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EIGHT EAST SEVENTY-SEVENTH STREET - NEW YORK CITY - RHINELANDER 4-5490 Dear Hugo: Here is the program, as I worked out: Preamble: An organization of professional artists, to represent and combat for their professional interests: 1./ Fostering of private buying of art, inclusive the professional groups, through art appreciation program. Publications, radio, television. 2./ Business art sponsorship, competitions, fellowships etc. 3./ Closer contact with museums, unions, schools, colleges for exhibitions, forums, art appreciation, artist contact the public. [[circled]]4./[[/circled]] City art center for exhibition space for art organizations. 5./ Federal, State and City art projects. Competitions. Community art centers. National art projects, like monuments etc. 6./ Federal sponsorship of art. Federal protection of veteran- fine artists. 7./ Regulation of relationship between art galleries, auctions, exhibitions, museums and artists. Standard form of contract, standard form of invoices with copyright protection. 8./ Federal copyright law. 9./ Establishment of a roster of artists (index) with standard publication (a sheet) on each artist, as reference. 10./ International affiliations in view of exchange of publications, exhibitions, good will etc. I believe I boiled down pretty much in general terms that the detail can be worked out later. NYC, May 19.1945. Cordially, [[Cecil?]]