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Youth of New World to Study
Inter-American Affairs
DR. L. S. ROWE ANNOUNCES PAN AMERICAN
UNION PROGRAM IN WHICH STUDENTS
OF 21 NATIONS MAY PARTICIPATE
Two Four-Year University Scholarships Offered As
Awards: Forum Slogan Is “Know Your Neighbor''
WASHINGTON — Students of twenty-one Ameri
can republics are invited to make a study of Inter
American affairs as part of a hemisphere forum under,
the auspices of the Pan American Union, it was an- i
nounced by Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general of the
Union. Two four-year university scholarships, each'
valued at $6,000,000, are offered for the best papers
submitted after study and discussion, one scholarship;
to be given for the best paper in English, the other
for the best presentation in one of the romance lan
guages of Spanish, Portuguese or French. Papers on
the subject “What Inter-American Cooperation Means
to My Country” must be presented to school officials!
by Pan American Day, April 14, 1942. All high school
students are eligible.
The announcement was made by Dr. Rowe on the
eve of his departure for Rio de Janiero, where in
company wth the counselor of the Union, Dr. William
Manger, he attended the meeting of foreign ministers
of the twenty-one countries members of the Union,
which opened in the Brazilian capital on January 15.
It is believed that the conclusions of the foreign min
isters of the American republics will serve as a source J
of information for students seeking background mate
rial for their discussion and themes. The project has!
the approval of the Governing Board of the Union,
which consists of the Secretary of State of the United
States, arid the ambassadors and ministers represent
ing in Washington the Latin American republics.
Including the cost of the scholarships, $20,000 is
available as awards, equally divided between English'
speaking and romance language students. Altogether
200 separate awards are offered, three cash prizes
being given in each State and territory in the United
States. Those earning the scholarships will be requir
ed to study at least two years in a country other than
their own.
Officials of the Union believe that intelligent dis-!
cussion and writing must be preceded by a knowledge
of the countries and people which as nations com
prise the membership of the Pan American Union.
For that purpose an Inter-American Forum has been.
been established to guide the discussion and to have!
charge of the competition among the students. The;
forum has taken “Know Your Neighbor”” as its slo-1
gan, and a variety of factual information will be dis- j
tributed to schools, including the results of Inter-!
American conferences, such as that of the foreign
ministers at Rio de Janiero. In letters to leading edu
cators of the Western Hemisphere, Dr Rowe, announc j
mg the forum, said:
“Of the tasks that lie ahead, the strengthening and'
fortifying of the ties of Pan American unity appear
of the utmost importance, both to the successul con
clusion of the war and to the fashioning of a lasting
peace. To this end, against the day when the young
people of the Americas will inherit the responsibility
for directing their common destiny, the Pan Ameri
can Union is inaugurating an Inter-American Forum,
in which students of high school grades in the United |
States and Latin America, will study, disuss, and j
write upon the subject “What Inter-American Co- j
operation Means to My Country.”
The formal announcement of the forum and the;
competition to the schools of the Unted States follows:j
“In other times, forum discussions were limited to!
the sound of a man’s voice, and to the size of the j
public square. Modern devices, such as the press, the!
telegraph, the radio, permit a forum which extends
to the boundaries of the Western World.
Here in this New World forum high school students
t)f the Americas meet to discuss the issues of today—
and tomorrow. Rome had 19 public forums; here shall
be 36,000, so joined that they merge into one. A crit
ical analysis of today’s problems, a study o the inter
dependency o each country upon every! other, will
provide a bulwark of knowledge against decisions that
must be made tomorrow—by those who must make
them.
For those proficient, substantial recognition is of
fered. Because of differenes in language, two shed
ules of awards have been prepared. Papers written in
the romance languages of Spanish, Portuguese,
French, will be entered in competition with each
other. Papers in English will be judged separately. |
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Preference Order Haling P-100
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Explained For Mine Operators
In order that the gold placer operators may be in
formed of the substitution of Preference Rating Order
No. P-100 for P-22, The Territorial Department of
Mines released the following information as to the
terms of the Order. P-100 is virtually identical with
P-22 but it contains some additional information with
regard to the assignment of preference ratings by
suppliers, etc., that are important.
