Superpower conference: Secretary Hoover´s program indorsed by Public Service Commissioners of ten states

At a conference called by Secretary Hoover with the approval of the President the preliminary discussion was had of cooperative steps by Federal and State authorities toward the approval of superpower development in the Middle Atlantic and New England States. At the meeting which was held in the Board Room of the A. I. E. E. on Saturday afternoon October 13, the representatives of Public Service Commissions in ten northeastern states were present. Mr. Hoover emphasized the fact that this conference was not to be conceived as more government in business but as a step to obtain coordination between public authorities and industries to secure consummation of a great advance in the development of service to the public.