Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-26
WILL CONFER HERE
ON CAPITAL CITIES
City Planners of Many Na-
tons Will Open Confer
ence Monday.

Carrying it's message for the Ma
tional Capital of the United States
to the sister republics of this Nation
IN Latin America, the American Civic
Association will hold for two days.
beginning tomorrow, its first pan
american conference on capital cities.
An elaborate program OF entertain
ment Tor the delegates from more than
half -dozen Latin American coun-
tries Will combine tomorrow and
Tuesday with discussions as to how
the plan for the Federal City may be
pushed by the association. and on an
exposition of world capitals. Through
out the two-day meeting, the associ-
alton will hold in front of the dele
gates 10 the meeting the project for
the Federal City which the organiZa-
Ation has joined with more than a
score other civic associations in for
q! arCiing.
Delegates from Cuba, Mexico, Colon.
bhl, Argentina and other pan-American
countries will gather in Washington
to-day in preparation for the confer
encae. which will include pan-Ameri-
cam dinner at the Mayfower Hotel
tomerrow night. an international
luncheon at the same hotel on Tues
day, "a reception by the President AT
the Y hite House and conferences on
wOrldtand Pan-American capitals.
Will Visit Mount Vernon.
Tom arrows program. starting in
the morning with d trip by the entire
pan-Amarican delegation 10 Mount
Vernon and AIexand has been
planned by the association to show
the distinguished visitors something
Of the early architecture of the United
States, while the afternoon will be
devoted to- sightseeing. to be followed
by the paInsAmerican dinner tomorrow
evening.
Speakers lat the dinner include Col
James Franklin Bell. Engineer Com
missioner OF the District; Senior Don
Beltram Maahieu, the AMBASSADOR Of
Chile; SenoE Don Manuel c. Tellex,
the Ambassador of Mexico; Senior
Don Francisco Sanchez Latour, the
Minister of @ uatemala. and John Bar
ton Payne, chairman of the American
Red Cross. Frederic A. Delano, pres
ident of the American Civic AssoCi-
alton, will preside, while DR.. Leo II.
Rowe. director" general of the Pan
American Union, will act as toast
master, and the dinner will close with
a response from DIR. James Brown
| Scott, representing the Carnegie En-
dowment for international gPeace.
| During the dinner selections from
| American music will be played
| by the Arsenic Italon Orchestra Leo
| poldo Gutierrez, a South American
| baritone, will present a suite of
songs.
First showing ef an extensive ex-
! hibit of pictures. photogra phs and
maps from the Lazin American coun-
| tries will be made at the Pan-Ameri-
| can Union, Tuesday morning.
Reception at White House
/ At l2:45 the delegates will be re-
ceived by the President and Mrs. Cool.
| idge at the White House, and the
| delegates viii so directly from the
/ White House to the Mayfiower Hotel
| for a luncheon at which the topic of
/ discussion win be world capitals
! Speakers at the luncheon include
| Charles Moore, chairman of the Com
! mission of Fine Arts; Ebenezer How
ard, president of tine international
/ Federation for Town and Country
! Planning and Garden Cities. of Eng
land; Raymond Unwin, chief architect
to the British ministry of health; Mr..
Delano. Prof. Augustus Bruggeman of
the Institute of Urbanism of Paris:
DR.. Arie keppler, director of housing.
Amsterdam, Holland; Dr. Robert
Schmidt of the Regional Planning Fed
! Grafton of the Ruhr and DR. Dahl OF
SlOChnOlI, sweden. George b. Ford.
president of the National Conference
| on City Planning, will preside.
Will Tour City.
Immediately at the conclusion Of
| the luncheon the delegates Will he
taken in automobiles on a sight see
ing trip around Washington, in which
the Board of Trade is collaborating
in securing cars for the delegates.
| The trip will include journeys to
Arlington, Potomac Park the Capitol
Grounds, the Anacostia River recla-
nation project, the old boundary Of
the L'Enfant Plan. Rock Creek Park
and TO the water front.
DR.. Jacobo Narela will preside at
! the conference on Pan-American CAPT
! tails to be held as the closing feature
of the meeting Tuesday night at the
| Mayflower Hotel. Motion pictures OF
Pan-AmeriCan countries will be shown
and music will again be furnished by
the Arsenic Ralon Orchestra.