Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-17

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. H.
Washington. politically the most i'm
portant capital in the world, in ac-
tual physical aspect is but a village
compared to the capitals of the other
great nations of the world. But
crowded into this village right now
are the greatest brains of the great
nations. at work trying TO reach such
an understanding that hereafter
when international disagreements
arise. the recourse will not be to
battle.
For weeks delegation after delega-
ton has poured into Washington
with all of their attendant experts,
Clerks and attaches. AS they have
come, somehow or other they have
been taken in and made comfortable.
The city was pushed to its greatest
limits when war came, and an army
} of. clerks had to be assimilated.
Despite every effort since then,
| Washington's population has remain
ed about at the high peak reached a
few years ago.
But Washington is used to taking
in bigger crowds than it is equipped
to handle. Inaugurations have
taught people here that there is al
ways room for everyone. These have
been brief affairs, of course, but the
problem now is the same one on a
larger scale and for greater dura-
ton.
For many days preceding the ac-
tual formal opening of the confer
ence, the official reception commit
tee of the State Department has vir-
TALLY slept in its Respondent high
hats. The lives of these men be-
came a seemingly endless ucces
SION of going to the Union Station,
greeting incoming statesmen and ex-
perts. conducting them to a lunch
con or some other formal affair ar
ranged in their honor. seeing them
safely ensconced in their Washing
ton ~habitations, then starting the
whole round over again for other
guests.
The State Department put the ar
rangements for the conference into
the hands of Henry Z. Fletcher,
Under Secretary OF State, and for
ner Ambassador to Mexico. GEN
era direction of the whole great oc-
casion Is in Mr.. Fletcher's hands.
an enormously difficult job requiring
the delegation of a great deal of
authority TO others.
AT first blush, it appeared that
Washington did not have enough
houses and apartments ~unoccupied
to enable the whole delegation to
stay in Washington. The Postofice
Department was called upon,
though, and Washington letter car
riers. in their daily rounds, checked
up and discovered some 500 unoccu-
pied houses. The addresses were
furnished the State Department, and
have proved of great help.
How Delegates Are CHARTERED
The main delegations and princi-
pal experts for the most part have
of hotels. In some instances Wash
ington mansions which will not be
used by their owners this season
were obtained. The hundreds of
clerks have been housed through
the cooperation Of the P~ostoffice
Department. the Washington Post
Office in particular, the Chamber of
Commerce of Washington, and the
real estate men here.
Next in importance to the dele
cations and their attaches came the
hordes of visiting newspapermen.
Many of these men have come half
around the world in order hat the
readers of their papers the world
ver will have first hand. eye wit
ness reports OF all that transpires
in this, most important interpa-
tional gathering.
As a link between the conference
itself and the newspapermen. regular
Washington correspondents as well
as visiting reporters. the State De-
partment drafted the services of
Philip Patchin, formerly for a long
time a Washington newspaperman
connected with a New York news
paper. Mr.. Patchin, since leaving
the journalistic field. served for a
time in the State Department in
much the same capacity. Associat-
ed with Mr.. Patchin in his work
are Henry Suydam and a corps of
assistants.
The Washington newspapermen
formed an organization to cooper
ate with the State Department in
handling the newspapermen here
for the conference. This organfza-
ton is composed Of two members
from each of the following organiza-
tons: The National Press Club, the
Standing Committee of Correspon-
dents-representing those men de-
tailed at the press galleries of Con-
gress-the White House reporters,
the reporters regularly assigned to
the State. War and Navy Depart
ments, and those who cover the
Treasury Department. This organi-