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Defective methods of manufacture and handling of the deadly tetra- ethyl lead compound used in the fuel, which resulted in a number of fatali- ties, have been entirely corrected so that virtually all danger of poisoning has been eliminated, the conference was_ informed by W. F. Harrington of . I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., manufacturers of the compound for the Ethyl Gas Corporation. t little danger, if any, exists in fnhalation of exhaust vapors of ethyl gas, was indicated in a report of experiments on animals conducted by the Bureau of Mines, read by Dr. R. R. Sayers, chief surgeon of the bureau. Lead Poison Absen “The entire group of animals used showed no loss of appetite or other symptoms usuall ociated with lead poisoning.” Dr yers announc ed. “Chemical analysis of animals that | died or that were Killed gave no evi- dence of lead storage.’” The primary problem of the con- ference was to determine definitely whether the fumes of the gas is in- jurious to health, and many were on hand to take sides in the debate on this point. The discussion took place at 39 B street southeast. After_welcoming addresses by Sec- retary Work and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury -Moss, Surg. n. Cumming called upon representatives of commercial interests to submit | facts. Mr. Harrington asserted that his company believed manufacture of ethyl gas could be carried out with fety. He said.his company had { manufactured 1,750,000 pounds of the | gas by the bromine process without | serfous mishap. | Tt was found advisable, Harrington | continued, to change the manufacture of the gas to the so-called chloride process, which was begun March 20, 1923. Manufacture under the chloride process, he added, could be conducted with safety. Needs Careful Handling. Thomas Midgley, jr., vice president of the Ethyl Gas Corporation, said his company had experienced trouble with the gas in its early stages of develop- ment, but that dificulties had been overcome and the gas could be han- dled safely if proper safeguards were taken. Mixture of the ethyl gas with gasoline, he added, presented no diffi- culty if carelessness in the handling were reduced to a minfmum. Manufacture of Ethyl gas, Dr. Robert Kehoe of the University of Cincinnati said, has developed to a point where the hazards in handling it bave been reduced to a minimum. By the in- stallation of proper machinery, he as- serted, the use of the gas mask and a high rate of ventilating devices the hazards presented in manufacture have been overcome to a large extent. Dr. Sayers described the effect of exhaust gases from an engine using gasoline containing five times the amount of ethyl fluid used in com- mercial gasoline. “The entire group of animals,” he asserted, “showed no lead line, loss of appetite or other symptoms usually associated with lead poisoning. Of the animals exposed, only guinea pigs and rabbits showed storage in the three- heur group. Some of the animals in all species showed storage in the six- hour group, which was more or less proportionate to the total time of ex- posure.” Another experiment, Dr. Sayers con- tinued, was conducted to determine the effect of inhalation of vapors from ethyl gasoline and various other mo- tor fume: Effects of Straight Gas. “Guinea pigs subjected,” he said “to exposures of straight gaso- line showed no symptoms in low con- centration. In high concentration, 1 per cent for one hour, marked intox- ications occurred temporarily. Sim- ilar exposure of guinea pigs to com- mercial ethyl gasoline showed no ef- fect in the lower concentration. No dogs or monkeys exposed to 3 per cent gasoline and 3 per cent commer- cial ethyl gasoline have shown any ill effects.” The report submitted by Dr. Sayers said that “the danger in the manufac turing and handling of concentrated tetra ethyl lead has been studied only to a limited extent.” ARMY SEEKS 10 MEN TO GIVE THEM HONOR Decorations Await Soldiers or Rela- tives War Department { Cannot Locate. An appeal to the public was made by the adjutant general's office today for information which would enable it to award 10 military decorations to soldiers who served abroad during the war. The department has lost touch with the soldiers, or their relatives, entitled to receive the awards. Three posthumous _distinguished service crosses are included as follows: Pvt. Frank Arkman, Company L, 305th Infantr 7th division, Belling- ham, Wash.; Sergt. Carl C. Carter, th Infantry, Fresno, s Bdward G. Mason, Com- pany D, 5 v, Detroit, or in care of John J. Mason, Toledo. A posthumous silver star citation is included for Pvt. Frank O'Brien, 33d Volunteers, San Antonio, for Philip- pine service. The foreign decorations awaiting de- livery, mostly nch, Belgian and British, are for