Show nations of world allot year 1939 to new york fair world exposition Al already realy Gro growing greiving iving up seeks active participation of state NEW YORK special the new Y york ork worlds fair in which every state stale in the nation must inevitably take lake small or prominent part Ls Is jut of its infancy preparatory construction goes on night and day at the flushing meadow site of acres at the geographical centre of new york city A steady flow of activities and announcements emanates from the fair corporation headquarters on fotr our floors of the empire state building judging from ill of these the fair Is a luty growing institution that will reach full maturity no question about it by the scheduled opening d day ay april SO 30 1939 the task of grading the site is about halt half completed battalions of men with trucks have already moved over cubic yards of dry fill in thi th process of turning the waste marsh landof the flushing river basin into park ground other battalions are scooping out meadow mat tor for use s fertile top soil for or the made lands and in so doing excavate the beds tor for the two large lagoons featured in plans tor for the fair the first of the structures which according to estimates esti nates will house the 1933 1939 fair has been completed and is rad for or occupancy this is the headquarter building for the field forces of 0 today and the employment department of the exposition period scheduled for early in the new year is the start of actual construction of the administration building the designs for this structure let under architectural contract a few weeks ago are nearing the day of their approval in the corporations offices upon completion of this building late in august 1937 the fair headquarters bag baggage and sales offices moves to the exposition site the most splendid and significant edifice projected for the 1939 international exposition the theme building as described bed at fair headway headquarter arters sis Is also wells well along in its contractual period the estl esti mated cost of this great building tor for the Therna thematic tic centre of 0 the exposition is set at the preliminary designs are to be finished in about eight weeks and the final plans submitted within four weeks thereafter construction is scheduled to start immediately the designs are completed from this theme centre will radiate all that is to be the 1939 fair as con by its founders foun deis and rendered into concrete terminology and model by tile the fairs board of design our job from now on Is to give physical expression to the plan and theme of the fair as announced and as set down on paper in our headquarters says grover whalen president of the fair corporation starting nex next april 1 we plan to 0 complete the design of one major building every ten days for a period of seven months in all we expect to des design beven n no less than SO 30 major buildings to house the exhibits from every part of the world some structures in all are arc planned tor for the flushing meadow site within a few minutes ride frore manhattan without solicitation on the part of the fair more than american business house and nave begun preliminary conversations regarding their participation and are arc already planning exhibits five of the great nations of the world have already assured the corporation that they would erect their own buildings while no less than 32 other nations have informally indicated their desire to participate and then on top of all this chis display of 0 keen interest int trost comes the announcement that the international convention bureau meeting in paris has allocated the year 1939 to the new york fair this means that the new york fair has exclusive ranking as the one international exposition of 1939 and assures it of t the lie active support of the 21 nations signing the agreement president roosevelt has just extended extence A official a invitation to the nations of the world governor herbert 11 II lehman ot of the host state of new has extended invitation to the governors and residents of 47 states grover whole whalen likewise has invited the governors governo cs 1 in a letter pointing out that the commercial consequences of the new york world fair are so great and important that they alone would justify the active participation of every state fair commissioners are already in south america and europe still others are on their way to the far east and other foreign shores major dennis E nolan retired as head of the department I 1 ot of foreign state and municipal participation will himself make representation sen tation to the governors and le legislatures isla I 1 ot of the various states meanwhile under the direction of harvey D gibson president of the manu mann facture rs trust company and richard whitney former president of the new york stock exchange the prominent figures in the financial capital conducted a 28 day campaign to sell in debenture bonds of the fair to finance the PIP construction period every is being expressed that the fair not only will pay it its way but that it will bring a billion dollars dollar more of revenue into greater new york and stimulate american indus industry in general to an extent many fold that amount I 1 the total cost of producing new yorks fair including col collateral leeral improvements is set at statisticians estimate that the attendance will total more I 1 than persons I 1 the city of new york the state of 0 new york and the government of the united states according to expectations will account for of the total expenditures and thus tend lend an official backing never before achieved |