Evening star., 1922-04-23
BY BEN MeKELwAY.

DA BEN MCnELwA1s
NLESS some pressure. which
was lacking last week in the
~ Senate, is brought to bear on
the conferees who consider
the State and Justice appropriation
bill, a valuable agency for improving
commercial relations between the
Americas will go out of existence and
work which is only starting will be
left unfinished. During consideration
lof this bill by the Senate an amend
ment was adopted providing that the
American section OF the inter-Ameri-
work and render final report in
June. 1928.
Sometimes government agency
which isn't given to blowing its own
horn and advertising it's accomplish
ments gets lost in the shuffie when
the time comes to get the money
necessary for its maintenance
through congressional appropriation.
And the American section OF the In
ter-American high commission may
be q case in point, for. since Its Gre
alton following the first pan -Ameri-
can financial conference in Washing
ton in 1915, there are comparatively
few who have been aware of Its ex-
istence or who have followed Its ac-
complishments. Yet 1t Is safe 70 say
that thin commission is rendering a
service today which cannot be dupli-
Gated by any existing agencies OF the
government; which should not be al
lowed to lapse, but which should be
encouraged as a practical demonstra-
tion Of the spirit OF pan American
ism-a spirit too often limited in Its
expression to high-sounding words
and declarations which mean nothing
in the end.
Pprposes Of Commission.
The inter-American high commits
sion was established to reach a COM
mon understanding on international
economic matters which affect all the
Americas, to carry out the recommen-
dations of the first pan-American
financial congress and to engage IN
studies essential to international
agreements.
The organization of the different
sections is much the same in all the
participating countries. the chairman
in each case being the minister OIL
finance or of commerce. and the mem
bership representative of the hnan-
cial, commercial and legal communi-
ties of the respective countries. the
United States section, as reorganizeo
Commerce. is composed of Secretary
Hoover, chairman; Seantor Jones OF
Washington, vice chairman; 0. X
Davis, secretary of the National
Foreign Trade Council of New YORK:
Joseph H. Defrees. president OF the
John H. Fahey of Massachusetts,. W:
q Hart. treasurer of the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uni
form State Laws; Thomas b. NC
Adams, president of the American
member of the Federal Reserve
Board. and Myron W. Robinson.
president of the American Manu-
facturers' Export Association OF New
Jersey. DR.. L. S. Rowe, director OF
the Pan-American Union. is secretary,
and Dr. C. E. MCGUIRE Is assistant
secretary, DR.. c. A. Sherwel is
juristic expert.
Strives for Uniformity.
Each section works in its own
! country to obtain by legislative or
| executive action as great a measure
as possible of uniformity in the
legislati and regulations that af-
| feet inter-American commerce. The
United States section OF the commls-
sion constitutes the executive COM
mittee, or directing agency. for the
, international commission. and 1t fol-
lows that the dissolution OF the
American section would lead ulti-
matsly to the breaking up of the en-
! tire commission.
chief among the accomplishments
| ,f the inter-American high commits