BOOKS AND PERIODICALS 

 FOR WORLD RECOVERY 



The desperate and continued need for American publica- 

 tions to serve as tools of physical and intellectual recon- 

 struction abroad has been made vividly apparent by 

 appeals from scholars in many lands. The American Book 

 Center for War Devastated Libraries has been urged to 

 continue meeting this need at least through 1947. The 

 Book Center is therefore making a renewed appeal for 

 American books and periodicals — for technical and scholarly 

 books and periodicals in cdl fields and particularly for 

 puhlicalions of the past ten years. We shall particularly 

 welcome complete or incomplete files of the Bell System 

 Technical Journal. 



The generous support ^^■hich has been given to the Book 

 Center has made it possible to ship more than 700,000 

 volumes abroad in the past year. It is hoped to double 

 this amount before the Book Center closes. The books 

 and periodicals which individuals as well as institutional 

 libraries can spare are urgently needed and will help in the 

 reconstruction A\hich must preface world understanding 

 and peace. 



Ship your contributions to the American Book Center, 

 % The Library of Congress, Washington 25, D. C, freight 

 prepaid, or write to the Center for fiu-therinfoiTiiation. 