Corpl. John K. Irons, J1th Infantry. Steubenville, Ohio, or in care of Mrs. Harry Crawley, Mon- ne 1. Johnson, reserve nurse, last address, London, England; James O'Connor, 165th Infantry, 42d on. 320 Ninth avenue, New York v, and last known address, Hotel stos, Manvilie, N. J.; Capt. Clay ton R. Pollan, 220 May avenue, Fort Smith, Ark., or 708 Peterboro street, Detroit: Sergt. George A. Carle, 362d Infantry, 37 East Broadway, Butte, Mont.; Lieut. Harold P. Fromwiller, 263d_Infantry, West Park, Ohio, or Jefferson T E Washington The Bethiehem Chapel | “A House of Prayer for All People” Mount Saint Alban Wisconsin Avenue N.W. near Woodley road ‘Ascension Day Holy Communion, Horni P Holy _C Canon’ Myer, Choral” Evensong and Sermon: the Rev, Anson Phelps Stokes of Washington, 4:30 p.m. Music by the Cathedral Choir. Take Wiscol Avenue Cars or Woodley " oad Bus Lite, : Preacher, Preacher, . Canon ETHYL GAS SAFE, called together by | THE (Continued from First Page.) based chiefly upon their belfet that to restrict publicity in the commis- slon's procedure would lead to ‘‘star chamber" proceedings and would give protection to dishonest business at the expense of those who wished to deal fairly with their competitors. Commissioner Humphrey declared the majority of the commission be- lieved the former practice of publish- ing charges against respondents after preliminary investigation to be unjust to the respondent, a reflection on the comimission and “insidiously danger- ous” to the public. The new policy of settling cases by stipulation, he said, not only accom- plished the ultimate object of the com- mission of protecting the public against law violations, but saves time and expense to the Government of taking the cases to trial. Seventeen Directors Nominated. Seventeen directors of the natfonal chamber, nine for chambers of com- merce and elght for the trade asso- ciations were nominated today, Those for the chambers were: Stan- ley H. Bullard, Bridgeport, Conn.: Phillp H. Gadsden, Philadelphi; W. Arrington, Greenville, Kell, Wichita Falls, Tex.. J. Little Rock, Ark.; Max W. Babb, Mil. waukee, Wis.: Edwin T. Meredith, Les Moines, Iowa; Dwight B. Heard, oenix, Ariz., and Evi 3. G Tacoma; Washe o GHARE, Those nominated for their respec- tive trade associations were: For efvic development, Charles W. Lonsdale, Kansas City, Mo.; for domestic dis. tribution, James P. Orr, Cincinnati, Ohio; for manufacture (fabricated pro- duction), A. J. Brosseau, New York: for finance, John G. Lonsdale, St. Louls, Mo.; for forelgn commerce, Paul ‘Shoup, San Franclsco; for in. surance, Harry A. Smith, Hartford, Conn.; for natural vesources produc. tion, Milton E. Marcuse, Richmond, Va.,'and for tragsportations and com. munication, A. L. H v, Pitts- e umphrey, Pitts. Frank Lelgh Civic Development. At the luncheon of the civic de- Velopment group at the New Willard, Dr. John M. Gries, chief of the hous. ing division of the Department of Commerce, told of the co-operative or- ganization among the builders of the Nation by which they are avoid- ing further Government regulation through wise self-government. The Buflding Congress, Dr. Gries said, is attempting to bring about harmony between different groups in the industry, many of whom, in the past, have carried on an inconclusive guerrilla warfare with each other, add- ing to the cost and detracting from the efficiency of production. Among the problems to solve, he sald, are apprenticeship training, standardization of building practice and planning. the building program so that there wil be less drastic sea- sonal slumps. Morris Knowles, Pittsburgh planning expert, predicted rents throughout the countr:; “These still are relatively higher than the cost of living,” he said, “but the tension in the demand for hous shows signs of relaxation. Rents las March stood at 82 per cent above the pre-war level, while the total living costs retained an advance of 62 per cent. There still is a greater demand for houses than the available supply. Competition Needed. “The only reasonable assurance of fair treatment between tenant or householder lies in the freedom to ne- gotiate with his landlord or owner. This _means a choice between one hous®or another. The competition be- tween landlords will assure fair treat. ment. This is better than any kind of legislation which can be devised. A busines which is as free from danger or monopoly as home building should be left to private ingenuity and'enter- prise. He said that the policy of trade unionism is to discourage home own- ership, because it places the worker at a disudvantage in moving from job to job quickly. In Philadelphia, how- ever, the unions are now building homes for the members, he said. “Regular and uniform saving,” he sald, “is probably the only way that the ordinary workman can accomplish much in putting aside