Program

SOUTHERN GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE

JANUARY 11TH-12TH-13TH, 1942

MCALLISTER HOTEL

MIAMI, FLORIDA

[Signature of]

S. L. Holland

Southern Governor's Conference

JANUARY 11TH, 12TH, 13TH, 1942

McALLISTER HOTEL

MIAMI, FLORIDA

PROGRAM

Southern Governor's Conference

McALLISTER HOTEL, MIAMI, FLORIDA

JANUARY 11, 12, 13, 1942

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

2:00- Sightseeing trip to include Pan American Airport, Hialeah Race Track, Opa-Locka Naval Airbase, and a military review at the Riverside Military Academy in Hollywood Part will leave from the McAllister Hotel, Conference Headquarters.

6:00- Cocktail hour in the lounge, Hollywood Beach Hotel, Hollywood, Florida.

7:00- Buffet dinner, main dining room, Hollywood Beach Hotel. (The cocktail hour and buffet dinner will be given for the Governors and the Conference Delegates in honor of Governor Holland by the members of this personal staffe of Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Countries.)

SUNDAY EVENING

"HEMISPHERIC SOLIDARITY:

8:00- Governor Sam H. Jones, Chairman, Conference Committee on Hemispheric Solidarity, presiding.

Address, representative from the Department of State.

Address, "Good Neighbors on the Defense,"\

Dr. Domingo F. Ramos, Minister of National Defense, Republic of Cuba, Havana.

Report, Southern Council on International Relations, Dr. Keener C. Frazer, Secretary.

MONDAY MORNING

"THE SOUTH IN THE NATION'S DEFENSE"

9:30- Meeting called to order, Biscayne Room, McAllister Hotel; Governor Frank M. Dixon, Chairman, Southern Governor's Conference, presiding.

Invocation, Dr. R. L. Allen, Pastor, Trinity Methodist Chruch, Miami.

Address of Welcome, Governor Holland, Host Governor.

Appearances, Introductions and announcements.

10:00- Address, "The south in the National Emergency," Hon. Donald M. Nelson, Director of Priorities Division of Office of Production Management, Washington, D.C.

10:30- Address, Hon. John H. Ohly, Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of War, Washington, D.C.

11:00- Address, "Plan to Increase Present and Post War Utilization of the Resources and Man-power of the South," Governor Sam H. Jones.

11:45- Address, "Total Defense," Dr. Frank P. Graham, President, University of North Carolina, and Member National Labor Mediation Board.

PROGRAM- Continued

12:15- "Presentation of Post-War Public Work Reserve Program," J. Banks Hudson, Regional Field Represenative, Public Work Reserve, Washington, D.C.

12:40- Address, "Southern Industry and Post-War Defenses," Rascoe Arant, Regional Business Consultant, United States Department of Commerce, Atlanta, Georgia.

12:45- Adjournment.

1:00- Luncheon, Flagler Room, McAllister Hotel, for Governors and all Conference Delegates.

1:30- Address, Hon. R. G. LeToruneau, nationall known industrialist of Georgia and Illinois.

MONDAY AFTERNOON

"ALL-OUT CIVILIAN DEFENSE"

2:30- Meeting called to order, Biscayne Room, McAllister Hotel, Governor Dixon, presiding.

Address, Hon. T. Semmes Walmsley, former Mayor of New Orleans, now First Assistant to Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, National Chairman, Civilian Defense.

3:15- "Food for Freedom" campaign sponosed by the Conference Committee on Balanced Prosperity, Dr. Clarence Poe, Chairman, Raleigh, North Carolina.

3:45- Address, "Labor's Part in the nation's Defense," Hon. Emmett G. Davison, Secretary and Treasuerer of the International Association of Machinists, Washington, D.C.

4:15- Report from Hon. Phillip Tacker, Directore of Trade Barrier Section, Souther Governor's Conference, on "Trade Barriers in the National Emergency," followed by symposium on the afternoon session to be participated in by represenatives of the Council of State Governments, the Federal Department of Commerce, and State Chairmen and Recipricol Board Represenatives.

4:45- Governor Homer Adkins presents "Scenic and Industrial Arkansas in Technicolor."

7:30- Dinner dance, Macfadden - Deauville Hotel, Miami Beach, given by Governor and Mrs. Spessard L. Holland in Honor of the Governors, their wives and delegates.

TUESDAY MORNING

"THE SOUTH'S INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY"

9:30- meeting called to order, Biscayne Room, McAllister Hotel, Governor Dixon, presiding. Announcments.

10:00- Address, "The Work of the Transportation Board of Investigation and Research," Hon. Nelson Lee Smith, Chairman, Washington, D.C.

10:30 Report on Class Rate Case, Governor Prentice Cooper, Chairman, Class Rate Committee.

