120 ANNUAL I:EP01:T SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1928 



Among the resolutions adopted, 4 and 5 read as follows : 



(4) That the convention is of opinion that the international organization 

 should be kept in beiui; through mutual agreement to continue as far as pos- 

 sible the work of the regional bureaus until such time as it may be economically 

 possible to resume publication. 



(5) That it be referred to the executive committee to consider and, after 

 full consultation wi h inti'rested bodies, to make proposals as to the form of 

 future publication and to rei>ort with some definite scheme to a meeting of the 

 international council, to be summoned as soon as it appears iwssible that publi- 

 cation can be resumed. 



From the implied agroemeiit in resolution 4, I assume that the organization 

 may still look to the regioial bureaus to take up again their former work 

 when called on by the central bureau to do so, and from resolution 5 it is clearly 

 the duty of tlie executive committee to formulate a definite scheme as soon as 

 it appears possible that publication can be resumed. 



As a preliminary step to the preparation of such a scheme an exchange of 

 views by correspondence among the several members of the executive committee 

 seems de.sirable, in order that all local and personal ideas may be assembled 

 and coordinated before summoning a meeting of the international council. 



Among the questions which might be satisfactorily settled through corre- 

 spondence are the following : 



To what extent could tiie central bureau depend on each regional bureau 

 (1) to supply classified data and (2) to secure subscriptions for the support of 

 the Catalogue. 



Could an edition of 1,000 sets be disposed of at $00 per set? 



Could a catalogue aggregating lO.OOO pnges be prtKluced for $50,000 per year? 



I am of tlie opinion that this sum w<nild be sufficient, and submit with tliis 

 C()pies of two letters sent to Doctor IMorley and Professor Armstrong on January 

 12, 1928, outlining the present condition as I .see it and giving an estimate of 

 the probable cost of publication. 



I would appreciate detailed suggestions which would further in any way our 

 common aim and, as I think, duty to prepare and report a definite .scheme 

 whereby this unique and valuable international work may be enabled to resume 

 publication. 



I am most anxious also to have such a definite and well-considered plan 

 available to submit to possible donors, should any appear, before a meeting of 

 the international council is held. 



Trusting that this move may meet with your approval and gain your 

 cooperation, I am 



Sincerely yours, 



Leonard C. Gunnell. 



January 12, 1928. 



Dr. H. FORSTEB MORLET, 



Director, International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 



London, England. 

 Dear Doctor Morley : I am sending with this a copy of a letter sent to-day to 

 Professor Armstrong and trust tliat you and he will be able to outline some plan 

 of action whereby the Catalogue may again be publishetl. With 10,000 pages to 

 be printed each year, or about 33 pages per day of printed matter that could be 

 made simple and uniform in character, I believe that the organization could 

 profitably run a plant of its own and issue classified cards, or advance sheets, of 

 the material to be later assembled and published in annual catalogues. 



