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War Service Conference Expands Committees Role for Industry
The War Service Conference in Washington gathered businessmen from across the nation to form industry led committees under the Chamber of Commerce to aid government war efforts. Leaders like Waddill Catchings and George N. Peek urged coordinated action, with debates on allocation, pricing, coal conservation, and postwar organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington
R. Goodwyn Rhett
National Chamber
Joseph H. Defrees
Chicago
Waddill Catchings
New York
Council of National Defense
Catchings
War Service
W. S. Gifford
Gifford
War Service Committees
War Service Committee
Chamber
George N. Peck
War Industries Board
Defrees
Hall
Brantingham
Agricultural Implement Committee
Ethan
Ferman
Agricultural Implement Committee of Five
Mittee
Federal Trade Commission
Committee On General Organization
Messrs
Bedford
Lieb
Gillette
Kent
Willard
George N. Peek
Willlard
Rhett
Harry A. Garfield
Garfield
United States
Edwin B. Parker
The
Priorities Board
Judge Lovett
Priority
Commercial Economy Board
Industries Board
War Trade Board
Clarence M. Woolley
Department of Commerce
Council of the Nation
Woolley
Peek
P. B. Noyes
Fuel Administration
Atlantic City
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