Evening star., 1936-08-07
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

Of the Pan-American Peace Conference
at Buenos Aires intensive study will be
given by the United States aliJ the gov
ernments of the 20 other republics of
North and South America to methods
which may be adopted by them for the
better organization of peace" on the
Western Hemisphere. Effort will be con-
centrated on plans for enlarging and
consolidating through treaty arrange
mentS and otherwise the machinery
which now exists among them for the
maintenance of friendly relations. Grow
ing out Of proposal by President RooSe-
welt which met approval of the other
governments members of the Pan
American Union, the conference will
have on its agenda other questions re-
lated more or less directly to the gen.
eral theme of improved commercial and
cultural relations among these nations,
but main consideration will be centered
on the leading subject of the approved
program, organization of peace" While
no off1cial announcement has yet been
made, it is understood reliably that
Secretary of State Hull will head the
American delegation. with Assistant
Secretary Welles, in charge of Latin
American affairs in the State Depart
ment, as his first lieutenant, and three
or four other delegates.
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How to cultivate Japanese dwarf
trees"-or "hachinoki," to give them
their native appelation-is described by
Donald w. Pierpont in beautifully illus
trated article in the August issue Of the
American Foreign Service Journal, repro
duced from American Forests. In these
dwarf, or "potted trees" as the Japa-
nese prefer to call them, "the whole tree
is perfect, but in miniature" says the
author. The origin of these dwarf Speci-
mems Of nature Is hidden in the mist
of myth; but the "potted tree" occupies
a prominent place in the life of the
Japanese. There Is no great, mysterious
secret known only to the Japanese about
the cultivation of these trees. as is gen.
orally believed, but patience and con-
stant intelligent attention is required,
MIR. Pierpont states, adding that while
the government is developing large
Handicapped gardens in various parts of
Japan, in the hachinoki the humblest
Japanese may have the pleasure of his
own landscape panorama-in miniature.
While many sections Of the United
States have been suffering recently from
the extreme heat, the men in one OF
the c. C. c. camps have written IN to
headquarters in Washington to COM
mend one of their number who would
seem to have been subjected to tenn
perature of the nth degree. He Is the
cook in the camp in the Death Valley
National Monument, where 1t is cool"
when the thermometer drops below 100.
The boys know him as Pop" Stone.
and they praise him thus: I'VE award
him q merit medal. Any man who can
hover over a range in Death Valley
these days deserves some sort OF special
recognition. Our congratulations to
Pop"
Reports as to the operation OF the
Government narcotic farm" in Ken
lucky, under the supervision OF the
United States Public Health Service,
would seem to prove that the experiment
is proving q success. Established only
a little more than year ago, SUFFICIENT
time has not yet elapsed to permit OF
definite conclusions as to the effective
ness of this means of treating drug ad-
diets, but from observations already