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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSCOPYRIGHT OFFICE

FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORTOF T HE

REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS

FOR TEIE FISCAL YEARENDING JUNE 0


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. .inaciuc in Applicationsfa'egbtratlom.....................'..........................R ~ a n i z a t i af the Cowrieht Ofbcc...................................................Cataloging Divirim............'................................................ ; ....AppkrtionF- ....................................................................Inter-~mmcan oifatace on Copydght....................................................


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T H E -C O P Y R I G H T OF F I C EREPORT TO THE LIBRARUN OF CONGRESS BY THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHT3

WASHINGTON,. C., August 28, 1946. photographs. Considered from the pointS R: The copyright business and thework of the Copyright Office for theW l ear July 1, 1945 to June 30, 1946,inclus'ive, an ummarized as follows:The outstanding events of the pastfiscal year were three. The first was thecontinued increase in thc number of regis-trations of copyright claims, which rosefrom 178,848 in fiscal 1945 to 202,144 infiscal 1946, the greatest number in thehistory of thc Copyright Oftice, and anumber M, far beyond the capacities of&= xistingstaff that Congress,respondingto the need, generously provided foradditional personnel. The second warthe establishment of the first of fourdivisions into which the eleven sectionsof the Copyright Oflice arc to 6 c com-bined, and the third was the adoption ofnew application forms and certificates forcopyright registration. ,All classes of registrations increased dur-ing the p a r , with the exception of lectures,sermons, and addrtsses, which declined

h m 1,177 to 1,129, and English booksngistertd for ad interim copyright, whichdeclined dightly from 679 to 610, un-doubtedly because of a Residential Proc-lamation -ding temporarily the timewithin which British authors may makecopyright registrations.Thc most conspicuous increase occurredin 'the field in which registrations weredelayed because of the war - ooks

abroad in a foreign language.Registrations of such books increased from111 in fiscal 1945 to 3,513 in fiscal 1946.Thc mxt largest increases in terns of per-centages were 104 percent in prints, 70 per-cent in works of art, and 39 percent in

of view.of numbers rather than percent-ages, thc largest increases are 5,532 inmusical compositions, 2,618 in pamphlets,and 2,526 in periodicals. Musical com-positions continued the incrwc that hascaused them more than to double duringthe last decade and is presumably influ-enced by the increase in the inducementsfor the composition of music broughtabout by the development of the radio.The number of periodicals copyrightedis also at an all-time high, but pamphletsart rtU below thck prtwar peak.number of copyrighted books printed inthe United States increased 10 percent,from 6,962 in fiscal.1945. to 7,679 in -11946, but it is st i l l considerably below pre-war production, due undoubtedly to thecontinuing effect of the war and to con-tinuing paper shortages.W i g iscal 1946 plans for the nor-ganization of the Copyright Office tookdefinite form. The survey of the organi-zational structure of the Office which wasbegun in the w m f the preceding yearrevealed that eleven independent sectionswere too many for effective supervisionand for the development of official linesof av*horit)c. The division of the Officeinto so many small group tended also tocreate lines of promotion within each sec-tion and thus to limit opportunities forpromotion except in t erm of experience.In addition, it d u d he number whomight have an opportunity to view thework of the Office as a whole, thus in-creasing the probability of one sectionduplicating the work of another and of theimperfect coordination of the work of theOffice as a whole.


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OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS,1946It was decided to combine the elevensections into fo& dkisions: an Examining

