Profile of Charles Crane in his role as Commissioner

              *r# gran* as Mandate Conmissitaar
An one of the two Co.uais.Kmer. of fin* Amtrioan Section
of the International Commission <» Mandate. In Turkey of tbs
Pence Confer.no. of 1919,   Mr. Crane was not tha omnvontional
typefof Commissioner.    During ths spring months of ltt9. while
in* Commission was in Parts, hofdid not oorticipate to any great    |
extent in the preliminary conferences or studies of tho CosBeisiion,
Re did attend two or three of the general conf erenoos, ont|oo far as
enn be recalled he did not use the offioo of the Commission in the
Hotel Crillon or read amy of the documents and reports relating to
the problems th. Commission was to soasider* When the Commission
wont out to ths Near Bast he travelled alone en a separata routs
snd joined ths others atfConstantinople,
During the Commission's travels in July and Angust hs wss usually
though not always present at 'the almost daily hearings at anion dele*
gstes from all the various nationalities presented petitions and
expressed their desires regarding ths political and aaonomic futures
of their areas. He listened attentively to the presentations out
took little pari In ths questioning which was usually carried on by
:• three    | r|| I 1
Or. King or the two advisers attached to the Commission, Professors
Lart&r and Montgomery, snd Captain Tale,
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Const ant inople
at
elusion of the investigation, hs loft the sot
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of it to Dr. King and th. other members of the staff, then completed,!
he suggested only one change, ths addition of one phrase regarding
the Senses! in Afrfc&a.
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