and with which to make purchases of our prod- ucts. “Production ig not onlv the antithe- sis of bankruptey—it is the cure for it.- It is the only means by which we progress in material affairs or ad- vance in our standards of living. Half our own domestic trouble lies in lack of production. If the mer- chant, the miner, the manufacturer, the railroad man (and I am not singling out either capital or labor) had produced as fully duging the past two years as the farmer we would not have become economically un- | balanced. “As a nation we need to learn that idleness is more fatal physically, so- cially and morally than is overwork. 1 can conceive of no better solvent for the present world distress than work—and Europe can only be re- habilitated through the medium of weil directed productive energy. It is a part of our obligation to furnish her the opportunity through produc- tion effort to solve her own economic difficulties. FORMER PULLMAN RATE RESTORED ON RAILWAY Pennsylvania Accords Privilege of 'eqi_re Section on One Fare, Effective May 20. Effective May 20, the old privilege by which one person could occupy an entire section in a Pullman sleeping car without paying extra railroad fare will be restored to travelers on the Pénnsylvania railroad system. Under . the arrangement now in force, which was' put into effect dur- ing governmental operation of the railroads, a patron desiring ‘exclusive occupancy of a section is required to purchase a half-fare railroad ticket, in addition to the regular fare, and pay the Pullman charge for a section.! - With the elimination of this regu- lation the payment of only the reg- ular railroad fare will be requfred in TBLEPH OMB] ~ PROPERT} OWNERS, GAEAGE —— | connection with proper . Pull; m?“l.‘m‘”‘ll“ Né‘ L INVESTMENTS tickets. v :'"lll sand ek apout our reasonable prices for| WILL RETURN YoU 00% ANNUALLY. XTI':: luvins on ‘sfllm; representative = 2 = nigl journeys wi e as fol ATTENTIONT RUGS WASHED with o¥-| National Garage Mffi. Co. inc., WWashington ~fo " Pittsbuseh, 3o Goae at ’“’““""‘"' disinfect and restore | 2030 Ga.ave. _______ ¥ N. 8086, . | Washington ‘to Cincinnati, $10.16 B ok sl Sy Al 55— ROOF PAINTS | Wamimston o Cloveiond, *37.33: PROGRESSIVE SALES COMPANY, ‘Washington to Chicago, $13.89; Wash- ington to St. Louis, $16.27. —_——— Testimony in & recent lawsuit be- forg 3y London court was to the effect tha a “Man_wio ‘aspires to “hold her own” n the exciuzife circles of Egalish cplety mudt Meve from thirty to forty Hwaf at an average { i WAV ; Corner Stone Laid for Home. Of Chamber of Commerce Impressive Ceremonies Held at Site of $2,000,000 ; Building—Many Lgadint Business Men Present—Hoover Speaks. Left to right: Maj, Wilfred T. Blake and Capt. Hearne, British avintors, who, undaunted by the death of Sir Ross Smith and Lieut. Bennet, will take the placem of the Inte aviators in their flight around the world. fidence in successfully completing the trip that the Aus- The Britixh Abe Martin Says: Of all th’ true sayin's, none has improved with age like, “Ther's no fool like an ole fool.” i We've never hankered fer but one office, one givin® us th’ au- thority t' make. public utility companies that tear up th’ streets fix ’em again jest like they wuz. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) ———— 'HONORS BY RED CROSS TO CLARA BARTON URGED Statue in National Headquarters Held Necessary to Make Records Valuable. “Clara Barton was the heroine of the civil war and the founder of the American Red Cross and the integrity of the records Tequires her name on | the honor roll of the American Red Cross, and as the founder of the benevolent organization her statue, picture or some memorial should adorn its national headquarters, for such an_omission makes all its rec- ords valueless,” declared Mrs. Mar- geret B. Downing in reading her paper, entitled “The Centenary of Clara Barton and Some Brief Reviews of Recert_ Biographies.” before the Columbia_ Historical Soclety at the { Cosmos Club last night. It was recalled by Mrs. Downing that during the bitter days of the civil war the name of Jefferson Davis was erased from the span of the Cabin_John bridge, but in a calmer period ‘it was restored. “The statue of Frederick the Great was taken down during the European war, but | this country still_remains under a heavy debt to the Hohenzollern mon- arch, who refused passage to the Hessians going to the ald of Corn- wallis, and Frederick the Great will again be placed on the pedestal be- fore the War College.” declared Mrs. Downing. “Col. Henry Darnall and his Fam- ily” by Elizabeth Du Hamel, was the second paper read before the society. Col. Henry Darnall was & lawyer in London and in the sixteenth century ihe sailed for Maryland and settled in Baltimore. He was a relative of Lord Baltimore. Three countles in Mary- land were named after Darnall's relatives, Worcester, Somerset and Anne Arundel. Because of the fact | that Darnall's children and~grand- children married into a number of prominent Washington families, he becomes of historical interest to this city. Allan_C. Columbia Historical-Society, presided at the meeting. — SENATE VOTES APPROVAL OF FUND FOR DAUGHERTY Clark, president of the By Unanimous Consent Passes the House Appropriation for: Use in Prosecuting War Contract Frauds. The House bill providing $500,000 additional for the Department of Jus- tice to prosecute fraudulent war con- tracts was passed by the Senate' yes- terday by unanimous consent. It now goes to the President for his approval. There was no opposition and little djscussion of the bill which was urged eral Daugherty. Senator King, democrat, Utah, said that the Department of Justice had not brought - prosecutions under. the anti-trust law as vigorously