Book Review: Review of International Commodity Problems 1949
| Date | 01 March 1951 |
| Published date | 01 March 1951 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070205100600127 |
| Author | D. A. MacGibbon |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
78
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
land.
But,
from more
than
30
members
of
the
U.N.
no
information
is
available.
The
replies
of
governments
vary
in
completeness.
Those
from
Afghanistan,
Argentina,
Colombia, Mexico
and
Venezuela,
for
ex-
ample,
amount
to
only a
few
lines
or
a
few
paragraphs.
Either the
governments
are
reticent,
or there
isn't
much
by
way
of
communica-
tion
to
report
on.
Among
the
more substantial
reports
are
those
by
Australia,
Canada,
France,
Turkey,
the
United
Kingdom
(including
brief
reports
on
the
colonies)
and the
United
States. Even
among
these
there
is
unevenness
in
reporting;
on
the
question
of
film
censor-
ship,
the
U.K.
report
discusses
the
unofficial
British
Board
of
Censors
but
the
U.S.
report
contains
no
mention
of
the
"Johnson
Office"
by
which
the
industry
carries
out
a
form
of
voluntary
pre-production
censorship.
Nor
would
any
government
report
be
likely
to
mention the
lists
of
approved
and disapproved
films
prepared
by
the
Roman
Catholic
church.
While
much
useful
information
is
assembled in
this
volume
much
necessary
information
must
be
sought
elsewhere
for
a
rounded
study
of
any
aspect
of
this
thorny,
vital
question
of
freedom
of
information.
Still,
this
report,
containing
numerous
references
to
government
docu-
ments,
court
cases,
relevant
studies
and
private
organizations,
is
a
useful
starting
point
in
any
effort
to
penetrate
behind
that
curtain
which is
the
day's
news.
Toronto.
Albert
A.
Shea
REVIEW
OF
INTERNATIONAL
COMMODITY PROBLEMS
1949.
Interim
Co-
Ordinating
Committee
for
International
Commodity
Arrangements.
1950.
(Lake
Success,
N.Y.: UN
Publications.
Toronto:
The
Ryerson
Press.
76
pp.
$0.60.)
This
is
a
handy
document
for
the
student
who
is
interested
in
inter-
national
commodity
agreements
to
have
on
his
desk.
Twenty
pages
are
devoted
to
a
consideration
of
international
commodity
problems
and
inter-governmental consultation
and
actions with
conclusions
and
recommendations.
Appendix
A
surveys
the
current
situation
with
respect
to
twenty-two
commodities.
Appendix
B
gives
the
text
of
inter-
governmental agreements covering
sugar,
tea, wheat
and
wool.
In
approving
the report
of
the working
party
on
international
commodity
arrangements
in
June,
1949,
the
council
of
FAO
observed
that
"wide-
spread
apprehension already
exists
that
in
certain regions
surpluses
of
particular agricultural products
may
be
beginning
to
accumulate."
Macmaster
University,
May
1950.
D.
A.
MacGibbon
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