money for home ownership. Amerlcan experience shows that most of the saving by workmen is done under pressure. The purchase of a home on the installment plan is one of the greatest incentives to thrift and gives the head of the family a sense of soclal and civic re- sponsibility. Thomas Adams, director of plans and surveys for New York City and environs, told this group of the economic use of land in urban en- vironments and how It could be in- creased. Federal Reserve Discussed. The record of the Federal Reserve system during three years came in for discussion at the luncheon meeting of the finance group at the Chamber of Commerce Building. Pierre Jay, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, sald that the policy always had been to accom- modate business rather than to realize a profit. The constant inflow of gold into the United States still maintains an abnormal situation, he sald, in which credit decislons are difficult to make. “The British decision to return to a free gold market,” he sald, “is mo- mentous for the entire world. It points clearly to the gradual general resumption of the gold standard. Fallure to have taken that policy would have pointed to a possibility even of abandoning the gold standard itself. We welcomed an opportunity to assist the Bank of England in tak- ing this step and placed $200,000,000 gold at its disposal for two years, if s0 desired. g George A. Ranney, vice president of the International Harvester Co. of Chicago, said that the outstanding ac- complishment of the system was the feeling of confidence it has inspired among business men and the insur- ance it offered against such a panic as that of 1907. He urged that in any changes in the system 8are be taken to make its advantages as avaflable for little as for big business, and em- phasized the necessity of basing ap- pointments in the administrative sys- tem purely on merit. He sald that the same requirements for fitness should be demanded as in appoint- ments to the Supreme Court. Has Aided Farmers. The charge that the Federal Re- serve system had contributed to the deflation which struck agriculture so heavily, Mr. Ranney said, was misin- formed and usually due to political malice. On the contrary, he said, the svstem has rendered great service to agriculture in averting the panjc Which might have accompanied this deflation. In 1920, he said, when Towa Was in a_bad situation, due to the distress of the farmers, that system had increased its loans to member banks in that State $76,000,000 or 300 per cent. At the same time it loaned about $75,000,000 to member banks outside lowa to enable them to carry non-member correspondents in that State. clty drop in Col. Leonard P. Ayres, vice presi. dent of the Cleveland Trust Co., sald that before the establishment of the system the financial panic had become an - established . American institution, years. H se‘: his business going ’dress. The re-establishment ' | EVENING STAR, ' WASHINGTON, AMERICAN BUSINESS IS TOLD &t roneon e x an et | Buginess | Women FRAT [}[]MPR[]MBE Baby Bottles ITS OBLIGATION TO COUNTRY Nation’s Leaders in Commerce and Industry Gather Here for 13th Annual Convention of U. S' Cham- ber of Commerce—500 at Opening. Striking Statements in Addresses Before C. of C. Delegates “Justice, knowledge and gen- erosity are the handmaldens of the present day industrialist.”” —W. C. Dickerman at the manufactures group luncheon. “The Federal Reserve system has eliminated financial Panlfl in the United States.”—Col. Leonard P. Ayres of Cleveland before the finance group luncheon. “The American farmer is the most efficient food producer the world ever has known."—Prof. W. L. Myers of Cornell before the natural resources produc- tion meeting. “I can recall no step in Fed- eral wage adjustments in_the coal industry which has been ultimately of value to the con- sumer, the employe or the pro- ducer.”—A. C. Dodson of Beth- lehem, Pa., before the natural resources group luncheon. “We can build no sound hope for the country’s future when millions of American farmers live in poverty and squalor, sunk below the point where they are able to raise them- selves unaided.”