Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

uaper man has some handicaps provided
the individual is not of the stodgy type
The stodgy man in public life, VINO al
ways takes himself seriously, has no nara
time in maintaining the dignity of what
ever position he may acquire. But
brisk and breezy reporter who rises IN
variably has To stand the kidding OF
his fellow newspaper men. 1t is good
natured, affectionate kidding, but II
hurts a man III public estimation.
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Hence il is that that particularly bllsh
and breezy John Barrett has had 70 stand
through all his long public career deal
of fippant newspaper treatment HAD
he been of the stodgy type, though oil
much less mental attachments. he would
have been spared this. He could wear
the ..solemncholy" countenance Of the
elect and get by with it.
He would not have to work as hard as
lac has worked. he need not have done
so much actual public service: mere looks
and gravity of deneanor ana oWlilhe 81
lpnce would have carried him. ana no
iokesmitn would have dubbed him the
man with the almighty voice. In other
words. lie would have been 4 nlieteentt
century American public man, not
twentieth century one.
Measured by actual accomplishments
however, and pot BY the picture of HIM
that So often has bcel presented, ne mas
gone further and dong more i'll his forty
seven years than most men who are SUI
Gciently famous to have their names III
Who's Who in America.
The international bureau which he
heads has its purpose Well expressed III
its name 1t is an effort, supported bE
me twentx-one American nations, TO
bring into closer relationship these ma
tons; to effect as it We're, sold fritS
of the western hemisphere. Commerce
friendship and peace are its aims
V sfonary? Altrulstc?
Possibly but under the direction OF TINS
hard-headed and agitatng Vermont yam
kee the Pan-American Union IS showing
practical results.
This organization is the creature OF the
brain of that far-seeng statesman, lhe
late James G. Blaine. In 1880. twenty
three years ago, Mr.. Blaine. then SecFe-
tary of STATE, brought about a CONFER
ence OF the American republics. rms
conference was held at NashlhBtoh anu
lasted from October, 1889, to April. 1900
with Mr.. Blaine presiding. BY the action
of the conference the international bureau
of American republics was constituted.
Support for the bureau was provided
by the agreement of the nations to
contribute money III quotas based upon
population 1t was provided that the
affairs of the bureau were to Ice admin
istcred by a director general elected
by the governing board, that board CON
sisting of the Secretary ot state OF the
United States and the diplomatic repre-
sentatives in Washington of the other
American governments.
This plan OF management continues to
this day. Vt the fourth international
congress held at the City OF Mexico in
1910 the name was changed. An as
sistaht director has been added with the
bureaus growth. in the person of DIR.
Francisco j. Yancs, a distinguished Vene-
ZueIan.
The first director was the late William
f. Curtis, writer and pubiciSt. whose
travels in Latin American countries had
given him an appreciation of those coun-
tries and tEeir peoples beyond that pos
sessed by the average american.
: For years the bureau was housed in
rented structure facing Lafayette Park
i'll Washington, but in April, 1910, it