Evening star., 1924-10-01
j. s. PLANS Comfy
WITH LATIN STATES
Commercial Congress at At
Ianta to Encourage Frater-
nifty in Business Relations.
nv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. Ga. October atlanta
was host today to delegates reDre-
senting Il score Of states and several
Latin American republics here to at
tend the an-Amertcan Commercial
Congress. which opened this inornlng.
The congress was deve oped to en-
courage "amity. comfy and frater-
nifty between the United States and
Latin American countries and to
strengthen the commercial ties OF the
Central and South American repub-
lies and the United States
Republics represented included AR
gentina, Bolivia Brazil. Chile, United
states of Colombia. Costa Rica. Cuba,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guate
mala. Haiti. Honduras. Mexico, Mic
arasua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Salvador. Uruguay and Venezuela.
L. =. Official Representations.
The States officially represente"
included Georgia, Florida. North
Carolina. South Carolina. Virginia. West
Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas. Ken
tuckN. Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas. Illinois.
Michigan. Connecticut and New York.
br. Clarence J. owens, president OF
the Southern Commercial Congress,
presided at the oHening session
Speakers on todays program included
GOV. Clifford Wa ker of Georgia. DR..
William y Reid, Washington, -. c..
foreign trade adviser of the Pan
American Union: Maj. Gen. George W.
GocthalS. builder of the Panama
Canal and Franklin u. Roosevelt.
y. II. Baldwin. manager of the inter
national trade department of the
Guaranty Trust Company of New
York, and J. u. Woodside of New
York. member of the Federal For
eign Trade Council
With elaborate entertainment plans
already completed. the evening Ses
sion of the congress will be the an
nual banquet rendered in tribute to
the diplomatic and consular repre-
sentativeS of the Latin American
countries. Al the banquet Clark NJ
Eichelbereer will speak on the
League of Nations and United States
Senatc>, Thomas W. Hehin Of Ala
hama Will talk on The Ideals of the
South. and Inspiration in the Politi
cal and Commercial History of the
World
List of Banquet Speakers.
Among those who will make ad-
dresses of response at the banquet
tonight are: Cuba. DIR. Luis Marino
Perez, commercial attache; Chile. Sc
nor Don Benjamin Cohen, secretary
Chilean embassy; Nicaragua, Norberta
Salinas Colnmeftldl alldcne, .f'anafud,
Juan 3. Chevalier, charge d'affaires:
Haiti, Leon de Jean. envoy eXtraordi
nary: Bolivia. Javier Paz Campere,
secretary Bolivian legation: Colum-
hia, Abraham Martinez, commercial
attache; Salvador DR.: E. Arrieta Gal
lcgoS: Mexico. Senior r. Cantu Lara ::
Peru. Senior Felipe Berteano: Domini-
can Republic. Senior Ulises f Espail-
let.
The idea of forming the Pan-Amer-
lean Commercial Congress was
evolved during a survey tour of Cuba
hy a commercial ommssion of the
Southern Commercial Congress with
{. J. Owens as chairman of the com
mission. The commission. in Havana
voted with the National Federation Of
Economic Corporations of Cuba, that
If such Il congress be perfected, it be
in Atlanta. Ga. DR.. Owens was select
ed to organize and direct the meet
ing here.
During the sessions the Southern
Commercial Congress commercial
commission to Cuba will submit a for
NAL report as will the International