11:30- Report on Livestock Rate Case, Governor J. E. Harly, Chairman, Livestock Rate Committee

12:30- Adjournment.

1:00- Luncheon, Tropical Park Race Track, given by the Directors of the Gables Racing Assocation in honor of the Governors and the Conference Delegates invited to remain for the races as guests fo the Gables Racing Association.

SOUTHERN GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE

LADIES' PROGRAM

Mrs. M. Lewis Hall, Chairman

HOSTESSES TO GOVERNOR'S WIVES

Mrs. Spessard Holland, Florida- Mrs. Carl Dunaway

Mrs. Frank M. Dixon, Alabama- Mrs. George Whitten

Mrs. Sam H. Jones, Louisiana- Mrs. M. Lewis Hall

Mrs. Emile Harley, South Carolina- Mrs. Robert Pentland, Jr.

Mrs. Gene Talmage, Georgia- Mrs. H. E. Overstreet

Mrs. Coke R. Stevenson, Texas- Mrs. Ernest Graham

Mrs. J. Melville Broughton, North Carolina- Mrs. Harry Hector

Mrs. Leon C. Phillips, Oklahom- Mrs. N. Vernon Hawthorne.

Mrs. William P. Cooper, Tennessee- Mrs. Se. S. McCahill

Mrs. Paul B. Johnson, Mississippi- Mrs. Marshall Wisehart

Mrs. Homer M. Adkins, Arkansas- Mrs. James Yonge

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 11, 1942

2:00- Sightseeing trip, to include Pan American Airport, Hialeah Race Track, Opa-Locka Naval Air Base, and a military review at Riverside Military Academy in Hollywood for Governors, their wives, and delegates.

6:00- 7:00- Cocktail hour in the lounge, Hollywood Beach Hotel.

7:00- Buffet dinner, main dining room, Hollywood Beach Hotel

MONDAY MORNING

10:00- Exotic and Fairchild Gardens Tour.

Hostesses: Rms. James Donn, Mrs. Charles Moon, Mrs. George Holt.

12:00 Cabana party, Cromwell Hotel, Miami Beach.

Hostesses: Mrs. Val Cleary, Mrs. James L. Knight

and Mrs. Dan Mahoney

MONDAY AFTERNOON

1:00- Luncheon at Cromwell Hotel. Mrs. Spessard L. Hollan honoring governor's wives.

2:30 Nikko Boat Trip or Teater Party.

Hostesses: Mrs. Mitchell Wolfson, Mrs. Harry Hector and Mrs. James Carons.

Mrs. J. Melville Broughton, North Carolina- Mrs. Harry Hector

Mrs. Leon C. Phillips, Oklahoma- Mrs. N. Vernon Hawthorne.

Mrs. William P. Cooper, Tennessee- Mrs. S. S. McCahill.

Mrs. Paul B. Johnson, Mississippi- Mrs. Marshall Wisehart

Mrs. Homer M. Adkins, Arkansas- Mrs. James Yonge

7:30- Dinner-dance, Macfadden- Deauville Hotel, Miami Beach, given by Governor and Mrs. Spessard L. Holland in honor of governors, their wives, and delegates.

TUESDAY MORNING

10:30- Shopping Tour.

Conducted by Mrs. Clifford Reeder, Mrs. Joe h. Adams and Mrs. Richard Hunt.

or

10:30- Eastern Airlines Trip over city.

Hostesses: Mrs. James Yonge, Mrs. T.V. Moore Sr.

and Mrs. Robert Pentland Sr.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

1:00- Luncheon, Tropical Park Race Track, given by direcotrs of the Gables Racing association in honor of the Governors, their wives, and conference delegates.

2:30- Guests of Gables Racing Association for races.

SOUTHER GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE

LADIES' COMMITTEE

Mrs. Joe H. Adams

Mrs. Alex M. Balfe

Mrs. S.S. McCahill

Mrs. James M. Carson

Mrs. Val C. Cleary

Mrs. James Donn

Mrs. Carl E. Dunaway

Mrs. Ernest R. Graham

Mrs. Harry H. Hector

Mrs. George Holt

Mrs. N. Vernon Hawthorne

Mrs. Richard H. Hunt

Mrs. James L. Knight

Mrs. Daniel J. Mahoney

Mrs. Charles M. Moon

Mrs. T. V. Moore, Sr.

Mrs. Robert Pentland, Sr.

Mrs Robert Pentland, Jr.

Mrs. Clifford H. Reeder

Mrs. H. Ernest Overstreet

Mrs. Leonard K. Thomson

Mrs. George E. Whitten

Mrs. Marshall Wisehart

Mrs. Mitchell Wolfson

Mrs. James E. Yonge

Ladies' Information Desk will be in lobby of the McAllister Hotel. Hostesses: Mrs. Leonard K. Thomson and Mrs. Alex M. Balfe.