Nations has invited the United States to take part in the work of the special commission making plans for an international conference on disarmament. The White House, however, has kept strict silence on both the invitation and any reply President Coolidge may make and there appears little chance than anything will be done about it until after the World Court issue is settled.
According to Secretary of Commerce Hoover's report the United States stands on the threshold of a zew industrial era which will exceed the prosperity YE the Pest. The transportation facilities of the nation must,- therefore, Secretary Hoover told the delegates to the congress on Rivers and Harbours now in session here, be increased so that they may handle double the traffic. they are now handling, either by building more tunic-line railroads or improving the waterways of the country £0
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