Show conference held by the executive committee of the natural resources commission first regular meet ng of the corn m atee s to be held in wash ng ton on december 1 to be fol lowed by joint meeting of commissions chicago the executive committee of the national resources cominis sion which organization Is an out crowth of the conference of govern ors at the white house met here o 0 friday in conjunction with the inland waterways commission the gather ing was preliminary in nature the scope of the work to be undertaken and the best method ot obtaining wide support tor the movement being Us cussed it was decided that the first full meeting of the resources commit tee shall be held in washington on december 1 this gathering to be 1 loved two weeks later by a ont meeting of the national and state commissions so far as the latter may f en be organized thomas R shipp of indianapolis was chosen general secretary of the resources commis sion of which gifford pinchot Is chairman the hollowing rol chiefs ot divisions of the commission were also in attendance water representative theodore E burton ohio forest senator reed smoot utah land senator knute nelson oi minnesota mineral representative john dal zeil pennsylvania after the joint meeting with tho national resources commission corn the inland waterways corn mission held a separate session and discussed a proposition to visit europe for a study of the waterways of that continent this discussion will be continued by mall and it a majority of the commissioners alq able to make the trip it will be under taken soon |