Americus times-recorder., 1914-06-04

IONAL LONDON EX-
POSITION
Amour. cement was made today by
DR.. Clarence J. Owens, managing di-
hector Of The Southern Commercial con
gress, that arrangements for the Amer
ican commission, which has been as
sembled by the congress, and which
will participate in the International
congress of municipal executives ald
civic leaders to be held in London be-
ginning July goth, and the Information
'al Urban exposition to be held il Ly-
ors, France, under the patronage Ct
the French republic, have been com
pleted.
The commission will sail for Lon
don July 9th. St is composed of many
mayors of large cities of the United
States, officials Of civic and CONNER
cial organizations, and representatives
of various states appointed by govern
ors.
The international congress in Lon
don will be presided over by the lord
mayor of London, and will be partici-
pated in by municipal executives OF
Great Britain, Europe and the United
States. A program thoroughly compre-
hensive and covering the entire scope
of municipal problems and achieve
ments will be presented.
The report of the American commits
sion will be presented at the sixth
annual convention of the Southern
Commercial congress to be held at
Muskogee, Okla, next November, and
will form the basis of municipal reform
as distinctive as the results achieved
by the American commission on agri-
cultural cooperation of the Southern
Commercial congress that made an ex-
haustive investigation in Europe dur
ing 1913.
The state department is cooperating
with the Southern Commercial con-
gress to make the American commits
sion a big success. The following let
ter has been sent by Secretary of State
Bryan to all American diplomatic and
consular officers in Europe:
"The department is informed by the
director general of the Southern Com
mercial congress that, at the request of
the British committee, the Southern
Commercial congress has assembled
the American commission of municipal
executives and civic leaders to leave
New York July 9, for the purpose of
participating in the international
congress of municipal executives and
civic leaders to be held in London,
beginning July 20. Thereafter the
commission will visit Lyons, France,
and still later will make an investiga-
ton of the urban problem and achieve.
ments in italy, Austria Hungary, Swift
zerland, Belgium, Germany and Hol-
land. The itinerary of their tour you
will find enclosed
1T is the desire of the Southern
Commercial congress that this tour
be made the means of rendering a spa
cifc service to the municipalities OF
America through a comprehensive re-
port to be submitted to such munich
palities upon the return of the com
mission. The department is in full
sympathy with the object of this tour
and desires that you extend to the
commission such assistance and cour-
estes as you properly may, consistent
Nth your official duties, l would see
% objection to your making knowl
aformally to municipal executives and
eads of civic Organizations within
cur respective jurisdictional districts
he purpose of the commission and to
your requestiong for the members Of
he coffissiOn such courtesies and CO.
peration as may be consistently rem
Tered. Hotel and other accommoda-