—Judge Robert W. Bingham, publisher of the Louisville, Ky., Courier-Journal, before the natural resources group. “It is of supreme importance that the United States support | every genuine effort on the part of civilization to organize for peace. World peace and our own material welfare will be measured by the extent to which we rise to the occasion.” —Norman H. Davis, former As- sistant Secretary of State. unknown to other countries, but ex- pected here as the culmination of every perfod of exceptional business prosperity. He traced the financial history of the country for 35 years with the constantly recurring panics in 1890, 1903 and 1907. J. Giimer Korner, chairman of the Federal Board of Tax Appeals, sald that the great industrial region of the country, the New England and Middle Atlantic States, had become the most prolific field of tax controversy. “Definiteness of lssue, clarity of presentation and accurate facts are the elements necessary in proper de- cisfon of cases,” he said. “Taxpayers are too apt to depend on argument based on conclusions and deductions in their appeals. Unless the facts ap- pear the argument is of no value. The necessary result is the dismissal of the appeal for lack of proof. “The board is treading new ground and has important problems to solve before it can justify its existence Some of its decisions may be criti- clzed. There is a loser in every con- troversy and the loser seldom sees the justice of his loss. Agricultural Co-Operatives. The natural resources production group at its luncheon meeting in the Chamber of Commerce Building was addressed by Judge Robert W ham, publisher of the Louisville, K3 Courler-Journal, on “Agricultural Sell- ing Co-operative: “Hundreds of thousands of farmers,” he suid, “through the co-operative marketing assoclations are learning to be good stockholders in large corpora- tions. They are learning to exercise a sound discrimination in the selec- tion of directors. The farmer is be- ing armed against the wiles of the cheap demagogue politiclan and all of this is going into the fabric of the country to strengthen it and to improve it. There was a time in this country when no banker or business man was permitted to be a member of a farmer’s organization. Today the little tenant farmer back In Ken- tucky, who may be illiterate and who has heard his local politician foam at the mouth denouncing Wall Street, knows that two Wall Street banks within the last year have lent him and his associates $5,000,000. It would be difficult to measure what ’this means to his own welfare and to the welfare of the country at large. “In co-operative marketing a method has been found by which these coun- trymen of ours may secure a decent livelihood and decent homes. There can be no greater privilege than to support these struggling and pros trate millions. “Nearly half the American people are engaged In agriculture. They form a large part of the buying public The merchant and manufacturer can not hope for good markets if the farmers have nothing. 1 have no patience with the bigot or the dema gogue who tries to draw a line be- tween the people on the farms and the people in the cities. We should not forget that nations have usually been as strong as their agrarian pop- ulation and that a breakdown on the farm always has meant a breakdown of the Nation." American Farmer Leads. Prof. W. 1. Myers of Cornell Uni- versity told the group that the Amer- fcan farmer was the most ‘“efficient food producer that the world ever has known."” “In the field of agriculture,” he said, “the Individual has held, his own against the corporation as an economic unit. The decrease in the proportion of workers engaged in agriculture from 87 per cent in 1820 to 26 per cent in 1920 is a concrete expression of his efficiency. In spite of this decrease American farmers produce food and clothing enough for the Nation and a large surplus for export. “The use of the corporation has nade individual enterprise a practi- cal impossibility except in businesses where small scale production is as efficient as large scale production. Farming is an example of the busi- ness where the most efficient unit is a small one. In most types an efficient business unit calls for an investment of only $20,000 to $40,000. A labor force of two or more men will do the work. Usually one-half or more of the labor is done by the farmer and his family. On the average it takes about 714 years for the gross sales from an American farm to equal the investment.” Prof. Myers predicted further co- operative movements among farmers, but no advance in corporation farm- ing or efforts to put agriculture on the same plane with business where the small individual is forced out by the great companies with plenty of capital. “0ld King Coal” Il i “Old King Coal” was described as a very sick monarch by A. C. Dodson of Bethlehem, Pa. “We know,” he said, “that he will survive, strong and dependable, long after his rival, fuel ofl, is forgotten and gone. But in the meantime his suffering is extreme. The industry is so vital to the welfare of this coun- try that if it sags much more arti- ficial stimulants will be applied by legislative action and nobody will es- cape. One and all we will be thrown to the lions. “The union operator sees himself in the grip of an arrogant union power- ful enough to bring to its aid the interference of the Federal Govern- ment a dozen times in the past eight D. 0., WEDNESDAY, no step of Federal or State inter- ference for nine