raining Directors will hold its ninth annual conference Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26-27, at the Monteleone hotel.
Registration is being handled by Joseph Piazza of American Cyanamid Company.
Mlliam O. Turner, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the New Orleans Area, will give the welcoming address at the opening session starting at 1:45 p. m. Thursday.
Other opening day speakers include Dr. T. A. Walters, New Orleans psychiatrist; Dr. W. J. McNamara, director of personnel research, International Business Machine Corp., New York city, and W. T. McCurdy, manager, department of public affairs, Sears, Roebuck Company,
Dallas, Tex. Early F. Voelz, supervisor of management development, Union Eleetric Company, St. Louis, Mo., will be the dinner speaker.
Speakers for Friday's session which begins at 9 a. in., include James F. Dowdy, training director, George C. Marshall space flight center, Huntsville, Ala.; George E. Rodman, education arid training, Commonwealth Edison Company, Chica