Preference Rating Order No. P-100 is for the pur
pose of facilitating the acquisition of Material for the
maintenance and repair of the property and equip- j
ment of producers and the continued operation of,
| the property and equipment of such producers.
This order includes governmental units as well as
individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations or
other forms of enterprise. It includes manufacturing,
processing, or fabricating; warehousing, wholesaling i
wholesaling where the product is sold to persons not
consumers, charitable institutions, carriers of prac
tically all kinds; educational institutions, printers
and publishers, comercial broadcasting and communi
cation, telephone and telegraph communication; hos
pita Is, clinics, and sanatoriums; discovery, develop
ment, depletion, transportation, etc., in the petroleum
j and natural gas industry; irrigation systems, toll
| bridges and toll canals. It also includes any person
using tools or equipment to repair or maintain the
property of any of the above named producers.
Material is defined in this Order as any commodity, I
equipment, accessories, parts, assemblies, or product
of any kind. #
Maintenance means the upkeep of a producer’s pro
perty and equipment in sound working condition.
Repair means the restoration of a producer’s pro-1
perty and equipment to a sound working condition
when such property or equipment has been rendered
unsafe or unfit for service by wear and tear, damage,
destruction of parts, or similar cause.
Operating Supplies means any material which is,
essential to the operation of the producer’s business,
and which is consumed in the course of such business.!
It does not include material which the producer dis
tributes, sells, stores, transports, etc.; material that is
to be used as fuel, or nonferrous materials to be used
as packaging supplies.
The terms Maintenance, Repairs, Operating Sup
plies defined above, do not include the following: re
pacement of an item carried on the producer’s books,
| as a fixed asset; materials which would not be carried
on the producer’s books as Maintenance, Repairs, Op
erating Supplies, etc. in the producer’s established
method of bookkeeping; materials for the improve
ment of a producer’s property unless such equipment
is beyond economic repair; material for the addition
to, or expansions of, such property or equipment.
In order to apply the preference rating to deliveries,
of material to him, the producer must endorse the
following statement on the original and all copies of
the purchase order or contract for such material man
ually signed by a responsible official duly designated
for such purpose.
“Material for Maintenance, Repair, or Operating;
Supplies—Rating A-10 under Preference Rating Or
der P-100 with the terms of which we are familiar.”!
Such endorsement shall constitute a certification to I
the Office of Production Management that such Mat.-'
erial is required for the purpose stated and that the!
application of the rating is authorized by this Order. |
The Order carries restrictions on withdrawals, in- i
ventory, audits and reports, exceptions, penalties fori
' false statements, revocation and modification,
j It is suggested that anyone wishing to become fam
| iliar with the terms of Preference Rating Order P-100
j contact the Nome Office of the Territorial Department
of Mines, or write directly to Mr. B. D. Stewart, Com
missioner of Mines at the Department’s Juneau office.
: In each instance a total of $10,000 in awards is offered. >
j “The principal prize is a four-year university schol-;
j arship valued at $6,000, at least two years to be spent;
| in a university in another American republic. The 1
! diplomatic representative of the United States will1
be asked to cooperate in looking after the student’s j
| welfare and progress while the winning pupil is study j
I ing abroad.
“The best paper from each state, written in English
! will be presented to a distinguished committee of ed
ucators and men of affairs from other American na
tions to be named by the Governing Board of the Pan
American Union; the scholarship to an English speak
ing student will be awarded by this committee. In
addition to the scholarship, $50.00 will be given for
the best paper from each state, $25.00 for the second
best paper, and a silver medal for the third, the first
two to be accompanied by appropriate certificates of
award. State awards will be made by competent lo
cal educators.
“A brochure of basic information, giving important
! background material, will be available to each high
! school requesting it.
“Through study, discussion, and the written word,
youth must prepare for the tasks of tomorrow. Here j
is challenge, enterprise and opportunity. Know Your1
Neighbor.’’
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LOOKOUT OVER PACIFIC
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A United States fighter plane circles over an Am
erican destroyer on submarine patrol somewhere in
the Pacific. Other patrols planes in the background.