Division' to pass upon all applications forcopyright registrations, a Cataloging Divi-sion to catalog all copyright registrations,a Reference Division to fiupply the publicwith information concerning copyrightsand copyright ~gistrations, nd a ServiceDivision to handle moneys rectivtd to-e t h e r with the receipt and dispatch ofmail and to maintain the files. Thingrouping will provide for all members oft k Copyright Office staff, except thelegal staff and the personnel in the officeof the Register, the Associate Registerand the Assistant Register. A position ofA-iatc Register was established, for thep u r w of colla$orathg with the Registeron problems relating to c h v n theCopyright Act and on copyright relationswith fonign countries. The position ofhistant Register has changed &om onedealing primarily with problems of lawto om concerned with personnel and thegeneral administrative probl- of theOffice.Tk work of reorganization began withthe Cataloging Division. In the couraof the year plans for this Division wereworked out, approved by the CivilService Commission, and put into effect.work of =organizing the otherdivisions L well under way and should becompleted before the end of the nextfiscal yeat.In addition to the need for reorganizingthe work, it was of course necessary alsotp reclassify the positions.;rhekataloging Division is the only unitthk ;eorganization of which was actuallyC'o$~let~d uripg the year. It taka theplace df the former Catalog, Index, andRecord and Certificate Sections and to aconsiderable u r t ~ the place of the Cor-~p+enc c ' Section. I t is administeredby a Chief, an Assistant Chief, and an'editor, and ie divided into' four sections:

the Book Section, the Music Section, theGumula'tiveSection,and 'the isc cell ant ourSection. The Miellaneoua Section con-sists of three units, Unit A dealing withmotion pictures, dramas, and Icctqs;Unit B, with a d v e r h e n t e and contribu-tions to periodicals; Unit C, with. art,maps, and printrr.The work of setting up the Divisiolbhasnecessarily proceeded slowly, The h thalf of the year was nearly over before thefunctions of each position w a r workedout and allocations fused by the CivilService Commission. The second half ofthe fiscal year was taken up with selectingthe staff and improving p d w t ~ . heCataloging Division rrprcscnts not onlya change in organization, but also incataloging procedurea. The CopyrightOffice has alwaysbeen required by m t i m56 of the Copyright Act to catdog and toprint catalogs of copyright entried.It was decided that the Cataloging Divi-sion would catalog in accordance with tbtpractices of the ProcessingDepartment, inorder that entries made by it might bedwithout d o n . This decision madenecessary the training of the cataEogingstaff ofthe CopyrightOffi& in the ap pl i -tion of new cataloging rula and pro-cedures. A start in this directionwas takenby instituting a twelve-week instwicetraining courst conducted by VirgSniaCunningham, Esther Eytcheson and Hen-rietta Howell, all of* ibrary'sking Department, and DorothyArbaugh, ofthe Office of the Quartermaster General,War Departmcnt. Since the completiondthe course, in-service trajniag in modifiedform has been continued by the heads ofthe various sections and units.Plana for the Cataloging Division callnot only for the elimination of duplicationin cataloging throughout the Library, butfor an improved Catalog qf C-htEntrais. A h he Division hopes to suvcpersons interested in copyrights by issuing


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REPORT OF THE RECISI'EB OP OPYRIGHTS, 1946 3ita catalogs very much more promptly thanin the past and by including in them bibli-ographical information of recognized use-fulness. In addition, it is planned tomtore the helpful induces which the exi-gencies of war made it necessary toabandon. The desirability of making someparts of the Catalog qf Copyright Entries use-ful to libraries, scholars, and other personsinterested in the contents of depositedpublications has been discussed a numberof imes. For example, many music lovershave urged the production of a catalog ofpublished American music that will do forAmerican music what the great Hof-mister catalogs have done for Germanmusic. This we expect to accomplish.After consultation with the AmericanBook Publishers' Council, the Music Pub-lishers' Protective Association, and manypublishus in New York and elsewhere, theCopyright Office has adopted new andradically simplified "applicationcertifi-cate" forms. These have w t yet beendevised for all classes of applications, butForm A has been hued for books pub-lished in the United States (replacing A,A-1, A-2, and A d) , Form A-Foreign forbooks published .outsi& of the UnitedStates (r~placingA-3 and A+), Form Bfor newspapers and other periodicals pub-lished in the United States (replacing B-1and B-2), Form E for mmuscript musicand music wherever published (replacingE, E-1, J3-2, J3-3 and EForcign) andForm R for renewals (replacing the oldform R).The new application secures three im-portant pieces of information not calledh r by the old: (1) the author's pseudonym,(2) the ycar of the author's birth, and (3) ifhe is not living, the ycar of his death.Thcse data are requested for catalogingP'upOSes.Thc four sections of the Cataloging Di-vision-the Book, Music, Cumulative,and Miscellaneous Sections-arc headed

mpectively by Dorothy Arbaugh, VirginiaCunningham, Margaret B. Martin, andJoseph W. Rogers.

