Show NATIONAL LEADERS TO MEET IN MAY Governors and Specialists in Great Issues of Day Will Gather in n Washington J toA B. B Al lO lock on on the the of M May ay l f i the ho hM to lc e east east st roon of ot tho the tho wJ Whito 1 o House e. e President Roosevelt will call to order the conference to discuss discuS'S plans for the this Improvement of or waterways preservation preservation tion of ot forests etc It will be composed com corn posed of the governors of overy every state In the Union the Presidents cabinet the United States Supreme me co court rt senators senators senators sen sen- representatives In congress congress and andas andas as special guests other of tho the nations nation's most noted men who will com como prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to consider a question which has been declared to be one of ot the fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental problems now before tho nation na na- na- na tion the Lion the conservation of ot the country's natural resources Practically every governor In the tho United States has now accepted the Presidents President's Invitation to meet with him himIn himIn himIn In the White House In Ma May Nominations Nominations of or three citizens of each state whom the pre president dent has asked tho the governors to name as guests ar are arc be beginning beginning be- be ginning to come in They represent the most prominent men In the various states states lawyers lawyers newspaper r men and state officials Will ill Include Specialists lists It Is a striking fact that tho conference conference conference con con- ference will wili be composed not only of ot the nations nation's most distinguished men but also of or Its Us greatest specialists on the questions to bo be discussed Among these under the general head of water resources are rail and water transportation transportation tation navigation and water power Under land resources aro are soil soli forests sanitation grazing and stock steel raising And under mineral minerai resources are c min mm- mineral mineral eral fuels ores and related minerals While tho the names of or the men who are arc to discuss these topics have not been announced they are to be recognized experts on the subjects s assigned them For Instance It is 16 generally understood that James J. J Hill Hili the th thereat great reat railroad builder will discuss the tho relation elation between rail and water trans trans- Mr Hill Hili Is not only an authority on this tills subject but has shown his deep Interest in tho the subject of f water transportation In all his re recent re- re ont cent public utterances on the subject rhe The great feature of oC tho the conference however will be the open discussion among imong the various governors of ot the points brought out by the tho papers pre pro These papers will be ve very brief and then the tho subject will be open for tor discussion among all tho the governors govern govern- ors with a view to getting a consensus of or t opinion of the whole United States tates on n the particular subject In hand loose Will ill Ill Preside All the sessions of or the conference will vill be bo held In the cast east room of the White House and for Cor that reason the attendance will be necessarily limited Tho rh fh of the east room rooms Is s not more than The President himself will open the tue conference at 10 o'clock ClOCk on the morning of Wednesday May day 13 It is also expected that ho will vill preside at all other sessions There will vill be two 1 sessions of ot the tho conference dall dally at 10 o'clock and at After the conference ass assembles the w give o a a. a the to the governors governors' at at which members members of or of the thc cabinet m members Of po United States waterways s 's commission will be present t. t A A. great grent public mass on some somo evening of the conference h ha been suggested sted bu but It Is hardly Continued on Pa Pajo PlC Two Ave 1 NATIONAL LEADERS TO MEET IN MAY One thought hought that lint this will he be practical The f ho se sessions will continue continuo three c. a days ays Will lb Bo llo Just what tho tIne conference will lead to lo will vill rest with ho ie conference Itself No attempt lia has hag been mado to Ja lay down clown an arty any lines Jines for Cor or It to lo follow Callow On tire the contrary every even effort has Inns been made madeo to o Insure a free and u con con- ference file Tho o object of the tho meeting is isto isto to o get down to a n. practical working In the several stales lales tale on the conservation con coni- an and use of oC tire the nations nation's na- na turn resources |