Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-06
JONES ADDRESSES KIWANIANS
ON CONSULAR SERVICE DUTIES
YEARS COMMITTEES NAMED

Featured by an address by j. Ed
mund Jones, vice consul in charge
Of the consulate at Aqua Prieta, on
| he foreign service of the United
States, the Kiwanis luncheon yester-
day at noon at. the Grand Tea Rooms
was also favored by some very ex-
cellent music by the Grammar School
orchestra.
Committees to perform the var
| iouS offices of the club were ap-
pointed for the year. Every member
| of the club was maze member OF
some committee and one member
was appointed to see that everyone
works this year and to collect fines
from any who do not.
Vice Consul Jones, in a very in
teresting and timely address, told the
Kiwanians about the consular serv-
ice, how it is organized and some Of
the multitudinous duties of it's rep
resentatives. He explained that the
chief duties of the consular service
are to care for the interests of Amer
leans in foreign lands and to pro-
mote commerce between the United
States and foreign countries.
An interesting point was brought
out in that the consuls cooperate with
businessmen wherever they may be
and, through the department of COM
'merce at Washington, furnish busi-
ness people with information on prices
and sources of supply of needed goods
and materials which serve very great
.ly to stimulate trade.
Jones brought out that the con-
Sular service is not a political ma
chine but that it is operated on a.
merit system. He told of the nature
of the examinations given for ap-
pointment to the service and showed
in his talk that man, to become a.
member of the foreign service must
be very well educated and very cap
able and broad minded.
The speaker said that the consul
ar service is a profession of service
in which man may come into con-
tact with all nationalitieS, rocditionS
and experiences. lie may travel over
all the world and be of service to
his government in a thousand diff
ferent ways. There is no time limit
on the services of a consul. He has
certain office hours but outside those
hours he is often called upon to
carry on some phase of the very
intricate system through which the
affairs of the Americans in foreign
lands are administered.
A service of publicity which was
recently performed for this district
through Mr.. Jones office and which
he mentioned in his talk was that
he reported to the department of
state on the negotiations toward eS-
tabllsning an international airport
here and through the department in
Washington the first national pub
licity secured for the project has been
sent out.
Jcnes advocates that every Amert-
can citizen going into foreign
country register with the consul. He
points out that this registration costs
nothing and that in time it may
mean a great deal to the person
registering. He told that there are
more than 300 Americans living in
the municipality of Aqua Prieta and
only three or four are registered.
In cases where one wishes to estab-
lish residence or the date of a birth
or anything of that nature this
registration is an official and legal
verification.
Jones told the Kiwanians that he
could talk steadily for week on the
consular service. He said that it was
a subject which covered SO much
territory and so many different phas-
es of activity and was SO interesting
and SO we'll organized that it was
fascinating to anyone who would
take the time to understand it.
The vice consul advocated in his
talk the starting of some effort to-
ward persuading Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh to come to Douglas on his
return flight from Central and South
America. Jones brought out that II
this could be done then the Eagle
could dedicate the international air
port and cement one more link in
the chain of friendship between Mex
leo and the United States and at the
same time give to Douglas the neces-
sary publicity to create new inter
est in international affairs ana III
aviation.
The KiWanis committees appoint
ed for the year by President Guy
Crouch are as follows:
Attendance, O. G. Hurt, L. S. Per-
rim, C. w. Patterson.
Agriculture, j. T. Hood, L. S. Per-
rim, Conrad Kaiser. J
Business Standards, Harvey john
son, George Baxter, C. w. Granger.
Good Will and Grievances, H. M.
Helm, j. A. Howell, Henry Schwantes
Finance, Pat White, George Jack
son, r. NJ Peterson.
House, W. F. Thompson, Tom Mas
sey, Russell Meadows.
Inter-Club Relations, j. T. Ben
nett, j. r. Newcomer, John Cook.
Music, E. J. Copgdon, j. Hunter
Smith, M. j. Anderson.
! Program, T. T. Schofield, j. E. Carl
son, George. B. Doubleday
Reception, E. j.. Huxtable, Tom
Glenn, j. w. Tardy, Pat White, T.
T. Schofield, Geo. Jackson.
Under Privileged Child, Tolbert F.
Weaver, A. E. Hinton, R. M. Peder-
son.
Publicity, H. A. Wimberley, Chas.
Nichols, j. E. Carlson.
Education, E.. w. AdamSon, j. P.