Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-24
j. s. IN NEW BID
TO WIN NE|GHBORS
Part in Seville Exposition
Seen as Gesture of Friend
illness to Latin America.

With the departure of the commits.
sioner general Of the United States
70 the Ibero-American Exposition al
Seville. Spain. another move
By this country to win Latin American
friendship is reaching climax
Thomas f Campbell former Governor
@! Arizona. heads the commission
named by President Coolidge to ar
range our part in the exposition, which
opens on October IL.
Mr.. Campbell will supervise actuaI
construction of the three American
pavilions 10 cost sSo00o0 Congress
has authorized a total of S70A 900 10
6efray expenses Of this countr' rep
fesentation One of the three pa ions,
the designs of which have been APP
proved by the Fine Arts Commission.
will be permanent. and after the en-
position ends in June 1929. this paVii-
ion will be used as a United STATES
consulate ana also As a library ano
reading room for American students
attending the Seville University.
As the exposition will be visited by
thousands OF South and Central Amerl-
cans who never have visited the United
States. il is expected that the eNhlohS
of the Nation will s.roc6 hishly de-
sjrahle publicity and promote tTienolier
understanding.
Films 70 show Life in L. :.
One Of the THREE payilions viii be q
rlo.ion picture auditorium. so by l.o
feet. in which will be shown films IL
Illustrating various United States acuvi-
ties, such as farming. reclamation. II
rication. road construction. etc. A vice
range of industrial subjects also Will
be covered. and educational pictures
of American life and institutions VIII
be included. all the shows TO be free
70 exposition visitors.
The American commission selected
the Spanish school OF architecture Tor
the three United States paviiions. one
of the two temporary structures VIII
show governmental activities exclusive.
IL. Its dimensions will be so by l2o
feet Only Government EXHIBITS VIII De
shown in any of these payil!onS. as
private American exhibitors viii be as
signed space in buildings erected oy
the Spanish exposition authorities.
Because our loans TO Latin America
and our trade there have mounted INTO
millions, il is believed that American
manufacturers viii be. strongly repre-
sented in Seville. Spain and Portugal
are the only European nations taking
part. as il is an exposition strictly for
them and the republics OF the western
Hemisphere But numerous European
and Near East visitors will give oppor-
tunity for selling" American products
on wider scale than the official scope
Of the exposition.
United States Gets Desirable Site.
The United States has been given a
desirable site on the river flowing By
the exposition grounds and near the
principal Spanish building. known as
the Plaza de Espana Seville. with q
population Of 100000. is the largest
city in Southern Spain, and 1t was
from this general vicinity that Column
bus. Magellan and other explorers start
&C on their voyages.
Spain has been cordial In taking
part in American expositions. notably
1t Chicago IN 1898. when reproduc-
tons of Columbus three ships were
sent across the Atlantic successfully
and DISPLAYED at the Worlds Fair.
Opening IN October the exposition
viii not receive the crest Of the Ameri-
can Summer tourist wave until the
following June. 1929, but steamship
lines are preparing for heavy Autumn
and Winter travel on the assumption
that many persons who custon1erily
60 10 mid climates in the Winter Will
want to visit the Spanish exposition
Direct sailings 10 Spain. or optional
routes through Europe. are planned
The Pan-American Union has gwen