RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

222 THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
ic Relations have been fully described in preceding
annual reports of the Foundation. The
institute is promoting, a more accurate and
sympathetic understanding of the problems of
the Pacific among national groups with interests
in that area. Seven national councils have
been established to carry on comprehensive programs
of research and education on a national
basis. The secretariat arranges for a biennial conference,
centers the research interests of the
member countries upon the problems to be discussed
at the conference, and itself directs a continuing
program of research and adult education
in Pacific affairs. Publication is emphasized by
both the Pacific and the American Councils. A
quarterly, Pacific Affairs, is published by the
institute. The major fields of investigation at
present are land utilization, food supply, population,
and standards of living.
A grant of $47,500 was made in 1935 to the
American Council toward its general expenses
over a three-year period. The American Council
is seeking to develop understanding in the United
States of the problems of the Pacific. It is the
strongest of the national groups making up the
membership of the Institute of Pacific Relations
and assumes the responsibility of leadership in
financing the secretariat of the institute and the
biennial conference, and in stimulating research
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