Evening star., 1927-06-13
PRESIDENT TALKS
TO SOIL EXPERTS
Greets 400 Delegates to First
international Congress.
Soviet Participates.

The first International Congress ot
Soil Science, representing a world
wide effort at cooperative research
on the problems of preserving and in
creasing the productivity of the globe
was welcomed to the United States
this afternoon by President Coolidge
at it's opening session in the United
States Chamber of Commerce Build
ing.
The congress is composed of approx.
imately 400 delegates, including some
of the foremost agricultural chemists
and geologists in the world. who will
spend the week in scientific sessions
here, and then go on a 60-day tour of
the United States and a po- n OF
Canada.
Between $50 and 200 of the delegates
are from foreign countries, most of
them officially invited by the State
Department to participate in the ses-
sions and appointed by their own
governments.
Address of President.
President Coolidge, after telling of
the progress of agricultural research
in this country during the past half
century, expressed the keynote of the
congress when he said: Science is
not confined within any national boun-
daries. It's achievements and its
benefits, like the achievements and
benefits of all truth, are at the service
of the world for the tightening of
human labor and the enrichment OF
human life.
with practically all our fertile land
now under cultivation" the President
said, further increase in total pro-
duction must come from increased
acre yields rather than increased
acreage"
One result of the Congress. it was
explained by DR.. j. G. Lipman of New
Brunswick, N. j., president of the
international organization. may be the
establishment in Washington of a
world museum of soils, probably under
the direction of the Department of
Agriculture. This would include eX-
amples of all types of soil in all parts
of the earth. to be accumulated grad
ually by gifts and expeditions.
Carloads of Soils.
A nucleus of such a museum is the
several carloads of soil specimens
brought to the present congress as
exhibits by the foreign delegates ana
which will be presented to the Ameri-
can organization. The 25 Russian
delegates alone brought with them
approximately two carloads of soil
specimens which form the most no.
table of all the exhibits. Practically
every soil type and combination or
soil types in European and Asiastic
ID ie,; IN Tho lIIn this
exhibit. which will be left in WASH
ington, is estimated at more than
$4,000 The Rumanian. Latvian and
British soil exhibits also are in
elusive and valuable.
The Russian delegation includes
some of the foremost soil scientists in
the world 1t is headed by DR.. h. ID.
Glinka, dean of this branch of re-
search, whose works are used as texts
in most agricultural experiment sta
tions Russia, it was explained, long
has taken a leading part in all re-
searches along this line, due to her
enormous agricultural area and di-
verse types of land. The researches
now are being pushed ahead as rapid
ly as ever, despite the disturbed
economic cOnditions-especially at the
Leningrad agricultural station, of
which DR.. G!inka is the director.
Soviet Finances Trip.
Invitations to most of the delegates
were extended by the State Depart
ment through embassies and consul
lates. Due to the lack of diplomatic
recognition between the United States
and the Soviet government, such in
vitations could not be extended to DR..
Glinka and his colleagues. but came
through the American branch of the
international congress direct.
Other delegates were appointed off,
cially by their governments through
the departments of agriculture, but
the Russians were appointed by the
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