years which has ul- timately been of value to consumer, employe or operator, The result of wage settlements always has been upward. Can you blame the union operator for subconsciously hoping the union will organize the non-union field? = At present he sees mnothin ahead but his doom. With equal wage scales he might at least exist. confess I have no remedy. Help comes from those who help them- selves. What are now bitter regional feuds must become friendly rivalries. Freight rates must be adjusted on &i equitable basis. Mining reglons geo- graphically distant from markets can- not hope to retain these markets by rates out of proportion to mileage and cost of service. The union operator cannot expect the non-union operator to fight his battles, and bitter ©xpe- rience has taught him not to sign an inflexible wage contract again. If the union is too short-sighted to see the wisdom of adjusting wave levels to economic conditions it will destroy it- self. Even now its members, starving and seeing the short-sightedness of thelr leaders, are in revolt. No man or group of men can stand in the way of a great economic force. “The operators have no quarrel with collective bargaining. But when that collectivism chooses to restrain trade, destroy capital and take the bread from the mouths of the men for whose protection it was created, then a halt must be called. “I suggest that here is an excep- tional opportunity for the national chamber to take upon itself the prob- lem of putting the industry back on its feet.” Lumber Conservation. John W. Blodgett of Grand Rapids, Mich., told the group that the archi- tect and the building engineer have an important responsibility in lumber conservation, as well as the builder and the lumberman. “There has been,” he said, “more loose thinking in connection with for- est utlilzation and reforestation than on any other vital problem before the American people. The people of this country certainly will not demand the abandonment of the practical value of our forests to hold intact their natural beauty for the benefit of those able to enjoy ft.” Mr. Blodgett admitted, however, that there was considerable waste in pres- ent-day lumbering, due in part to the handling of raw material and partly to the demands of the public for building materfal, which prevent the most efficlent use. The portable sawmill of the smaller operator, he sald, represents the mini- mum of production cost and the maxi- mum of waste. The operator, able to move his plant from virgin growth to virgin growth freely, has little con- cern with the permanent status of the forest which he Is destroying, he ex- plained. It is an established trade custom, he said, not to use off widths of lengths of lumber. If these could be used it would increase the amount recovered from a log from 12 to 18 per cent. In logging operations, he said, about 28 per cent of the tree is left in the woods because there i{s no market for the coarser parts of the tree. The more the manufacturer saves from this product the less his profit. ‘White Collar Problem. “Restricted immigration and ‘the prediction of native-born boys for “white-collar” jobs are creating a se- rious problem ‘in respect to training skilled workmen, L. A. Hartley of Chi- cago told the manufacture group at & luncheon meeting in the New Willard ballroom Opposed to this condition, he point- ed to Europe, with an overflowing population, a low standard of living and a constantly renewed supply of skilled workers. *““American industry,” he said, “faces a test which will surpass in far-reach Ing effects that of the war. Never be- fore has America faced a new Europe. We have dismissed the vast army of immigrants and are facing the future with young workers sprung from our own sofl. “In our foundry industry, for ex- ample, 80 per cent of the workers are foreign-born. The greater part of the skilled men are beyond middle age. The death curve for these men is ris- ing rapidly. No. company could be found willing to insure such industries against loss of skill. “One of the greatest dangers con- fronting industry in training labor is overconfidence in the present school training agencies. The trade schools, erected at great public expense, are a mere drop in the ocean of the train- ing required by American manufac- turers. In 1924 33,262 students were enrolled in Federally assisted all-day training schools. About one-fifth were girls and women. About the same number were in trade extension courses of a few hours a week. “Only those industries capable of using young children can hope for direct benefit from much of the train- ing in our schools. In 1920 about 80 per cent of the children between 14 and 15 _were in school, leaving only about 20 per cent avallable for em- ployment. The average age at gradu- ation from high school is 18, which also is the minimum