Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1931, Page 19

BUREAUS TO ENTER NEW SPACENOV. 15 Equipment to Be Placed ini‘ Commerce Building in Ad- vance of Personnel. Moving day for two bureaus of the Commerce Department has been set for November 15, at which time heavy ma- chinery and fiing cases of the Coast and Geocetic Survey and the Patent Offce will be installed in the depart- ment's new $17.000,000 buflding. However, the personnel of the de- partment. numbering more than 4.000, will not bs moved into the new struc- ture un’il January 1, it was anncunced yesterd Move Heavy Presses First. Department officials explained that they had obtained the consent of the contractor to move the heavy presses of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Patent Office’s heavy filing cabinets into the new building next month so that these bureaus would be ready to functicn normally when the personnel is moved the first of the year. The presses of the Geodetic Survey are to be located in the basement of the new building. They are used for print- ing navigation charts only. The filing cabinets of the Patent Office are looked upon as the heaviest task the depart- ment will experience in moving. The cabinets have separste compartments for each patent cn file. The compart- ments total more than 1,000,000, offi- clals said. Auditorium to Be Used. ‘The builders have also agreed to have the main auditorium of the new build- ing ready for the conference on home building called by President Hoover for the first week in December. More than 1.000 delegates are expected to attend this meeting, The building will be thrown open for the conference. All bureaus of the devartment are expected to move into the building dur- ing January with the exception of the Census division. This bureau will not occupy its allotted space until it has resumed a normal employment status. It was repcrted yesterday that the bureau still has several hundred tem- porary employes at work on the 1930 census. It is understood all of the tem- porary workers will be dismissed by March 1. RIVER[iALE CLUB HEARS OF EDISON AND GERMANY | Regret Is Expressed for Present Illness of Inventor—Heads of Committees Listed. Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. | RIVERDALE. Md., October 3.— { Thomas Edison’s “contribution to man- | kind” and regret for his present iliness and a talk on conditions in Germany | featured the study period of the first Fell meeting of the Current Topics Club at the home of Mrs. Peter Duguid, | with Mrs. Charles Graefe assisting. | Miss Susan T. Campbell is president of the organization. Other officers are Mrs. Parker Reinohl, vice president; Miss Nancy E. Smith, secretary: Mrs. | J. W. Bush, treasurer; Mrs. Duguid, director. Committee chairmen are Mrs. Charles | E. Holmes, Ways and Means and Amer- ican Home; Mrs. Willlam Taylor,sAmer- iran Citizenship: Mrs. John Bush, Edus cation; Mrs. Luther Munson and Mrs. me: Hurh Keeley, Legislation and In-‘ national Relations; Mrs. O. G. Bal- r and Mrs. R. A. Bennett, Pub- | 1 i Mrs. Peter Duguid, Fine Arts; Mrs R A. Bennett, Mrs. Parker Rein- | ohl and Mrs. Wade Fowler, Membership. | In 1 Chaplain Makes Hole in One. INDIAN HEAD, Md., October 3 (Spe- cial) —Comdr. William - A. Maguire, chaplain, of the United States Navy made a hole in one on the ninth green of the Indian Head golf course. This was the first game of golf Comdr. Ma- guire has played since his return to Conditions of Today of International BY DR. LEO S. ROWE, " Director General Pan-American Union. With many important and difficult trade problems confronting the business (men of the United States and the 20 ! other American republics, it is believed that no better, no more opportune time could have been selected than the pres- ent for the convening of the Fourth Pan-American Commercial Conference, | which will open its sessions here tomor. row (Monday) morning and continue its work until October 12. Not only will this great international gathering give opportunity for full and free discussion of varfous commercial questions which | have an im it bearing on the de- | velopment of inter-American trade, but it is expected that definite action will be taken, in the form of & number of resolutions and recommendations, which will lead to an upbuilding and promo- tion of commercial relations amorg the republics of America. Nor must we overlook the value of the contacts which | will be established between the business | and financial leaders who will assemble | here to attend the conference. { Official delegates have been.appointed | | by the governments of all the American republics, and in addition there will be A large number. totalling more than 500, |representing chambers of commerce, bankers' organizations, road builders and engineering bodies, port authorities, | trade groups engaged in commerce be- {tween North and South America, col- |legés and universities and other inter- | ested organizations. Previous P | American commercial conferences have | been held in 1911, 1919 and 1927, but | it is believed that the one about to as- |semble will be the most important | | which has yet been held. | 1 Every Vital Phase Covered. . | The topics on the program cover | every vital phase of inter-American commercial activities, and the confer- ence has been so organized as to give the fullest pessible opportunity for dis- | cussion and action on the questions on the agenda looking to practical and definite accomplishments. In addition to the plenary sessions, where there | will be broad general consideration of such subjects as production and distri- | bution problems of the Americas, inter- American commercial relations and financial and economic problems of the American republics, there will be group meetings, at which more detailed discus- sion may be given to the various topics on the program. In order to facilitate the work of the conference and make it | more effective, it will be divided into two groups, the first of which will take up problems of trade barriers, trade pro- motion and transportation and com- munication, while the second group will | consider questions relating to consular procedure and customs regulations, finance and national and international juridical questions. Further detafled consideration of problems relating to the individual coun- | trées will be provided for through the round-table conferences. Here the rep- resentatives of each Latin American | country will be given the opportunity to | discuss with delegates from the United | States the import and export problems | groups, one for each of the Latin Amer- | ifcan nations. No definite program will be provided for these meetings. the pur- pose