as he would. have desired, and he hoped the additional appropriations would bring commensurate results. A reorganization of the Depart- ment of Justice is under way, Attor- ney General Daugherty announced last night, and a special division may be organized for prosecution of war- time cases, Mr. Daugherty said. and this division, if possible, will- be placed in a separate building, prefer- ably part.of the Arlington buHding, Where the Veterans' Bureau is located. A condensed_case history of all cases in the hands of the department also will be instituted, with Sims Ely, newly appointed chief clerk and “gen- eral manager of‘ the law- office,” in charge. District attorneys and:ss- sistant attorneys generally will be| required to report eaéh step taken in their cases, it was said, in order that a completely up-to-date file may be on hand for ready reference. - For the Information of the public as to the reassignment within the de- lnnnmem, of the judicial business, Mr. ty sald cards would be print- ?d. 251‘:‘18;15::: a chart of this and post- ') by the President and Attorney Gen. DAY, MAY: 17, 1922.1 Present and former Secretaries of the Department of Commerce and leading men of the United States Chember of Commerce participated Yesterday afternoon in Iimpressive ceremonies accompanying the laying of the corner stone of the chamber's proposed $2,600,000 home, which will rise at the northeast corner of Ton- necticut avenue and H street north- ‘west. Auspicious weather conditions, com- bined with the natural interest at- taching to the occasion, attsacted a large crowd of spectators, among whom were government ~officlals, prominent citizens of Washington and delegates to the annual meeting of the chamber, now in session here. Joseph H. Defrees, president of the Chamber of Commerce, deftly wielded the small beribboned silver trowel which cemented the block in place, marking a new era in the growth of the great association of America's representative business men. ' Onm Webster Home Site. Standing on the site of the old home of Daniel Webster, and within sight of ‘the White House, Secretary of Commerce Hoover, former Secretary o_f Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel, L. 8. Gillette, chairman of the building committee, and Harry A. Wheeler, first president of the cham-l ber, pointed in glowing terms to the accomplishments of the organization since its formation, ten years ago, and ! predicted bright things for its future. According to Mr. Wheeler, the lay- ing of the corner stong was a step in the direction of industrial peace. He declared there will always be dif- ferences of opinion among men, but there need not be antagonism. “In this new home of business,” he said, “agriculture will find a sympa- thetic understanding of its problem labor will find consideration of tho tasks which labor must work out for itself, and the government will find helpful counsel.” Hoover Expresses Gratificatio Secretary Hoover expressed grati- fication that he shonld have had the honor of Being Secretary of Com- merce during the laying of the cor ner stone, which signified a develop- ment of ‘the chamber of commerce along the line of permanence for the nation’s good. He emphasized that the stone placed yesterday was only a natural step following the real foundation lald a decade ago by Mr. Nagel, who, with the permigron of President Taft, called together the conference which marked the birth of the chamber. Mr. Hoover sald that the relations between the gov- ernment and the chamber had always been of the warmest nature, and he characterized the growth of the in- stitution as a prime example of the continuity of self-government of the American people. Mr. Nagel recounted incidents which led to the formation of the chamber of commerce during his regime as Secretary of Commerce and Labor. The idea for such an organi- zation was not even then a new one, he eald, explaining that before the Constitution the first suggestion of a_chamber of commerce was made. This matter, he went on. had been kept in the foreground for a hun- dred years, but it was only during the last decade that the movement crystallized. Will Atd Government. “While it was necessary to tear down a house of traditions to make way for the chamber’s new home,” Mr. Nagel pointed out, “the spirit of Dan- iel Webster will not be lost in the modern structure, and in its struggles with the problems of every phase of life which may confront the organi- fzation will be preserved also the spirit_of Lincoln, whose motto was ‘no_ liberty without respect for prop- erty. The Chamber of Commerce shall be an arm of assistance to the gov- ernment in the problems faced by the Department of Commerce.” g The ceremonles were opened with an invocation pronounced by Bishop McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Gillette, as chairman ot the committes which arranged for the purchase of the site for the building and_for the drawing up of plans, then formally turned over to President Defrees the ground and drawings. Cass Gilbert, the architect, witnessed this formality. With the conclusion of the addresses workmen hoisted the giant stone with a hand-derrick to its resting place, covering a copper box about eight’ inches square, which contained prized records of the organization. When the task of leveling the stone had been completed President Defrees stepped forward and smoothed sev- eral trowelfuls of mortar into the crevices. He complied with requests of photographers to repeat this pro ess a number of times, while “shots” | were_taken from various angles. A benediction by Bishop McDowell, ask- | ing Divine blessing on the work un- dertaken by the organization, con- cluded the exercises. i Many Records in Box. ! In the copper box which was sealed within the block of granite were placed the following: Minutes of the national conference held in Washington, D. C. April 22 and 23, 1912, at which conference the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America was organized. Minutes of first meeting of the board of directore. April 23 and 24, 1912. | Minutes of “sixty-sixth meeting of the board of directors, Apirl 11 and 12, 1922. By-laws as adopted by first annual | meeting, 1913. By-laws as amended by fifth annual meeting, 1917. By-laws as amended by eighth an- nual meeting, 1920. 