The Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace

RESOLVES:

1. To recommend to the Governments of the American Republics the establishment of reading rooms dedicated to American newspapers and magazines, as an annex to a public library in the capital of each country.

2. The several Governments, for the purpose of creating these special libraries, may request the cooperation of the more important newspapers, in order to establish this flow of exchange, as well as that of pamphlets, year-books, reports of scientific and literary bodies; publications of centers of learning, banking and commerce that may have a periodical character; monographs of Departments and official publication; booklets intended for tourists, and such other material for ready reading which may contribute toward closer ties among peoples, in order to improve their sources of mutual knowledge.

3. Should it become necessary to contribute toward the maintenance of the exchange of newspapers and periodicals for these special libraries in America, the Governments of these Republics shall study the means to pay for such service with regard to the periodicals in their respective countries.

4. The transmittal of the periodicals shall be made directly, if possible by airmail, through the various Foreign Offices, in order to insure regularity of exchange, and also to secure the franking privilege for those publishing institutions that cooperate in this disinterested

manner.

(Approved December 19, 1936).

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XX. ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN WRITERS AND ARTISTS

The Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace

RECOMMENDS:

1. That the Governments of America lend their support to the organization and development of the Association of American Writers and Artists (Asociación de Escritores y Artistas Americanos) established in Havana, by a law of the Republic of Cuba, an institution the aim of which is to promote the moral and cultural union of the writers, artists and scientists of the American Continent.

2. That in accordance with the statutes of this institution the Governments and the scientists of the Americas shall favor the formation of Member Associations to be established in all American Capi

tals, as provided in the charter of the aforementioned Association of American Writers and Artists, a copy of which accompanies this Resolution; and

3. That a Conference of American Writers and Artists be held in Havana, to promote an effective rapprochement between the intellectual leaders and artists of the Americas.

(Approved December 19, 1936).

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XXI. PAN AMERICAN RADIO-BROADCASTING HOUR

The Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace

RECOMMENDS:

1. That all the Nations represented at this Conference establish periodical, continental communication by means of radio broadcasting. 2. That this communication be named, in accordance with its aims, the Pan American Hour.

3. That this radio broadcasting be made as frequently as possible until such time as a daily program can be carried out.

4. That the most powerful station in each country be used for this broadcast, as the several administrations may determine.

5. That all the American countries shall participate with equal rights in the work of radio-broadcasting propaganda; and the regulation of its operation be entrusted to the Pan American Union, the quota basis of which shall determine the contributions corresponding to each country, to meet the cost of maintaining the Pan American Radio Hour.

6. That the Pan American Hour shall make mention of, and comment upon all happenings of importance occurring in the nations of the Continent; shall announce Governmental dispositions of major importance, the publication of works of merit and utility for America, etc., and shall take advantage of national independence anniversaries of other consecrated historical dates, to refer to them, and to afford biographical data concerning the men who took part in these acts; also to provide knowledge concerning various aspects of the different countries, such as statistical reports, geographical, historical, folklore and other information.

7. That comment upon the local political affairs of the American countries as well as subversive propaganda will not be permitted in the Pan American Hour.

8. That the diplomatic and consular representatives in each Capital of the American Republics shall be charged with the duty to provide

data necessary for the transmissions to which this Recommendation refers.

9. That the Pan American Union be placed in charge of the regulation, and the organization of dependencies, or commissions necessary to put into effect, as soon as possible, this radio-broadcasting hour. (Approved December 19, 1936).

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XXII. AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL EXCHANGE WHEREAS:

The Fifth International Conference of American States adopted four recommendations for the promotion of closer intellectual relations among the American countries to the effect that:

1. The study of the establishment of Pan American Libraries be included in the program of future Conferences;

2. The proposal be submitted to the study of the Governments of the American States;

3. The promotion of the exchange of publications and maps be recommended to the Governments;

4. There be established in libraries a section where the intellectual productions of the hemisphere may be kept, without prejudice to the scientific classification of the libraries;

Taking into consideration that these proposals of exchange of publications and the fostering of inter-American bibliographical activities were made more comprehensive and strengthened by the resolution approved by the VII International Conference of American States looking to the coordination of bibliographical lists in national bibliographies, in order to give them continental unity, applying thereto uniform methods of compilation and cataloguing and establishing likewise a plan for the systematic exchange of reports among the libraries and other bibliographical centers;

The Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace

RECOMMENDS:

1. That the proper department in each American State, prepare a quarterly bulletin which shall contain bibliographical notices of recently published works and of those that may be published subsequently, whether of a scientific, historical, literary or artistic nature.

2. That the publication of the bulletin be made quarterly and in harmony with the chronological periods of the year.

3. For the purpose of having uniformity in these bibliographical bulletins of all countries, a size of 18 cms. by 26 cms. will be adopted,

using white paper, and whose cover page shall show the following title: "Bibliography of the Republic of

use abroad."

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4. A sufficient number of copies of each bulletin shall be sent to the corresponding offices of the American States for distribution among the libraries, cultural institutes and newspapers through the international offices of exchange of publications.

5. The bibliographical notices to be inserted in the bulletin shall give the following data relating to each work: Name and surname of author; title of the work; brief description of its context; if a text for school use, a summary of the program it is planned to follow; characteristics of the edition; address for requests for copies of the book or correspondence referring thereto; price of the work in terms of the currency of the country of origin; titles and dates of previous works by the same author.

6. That in order to further these ends it is declared appropriate that the American States lend full aid to the efficacious distribution of American bibliographies, to their diffusion through an appropiate agency of publicity, which may second this high purpose, and also direct official publicity with a view to having the literary production of the hemisphere better known by means of the centers of study and investigation.

(Approved December 19, 1936).

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XXIII. DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS OF ART

The Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace

RECOMMENDS:

To the Governments of the American States the propriety of adding to the services of the various Foreign Offices the service of gratuitous transmission of publications and works of art of American authors who may request it, in order to further cultural ends and promote intellectual diffusion. The facilities mentioned above shall include Customs privileges, to be granted following the conclusion of special agreements.

Such distribution shall be made not only to Libraries and public or private Museums and similar institutions but also, when desired, to any person living in American countries.

(Approved December 19, 1936).

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XXIV. PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Taking into consideration the urgency of the problem of InterAmerican protection of intellectual property, and in view of the work already done in Montevideo by the Commission organized in pursuance of the resolution adopted on December 16, 1933, by the Seventh International Conference of American States,

The Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace

RECOMMENDS:

That the Pan American Union hasten the necessary formalities for the negotiation of a definite Treaty to assure the protection of the rights of authors, translators and performers, within the terms of the resolution mentioned above.

(Approved December 19, 1936).

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XXV. THE PRESS AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE

At the invitation of the Press Circle of Valparaiso there will meet in that city, on January 8-16, 1937, the First Hispanic-American Congress of Journalists, in the agenda of which there appears a topic entitled "The Press and International Peace”.

The Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace takes note, with deep interest, of the important contribution to moral disarmament which may result from the Hispanic-American Congress of Journalists and asks the journalists of America to give it their active support.

(Approved December 19, 1936).

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XXVI. SUGGESTIONS TO THE AMERICAN PRESS

For the purpose of familiarizing readers in the several American countries with the thoughts of our eminent men and with the progress attained by the various American republics, and in order thus to contribute to better understanding and peaceful relations among these peoples;