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CTIVITIES OF THE OF, dca wes anrcounced in last sets issue; wnest E. Maes, former director of the Divi- thon of Inter-American Cooperation of the MYice of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, who left for Bolivia in March; and 3. Gr uilivan, former director of voca- tional education of the San. Diego city schools; and chief of training for the War Hanpower Coomission in San Diego, who left for Peru in February. 22 & PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS ECONOMIC WEWS THTER~AMERICAM ECORORIC EOPY. Recauce of the importance of inter~iserican cooperation in the economic Tield, special attention has been given in the OFA Departinent of Press and Mublications to the handling of ecaxmic copy. ministration, the Office of Price Admnistra~ tion, and other United Stetes Government agen~ ties, the Economic News Division has helped to develop a flow of authoritative inter-American ‘ peanomic material to the G1AA's press outlets beth in the other dmerican repiblics and in the “United States, Wa jor themes have been the economic aevel-. @ - ~ onment of the dmericas, eovering such aubjects . a5 aghiculture, industrialization end trans— portation; wartime necessity and benefits of price controls, including export-import con “trols and home-front controle auch as price ceilings end rationing; ss well as such as~ pects of Inter-American cooperation to raise _wenisphere standards of Living as Joint health, sanitation al agricultural activities. Ex- tensive coverage te given the economic phases oe international conferences, from the inter swerican viewpoint. The Econasic ews Division today Site out 1 monthly grerage of ZOO spot news stories, 5 eataren, wagazine articles, and other ecananic AnLSglopy of apecialized Inter-American import. ‘entimmous coverage has been given to health, wnitation and food supply programs carried cut vy the Deparinent of Rasic Ecacny eince their vwegimnings, with more than TQ) news and fea~ . ure-type stories prepared on this work t ete. sek Qn weekly wy orn samaicly ‘pcheu- wage 3 , ivision iamues feo econmaic nemlette ., t Inter-American eck datc News Letter, for United States distribution; and the Ecmomic News Supplement for distribution in the other Americas. ‘he Health and Sanitation Letter, distributed in the United States and the other American republics, now is Issued on @ monthly schedule. Kews likewise is developed for the spot radio report. Other outlets for econonic material are the ast and microfilm services and the Feature Division's regions] letters. Scores of magazine and special articles have appeared in such official publications 08 the Foretge Commerce Weetly, issued by, the De~ partment of Commerce, and in industrial, eco~ nomic and technical paners, es well as in United States publications for distritution in the other Americas. Material also is furnished on oceasion for the G1Ai's magazine En Guardia. & large pool of basic material has been as- gsenbled for use by Government agencies, organ- Azations mach as Ue Inter-American Develoment , Commission, ant newspaper, magazine and radio Working closely with the Foreign Economic Ad- ; writers. An example of work done by the Econanic News Division in connection with international conferences is ite coversge of the Conference of Commissions of Inter-American Development held in New York in May 1934. Since Uus com ference wns of mi economic nature, respansibil~ ity for preparing an] distributing information concerning its objectives, proceedings and ascocmmlistrents devolved upon the Division. The news and feature material prepared by the Division on this cecasion was designed to ghow the industrial development Which has been accomplished during the pest few years through anter—dmerican cooperation; to highlight wast. war development of hemisphere resources in the long-range improvement of heaiszphere living atandards; and to make better imown in the United States end in the other Americas the mature and purposes of the development com gissions end their prospective roles dn postear: developeant. In addition to the news and feature staries which appeared in the hanispere press, in magazines, end in special economic pb] ice- tans, the Division prepared a copy for spectal issue of Ex Guardia en the Conference. The Division also edited the "Proceedings of the Conference of Comisaions of Inter -american . Blowment,* published in book fore by the _. tral Inter-American Oevelopzent Comd asion , More Peowntiy, the Division hus govered