{"value"=>"<p>During a particularly eventful period, NCF's Executive Council arranged twenty-seven dinner meetings where representatives of capital, labor, and the public were addressed by notable conservatives such as August Belmont, Joseph H. Choate, Jr., Charles Wesley Dunn, Samuel Gompers, and Joseph P. Ryan. The representatives also discussed current political, social, and economic questions such as the welfare of industrial and municipal workers, health insurance, government by injunction, savings bank systems, old age pensions, mandatory resolution of industrial conflicts, and the meaning of the recent increase in intrusions by government in business affairs. NCF also reported on the previous year's reform and political activities, and updated information on current and upcoming projects.</p> <p>The files consist of correspondence, the bulk made up of letters inviting businessmen, labor leaders, lawyers, welfare workers, politicians, and others, to attend and participate in these meetings arranged to study and discuss current issues. There is also correspondence with mayors, governors, and organizations, regarding the appointment of delegates to attend the meetings. The rest of the files are composed of lists of participants, minutes of meetings, press releases, printed ephemera, publicity handouts, reports, resolutions, seating charts, and speeches.</p>"}