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Show IMEIilSE ' FiliS DESI 10 TRADE WITH Kll I Board to Promote Commerce Between Two Countries Was Formed in Washington WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Represen-tatives Represen-tatives of a number of American business busi-ness firms met here today to organize an "American-Russian trade Board" to promote commerce between the United Unit-ed States and soviet Russia.- E. P. Jennings, president of tho Lehigh Machine Ma-chine company, presided and announc-j ed that an effort would bo made to j have the American government i "lift the blockade" In accordance with the decision of the supreme council at Paris. , Mr. Jennings said companies represented repre-sented at the meetings included Mor-j ris and company, Chicago packers; the Borden Condensed Milk company; ! Rahn-Larmon and company, machine J tool makers of Cincinnati; Flschmani and company, New York, importers anJ the Columbia Freight Forwarding company of New York. j Dudley Field Malone, former counsel coun-sel for Ludwlg C. A. K. Martens, self-! styled Russian soviet "ambassador" to J the United States, was among those: attending. Ho said ho was reprc-bent-j ing his own interests and American j clients in New York. j oo |