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auditorium lobby were devoted to the accompanying exhibits. The 

 institute was followed by an All- American Conference on Venereal 

 Diseases, held in Washington from December 6 to 11, 1920, the large 

 public meetings being in the Museum auditorium, while rooms 44 

 and 45 were given over to registration, exhibits, etc. 



For showing moving pictures of various subjects the Public Health 

 Service also had the use of the auditorium on the afternoon of 

 November 12 and on the mornings of January 31, March 9, 10, and 

 25, and of rooms 42-43 for a noontime meeting on February 21. 



The Department of Agriculture, because of its proximity, made 

 frequent use of the facilities afforded by the Museum. On the even- 

 ing of March 21, four Department of Agriculture motion pictures 

 were shown to an audience composed principally of department em- 

 ployees. The auditorium was again used on the afternoon of March 

 2, when the Southern Commercial Congress presented to the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture a replica of the painting by Szeldaties of the late 

 David Lubin, the founder of the International Institute of Agricul- 

 ture, with headquarters at Rome, Italy, under which 53 nations were 

 federated. Mr. Lubin, from the time of the organization until his 

 death, was the American delegate appointed by the State Department. 

 The leadership of Mr. Lubin in directing the activities of the South- 

 ern Commercial Congress resulted in the Federal farm loan act and 

 other vital State and Federal legislation relating to the economic 

 stability of the country. Through his creative genius he federated 

 the world, based on agriculture, and it was the only tie that held 

 during the World War. The International Institute of Agriculture 

 was the only international body where the belligerent countries did 

 not recall their delegates. Dr. Clarence J. Owens, director general 

 of the Southern Commercial Congress, presided at the meeting and 

 made the presentation. Other speakers were the Hon. Edwin T. 

 Meredith, Secretary of Agriculture ; Hon. D. N. Fletcher, of Florida ; 

 Hon. James Duval Phelan and Hon Julius Kahn, of California ; and 

 the Italian ambassador. Senator Vittorio Rolandi Eicci, who spoke 

 in his native tongue, being interpreted by Madame Olivia Eossetti 

 Agresti, secretary to David Lubin. A message from the King of 

 Italy was read at the meeting. 



For the benefit of the members of the department's staff who 

 missed this opportunity to hear Madame Agresti, a special lecture 

 by this interesting speaker was arranged in the auditorium on the 

 evening of April 14, when she spoke on international economic 

 problems. 



The Federal Horticultural Board held an all-day meeting in Eoom 

 42-43 on December 20, to consider the advisability of restricting 

 importation of fruits and vegetables in raw or unmanufactured state 

 from Cuba, the Bahamas. Jamaica, Canal Zone, India, Philippines, 



