The Washington herald., 1921-02-21
SOUTHERN GROUP
TO HOLD SESSIONS
HERE NEXT MONTH
Senator Willis to Address
Initial Meet Of Com
mercial Congress.
EDGE ALSO TO TALK
Author of Famous Act Will
Address Conference on
Afternoon of First.
EDGE ALSO TO TALK

VINO has recently succeeded Presi-
dent-elect Warren, G.. Harding in
the Congress Of the United States.
will deliver the principal address at
the opening session Of the Southern
Commercial Congress, to be held in
the New willard Hotel on the morn
ing of March 1. His theme will be
'"Today's National Problems" On
the program with Senator Willis
win be Senator Duncan u. Fletcher.
Of Florida. honorary president of
the Southern Commercial Congress.
whose theme will be Problems of
Shipping" Honorable
Thomas R Preston, of Chattanooga.
Tenn. will preside and will deliver
his annual address as president Of
the Southern Commercial Congress-
Senator Edge to Speak.
A. session will be held at the Will
lard the afternoon of the first, the
speakers being Senator Walter z.
Edge. who is the author Of the Edge
bill, under which the business forces
of the United States are organizing
for export trade; Senator Robert L.
owen, who will discuss the Federal
Reserve System in relation to for
eign trade expansion: Senator Jo-
seph Z. Ransdell. who will discuss
water way transportation in rela-
tion to agricultural distribution.
and Senator Wesley l. Jones, the
author of the Jones act.
T. . evening session of the first
will be participated in by governors
of States from all parts Of the
United States who will be in Wash
In In uanL
formal s, will be followed by a
reception anu ball rendered the gov
ernors Of States and the officers and
cial Congress by the Southern So
ciety Of Washington.
The morning session of March .
will be given over to a further con-
sideration Of the South's part in
Benson, chairman Of the United
States Shipping Board. will speak
on The General Shipping Situa-
tion;" Matthew Hale, president Of
the South Atlantic Maritime Cor
The South Atlantic States
and Foreign Trade" r. l. McKellar,
foreign freight traffic manager,
Railway System, Let Us
Trade With the World" DIR. L. S.
Rowe. director general Of the Pan
American Union, The Possibilities
of Closer Financial Cooperation
Between the United States and the
of Latin America"
The afternoon session of March
. will be held at the United StateA
Department of Agriculture and will
be a memorial to David Lubin,
T.
delegate to the Interna-
tional Institute of Agriculture at
Rome. Italy. A painting by Mr.. Lu-.
bin by Szoldatics will be presented
by the Southern Commercial Con-
gress to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. The addresses
will be delivered by Secretary
Joshua w. Alexander, Secretary Of
Commerce.; Honorable Duncan u.
Fletcher. Senator James d. Phelan,
Oscar Straus, former Sec
retary of Commerce. The response
for the government will be made by
Edwin T. Meredith.
banquet on March ?.
The annual banquet of the Con-
gress will be held at the New Will
ard at 8 o'clock the evening of
March 2. The theme will relate to
Pan American affairs. The prin-
cipal address will be made by Hon
,rable cambridge Colby. Secretary
II State, who has just returned
from tour of Latin America The
and ministers repre-
the twenty countries OF
South and Central America will be
he guests of honor. The responses
for Latin America will be made by
Senior Don Beltran Matthew, Ambas-
sador of Chile; Tomas A. LIE Breton,
of Argentina: Senior
Don Federico Alfonso Pezet, Am
Of Peru, and Augusta
cochrane de Alencar, Ambassador
of Brazil.
On March 3 the morning and
afternoon sessions will consider the
educational and eco
lomic problems of the South and
he nation. The program of the
third will include Hon. Addison
Smith. of Idaho, whose subject will
,e. "a National Program of Reclama-
tion;" Senator Hoke Smith and SEN
ator ]. Thomas Heflin on THE Cot
ton Situation;" Hon. Harry d. Will
agriculture and immigration Of
Louisiana, Tariff on Southern Farm
DR.. A. F.. Woods, presi-
lent. University of Maryland, The
Place of Education in the Develop
ment of the New South" Congress-
man William B. Bapkhead, The
Federal Government in Relation to
Highway Construction in the South
md Nation:" Congressman william
,. Upshaw. Independence of the
Farmer and the Nation;" Milo d.
Our United Purpose
or American Agriculture;" Hon.
Charles s. Barrett. president, Farm
RS Union of America, National
Aspects of the South's Agricultural
Hon. John Barrett,
president, administrative council,
The Pan American College of Com
Hon. NJ. c. Allgood. COM
of agriculture, Alabama,
N More Elastic Banking Fa-
,ilities for the Farmer" M. L. Brit
ain. State Superintendent of Edu-
alton Of Georgia, "The Educational
Program Of Georgia" and Hon.
'amuel J. Rogers, director Of the
ensus, Observations. Based on
tatistics Of the Last Census"
Primary object Of Meet.
Thomas r.. Preston. president of
he Southern Commercial Congress-.
'esterday announced that the pri-
nary object Of the Washington
would be TO consider the
'outh's relation to the national pro-
m nG Iara