﻿APPENDIX 
  6 
  

   REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  INTERNATIONAL 
  EXCHANGE 
  SERVICE 
  

  

  Sir 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  activi- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Exchange 
  Service 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  

   June 
  30, 
  1943 
  : 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  appropriation 
  "General 
  Expenses, 
  Smithsonian 
  Institu- 
  

   tion" 
  there 
  was 
  allocated 
  for 
  the 
  expenses 
  of 
  the 
  Service 
  $45,808. 
  

   This 
  amount 
  was 
  reduced 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  Budget 
  by 
  setting 
  aside 
  

   a 
  reserve 
  of 
  $10,000, 
  making 
  the 
  sum 
  available 
  $35,808. 
  This 
  latter 
  

   included 
  $928 
  to 
  meet 
  within-grade 
  promotions 
  to 
  certain 
  employees 
  

   as 
  provided 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  Ramspeck 
  Act. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  above, 
  $1,500 
  was 
  allotted 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  by 
  

   the 
  Department 
  of 
  State 
  from 
  a 
  special 
  Congressional 
  appropriation 
  

   to 
  that 
  Department 
  for 
  carrying 
  on 
  its 
  work 
  of 
  promoting 
  the 
  cultural 
  

   relations 
  between 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  other 
  American 
  republics. 
  

   The 
  money 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  was 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Exchange 
  

   Service 
  to 
  send 
  packages 
  of 
  publications 
  by 
  mail 
  directly 
  to 
  their 
  

   destinations 
  in 
  Argentina 
  and 
  Brazil, 
  the 
  only 
  countries 
  in 
  South 
  

   America 
  with 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  reciprocal 
  arrangements 
  for 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   change 
  of 
  publications 
  under 
  governmental 
  frank. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  for 
  distribution 
  

   at 
  home 
  and 
  abroad 
  was 
  513,460, 
  a 
  decrease 
  from 
  last 
  year 
  of 
  47,691. 
  

   These 
  packages 
  weighed 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  248,648 
  pounds, 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  

   77,758 
  pounds. 
  This 
  material 
  is 
  classified 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Packages 
  are 
  forwarded 
  abroad 
  partly 
  by 
  freight 
  to 
  exchange 
  bu- 
  

   reaus 
  for 
  distribution, 
  and 
  partly 
  by 
  mail 
  directly 
  to 
  their 
  destina- 
  

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