Of the even other administrative posi-tions in the Cataloging Division five havebeen filled by promotions within t k Copy-right Office and two by additions to thestaff. Raymond V. Robinson, for manyyears t k head of the Catalog Section, hasbecome editor. Howard M. Myers, for-merly Acting -Chief of the Index Section,has been made assistant head of the Mis-cellaneous Section, Josephine B. Rogers,'formerly special assistant to the Chief ofthe Catalog Section, is now assistant headof the Music Section, and Marian B.Myers, formerly Assistant Chief of theMails, Files, and Search Section, is arrsist-ant headof the Cumulative Section. HughB. Nesbitt, Jr., formerly Chief of theRecord and Certificate Section, has takencharge of the Art Unit in the Miscella-neous Section. Katharine W. Clugston,who heads the Motion Picture and DramaUnit used to be head of the AccessionSearching Section of the AcquisitionsDepartment in the Library of Congress.The head of the Advertisements and Con-tributions Unit has not yet been appointed.

Increased interest in protecting literaryproperty has occasioned renewed con-sideration of the desirability of the UnitedStates negotiating copyright treaties withforeign countries. The Copyright Oficehas assisted the Department of State in theconsideration of a number of proposals,and it is hoped that within a few years wemay have treaties with other nationswhich will increase the protection whichthe works of American authors receiveabroad.

Early this year the Pan American Unioninvited the twenty-one American Repub-lics to send delegates to.an Inter-AmericanConference of Experts onaCopyright o beheld in the P an American Union in June.All the republics accepted and sent dele-


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gates. The delegate of the United Statdwas Luth- H. Evans, Librarian ofCongress. A number of advian andspecial assistants were appointed to assisthim, of whom two, Richard C. DeWolfand Sam B. ~ b e r , ere h r n theCopyright Ofiice.The confennce produced a new copy-

right.,convention designed to nplacc theBuenas A i m Copyright 'Gonvcmtion of1910 to, which the United S g t a t asignatory. If ratified by the United Stat-Senate, it will change the Bucnas A imConvention and the United States Copy-right Act in a number of importantr t a p c c t a .

R E G ~ I I O N Y 8lmpCT Urnr ci,Anrd FOR Tsu RCAL YtAII IOU 'PO 1% PIOI*IPVI1943

8,65827,5583,568

39,704156517

40,45742,9956293,68718,3487371,6492211,911

1945

6,96227,9364,856

39,754111. 679

40,54445,7631,1774,71457,8358571,8211861,554

1942

10,37733, 6~5,119

49,116651$09

50,27645,1459634,80350,0231,2172,1103212,086

1946.

7,67930,5545,M

43,7373,513610

47,86048,2891,1295,35663,36711,3013,0943171,777

dKKtMRRR

(=kr

A

BCDEFGH1

1944

7,58527,6834,730

39,99882. 602-0,68244,3641,1264,87552,0874941,74317 31,957

ComwrualPhotograph.. .'.prinm and labeh.. .......................print^ and pictorid iUurbationr. 5,384...............otion picture photophp..Motion ictwca not photoplayr. ...............cnewa& commarial prinm and lab&.Renew& of all otha clana.. .............Totil.........................: ..

Subjectmattadcowright

Bpda:(a) Printed in the Unit& Stata:E k h pmper.. ......:..........Pamphkm, lcailcta, ctc.. ..... .Contributionrto newqmpar andperiodic&. ..................

Total.....................P r h t d a b r o a d i n a f ~ ~ .Englirh boob mghtaed Zq adin& copyright. ..............Td.. .......................................Criodicals (numben ................c c t u r a , - , a ~ ~

Drama& or dramauco-rnw1Ulc~llPQitionn..Musical compositions.. ......................................................a pWosLafart,model,ordaigm......................eprodu~tionrdworkduc ;...Dra- or plastic work of a Idtntific atefhalul character.. ............................ ................


