THE NATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
Under the treaty entered into between the United States and 
Germany our nation may exercise the right to official representation 
on the Reparations Commission, which right it has not as yet 
asserted. The United States government and many of its citizens 
have large claims against Germany which are inextricably involved 
with the whole reparations problem. The decisions of this Com- 
mission will exert a controlling influence over the development of 
any plan of international finance looking toward the negotiation of 
international loans and toward the greater stability of exchange. 
Such decisions will also inevitably affect the development of the 
purchasing power of the principal nations of the world. 
Recognizing the handicap under which our government is now 
laboring without any authoritative voice in the far-reaching deci- 
sions of this important world agency, the Chamber of Commerce 
of the United States urges that all necessary measures, including 
the approval of Congress, be speedily taken to procure for the 
United States official representation on the Reparations Commission. 
(Resolution, Tenth Annual Meeting, 1922.) 
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WAR Craimms AGAINST CENTRAL POWERS 
The war claims of the government of the United States and of 
many of its citizens against the governments of Germany, Austria 
and Hungary and their nationals, which are large both in number 
and in the aggregate amounts involved, constitute an important 
factor in the adjustment of international financial problems. The 
prompt determination of the principles which shall obtain in the 
disposal of the private properties sequestered by the respective 
governments and the orderly and equitable adjustment of these 
claims will stimulate greater freedom of commerce and the restora- 
tion of trade. Sensible of the complexities of these problems and of 
the efforts being made by our government to solve them, the Cham- 
ber emphasizes the great importance of speedily developing a plan 
for the disposal of such claims and urges upon Congress that any 
legislation which may be found necessary or desirable to facilitate 
their settlement should be promptly enacted. (Resolution, Tenth 
Annual Meeting, 1922.) 
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