Evening star

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spaciousness of the Wallach home,

and particularly its large ballroom,

he rented this building on behalf

of the Government for what is

known as the First International

Conference of American States.

At this conference the delegates

came frdm Argentina, Bolivia, Bra

sil, Chile. Colombia, Costa Rica,

Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Hondu

ras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay,

Peru, Salvador and Uruguay. Our

own country was represented by

James G. Blaine, Andrew Carnegie,

Henry Gassaway Davis, John B.

Henderson. Thomas Jefferson Cool

idge, William H. Prescott, Cor

nelius N. Bliss, Charles R. Flint,

Early view of the Van Ness Mansion, site of the Pan-American Union Building.

i .i _

Clement Studebaker, Morris N.

Estee and John F. Hanson..

W. B. Griffin, chief clerk of the

Pan American Union, was a page

boy at this first conference and

has been connected with the organ

ization ever since. Because of this

fact he has the distinction of also

rounding out his 50 years of serv

ice at this time.

Unique Event.

It is said that the first interna

tional conference referred to owed

its existence to Mr. Blaine, the

“Plumed Knight,” as he was politi

cally called, and that as an event

it was unique in the history of the

world. At any rate Mr. Blaine did

preside during the conference, and

no one better equipped for this duty

could have been selected, since he

had been Speaker of the House of

Representatives before being made a

Senator in Congress. He had also

served as Secretary of State in the

cabinet of President James A. Gar

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1940). Washington, D.C., 1940-04-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1940-04-14/ed-1/?sp=40

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1940-04-14.