Show Worlds Fair Matters CHICAGO Nov 17 The congressional I committee to investigate the Worlds fair management met again this morning Director General Davis was in attendance and gave a full and comprehensive statement state-ment with reference to the site question and contemplated business for various departments de-partments of the fair He considered any proposition to establish foreign business at the expense of the government to be against the spirit of the law In his opinion there should be one recognized head of the fair to the exclusion of standing commit teesPresident President Baker of the Chicago board of trade and member of the local board of directors of the fair talked at some length He favored placing the fair in Jackson park and agreed with Director General Davis that the Gener Davi multiplicity of executive ex-ecutive heads to the fair was injurious Baker wound up by saying he believed the material commission had hindered rather i than helped the work At a meeting of the executive committee of the national commission today Presi dent Palmer presented the resolutions reolutons adopted by the Illinois state board of ag riculture protesting vigorously against the proposition of the local board t place a number of buildings on Lake Front and calling on the national commission in its supervisory capacity to prevent it At a joint conference this morning be tween representatives of the local directory and the national commission and congressional congres-sional committee Cxmmissioner Martin dale suggested that the South park com missioner be requested to permit tho entire use of Washington park A representative of representtvc the local board however read a report favoring Jackson park and Lake Front as against Washing ton park for the main agnst tn man site There was considerable discussion but Martinda motion was adopted Tonight neverthe less the local directory held a separate and meeting resolved to recommend the tle placing on Lake Front all buildings which they expected after a lapse of epected aftr a week to place there excepting the government buildings This recommendation will go before the national commission tomorrow |