| Summary: | Jones served as president of the Birmingham City Commission from 1925 until his death in February 1940. In November 1938, he attended the first Pan-American Congress of Municipalities in Cuba, which was discussed in the Birmingham News article "Jones Back from Visit to Havana" on November 21, 1938. According to the piece, the meeting resulted in "Plans for a permanent organization of American municipalities for exchange of information and ideas on municipal management." Jones is quoted in the article: "'In my opinion, much was done of a constructive nature to impress representatives of nations of the two Americas that we should draw closer together for mutual aid in case of a foreign invasion.'"
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