age at which children are available for the heavier industries. These student turnover fig- ures show that only the lighter in dustries can expect much help from instruction in the schools.” Modern Incentives. W. C. Dickerntan, vice president of the American Car & Foundry Co. of New York, told this group that it was only during the last century th: industry had recognized man power as more than a brute element to be controlled by the lash or by law. This age continued from the time of the building of the pyramids, but today, he sald, the employer has come to a new conception. Instead of forcing men to work industry is now inciting them to work through thrift plans, mutual benefit associations, pensions, plece-work systemis, bonuses, profit- sharing, stock participation and in- dustrial representation. “The margin between poverty and | comfort for the average workman is surprisingly small,” Mr. Dickerman sald. “A better workman must result from the peace of mind which results from accumulated savings. He advised industries in smaller towns, however, to avold competition with the established fraternal orders in their insurance and mutual benefit plans. Above all, he said, too obvious paternalism should be avoided Dbe. cause it stirs antagonism rather than titude. ‘The plece-work ‘with the step-up bonus always will remain the prime incentiv He told of the success achieved with such plans as the production bonus for executives, stock-purchasing and profit-sharing, all of which have done far more to make men work hard than laws or whips ever did. “Justice and generosity are handmaidens of the present-day dustrialist,” he said. America and Europe. The attitude of American business toward - European reconstruction formed the theme of addresses at the banquet of the American section of the International Chamber of Com- merce held last night. The World Court, the Dawes plan, reparations, allled debts and trade conditions were surveyed in addresses by Owen D. Young and Henry M. Robinson, members of the Dawes Commission; Norman H. Davis, Under- secretary of State in the Wilson ad- ministration, and Julius H. Barnes, former president of the American Chamber. A. C. Bedford, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil.Co. of New Jersey, acted as toastmaster. The possibilities in foreign capital investments and the opening up of undeveloped parts of the world were dwelt on by Mr. Robinson ig his ad- the in- MAY 20; -1925. Join Deliberations Of Commerce Body Primarily an organization of busi- ness men, the United States Cham- ber of Commerce has its contingent of business women. ‘There was a sprinkling of gayly colored hats among the conserva- tively clad delegates at the Audl- torlum this morning. The only woman delegates record- ed to date are Sophia Delevan Cowles, councilor from Illinofs, and these assoclates from that State: Mrs. O. S. Holmstead, {nsurance; Miss Eleanore Winchell, tax re- search, and Eleanore Massey, transportation. Mrs. Cowles is a manufacturer of fire escapes. A considerable contingent of women who are not delegates, but are interested in business problems, however, are taking seats on the flool L e normal flow of credit, with many of the nations on a gold basis, he de- clared, “will be one of the most im- portant factors in reconstituting the industrial and commercial trade.” Since the close of the war interna- tional trade has derived comparative- Iy little support from the invested capital In undeveloped countries, he sald, adding that “the resumption of the movement appears to be at hand, and when it has acquired greater force, it will restore to international trade one of the greatest stimulants for international trade.” Reparations Stimulus. “In the reparations payments, added, “may possibly be found the development of new areas, because,| It Germany cannot pay in gold and goods must be taken or the balance left in the German bank, we will find that the pressure to realize will de- velop ingenious plans for taking out of Germany the products of that country that can be used in the de- velopment of new areas, and where such products would then not come in direct competition with the producers of the country having such credit.” The creation of new wealth, em- ployment, earning and buying power, rather than the dumping of goods from debtor nations into American markets, was held out by Mr. Barnes as an objective for international trade. Instead of competition directed at home markets, he said, ““there can be aroused such a general understanding of the theory of wealth production and the health of industry that busi- ness thought and business effort shall be directed along a new channel “This suggestion occurs to me to be that the productive capacity of debtor nations shall be primarily directed at producing the facilities for wealth cre- atlon, rather