3 By-laws as amended by referendum which closed January 10, 1922. Year book, containing resume of the chamber's activities up to and including the fifth annual meeting, held in 1917. . Annual reports of the board of di- rectors, financial reports and ad- dresses of presidents to the follow- ing annual meetings: Sixth annual meeting, April 10- to 12, 1918; seventh -anrual meeting, April 29 to May 1, 1919; eighth an- nual meeting, April 27 'to 29, 1920: ninth annual meeting, April 27 to 29, 1921, and tenth annual meeting, May 15 to 18, 1922. Organization membership - as of February 1, 1913. Organization membership as of January 8, 1921. . Individual membership as of Janu- ary 31, 1914., Associate membership as of July 1, 1917, Associate, associate service and in- dividual . memberships as of January 1, 1921. The Nation's Business—Copy" of volume I, No. 1,.dated September 2, 1912; copy of volume I, No. 10, dated April 15, 1913, and copy of volume X, No. 5, dated May. 1922, & Historical sketch of the site’ on which “the -home for the National Chamber is to be erected, and re- garding the Corcoran house and ‘Sli- dell house, which appeared in the Washington Sunday Star' editions of December 4, 1919; December 21, 1919; December 28, 1919, ‘and February 8, 1920. Z Photographs of the Corcoran and the rasing of which completed on April 17, 1922) ‘and of the property when raz- ing had been completed. _ . ‘Statements by Presidénts. . Statements by the Presidents of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt; Willidm H. Taft and Woodrow Wil- son, regarding thé Chamber of Com- merce of the United States of Amer- ica. Address by Harry A. Wheeler, first president of the National Chambe: beforé the Union League Club, Chi- cago, Ill.,, 14, 1913, entitled, “The Chamber of Commerce of the United ‘Maildings thrsughout the 0 Americh e § ::ngltr’v‘.m"g B Ill iy %9‘-2-!& Wheslor 351 T ARG AW a fore the seventh annua! meeting, April 29, 1919, in which he presented the question of providing a home for American business. List of presidents of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America from April 23, 1912, to May 19, 1922 Officers and directors of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States of America from April 23, 1812, to May 18, 1922. 1 l Staff of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America as of August 15, 1912; January 1, 1913, and | May 1, 1922 ! Charts of organization of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States of America as of July 1, 1918, and May 15, 1922, Photograph_indicating space occu- pied by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of, Amcrica in the W i IWILL NOT 0PPOSE NEWFISCAL PLAN At its regular monthly meeting last ight in the Petworth School the | Petworth Cltizens' Assoclation voted down-a resolution protesting against the proposed increase in taxation and change in the method of financing the District; went on record as oppos- ing the extension of the Ball remt act; voted its approval of the Jone resolution of the District in both Houses of Congress and & voice in the electoral college, legal interest rate to 6 per cent. providing representation and favored reducing the The meeting approved the program of the committee on schools presented by Chairman J. G. Yeatman, which iprovides for the following improve- ments in school facilities in the Pet- orth section» Purchase of property for a playground adjacent to the Pet- worth School; construction of an audi- {torium-in the Petworth School; equip- ping the Petworth School with rooms in the basement to be used by domes- c science and manual training classes, and the purchase of a site in the northern section of Petworth RIggs building, 15th and G streets|upon which to erect a new grade northwest, up to July 31, 1919, and photograph Indicating space occupied by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in ths Mills building, Pennsylvania avenue and 17th stréet northwest, May 15, 1922. Membership of committee on financ- ing bullding and membership of com- mittee on building. Program ,of tenth annual meeting, Chamber df Commerce of the United States, held in Washington, D. C., May 15 to 18, 1922, Program for the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the pe building to serve as headquarters for Chamber of Commerce of the United s cl. school conditions.. lution . introduced W% iprotesting against the proposed in- jcrease in taxation and change in the to relieve present congested It was announced by Chairman Sartwell of the Petworth Fourth of July committee that T. S. Tincher had been selected to take charge of the celebration being arranged for that day. Theluding a rule limiting all discus- ons during meetings of the asso- lation to three minutes a new set ufdru]es governing the association an. its sessions .was adopted. Those speaking against the reso- by Graham Hill States of America, at the coraer of [fi8cal arrangement now - existing. Connecticut avenue and H street, at |%ere of the opinion that the cit- izens in general will be benefited :15 p.m., Tuesday, May 13, 1922. in the end by the proposed changes. 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