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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF C p P Y R I G H T S , 1 9 4 6

Boob:(a) Printed in the United States:

The otal ?umber of uparate utides depa ihd in camplianct with the co ht law,which mred - ~ the year, ia 305,049. The number of articlc~n eacha he lut fiveUy- M ahown m the tabk which follow:NtmBER 01AnmcmJ DEPOSITED DURWO miE m L am lOIl To 1916, WCLVPVI

- --.. Boolrr proper..:.. ................Pamphk?, M cts , etc. ...........Contribubonr, to' newspapar and

. . psi-.. ..................

c lan Subject matter ofcopyright I 1946 1 1945

.....................otal..6 ) Printed abroad in a fo l a n p q c . .t) n ~ l i s hooks rcgia-T advtenm.apyTig ht........................

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Total........................... .paiodicab ...............................Lectured, iennom, etc.. :..................Dramatic w drunatic~muaical p o r i t i o n i .Musical coq db io lu . ............ ......M a p...................................Worh of art. modeb, orddghc. ............Reproductions ofworks of art.. .............*awinp or plastic work#of a ricnti6c or.....................ahi~calharacter.Photographs.. ....:............ ; ........

1943

J Motion picture photofdays...................... .....otion picturca q ~ thotoplays.. ;. .

1942


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REPQRT OF THE REGISTER OF OOPYRIGHTS, 1946

Since July 1; 1897, the date of orga&a$on of the Co ht OBioe, tbc total regkapoluhave be-6,787,547 and the totalreceipt8 for fa 8,940,111.60.=,ear by y~=, a 111 theWowingtable:

Year

1897-98. ......................................89849.1899-1900 ....................................900-1901.....................901-2.1902-3. .........................................1903-41904-5 ......................19054.............................................906-71907-8........1.............. .1908-9..:...... i..;. ............. ..........909-10. . . , i ;1910-11. . j ;. .. . ..............................911-12..1912-13. ..:.; ............1913-14 .........................................914-151915-16 .........................................91617.. ..... :..........917-18.. ;..1918-19.. ..................1919-20 ....................1920-21.. ...................1921-22.. ........................................922-23 ....................923-24 ..................924-25..1925-26.. ......................................926-271927-28 ...................... ................928-29. ;1929-30: ; . .: .....................930-31 ;. ..............................931-32. ..................932-33. :1933-34.. .:................1934-35.. .......................................935-36 ... ..............1936-37.. ;1937-38. ...................1938-39. ...................1 9 3 9 4 . .....................194041. ....................194142.. ..................194243. .....................194344. .......................................94645..1945-46.. ..................................otal.

.- rrodpb

$61,099.5664,185.6571,072.3369,525.2568,405.0871,533.9175,302.83.80,440.5682,610.9287,384.3185,042.0387,085.53113,66283113,661.52120,149.51118,968.26122,636.92115,594.55115,663.42113,808.51109,105.87117,518.96132,371.37141.199.33145,398.26153,923.62.167,705.98173.971.95185,038.29191,375.16201,054.49322,135.82336,980.7531 2,865.41284,719.20254,754.69258,829.53269.348.81293,149.82295,313.24326,326.67330,466.37341,061.35347,125.35376,906.63324,300.99333,270.24367,402.04405,740.58

$9,337,19425

~ u f l aaP&d$55,926.5058,261.0065,206.0063,687.5064.687.0068,874.5072,629.0078,058.0080,198.0084,685.0082.387.5083,816.75104.644.95109,913.95116,685.05114,980.60120,219.25111,922.75112,986.85110,077.40106,352.40113,118.00126,492.25134,516.15138,516.15149,297.00162,544.90166,909.55178,307.20184,727.60195,167.65308,993. 80327.629.90309, 414.30280,964.90250.995: 30 .251,591. U)259,881.70285,206.90280,541.40298,799. 6Q306,764.40320,082.90347,430.60'351,158.10306,836.70319.466.30338,812.90379,738.00

$8,940,111.60

Numbwdrcgimratianr75,54580, 96894,79892,35192.97897,979103,130113,374117,701123,829119,742120,131109.074115,198120,921

. 1lR493123,154.. 115,193115.967.111,438

. ,106,728113,003126,562135.290138,633. 148,946.162,694- 165,848

177,635184,000193,.914161,959,172,792164,642151,735137,424139,047142,031156,962154,324166,248. ,173,135176,.997180,647182,232160,789'169,269I'B, 48202,144

.6,787,547

Inmcmciu~~5,42313,830............6275,0015,15110,244,4,330. 6,125,.............389............6,1245,733. . . . . . . . . . . . .3,659............