being to permit the delegates to | @scuss frankly and fully the commer- clal and economic questions which are of major interest to their respective countries. Face Varied Problems. Business leaders throughout the Americas today have problems of vari- ous kinds which they are seeking to solve. It is believed the interchange of views, the consultation and round-table discussions, with resulting recommen- | dations of a practical character to their governments and chambers of coin- merce, will furnish the basis on which | improved and strengthened trade rela- | tions among the American republics may | be bullt up, and that the coming confer- | ence will open the way for many new | commercial contacts and developments. | the United States from duty in China. The widespread response to the invita- | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 4, 1931—PART ONE. Add to Importance Interchange of Commerce Leaders’ Views. tions to attend is a clear indication of the belief of the various governments, as well as private agencies, in the sig- nificance and the timeliness of ‘con- fer=nce, President Hoover, who, as Secretary of Commerce, addressed the Third Pan-American Commercial Conference in 1827, has maintained 7is deep inter- est in Latin American affairs not only by his trip to the South and Central American countries, but through his continued efforts to increase the friend- ly feeling and good will already exist- ing between the United States and the Southern republics, as well as through his efforts while Secretary of Com- merce and since to improve our trade Telations with those countries. Outstanding figures in the commer- cial and financial world of North and South America have signified their in- tention of varticipating as speakers at the plenary sessions and in the discus- sions which will take place at the group meetings and the round-table confer- ences. At the opening plenary session there will be addresses by Secretary of State Stimson, chairman of the board of governors of the Pan-American Union; by Sccretary of Commerce La- mont, -chairman of the United States Government’s delegation: by Silas H. Strawn, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States: with responses and addresses by a number of the Latin American delegates. ‘Want to End Obstacles. The fundamental pu of the con- ference is to consider all obstacles, direct and indirect, that tend to hinder inter-American commerce and the measures that may be adopted to pro- mote trade among the American re- publics. Consequently all the topics contained in the program involve prob- lems that might be construed to consti- tute barriers to the free and rapid movement of trade. Any advance that | may bz made in the solution of these problems would represent a step for- ward in the promotion of inter-Ameri- @an commerce, inasmuch as it would tend to strengthen trade and relieve it of present hindrances. It is recognized that the term “trade barriers” in recent years has come to have a peculiar connotation and ap- Pplies specifically to hindrances to com- merce resulting from high customs tariffs, import and export prohibitions and restrictions and an excessive degree of governmental protection. Although it is realized that the question of cus- toms tariffs falls within the jurisdietion of each individual State, nevertheless it is also recognized that the rates con- tained in a tariff act may have a far- reaching effect and important conse- quences upon the industry, trade and national economy of many other na- tions. It is this aspect of national tariff action which will receive the attention of the delegates to the coming confer- ence under the topic dealing with the elimination of “trade barriers.” Much can be done in a constructive way to promote trade among the American republics, and consideration will be given to the different means through which it is believed this can be brought abeut. The question of general or special economic agreements between | and other matters in which each one is | different countries or groups of coun- | particularly concerned. These round- |tries, similar to a number of already | table conferences will copsist of 20 existing agreements of that character, and an analysis of the benefits which have resulted or may result therefrom, will be taken up. Attention will be WATCH REPAIRING BY EXPERTS The repair of your watch does mot comulete the trans- action between us, but estab- lishes our oblization to fulfill our guaruntee cf service. BURNSTINE’S ’z: (,= o N.YA‘I‘CIII You Would Not Drive on a Flat Tire YET Failure to Keep Your Roof Painted Will Cost You More Than a Set of Tires A Small Investment Now in CERTAIN-TEED QUALITY Loy B oduct NORTHWEST Hardware Co, 3214 M Street Kentucky P. T. Moran, 3261 M J Frank Kelly, 2121 Ga. Ave, A. J. 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The development of tourist travel as an ald to commerce is another factor in trade promotion which is on the program for consideration by the conference—for the first time, inci- dentally, that this subject has been taken up at any of the Pan-American conferences—and it is believed that it offers an opportunity for interesting discussion and recommendation which should stimulate further travel between the United States and the ublies of South and Central America, Mexico and the West Indies. Of great importance also are the questions of transportation and com- munication, including highway, railway, steamship, air, cable and wireless, which the conference will have before it. Under the topic of finance it will discuss currency stabilization as a fac- tor in the development of inter- American trade and the compilation and dissemination of financial and eco- nomical statistics. Among the juridical questions of a national and international characters which will be taken up will be the protection of trade marks and patent rights and inter-American com- mercial arbitration. ‘The discussion from all angles of practically every important trade prob- lem which concerns the business men of the two continents, the contacts and personal acquaintances formed, and the recommendations to be incorporated in the final act of the Fourth Pan- American Commercial Conference, it is believed, will be factors of immense and lasting value in strengthening and im- proving the trade relations among all of the 21 American republie . ‘The fishermen of Canada have learned the trick of catching eels by the use of a discarded stocking the toe. A barrel containing a plece of rk or other bait has a hole in the mtmm over which the big end of the stocking is secured. allowing it to foat | inside the barrel. 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