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ae en alee NE Dodane pikes CYEIVITIES OF THE OF, dca wee antounced in Last Bons issue; wrest Ey Kees, Sormer director of the. Divi- tion of Inter-American Cooperation of the ice of Indian &ffsirs, Benartment of the Interior, who left for Bolivia in March; and }. GrahatGullivan, former director of voca- tional edutation of the San. Diego city schools; and chief of training for the War Hanpower Comission in San Diege, who left for x * & & PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS ECONOMIC WEWS (HTER*SMERICAM ESOSRIC COPY... Pecauce of the ieportenct of inter-dwerlcen cogperat tar in the economic Meld, special attention has been given in the OLRA Departament of Press and a Mublicationa to the handling of eceawante sony. a ” ®orking closely with the Foreign Economic Ad- ; ministration, the Office of Price Aduinistra~ tion, ad other United Stetes Goverrarat agen eles, the Economic Mews Division hag helped to develop a low of authofitative inter-dmer ican * peanomie material to the O14A's press outlets . both dn the other American repiblics and in the “‘tmited States. 4 * opment of the dmericas, covering such subjects "as agriculture, industrialization end trans- portaiion; wartime necessity and benefits of price eontrols, including @port-lmport con > settings end mationing; as well as guch as~ . peets of Inter-imerican cooperation te raise Ran = _wenisshere stendaris of Living es joint health, S .S. genttetion amt agricultural activities. Bs~ 3.4. temmive coverage ig given the economic phases Sot international conferences, from the inter * The Eoonasie lews Division today ‘pits eat 28 monthly eyerage of £00 spot news stories, “ete, wagaeine articles, @xl other ecanc ‘:opy of apecialized Inter-American import. ‘entinnous coverage has been given to health, initiation and food supply program carried out iy the Deparizent. of Raaic Eoaamy aince their waginaings, with more than TO) news and Tea~ vi ~ are-iype ater Lee. prepared a this Bork te Whee Ge. . as yee ‘ te weekly oF oentorenkiy ocheda a Yvigion demues geo eooncade newelette . we ces —_ Kajor themes have been the seienicinte devel. “trole and bome-front controle auch as price | 7AS33 5 Inter-Amerfcan ec Sate News Letter, for inited States distribution; and the Economic News Supplement for distribution in the other Americas. The Health and Santtatia Letter, distributed in the United States and the other drerican repilics, now is issued on « monthly schedule. Kees likewise is developed for the spot radio report. Other outlets for economic malerial are the at and microfilm services and the Feature Division's regional letters. ‘ Scores of mgazing and special articies have appeared in such official publications 58 the Foreign Commerce Beetly, issued by the te~ partnent af Coomerce, and in ixtustrial, ecd= nomic and technical papers, ag well as in United States publications for distribution in the other Americas. Material also is furnished on aceasion for the GiAdta wageazine fy feardsa. & large pool of basic material has been as~- senbied for use by Govertment agemies, organ- igetions puch ae Ge Toter-American Devel oment Comission, ant newspaper, magazine and radio : writers. An example ef work done by the Eeonante News Diviegion in conection with international eonfarences {a ite coverage of the Conference of Counissfons of Inter-American Develomment held in New York in May 194. Since this car ference ws of mi cconaaic natare, responsibil-~ ity for preparing an] distributing information eoncerning 1is objectives, proceedings and scotimiisirents devolved upon the Division. The vews and festure meterial premeral..by the Division on this oetasion was designed to ghow the industrial development Which has been aceumplished during the pest fer years through inter-dmerican cooperation; to highlight enet- war develoment of beatapere resources in the Jong-range loprovement of healsphere living atandardes; and i6 make better known in the United States end in the other Americas the ature and purposes of the development com piseions and their Pros pes tive. poles in postwar Sevelopeeit.. . tn addition to the news and feature gtaries wiich appeared in the Realspwre press, dn magazines, and in special ecommic mb] tce- tiaw, the Division prepared 9 copy for spectal deme of Ea Guardia en the Conference. The Division algo edited ihe *Procemdings of the Conference of Comlaciona of Inter -imerican . ®looment,* Publiahed in book fore Sy the _ frat inter-American Develayzent Connal 48 ian 1, SAPD LOD. _g» Mare recently, ‘the Division hen eavered we,