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.y -M is~£r'kg'M1..'f;A7a.?~Y`h',5 FtEt4 THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE, INC, 8o& 17th S t., N.W, Washington 6, . • ,..,,, , RELEASE WEDNESDAY' , MAY 2, 1!~62 ~ V U.S'. Trade at Crossroads y})4 1 t~ l: Washington -- A eommon market of the Atlantic area, vith full United . ~. -, .. States participation,, is necessary ~ tain American bu to sus siaess expansion in ~ , i . ' ...Y 'l.~ .i t r1 x,'today's vorlldl, George V. Allen, president of'the Tobacco Institute, told the ' ~ ;.., 'a l.. . .., ~...,, ~~ ~ .. .~ ; .,. ,I~ ..?P, P . . •. . -. y.... , . ~.1.. . • . . • . . . ' r1R!annual Congressional dinner of the Virginia State Chamber of Coamteree Tuesday } t rG k j ~.night at the Hotel Washington. f ;'Mr. Allen, who is also chairman of the United Nations Educational, • -, ., . . ,.,.. ,. . . . . .., - , Scientific and Cultural Organization and has served as ambassador to five nations and as director of'the U,S.:I'nformatlon Agency, declared that the United States is at the crossroads and must:make its decdsion. George V. Allen Slxys, t e :'t r 1~ 4 ~ ~Gk?Y~ S k'y -:!d z e Recounting the beginning of U~S. indiistry andicommerce with the , harvesting,of'John Rolfe'''s first tobacco crop in the starving Jamestown, Virginia,, Colony in 1612, Mr. Allen said: , . .... . . : . .. . h:,.. , _ . ,^...- a ..;;i , "The U.S. could still lose the battle for survival, the seeds of which vere planted at Jamestown 350 years ago and have flourished up to the present. -1he decision whether the U.SL:economy is to go forward or recede is before Ct~hgress at theipresent time... "Jamestown found its means of survival thsoughitrade. Without it'th ® co,Lony wouldihave quickly vitheredion the vine. The more the free trade area of'the:U.S. has expanded -- now embracing,50 states -- the greater the economic development andistandar&of living became. It i's perfectly obvious to me that the future lies in further expanding that area toiembrace the , .. - , ..:,,~.. principal Lnduserislized nations of the world which lie around the basin of the " North Atlantic, taking in Western Europe, the United States and Cana'da." ... - more - s a , .' t

;'- The Virginia banquet was attended by the state's entire Congressional. ` delegation headed by Sens.tors Harry F. Byrd andi A. Willis Robertspn and by leading business and professional men of the state. James T'. Matthews of sr:, jr ;;Richmond, regional manager of Srears Roebuck & Company and president of'the Miss Catherine Barnes of Martinsville, Va., an 171th~generation descendant " i , of Pocahontas -- the Indian princess who married John Rolfe -- appeared in smoking customs of the colonial days. Miss Barnes will have a role in an anniversary observance at Jamestown Festival Park on May 17 Theme of the Virginia dinner was the 350th anniversary of'the beginning of U.S. commerce, andlindustry. The anniversary will be observed at Jamestown, f ' 'May 16-19, under auspices'of the Jamestown Foundation. Public ceremonies and industry leaders, the appearance of Miss Pocahontas, unveiling of a lifa- ,,Virgi'nia Chamber of'Commerce,pres3ded. costume~ at~ the Chamber"s,dinner~ andi distriburted clay p~ipes,symbolic~ of' the~ there on May 17 will include re-enactment of the planting,,Yiarvestirag and shipping of'Rolfe's first successful tobacco crop, speeches by government size statue of Queen Elizabeth I, and the opening of'historical exhibits and dioramas depicting,Rolfe's venture and!the place of tobacco in the