American Union representing it at both the Second Pan American Conference in Mexico and Third Conference at Rio de Janeiro. John Barrett (1907—), the present Director General, has been United States Minister to Siam in Asia, and to the governments of Argentina, Panama, and Colombia, in Latin America. In the Philippines, China, and Japan, he also conducted commercial and special investigations for the United States. He was a Delegate of the United States to the Second Pan American Conference in Mexico, and Commissioner-General to Asia and Australia of the St. Louis World's Exhibition. Mr. Barrett resigned his position as United States Minister to Colombia, after having been elected unanimously by the Governing Board of the Pan American Union to take the position of its Director General and to reorganize it in accordance with the plan adopted at the Third Pan American Conference in Rio, and following the return of Honorable Elihu Root, then Secretary of State, from his trip around South America. The Assistant Director, who is also Secretary of the Governing Board, is Mr. Francisco J. Yánes, a Venezuelan by birth, who has long been associated with the Union in responsible positions. Before that he had been in the diplomatic and consular service of Venezuela, and later acted as an assistant to the United States Commission in the Philippines. He also represented the Union at the Pan American Conference in Buenos Aires. Several other members of the staff holding responsible places are Latin Americans. The improvement in the usefulness and appearance of the Monthly Bulletin has been accomplished largely under the supervisory direction of Franklin Adams, who has made a careful study of Latin America. Among those also, who in view of their length or value of service to the Union should be mentioned, are William C. Wells, Emilio Amores, W. P. Montgomery, Julian Lacalle, Dr. Albert Hale, William V. Griffin, Charles E. Babcock, Granville R. Fortescue, C. H. Baker, W. J. Kolb, H. O. Sandberg, and the Misses Phillips, Wood, McNaughton, Kirk, and Brainerd. ance. HE unique and beautiful new building just erected for the Pan American Union, formerly known as the International Bureau of American Republics, has a world-wide significAs the permanent home of the Union, it practically makes Washington the International capital of the twenty-one American nations. It is also notable that the beautiful shape which has been given it was made possible by a generous contribution from the same source that provided for the erection of the new Temple of Peace at the Hague, the capital of Holland, as the permanent meeting-place of the International Peace Conferences. The total cost of the new building and grounds closely approximates $1,000,000. Three-quarters of that sum was given by Andrew Carnegie, who thus attested his appreciation of the value of this Pan American Union as an instrumentality for the achievement of his ideal of universal peace throughout the world and goodwill among nations. The contribution of the United States, used for the purchase of the site, together with the quotas of the other American republics amounted to $250,000. The building is the result of an architectural competition which proved the largest in the history of the national capital. Of the designs submitted, seventy-eight had qualities that entitled them to serious consideration. The jury of award was of the highest professional character, being composed of Charles F. McKim, Austin W. Lord and Henry Hornbostel. The winners were Albert Kelsey and Paul P. Crét, Associate Architects, of Philadelphia. Mr. Kelsey was the winner of the Travelling Scholarship in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1896 and practises his profession in Philadelphia. Mr. Crét is Professor of Design at the University of Pennsylvania, is a native of France, and a graduate of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, 1903. THE SITE The site at the corner of 17th Street, N. W., and Potomac Park, is one of the most admirable in Washington as a location for a |