The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-05
BATTLE WILL BE
 WACED AGAINST
 PESTS T0 PLANTS
Permanent Commission Is Planned at Memphis Con- ference to Study Ques-. tion-WaIIace Will
 Speak Today
By Aasocinted Pr.ae

Memphis December 4.-Plans for the organization of permanent gov ernmental cotton commission, with representatives from every cotton production state, for the purpose of recommending legislation by the states which will aid in solving prob lems now confronting the industry, were proposed here today at the sec ond annual meeting of the cotton commi ssion. composed of delegates named by the governors of 12 south ern states.
 Under the plan suggested by A. w. Mclean of North Carolina, which will be acted upon by the conference be- fore adjournment Wednesday, a uni- form act may be formulated for presentation to the legislatures of cotton producing states. and which will provide for permanent com- mission, the members of which will be named by the governor or legis- lature of each state.
 The necessity of uniform state leg islation which would enable the cot ton producing sections of the country to work together in controlling and eradicating insect pests. and the adoption of better methods of mar keting and warehousing the staple, was strongly urged, nos only by gov ernment and state experts, but by a number of other speakers connected with various branches of the indus try.
 Wallace to Speak
 Tomorrow Henry c. Wallace, sec retary of agriculture, will deliver the principal address, outlining the work which the department has done and is prepared to do for the cotton grow CTS.
 The act providing for a permanent commission, as proposed by Mir. Me- Lean, should. by it's terms, he de- clared. confine the action of the com mission Ito matters of common inter- ests. and about which there shall be no conflict of interest" and should provide. he declared, that all actions of such a comm ssion should be rec ommendatory only 'unless and until the various states concerned. shall, by legislative act, give affirmative sanction to the measures proposed by the commission, and provide the means or make the same effe4ive."
 In his address Mir Mclean said that the most pressing and urgent question now facing the cotton indus try in the south was the control and eradication of insect pests
 to Ireland. Secondly, his appoint ment would link the Free State with all previous phases of the home rule struggle, for, besides being one of the greatest lights of the Parnell movement, he is connected with still earlier struggles by reason of his relationship to T. D. Sullivan, author of God Save Ireland.'s
 Moreover, keNn OHigglns, minis ter of home affairs, who piloted tn } constitution through the Dail Fire ann. is MT. Healy's nephew, and MT. Healy's exceptional intellectual and legal gifts undoubtedly have been at the disposal of the new Irish minis ters, and are expected to prove in- valuable to the new government in its difficult initial stages.
 Preparations for the formalities of inaugurating the government and appointing an Irish senate were afoot in Dublin today, but it probably will be the end of the week before the senate Is completely constituted.
 On the whole. the new government of the Irish Free State comes into being under good auspices so far as England Is concerned. the press and public, with very few exceptions. being entirely sympathetic.