months an official list of the frequencies assigned by them to all broadcasting stations and to notify it monthly of all changes and additions thereto. Under the convention the Office is charged with (1) The preparatory work of conferences and the work resulting from decisions reached at such conferences; (2) Providing, in accord with the organizing government concerned, the secretariat of the conferences; (3) The issuance of such publications as may be established by these conferences; (4) The publication and circulation of technical information other than that resulting from conferences, including the exchange of data relating to the accuracy and stability of frequencies, to interference or other disturbances observed in the territories of the contracting countries, and such other studies as may be carried on, such as the propagation of waves, the general characteristics of antennas, etc.; also the exchange of documents of a legal nature, treaties, and general information designed for a better understanding and raising of standards of radio communications on the American Continent; (5) The submission to all contracting governments of an annual report of its work; (6) The performance of such other duties as may pertain to it or be assigned to it by the conferences. Public Act 361, approved August 9, 1939 (53 Stat. 1301) appropriated funds for the first contribution of the United States toward the expenses of the Office. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941 the sum of $3,655 was appropriated for the payment of this contribution (54 Stat. 187). SECTION V PERMANENT COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY PROVIDED FOR BY TREATIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE AND TREATIES OF CONCILIATION, INCLUDING THE NAMES OF THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN MEMBERS ALBANIA (Treaty of October 22, 1928 1) American Commissioners: National: Allen W. Dulles, of New York; Albanian Commissioners: National: Faik Konitza; Non-national: Albert Calmes, of Luxembourg. Joint Commissioner: Count Michael Rostworowski, of Poland. BELGIUM (Treaty of March 20, 19292) American Commissioner: W. Hallam Tuck, of New York. Belgian Commissioner: Alfred Nerincx. Joint Commissioners: Roberto Repetto, of Argentina, President; Cemil Bilsel, of Turkey; Jan C. Smuts, of the Union of South Africa. BOLIVIA (Treaty of January 22, 1914 3) American Commissioners: National: A. R. Talbot, LL.D., of Nebraska; Bolivian Commissioners: National: (vacant); Non-national: (vacant). Joint Commissioner: Johannes Irgens, of Norway. BRAZIL (Treaty of July 24, 1914*) American Commissioners: National: Stephen Pierce Duggan, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt. D., of New York; Non-national: Raoul Dandurand, of Canada. Brazilian Commissioners: National: Levi Carneiro; Non-national: Max Huber, of Switzerland. Joint Commissioner: Nicolas Politis, of Greece. BULGARIA (Treaty of January 21, 1929 *) American Commissioners: National: Robert Maynard Hutchins, LL.D., of Illinois; Bulgarian Commissioners: National: Stoyan Daneff; Non-national: Gilbert Gidel, of France. Joint Commissioner: (vacant). CHILE (Treaty of July 24, 1914°) American Commissioners: National: Norman H. Davis, D.C.L., LL.D., of the District of Columbia; Non-national: Hans Sulzer, of Switzerland. Chilean Commissioners: National: Carlos Estévez; Non-national: Carlos Concha, of Peru. Joint Commissioner: Edouard Herriot, of France. 4 Treaty Series 627; 39 Stat. 1698. "Treaty Series 793; 46 Stat. 2334. 6 Treaty Series 621; 39 Stat. 1645. CHINA (Treaty of September 15, 19147) American Commissioners: National: Isaiah Bowman, Ph. D., Sc. D., LL.D., of Maryland; Non-national: Hafez Afifi Pasha, of Egypt. Chinese Commissioners: National: V. K. Wellington Koo; Non-national: Henri de Codt, of Belgium. Joint Commissioner: Knut Hjalmar Leonard de Hammarskjöld, of Sweden. CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Treaty of August 16, 1928) American Commissioners: National: John W. Davis, LL.D., of West Virginia; Non-national: Raul Fernandes, of Brazil. Czechoslovak Commissioners: National: Přemysl Šamal; Non-national: Camille Barrère, of France. Joint Commissioner: Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, of Great Britain. DENMARK AND ICELAND (Treaty of April 17, 1914°) American Commissioners: National: Irwin B. Laughlin, of Pennsylvania; Danish Commissioners: National: Poul Johannes Jørgensen; Non-national: Karl Gustav Westman, of Sweden. Joint Commissioner: Jonkheer J. Loudon, of the Netherlands. ECUADOR (Treaty of October 13, 1914 1o) American Commissioners: National: Denys P. Myers, of Massachusetts; Non-national: Friedrich W. von Prittwitz und Gaffron, of Germany. ' Treaty Series 619; 39 Stat. 1642. See also Treaty Series 619–A. Treaty Series 782; 46 Stat. 2257. Treaty Series 608; 38 Stat. 1883. 10 Treaty Series 622; 39 Stat. 1650. Ecuadoran Commissioners: National: (vacant); Non-national: (vacant). Joint Commissioner: (vacant).11 EGYPT (Treaty of August 27, 1929 ") American Commissioners: National: Pierre Crabitès, of Louisiana; Egyptian Commissioners: National: Abdel Hamid Badawi Pasha; Non-national: Eduardo Piola Caselli, of Italy. Joint Commissioner: Hjalmar J. Procopé, of Finland. ESTONIA (Treaty of August 27, 1929 18) American Commissioners: National: Cameron Morrison, of North Carolina; Estonian Commissioners: National: Ants Piip; Non-national: Waclaw Makowsky, of Poland. Joint Commissioner: Count H. Carton de Wiart, of Belgium. ETHIOPIA (Treaty of January 26, 1929 1) American Commissioners: National: Philip M. Brown, of the District of Columbia; Non-national: Darío Ruméu y Freixa Torrens (Baron de Viver), of Spain. Ethiopian Commissioners: National: Ras Imuru Haile Selassie; Non-national: Nicolas Politis, of Greece. Joint Commissioner: Axel Eric Mathias Sjöborg, of Sweden. "This vacancy was caused by the death of the Marquess of Lothian, of Great Britain, on December 12, 1940. "Treaty Series 851; 47 Stat. 2132. 18 Treaty Series 817; 46 Stat. 2760. 14 Treaty Series 800; 46 Stat. 2368. |