. 774........................6,275. 13,5598,7183,35310, 313,13,748

. 3,15411,7876,3659,914............10,833. . . . . . . . . . . ............... .........1,6232.98414, 931............. 11,8246,8873,8623,6U)1,585................ . 8 , 4 8 09, ,579'23, 296

.v;... ;..

Decnuein~ t b m,' .,............................................... .2,441..................................'................. .....................4 , o a ~............1 .11; 057...'.....................1,436..:.........7, %I............4,5294,710........:......................................... . .........................................;............................31; 935.... ......8,15012,90714,311..................;.................% S F...............:.............................................21,143.;.............................:.............................


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&lawx -ah andJuly1;.1945 ..... .................................. . ............ $88,'136. 36Gmmrecdp6July l,1945to~unc30,1946.................................... ... .405;740.58.................................a t J . t o b e . m t d t O r ; ................ 49%8711.94............................................................&ded . . $18,944.93.... ......................hcckrmedunp?id r ; ................:. 207.00'........................ ..... .epit&aseatnedfm ; ; .............. ?80,00.30Bdancc canied ova toJuly 1; 1946:Feu m a 4 nJunc 1946 but not depaitpd mtilJuly 1946. $29.313.20U-ed M a .l.pa............................. 16,058.48Depodt acamtm b.Iaocc. ............................. 49,354.03- 4,725.71- 93,878.94-0- fm prina and lab&. .......... ...................... 7,975 at $6 47,850.00. .R q h t m t i o m f ~ p u b ~ w o a b....................................119,660.t 2 . 239,360.00R.e;trrtioni for publirhed photogmpbrwithcnit cati6cata. ............. 457 at, 1 457.00Rc@ratioru for unpublirhedWostr.. ................................ 61,536 at 1 61,536.00-tiom for r c n dd rintm and abela.. ........................ 33 at 6 198.00 'R q h t m h , h cnewalr, all othadua ;. 1% 483 at 1 14'483.00................ ........,.. . . -o d numberd iatratioas. ................................. 202, lU. .Fmfor rcgbtationr.............................................................. 61,844.00....................................ea tor e g ,182 udgnmentm. $12,057.00

. .F~Toaindexing15,490hm1nfrdprqxittmhip......... ............ 1,549.00Fea tor d 6 e d documentn.. .......................................... 1,593.00Fcafornosicaofrwrrecordcd.; .................................... ; 382.00Fea for uarcha mndc at $1 per hourd ime conmlmed..............:... 2,313.00 .17,894.00

Reswtfully submitted.


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8 REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYR~GE~I'S,946Publications of t h Copyright O f i e

NOTE.--Ordmfor the following publications (except thoae luted as free,which may be obtained fm mthe Copyright Office) should be addressed to the Superintendent of Documents, WashingtonyD. C.,accompanied by remittance (postage st am p not accepted-coin a t s m d d s risk).

I BULLETIN NO. 3. cloth, 3 5 ~ .Copyright Enactments of the United Statcs, 1783- 1906. 2d ed. m., 174 pp. 80. 1906.BULLETIN NO. 8. Cloth, 6%.

Copyright in Congrau, 1789-1904. A bibliography and chronological record af all procccdingr inCongress in relation to copyright. 468 pp. 80. 1905.BULLETIN NO. 14. Paper, 15c.Copyright Law of the United Stat- d America, being the act of Mu ch 4,1909 (in forceJuly 1,1909), as amended by the acts of August 24, 1912, March 2, 1913, March 28, 1914, Dec unb a 18,

1919, July 3, 1926, May 23, 1928,.January 27, 1938, Ju!y 31,1939, March 15, 1940, April 11, 1940,and September 25, 1941, together with R u l e for Practice and Procedure under section 25, by theSuprune Court of the United States. vi, 76 pp. 8. 1942. (Reprinted with insert 1945.)BULLETIN NO. 17. Cloth, 65c.Decisions of the United Statcs courta involving copyright. 1909-1914. Second enlarged e d i b .

