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totes ° €ribations. ana ee & eon nccon nema the "Economic Charter* ether economies of social resolutions and reccerendations of the Inter-aewerican Conference on Problems of tar and Peace jn Werico City. Several issues of the Inter-dmerican Koonanic News Letter end the Ecunuaic Kees Supplement desit with the Con ference. Special material wis written for ine Office of Bar Information for distribution to comtries euiside the Western Remisnhere, eens SPECIAL SERVICES URTER-AMERICAR CERTERS TRTER- AMERICAN MEETINGS. Over @ ailifon people in the Ghited States have attended acre than 6,000 meetings arranged during the past two years by Unter-Aserican Centers cooperating with the Office of Inter-American Affairs, for the purpose of inforaing this sountry about is meighbors in the other #werican republica, re- parts the Depsartmant of Special Services. Sonthiy attendance Tigures, which averaged about 25,000 in 1943, wore than doubled in 1944, when they cearbed an sverege of sbout $0,000. The smnthly average for aretings rose fron 140 tn 2949 to Bi tn 1944. The meetings to which these figures refer were in general Jecture-institutes, conferences, seminsre or fortaes. . déeroet the camtry there are af present 16 Inter-American Centers and mmerous sub- centers, established ty leading citizenn of the larger United States cities, with G144 aoopare~ tion. They act an regional clearing-ixeses, gervice turesas end source: of informiion for Sexlividwels and orgenivations eho cea son’: wie te inter-tmerican understanding. They are wotficial, sou-profit groups, dependent for wupport of their activities upan private con Their aim ie toa encourage, wehrengthen emi assist the inumersbie focal ant eegional organizations whose programs in- elude the furtherance of inter-merice reals Siens. To xpormor er belp arrenge lectures exd conferences an the other american repblics bs on important phase ef the Centers’ sary and werled furctions. To their initial period, the Centar’ lecture progres were devoted minly te educations] and informtional eubjescts, ees 2TIVITIES oF THE OAs tion of thei! gt c, musics ant Literature. Dur~ ing the past year, however, neariy ald the _ Centare have entered vigorously inte the field” of scommic education, * ‘The Centers have held Luncheons and diner” discussion meetings te give local hemneneernies | opportunities to confer with business leaders ) from the American republics and with other} well-inforsed economic specialists in the inter-dmericsn fisid. They have organized - formal econmaic institutes, seminars and prac+ tical clinies. They have conducted many other activilies, and, In every Instance, have sought te conperate with all existing organizations having related interests. An example of the Centers’ work to bring te business groups @ realization of the econam is interdependence of the americas te the training course in inter-american business re- Jaiions offered last Movember by the Pan admeri- can Society of Wassacimisetts to businessmen fren Bostan and other paris of the state. The course, sponsored by the Society, the associ~ wted Industries of Massachusetts, and a muber of other arganixations, gave those sho altendad wR Opportunity to beome better acquainted with predominant tustness Factora in the other dmerionn republics. as one outcome of the course, the Prince School, which trains buyers, asked the Society te help arrange an inter-dverican merchandizing sourse, on warchuslise fram ihe other Avericas suitable for aeport inte the United States. ‘the lectures, which begen in March, are to tore tinue thragh Mey. The Commeticul State Development Comuis- sion, firet Inter-tmerican Center to be spon sored hy a wtate, recently announced in 10 monthly tilletin “Gonmectioaut Progress” that £ will “strive te assist Comecticut Susiness an. industry in establishing extensive Toraigé trade relations with our Good Neighbor thraghout Latin america, This Inwiness shoul de of anterial belp an stabil izing poet er employaent*. Mang of the other ‘fanters gurrentily ar planning to devote additional attention ¢ activities deametrating the importance < interdewertoan trade te full employment tn & Urited States; the value of imports; the 4 portanwe of Encressing the purchating power « raining the standard of Hiting of the oth duericen repdlics; and the reasons why tc @evelopment of industries In the other veri: mat oly enhances the welh-Deing af eur mek; os oan Le pee ed ed