Tentative Program of the Second Pan American Financial Conference

Title

Tentative Program of the Second Pan American Financial Conference

Creator

Glass, Carter, 1858-1946

Identifier

WWP18777

Date

1920 January 10

Description

Schedule for the Second Pan American Financial Conference.

Source

Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, New York Federal Reserve Bank

Language

English

Text

Confidential

TENTATIVE PROGRAM OF THE
SECOND PAN AMERICAN FINANCIAL CONFERENCE

Saturday, January 10, 1920.
     10:30 A.M.     Delegates received by the Secretary of State.

     12:00 A.M.     Delegates received by the Secretary of the Treasury.

     1:00 P.M.     Lunch tendered Delegates by the Secretary of the Treasury.

     3:00 P.M.     Preliminary meeting of Delegates, Hall of the Americas, Pan American Building, Reading of Rules.

Sunday, January 11, 1920.

    10:00 A.M.     Trip to Mt. Vernon by Automobile.

Monday, January 12, 1920.

     10:00 A.M.     Opening Session, Hall of the Americas.

                         The Secretary of the Treasury will by introduced by the Secretary of State.

                          The Secretary of the Treasury will prest the Vice-President of the United States.

                           Address of the Vice-President.

                          Responses by Delegates.

                          Welcome on behalf of the Pan American Union by the Honorable John Barrett, Director General.

     1:00 P.M.     Luncheons of Official Delegates and Group Committees, at Hotel Shoreham, Washington and Willard.

     2:00 P.M.     Continuation of Opening Session.

                        Announcements

     4:00 P.M.     Organization meetings of Group Committees.

     9:00 P.M.     Reception tenderby by the Official Delegations and members of Group Committees by the  Secretary of the Treasury at the Pan American Building.

Tuesday, January 13, 1920

     10:00 A.M.     Group Committee and other Committee Meetings.

     3:00 P.M.     Goup Committee Meetings.

     8:30 P.M.     Second General Session.

                       General Topic: "The Credit Situation of the World"

   Addresses by (1) The Governor of the Federal Reserve Board on "The Problems of the United States as a Creditor Nation."

                        (2) The Honorable W.G. McAdoo: "International Finance."

                        (3) A member of one of the delegations from Central or South America, to be designated hereafter.

                         (4) A member of one of the delegations from Central or South America, to be designated hereafter.

                         General Sessions will be open to ladies.

Wednesday, January 14, 1920.
 
     10:00 A.M.     Group Committee Meetings.

     1:00 P.M.     Luncheon tendered by the Secretary of State to the Chairmen of Delegations.

     3:00 P.M.     Group Committee Meetings.

     8:30 P.M.     Third General Session.

   Addresses by (1) Honorable John Bassett Moore: "The Work of the International High Commission".

                       (2) Dr. Mario Diaz Irizar, Director of the International Trade Mark Registration Bureau at Havan: "The International Trade Mark Convention".

                       (3) A member of one of the delegations from Central or South America, to be designated hereafter.

                         (4) A member of one of the delegations from Central or South America, to be designated hereafter.

Thursday, January 15, 1920.

     10:00 A.M.     Fourth General Session.

                         Submission of All Reports of Group Committees and of the Committee on Transportation.

          Addresses by Honorable Huston Thompson of the Federal Trade Commission: "International Regulation of Unfair Competition".

     3:00 P.M.     Fifth General Session.

                       General Topic: "Fiscal and Currency Reform as Factors in National Credit".

   Addresses by (1) A member of one of the delegations from Central or South America, to be designated hereafter.
            
                       (2) A member of one of the delegations from Central or South America, to be designated hereafter.

                       (3) The Honorable Paul M. Warburg: "Fiscal and Currency Standards as the Measure of the Credit of Nations".
 
                        (4) The Honorable Benjamin Strong, Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: "The Introduction of the Budget System and the Improvement of Fiscal Methods in the United States".

     8:30 P.M.     Sixth General Session.

                        General Topic: "The Improvements of Ocean and Land Transportation Facilities."

   Addresses by (1) A member of one of the delegations from Central or South America, to be designated hereafter.
            
                       (2) A member of one of the delegations from Central or South America, to be designated hereafter.

                       (3) A member of one of the delegations from Central or South America, to be designated hereafter.

                      (4) The Chairman of the United States Shipping Board, Honorable John Burton Payne: "The Future Policy of the United States Shipping Board".

Friday, January 16, 1920

     10:00 A.M.     Seventh and Closing General Session.

                        (1) Report of the Committee on Form and Resolutions.

                        (2) Report of the General Secretary.

                        (3) Unfinished Business.

                        (4) Adjournment.

Saturday, January 17, 1920.

     12:00 M.       Visit to Annapolis, under the auspices of the Secretary of the Navy.

     7:30 P.M.     Official Banquet, Hall of the Americas, Pan American Building.

       Addresses by the Secretary of State and by the Offical Delegate representing the delegations from Central and South America.


Monday, January 19, 1920.    Dinner at New York tendered to Official Delegations by the Pan American Society of the United States.

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Glass, Carter, 1858-1946, “Tentative Program of the Second Pan American Financial Conference,” 1920 January 10, WWP18777, Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.