T HE PAN AMERICAN UNION is the inter¬ 
national organization maintained at Washington, 
D. C., by the 21 American Republics, as follows: 
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa 
Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salva¬ 
dor, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, United States, Uruguay, and 
Venezuela. The organization is devoted to the develop¬ 
ment of commerce, friendly intercourse, good under¬ 
standing and the preservation of peace among these 
countries. It is supported by quotas contributed by 
each country, based upon their populations. Its affairs 
are administered by a Director General and an Assis¬ 
tant Director, elected by and responsible to a Govern¬ 
ing Board, which is composed of the Secretary of State 
of the United States and the diplomatic or special 
representatives in Washington of the other American 
Governments. These two executive officers are assisted 
by a staff of international specialists, statisticians, 
editors, translators, compilers, librarians, stenog¬ 
raphers, and clerks. The Union publishes Monthly 
Bulletins in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, which 
are careful records of Pan American progress. It also 
publishes numerous special reports and booklets on 
countries, cities, commodities, etc., of Latin America. 
Its library, the Columbus Memorial Library, contains 
95,000 volumes and a large collection of maps. There 
is also a collection of photographs, lantern slides, and 
negatives. The Union is housed in a beautiful building 
erected through the munificence of Andrew Carnegie 
and the contributions of the American Republics. 
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