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Excerpt from The Foreign Relations of the United States, Vol. 1: 1. The Democratic Ideal in World Organization; 2. Future Pan-American Relations; A Series of Addresses and Papers Presented at the National Conference on Foreign Relations of the United States at Long Beach, N. Y., May 28 June 1, 1917
At its first meeting the following members Of the General Committee were prasent: Elihu Root, Alton B. Parker, Charles E. Hughes, Adolph Lewisohn, Irving T. Bush, Samuel mccune Lindsay, George A. Plimpton, Henry Raymond Mussey, Wil liam L. Ransom, William R. Shepherd, Henry L. Stimson, Munroe Smith, George Whitelock, Edward T. Devine, Fred erick P. Keppel, Oswald G. Villard and Stephen Pierce Duggan. The gentlemen present were enthusiastic in their ex pressions of belief in the wisdom of undertaking a campaign to create and diffuse the international mind as outlined by Professor Lindsay who presided. As the result Of the dis cussion it was decided to hold a Conference on the Foreign Relations of the United States during the last week Of May at the Hotel Nassau, Long Beach, N. Y. In order to make the Conference nationally representative, it was decided to invite the co-operation of the American Society of Inter national Law, the American Bar Association and the United States Chamber Of Commerce. Moreover, as the aim Of the Conference - the diffusion Of a knowledge Of international af fairs among the people Of our country - could only be attained by means of the hearty assistance Of the press, it was decided to invite representative newspaper editors from difierent parts Of the country to be the guests Of the Conference and to par ticipate in its proceedings. Finally Dr. Lindsay was chosen chairman Of the General Committee and authorized to appoint whatever sub-committees would be needed and Professor Duggan was chosen to be director Of the Conference. The membership Of the sub-committees is given below. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
