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Show rATI07ALBDARD U.'S.Cp.iBER ; CLEVLAXO, O, May.!. Several Sev-eral thousand delea-a tea. -repreeent- Int" trad associations, eommarelal orerantsatlona and chambers of rommaroa from all oaetiona of tha country, ajmonf tham many lead-ara lead-ara in Induatry and flnanca. assembled assem-bled here today in tha twaltth annua! an-nua! convention ot tha United tltataa cham bar of commerce. Tha Initial bualnaaa aaaalon ot tha eon rantion thla morning followed a pre-' liailnary meettns; of tha national council yaatarday. at which a reeo-luttoa reeo-luttoa against tba soldiers' bonus waa adoptad and a program for tha convention approved. Tha artarooon will be devoted to rroup dlacuaalona. tn which tha lawn reparation report. American traneportatlon problem, coo per -tlve marketing for agricultural product, and tha Northwestern credit altuatlon will have prominent promi-nent placea. - - Tha flnanca group will devote vlr-tually vlr-tually .lis entire time to aspects of tha International financial altuatlon alt-uatlon aa affected by the recent report of tb expert appointed to examine German finance. Carl R Gray of Omaha. Preei. dent of tha Union Paclflo ayatam. will preside over tha session on tranaportatlori and communication. Seventeen nationally known business men were nominated yaa-terday yaa-terday for placaa on tha board of direotora of tha chamber, among tham being Lafayette Hanchatt of Salt Lake City and Carl R. Gray of Omaha, president of tba Union Paclflo company. -I Tha directorate la composed of thirty-four men. bait of whom are ' elected at each annual meeting. I Yesterday's nomlnatlone ara equivalent equiv-alent to election by tb convention on Thursday, i a |