Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-24
HOUSING OUR FOREIGN GUESTS

must be helped as far as possible by
the American government in its ca
pacity as official host
Another problem on which work ha
started Is finding sufficient office space
for the delegations. \ survey OF the
building situation ia under way. and
inquiries have been sts>.oi to sec What
facilities Of this kind each delegation
desires. This problem is not an easy
one to solve, as Washington is not
great business city. having relatively
few office buildings Moreover. what
space is available here is nearly all
cupied. and it is likely to be as dlfurul'
a task to get office room as TO proyi,
living quarters
Tne actual delegates and their -1itas
viii he met BY rcpreE -utSfivcs of tnr
state department at the scaports af
which they enter the country and
brought TO Washington as guests % 2.
government, probably by special trains
After being conducted to the quarter
arranged for them hy the joint effort
OF their embassies and the state de-
partment, they will FOR the rcmainGrr
Of their stay IN Washington bc thtI-
own hosts as far AZ paying cHpenss
is concerned.
ASSEMBLY HALL PROBLEM
Another angle % tho oi'uatioa which
Is causing a great deal ~ troubio ~
the obtaining of proper hail In which
tho public sessions may b. held W. he
iuEton is not provided v.h any large
hall sufficiently modern 20 hanlIa
open ressions nf a corfcren-e ng diEr.-'
fled and important a. the disarmament
-irrussions The sugre"fios that u
thoater be used WIS brought forward
but was rejected promptly because rhr
delegates might -<p~sr 70 bc psrforu<
crs and might be made little ridi-u-
louE hy such a proceeding.
Although the principal conference viii
b. open. the escryday. unofficial c.tl-
zen" VIII not have a chance OF hearl-s.
word ~ the discussions on acrou1P
cf this lack Of large modern hill
with good acoustic properties. Save-11
meeting places are under considcra'.~a
with the chances favoring the srIaH-
tion ot the bail room IN the Pan-Ams-,
loan Union This room Is about me
same size 40 the Hall Of Mirrors "a here
tho open sessions Of the Versatile
peace conferences were held. The state
department estimates that when ~
dolesstlon7 arp. rcated, ana the news I
plper correspondents taken care NJ
there VIII remain room Tor only fift
outsiders. and without doubt these
seats III he pre-emptei at each l>cE-
sion by resident Numbers OF the Dip
lomatic corps
Unfortunately building operations IN
washington nave not tsen COINS for
ward speedily for several years. de-
spite the difficulty In obtaining uuar-
tcrs here during ih- war for the thou
sands OF war workers who poured into
tho city and had to be housed.
In old apartment houses tt is imPou-
slhle to dislodgp tho regular tenants p.
make room for the foreign sue 7'E and
there are only two new ones Of any
size nearing completion now. Land
lords do not care 10 turn thoss over.
for such purpofes n they can Hvoii -
as the wear and tear on the propertr is
large item. Then again. there 's THO
stroubie of completely furuIshinE a
whole apartment house for temporary
tenants. as the diearmnmcnt confer
cnCe1 may not last more than siy.
months at tho most
There has been some suggestion of
having some Of tho delegates live IN
Baltimore, but this has been di-r1rJeI =
hccsus- OF the worry and annoy Iuc
OF having to commute daiIy IN wash
ington. forty miles away. So Washing
ton. small ps it ir In comparison with
other capitals and ill-s squipped to hams
die such q large gathering. hf7 got
to spread itself out IN some way and
assimilate 10000 people who "iN Say 4
here until spring.