REPORT OP THE SECRETARY GENERAI,. 14I 



staff of the congress, and to express anew, as the chief admmistrative 

 officer of the congress, his profound indebtedness for, and corresponding 

 appreciation of, the services of all who had given cheerfully at all times 

 loyal, faithful, and efficient service in making this congress a successful 

 Pan American gathering. In addressing the I^atin American delegates 

 in conclusion Mr. Barrett said: 



I have only one word more to say, a word in regret that the necessary 

 attention that I have been obliged to give to the administration of my 

 work has not permitted me to come into closer personal contact with 

 this splendid body of men who have come here from all over Latin 

 America. There is no man living — there are numerous men living 

 who have done more than I have done — who loves Latin America and 

 Latin Americans more than I do, and I regret that I have not been able 

 to do more personally for this remarkable personnel that has come here 

 from every country to the south of us. 



I thank you all on behalf of the organization for the spirit of coopera- 

 tion that you have shown. I feel to-night probably a sense of elation 

 that perhaps no one else has felt, that I can look back over the 

 fourteen years since first it was my privilege to represent the people 

 of the United States in Latin America, including the nine years that 

 I have been the executive officer of the Pan American Union — looking 

 back to those times when, year after year, I labored in behalf of Pan 

 Americanism and was ridiculed, and I was accused of advancing myself 

 because I loved to talk of the countries of Latin America. I well 

 remember the time that if I ever made the suggestion that a country 

 of Latin America or the men of Latin America were worthy of our best 

 attention some newspaper editor or paragrapher would remind the country 

 that " Barrett is talking again." I ask, therefore, your realization of the 

 fact that although I talked a great deal, I have always talked for that 

 kind of Pan Americanism that is being recognized at this present moment 

 as never before. 



Gentlemen, I say it not to bring credit to myself. No. And so I 

 have thought that whereas great credit should be given to the men of 

 the United States, to our President, to our Secretary of State, and to 

 other men in this country who have advanced Pan Americanism, only 

 perhaps I myself know the really unlimited credit that should be given 

 to the ambassadors and ministers and the officers of the various Latin 

 American legations who, through long years, in every way have labored 

 for the advancement of the practical Pan Americanism that we are 

 realizing at this present moment. 