vi, 279 pp. 80. 1928.BULLETIN NO. 18. Cloth, $1.Decisions of the United Statcs courts involving copyright. 1914-1917. ix,605 pp. 80. R e p r i n d1938.BULLETIN NO. 19. Cloth, $1.Decisions of the United State courta involving copyright. 1918-1924. xi, 477 pp. 80. 1926.BULLETIN NO. 20. Cloth, $1.50.Decisions of the United Statcs co~r tanvolving copyright. 1924-1935. xiii, 947 pp. 80. 1936.BULLETIN NO. 21. Cloth, 7%.Decisions of the United Statcs courta involving copyright. 1935-1937. vii, 355 pp. 8u. .1938.BULLETIN NO. 22. Cloth, 7%.Decisions of the United Statcs courtr involving copyright. 1938-June 1939. vii, 327 pp. 8u.1939.BULLETIN NO. 23. Cloth, $1.Dccisio~lr f the United Stata courts involving wpyright. 1939-1940. vii, 391 pp. 80. 1943.BULLETIN NO. 24. Cloth, $2.

Decisions of the United Stata courts involving copyright. 1941-1943. ix, 683 pp. 80. 1944.CATALOG OF COPYRIGHT ENTRIES O F BOOKS AND OTHER ARTICLES REGISTEREDUNDER THE COPYRIGHT LAW. Subscriptions $10 per year. Abo obtainable in ractions ufollowe.:Part 1, Group 1. Books proper, $3.Part 1, Group 2. Pamphlets, contributions to n m p a p aa or paiodicab, and mapi, $3.Part 1, Group 3. Dramatic compositions, motion pictures and lcctumy $3.Part 2. Periodicah, $3.Part 3, Musical compositions, complete, $6.Separately: Group 1. Un pu bl ie d mudc. $3.Group 2. Published music, $3.Group 3. Renewals, $1.Title index to gro up 1 and 2, $2.Part 4. Works of art, pho tograph, prints, and pictorial illmtrationr, including prints and lab&used for articlca of merchandise, $3.

CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS O F THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE. Free.Title 37, Chapter I1 of the Code of Federal Regulations as amended to October 1. 1941. 16 pp.1942.COPYRIGHT CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER AMERICANREPUBLICS, SIGNED AT BUENOS AIRES, August 11,1910. 7 pp. 1942. F m .DRAMATIC COMPOSITIONS COPYRIGHTED IN THE UNITED STATES, 1870-1916. Cloth,

$4.Over 60,000 titles alphabetically arranged, with complcte index to authors, propricton, tramlatona. vo l. v, 3,547 pp. 40. 1918.


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REPORT O F T H E REGISTER O F COPYRIGHTS. 1946 9INFORMATION CIRCULAR 4. Frce.

Text of the Convention creating an International Union for the Protection of Literary and ArtisticWorks, nigned at &me, 1886, ratified 1887. Amendments agreed to at Pa rt, 1896. 13pp. 4O

INFORMATION CIRCULAR 4A. Frce.T a t of the Convention creating an Intana tional Union for the Rotcction of Literary and Artbtic

Works, rigned at Berlin, 1908. (English and French me.) 10 pp. 4".INFORMA TIO N CIRCULAR 4B. Free.

Additional protocol to the International Copyright Convention of Be r l i , 1908, aigncd at Bane,1914. (English and French tu ta . ) 2 pp. 40.

INFORMATION CIRCULAR 4C. Frce.Convention creating an International Union for the Rotection of Literary and Artistic Wmb,

w e d at Berlin, 1908; r w h d , and rigncd a t Rome, June 2,1928. (Englih translation with odieialprench text, and Appendix.) 14 pp. 40.PROCLAMATION O F THE PRESIDENT EXTENDING THE TI ME FO R OBTAINING COPY-

RIGHT FOR WORKS BY BRITISH NATIONALS and BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL EX-TENDING FOR AMERICAN AUTHORS TIME FOR COMPLIANCE WITH BRITISH CO W-RIGHT ACT. 4 pp. 1944. Free.