than the goods for cur- rent consumption,” he said. In a plea for American co-operation with other nations to assure world peace and progress, Mr. Davis ex pressed the opinion that “if we wish or expect to collect our debts, it would in my opinion, be wise, from a purely business standpoint, to keep in close touch with our debtors and help them get on their feet, and be able to pay without disrupting their economic and financial structures.” Use of every avallable organization to get the international facts and the viewpoint of other nations was urged | by Mr. Young. Political machine he said, not the best means for get. ting facts in international affairs, since | politiclans are not always at liberty to tell the truth lest they defeat their own purposes or a whole enterprise. Building Dedication Tonight. The United States Chamber of Com- merce Building, at Connecticut avenue and H street, the shrine of American busine: will be dedicated tonight. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, Episcchal Bishop of Tennessee, will deliver the invocation. There will be addresses by President Grant of the chamber, Harry A. Wheeler, chairman of the committee on building; Charles Nagel of St. Loulis, former secretary of Com- merce and Labor, and Chief Willlam Howard Taft. There a reception after the ceremonis The National Association of Com- mercial Organization Secretaries will hold an informal dinner at 6 p.m. at the Willard. Robert R. Ellis of Mem- phis, Tenn., will speak on “The Prob lem of Distribution in Relation to the Chamber of Commerce.” % The American Trade Association Executives also will hold an informal dinner at the New Willard at 6 p.m. There will be an address by Dr. Julius Klein, director of the Bureau of For- eign and Domestic Commerce. EARNS MILLION A MONTH he Is Plea of Opponent of Texon Oil Receivership. WILMINGTON, Del., May 20 (#).— Clarence I. Wharton 1 Paso, Tex. declared in Federal Court vesterday that instead of being the subject for receivership the Texon Oil and Land . is making a monthly profit of $1,000,000. Mr.” Wharton represented stock- holders opposing a temporary receiver- ship for the company. The court last week appointed a receiver for 1,400,000 of the company’s 2,400,000 shares, and vesterday’s hearing was to determine ‘hether this receiver shall also be custodian of the other shares, and ‘whether the holders of those shares are in contempt of court as a result of holding a meeting last Wednesday. The *hearing was postponed until June 29. Is Your Stenographer Going to Leave? Let a Help Wanted advertise- ment in The Star find her suc- cessor. If a knowledge of patent busi- ness or legal matters is nec- essary, or if only general office work is required, state it in the advertisement. An advertisement containing definite information is always more likely to be answered by those qualified for your par- ticular work than a vague and indefinite adMertisement. To obtain best grade of Office Help, use The Star’s Help ‘Wanted classifications. In today's issue 34 are adver- tising for Help, including: BILL CLERK CASHIERS COLLECTOR SALESMEN INVESTIGATOR BOOKKEEPER STENOGRAPHERS TYPIST BANK CLERK DEMONSTRATORS MANAGER CANVASSERS and 11 for Situations, including: BOOKKEEPERS SALESMEN STENOGRAPHERS CREDIT MAN PLAN IS DISCUSSED Ballou Confers With Alumni Representative of Lamb- da Sigma. The compromise plan proposed by Lambda Sigma Fraternity for settle- ment of the high school fraternity controversy was discussed today by Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou and Sidney E. Kent, alumni representative of the organization. It was the first of a series of confer. ences which the Board of Education authorized the superintendent to hold with representatives of Lambda Sigma looking to an amicable disposition of the dispute. Lambda_Sigma did not join with Sigma Delta and several other fra- ternities in instituting legal proceed- ings against the school board, and is making an_effort to become a recog- nized school organization through con- ferences with school authorities. An- other conference will be held next week between Dr. Ballou and repre- sentatives of the fraternity, after which the superintendent is expected to report the results to the board. Faculty Control Sought. Faculty control and supervision over the high school fraternities is pro- posed by Lambda Sigma as a means of ing the appro school au- thorities. As school officials now have such authority over school organiza- tions on the approved list, it is con- sidered likely that Lambda Sigma may become a recognized fraternity. A postponement of the hearing on the suit brought against the board by three high school boys, originally set for Friday, has been agreed to as a result of a conference between John E. 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