Evening star., 1922-04-23
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


hibits which will be part of the United
States governments official exhibit at
the Brazilian centennial celebration
and exposition, which is to open in
Rio de Janeiro on September Z, 1922,
and to close. March 81. 1923.
Congress appropriated s1.0o0.00o to
pay the expenses of participation by
the United States in this exposition.
The State Department has charge of
the expenditure OF this fund. out of
which a permanent building, costing
$3.50 900. has been erected on the Ave-
nue. Of Nations to house the United
States government exhibit. This build
Ing will be used permanently as a
United States embassy. and SO consti-
tutes the State Departments exhibit.
COMMISSION NAMED
BY THE PRESIDENT.
President Harding appointed a spe-
| cial commission to have charge of the
| United States participation, consist
ing Of Commissioner General D. C.
Collier OF San Diego, Calf, formerly
connected with the San Diego expo
sition, who is now in Rio de Janeiro
experimenting the construction work
on the American exposition building;
Deputy Commissioner General F. A.
Harrison of Lincoln. Neb., who is in
charge of the work of the commits
sion in the United States and is hand
ling the advertising incident to American
participation. and the following COM
missioners: Mrs Henrietta W. Liver
more OF Yonkers,. N. Y, attached to
the New York republican state head
quarters. and a member of the Wom-
ems National Republican Club; J. P.
Kirby of Houston, Tex, president of
the Southern Tariff Association; w.
G. Stephens. located in Rio de Janeiro,
president of the Rio de Janeiro Cham
ber Of Commerce, and r p Momsen, for
merly United States consul at Rio de
Janeiro, now head of his own law
firm in that city. In addition to these
members Of the commission, two ad-
ministrative ASSISTANTS have been ap-
pointed, J. H. McGibbons of Chica-
go. engaged in the industrial insur-
ance business, who has Offices in the
Interior Department. and who is in
charge Of planning and preparing the
Official government exhibits, and L. p.
Monroe. a newspaper. man from San
Diego. Calf, who is in Rio de ia
neiro assisting Commissioner Gen.
eral Collier.
The cost of assembling the exhibits
Of the various government depart
ments will be approximately 500, 900,
so that 1t is not expected that more
than 100000 of the $1,000.000 made
available by Congress will be spent
TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT
AND OF GRANITE.
The United States exposition build
| ing will be two stories in height and
| Of granite construction. The upstairs
will be devoted to reception rooms and
downstairs to the departments exhib-
| its. 1t will house only the official
! government exhibits. which will be
such as were requested by Brazil
when she extended the invitation to
| participate. and will be representative
of the industries of fishing, mining,
| forestry and agriculture. On one side
OF the United States building will be
| the French exhibit. and on the other
| side those of Sweden and Spain.
There will be approximately 5000
| square feet Of net government exhib-
its. Each department will have GER
tain bureaus exhibiting. For example
| the Department OF Commerce will be
| represented by the bureaus OF stand
ards, fisheries and foreign and domes-
tic commerce. The Department OF
| Agriculture will have probably the
| largest exhibit, with eight or ten bu-
reaus participating.
The exhibits representing the yari-
| Gus government departments are now
being prepared, and will be assemb bled
| here in Washington about the middle
of July. and will then be carried to
| Rio de Janeiro on Shipping Board
| boat.
! The United States government ex-
4 hibits cannot be explained in detail
because an effort is being made to
! condense into q relatively small space
great deal Of visual information
about this governments aids to the
| people of the country in all lines OF
industry and of civic interest. which
is most interesting to the people who
will attend the Brazilian centennial
A brief summary Of what the Depart
ment Of Commerce proposes to show
| will be illustrative:
The bureau of standards will ex-
| hibit standards of measurement, theiI
| use and their necessity in any indus.
trial country.
The bureau Of fisheries is going tc
gear and models of fishes. canned fish.
cry products. fishery bi-products. mod
| els of canneries, models of fishing
| boats, nets, fishing tackle. seines, etc
The bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce is going to put up charts
showing the flows Of trade, and espe.
cially the interdependence OF the United
States and Brazil, one on the other.
American industries-their magni.
| tude, their methods. their human side
in welfare work. their increase in
production through modern machin.
cry. etc.-are to be shown in at least
twenty Ave films covering the manu-.
facture Of. textiles and automobiles
the story of asbestos and Of sulphur
and coal mining, which are being pre-
| pared under the cooperation of the
Department Of Commerce and the bu-
reau of mines of the Interior Depart
J ment.
BRAZIL MADE REQUEST
FOR CERTAIN INDUSTRIES.