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Show seeking information on business problems are sometimes at a total loss in locating desired sources. To make the business man's path smoother, the professional pro-fessional staff will answer the queries on the spot or arrange contacts elsewhere in the Dept. of Commerce or in other federal departments. It will speed up the businessman's contacts with his government and save him lost motion. The Center will also serve the Legislative and Judical branches as well as embassies and other representatives of foreign governments gov-ernments as a referral center for business information. In answering answer-ing inquires from foreign sources the Center will draw on a roster of nearly 400 employees with foreign language skills. It is further suggested that Utah businessmen traveling to Washington should first contact the local Salt Lake Field Office of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce for more detailed information and advice. Hodges Announces New Business Informs Hon Center Secretary of Commerce L. H. Hodges announced recently that the U. S. Dept. of Commerce is inaugurating a new service for business, a "one stop" information informa-tion center of wlv'ch visitors to the nation's capital can receive answers to their queries on the functions and activities of the government relating to business. The Business Service Center is located in the foyer of the auditorium audi-torium on the first floor of the Commerce building. "The need for a facility of this sort, in a central location, long has been recognized." Secretary Hodges said, in announcing plans for the opening. The government is so big that visiting businessmen and others |