Arizona republican., 1913-07-25
BOTH BODIES
 MEET AS ONE
National Conservation Con- gross and National Con servatiOn Association Will Be Found Working To : gcthcr to Same End
Especial to The Republican,


 WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24-An- nOuncement was made here today thai the next annual meeting of the Nationa Conservation congress will be held ir this city November IS. 19 and 20. The place of meeting was selected at . meeting of the executive committee.
 One of the important factors in the executive committees selection ot Washington was the fact that the na- tiOnaI capital is the headquarters of the National Conservation association. The congress and the Association are work ing in close and complete harmony and this made the committee feel that it was desirable to have the years ac- tivitieS of the two bodies culminate in an enthusiastic gathering of the con- gress at their common point of con centratiOn. It was agreed by repre- sentatiVeS of both organizations that great benefit for the cause of conser- VatiOn could be gained by having the congress assemble in Washington As the center of conservation work, the capital city affords exceptional faciIi- ties for the deIiberatiOn of the congress because of the immediate availability of the experts and statistics in the gov ernments work along these lines.
 Especial importance attaches to the selection of Washington for the reason that certain private interests opposed to conservation have recently sought to make it appear that there is lack of harmony between the conservation congress and the conservation assOcia- tion. The fact that Washington was chosen after consultation between of ficers of both organizations shows that the congress and the association are working as q unit with identical aims. The meeting of the congress is six months distant, but there are already indications of a record attendance.
 This decision brings about a return to first principles as far as concerns a meeting place for the congress. It was in Washington that conservation interests held the historical conference of governors out of which the COnser- vation congress ultimately grew. This conference was held at the White House in May 1908. It served to crys- talize public sentiment on the question of conserving natural resources in a way that had never before been ac- complished.
 Since then meetings of the National Conservation congress have been held in Seattle, St Paul, Kansas City and Indianapolis. In choosing Washington for the place of this years meeting, the Conservation congress is making it's first visit to the birthplace of the movement.
 Under the active administration of President Charles LathrOp Pack, the work of the National Conservation congress is making gratifying headway. MT. Pack was elected president in In dianapOls last fall. Immediately after assuming office he organized an az gressive campaign for the broad de- velopment of the work of conservation. One of his most important steps in this direction was the appointment of a forestry committee of which the chair man is Henry S Graves, chief forester of the United States government. The work is being briskly advanced by this committee.
 An important phase of conservation to be considered at the Washington meeting involves the tremendous fire waste in the cities of America. At the request of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, the executive committee has agreed to give place on the pro- gram for discussion of this momentous question. The vast loss to the country through preventable fires will be shown in concrete and comprehensive form and means considered for minimizing this unnecessary waste.
 From every standpoint" said Chas Lathrop Pack, president of the Fifth National Conservation Congress, 'the | executive committee of the Conserva- tion congress did we'll in selecting Washington, D. C. for this years meet l ing In my judgment, Washington as a meeting place offers the congress