Conference of Latin American retailers. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. Representatives of Latin-American governments and United States retailers met today under auspices of the Commerce Department to seek means of increasing western hemisphere trade. Reading from left to right in the picture are, seated: Dr. Cesar D. Andrade, Minister of Ecuador; Edward J. Noble, Undersecretary of Commerce; Colon Eloy Alfaro, Ambassador of Ecuador; and Dr. Hector David Castro, Minister of El Salvador. Standing, left to right: Guillermo Gazitua, Counselor, Brazil; Dr. Enrique Lopez Herrarte, First Secretary, Guatemala; Carlos Campbell del Campo, Commercial Counselor, Chile; Leon De Bayle, Minister, Nicaragua; Eduardo Salazar, Financial Counselor, Ecuador; Justo Sierra, Third Secretary, Mexico; Eugenio Aza, Consul, Mexico; Hugo Gouthier, Second Secretary, Brazil; Dr. Jose T. Baron, Charge de Affaires ad Interim, Cuba; Miguel E. Quirno-Lavelle, Commercial Attache, Argentina; Luis Coll-Pardo, Commercial Counselor, Venezuela; Lew B. Clark, Chief, Latin American Section, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; George Artamonoff, President, Sears International, Chicago
![Arlington Hotel, [Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvYXJsaW5ndG9uLWhvdGVsLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtMy02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "Arlington Hotel, [Washington, D.C.]")
