26 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1921. 
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 Commercia] 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 Internationa] 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 Ricci, who spoke 
in his native tongue, being interpreted by Madame Olivia Rossetti 
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 Room 
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, 
