Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-09
.P[AN FOR Celebrating
. PANAMA CANAL OPENING
Joint Committee in-Interest OF
Exposition in Washington
Completes Report.

Inc ceieDTatlOn IN washington OIL the
completion of the Panama canal was
planned in detail by the joint committee
OF the Board Of Trade and the Chamber
Of Commerce at it's meeting yesterday
afternoon at the Chamber Of Commerce.
The committee adopted a resolution Of
fered by II. B. F. Macfarland chairman
of the committee, providing for an official
and international celebration Of the great
engineering feat in this city, the capital
of the nation. The. opinion of the men,
bers of the committee was that Wash
ingtOn should not undertake a great in
ternational exposition in conjunction with
the celebra ton.
Committee to Make Report.
The action of the joint committee will
be reported to both the trade bodies rep
request that the matter be laid before
Congress as early as possible.
At the meeting of the committee yes
J. Bell w. +. Guide. r. n. Harper, E. e.
Graham, Scott c. Bone and E. c. Bran
denburg.
Mr.. Macfarand explained to the COM
mittee that the project for an interna-
tional celebration in Washington had al
ready received hearty Endorsement from
the officials and business men of the east
ern cities. including New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Richmond and
Annapolis.
Resolution Adopted.
The resolution adopted was as follows:
THE completion of the. Panama canal
should be celebrated at the capital Of
the government which is constructing
not fho OF ,Sr,n XVIII x
in history. The national government
should not go elsewhere for such a cele-
braton. The button that will open the
canal to the American fleet and the ships
of the world should be pressed by the
President at the Presidents house or the
Capitol.
THE celebration should be interna-
tional in character and all the nations
should be invited by Congress to partici-
pate. Washington is the official home Of
these nations and. as the National Capt.
tai, the place which these nations would
regard as the most appropriate for this
celebration.
"Official ceremonies of an impressive
character, in which all of the govern
mentS, including our own, should be rep
resented, should cover a reasonable pc
riod of time. Besides these, there should
be a prolonged governmental exposition
illustrating the history and resources of
the country In permanent DullulnSS Be-
longing to the national government, sup
plemented by permanent buildings to be
constructed by the states preferably in or
near Potomac Park, which would remain
for permanent state expeditions after
ward.
Buildings Available.
"If the celebration should not occur
until 1915 the new buildings for the De-
partment of State, the Department of
Justice and the Department of Commerce
and Labor, facing the White House Park
on the east. would probably be ready for
occupancy, and could be used as buildings
for special national exposition purposes.
Besides these new buildings, the Presi-
dents house. the Capitol. the Library of
Congress, the National Museum and other
similar buildings would be centers of in
tereSt to the visitors, who would more
readily come to Washington than to any
other city. The army and navy could
be utilized in connection with the official
ceremonies, and besides these, there might
well be the greatest exposition of avia-
ton up to that time and other similar
interesting features"