New Britain herald., 1923-02-07
WILL BE GUEST OF GOVERNMENT
Frank H. Johnston to Represent
 State..One Of i5 Americans

Frank If. Johnston, president Of th City Coal and Wood company. th only individual in New Britain wh
 is a member Of the National Cham
 Der Of Commerce. has been invited b,
 the Polish government 10 visit thu
 country this spring. and has acceptc'
 tho invitation. He is ono Of i5 dele
 gates from United States to whom this invitation has been extended. anc
 VIII represent the State of Connects
 c,t. officially.
 Mir. Johnston. who was director
 of the National Chamber for foui
 years, is the official delegate of the
 State Of Connecticut and the conncc.
 ticut State Chamber of Commerce. to
 the International Chamber Of Com
 merce convention to be held in Rome, March 19. He leaves tomorrow morn- | ing for New York and will sail on thu l Coionia, Of the Cnnard line. for
 Naples. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Johnston. who will remain in Paris while her husband is in Poland.
 The party of Is will go from Naples through Austria to the borders O.; Poland. where the members will be met by delegation representing the government of Poland, the American Polish Chamber of Commerce in Po- land, and the Polish American society and will be escorted through that country. and shown the conditions lii Poland as they exist today.
 Tho ipyitafior, reods foi.ouS.
 AS an American delegate to the International Chamber of Commerce convention, to be held at Rome. on March 19, may We extend to you al the request of the Polish governments, the American Polish Chamber of Commerce in Poland. and the Polish American society to visit Poland either prior to or after the Rome conven- tion.''
 Itinerary Mapped Out
 Referring to a map of the coun- try, included with the indication the letter continues, Coming north either from Naples or Venice, through Nien- ma, the delegation will be met by special representatives or the Polish government and special transporta- ton facilities provided for the entire trip. From this point the party vii go through Krakow. Tarnow Prze- mysel to Lwow, the third largest city in Poland with population Of 220, GOO; also the seat of the annual East ern fairs and the ca pital of Eastern Galicia: touring south 70 Drohohycs. where stop will be made.
 The party then will visit the Polish oil fields, the second largest produc- ing fields in Europe. where gushers recently have been struck. The Nat i iona Oil refinery. one of the largest | in Europe, is found here. Returning by way of Przemysl and Tarnow to Krakow, the sacient capital of Pol 1 and, local points of interest will be visited and a short side trip made to the largest producing salt H mine in Europe. The next stop will be made at katowicc, the center of the iron, steel and coal industry of Upper Silesia, and the capital of the province.
 Visits will be made to some large iron, steel and zinc plants. or coal mines, and those desiring will visit he nitrogen fixation plant, al Chor- 1ow, one of the largest plants of its kind in the world. From here the party will go to Iodz, which city with a population of over 450, ,0o0. is he center of the textile industry and has often been called "Europe's sec ,nd Manchester" Cotton and wooden .extile mills are equipped with mod 1,it ra ire being made to many countries including the United States.
 Reception at Warsaw.
 At Warsaw, the next stop. and cap tai of Poland with a population of learly a million, a reception will he endered the delegation. Those wish ng to visit the Bialoviez forests will hen make a side trip northeast, trough Bialystok. another textile enter to the forests, which are the nost extensive government owned imber reserves in Europe, and in ihich is located the largest plant for he dry distillation Of wood. Return ng to Warsaw the party will go north y way of Kutno. Torun. Bydgoszcz. ozew to Danzig. The free city Of 'anzig is in itself most interesting, some of the older Danish nd Dutch ports. Here are located le building shipyards from which le largest acquisition to the German fl erchant marine. recently was n unched. Tn Danzig, also. are locat- st the former chief German subma- v ne building and repair yards. where ' 500 American freight cars are be- 2, E re-erected for the Polish railways. i, The party then will travel south to r, oznan, capital of Poznania, the high V [ developed agricultural section of oi z country. From this point the IT avelers will go. either to Berlin and b, ence to Brussels or Rome. or ba.A rough Warsaw hy exnress to Rom,