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Show ILLNESS KEEPS HOOVER SILENT Bankers Transact Varied Business In Gotham Convention NEW YORK, Oct. 5 Herbert Hoover, sscrstarj ol commerce, who was to have addressed the annual convention of the American Bankers' association today, was unable to do so on account of lllnesH, It was an- runeed bj President B Adams I Kriends ol Mr Hoover at the con-i con-i v.-ntlon iald thev understood that he suffered with a severe toothache a i night and his physicians had advised h'.m tojemain ln bed today Mr. Hoover 1? -topping at the home of Oeorge I3arr baker, an old friend, in ParU .'ienue BRANCH BANKS OPPOSED. rhf association went on recora YV dnesdsy by a vote of approximately three to one. hh being opposed to branch banking or the establishment of branch offices by both ftate and i itlonal banks !n any form. After the passage of a resolution I'xpressinjf this 6p position, steps were taken by bankers from Missouri. Illinois, Wisconsin New Jersey and Connecticut to form an association of national and state hanks and trust ompanles opposed to branch banking bank-ing to undertake ,i campaign for the passage of a f.-dei-al Matut.' prohibit :ng national banks from having Munches or more Hum one office ln ny statu. Murray MCLeod, Vice president pres-ident of the Irving Park National hank. Chicago was sleeted chairman of the organization a committee composed of three delegates from each of the 4S t-tntr bankers' as-utlons as-utlons will mert ln Chicago soon. It was announced, to plan a national C i nipaign. MESSAGES RI. I. Messages from President Harding an-! Secretary of the Treasury Andrew ik'. Mellon were read by President Thomas P. McAdams ln lis letter to the bankers. Secretary Mellon wrota that a foundation for an eat iy nod healthful revival of business has neen established through the response re-sponse of the bankers to iho treasury treas-ury offerings of th- short term notes Issued during tW past 18 mouths to retire Victory notes -and other early maturing obligations. President Harding's message was a plea to the bankers that the, " lead In recommitting our people to sen - xpenditures. to wi s of econoiv.v and thr ft to the consideration of municipal munici-pal and naflonal problems in thai conscience which tmilds the iempie of confidence " ol- PIOBRS ELECTED, ln the election of officers, John H. PuOUcher, of Milwaukee. wan chosen president; Walter W. Head, of Omaha, Neb., first vice president, and ; 'illi.im W Knox, second vlco presl-I presl-I dent The resolution opposing the establishment estab-lishment of branch hanks was placed before the convention by Samuel B. Jeff-ries. lc president of the National Na-tional i Bank of Bt Louis. Waldo Newcomer president of the National Exchange P.nnk of Baltimore, led the opposition An attempt by the antl-braneh antl-braneh forces later to have the resolution reso-lution adopted by tho national bank division failed. ROTH PARTIKS RAPPED. t-ranic A. Munsey addressed the convention con-vention on tho problems of the hour nnd vjtid that the operations of the Republican and Democratic parties were being carried on with small attention at-tention to ih. Interests of (he irov eminent or the people 'IhJ)fhl nt S1" two rtle over the tariff; he saWi ,ra3 rarr,Pll the sh iroe oi th.. American people It. is wholly a business question L said, and should be treated as such Righ Honorable Reginald McKenna foi; r chancellor of the British xJ I hi .,uer told the hankers but such a Payment would only be possible If all Other demands are. postponed for a period Which would permit the st .hll lzatlon of the mark. Such SostiSX" ment should be extended to a? Euro" cngianu. Mr UcKenns said The following were ele ted by the1 national banks division President, Waldo Nesrcomar r-.hi Rr'sstoJ:Cffi VoS J ft Meh-Lii. Selma. Ala C W. Ofl Wichita, Kansa- and John F. HSsW Chicago. I |