The Interparliamentary Union

Archive Report

From October 1–7, the Interparliamentary Union will hold its 23rd Conference in Washington. This Union is an international organization, formed in 1889, whose membership includes a high percentage of the members of the parliaments of about thirty-one nations. The purpose of the organization is to conduct investigations in international matters and to aid in their promotion. Annual meetings are held in one capital or another where the results of these investigations are presented and discussed and where draft resolutions are drawn up giving the sense of the conference.

The delegates to the forthcoming conference will be guests of the American group of the Union which includes nearly half of all the Senators and Congressmen and the meetings will be held in the Capitol building. This ...

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