The Organization for "Intellectual Co-operation"
The Report of the League of Nations' Committee of Inquiry on Intellectual Co-operation submitted by Sir Frank Heath has not passed through the Plenary Com- mittee without some difficulty. M. Luchairc intimated that he was reconsidering his intention of resigning. This was particularly unfortunate, as the recommenda- tions for reorganization had been entirely based on the assumption that the Director would retire, without waiting for the completion of his seven years' contract. He withdrew his threat, however, later, and the Com- mittee at once appointed M. Henri Bonnet of the League Secretariat to succeed him as from January 1st, 1931. The staff of the Institute is to he greatly reduced, and we should not be surprised if there were some lively discussion at the Assembly on the expediency of having this Institute in Paris at all to do work that could be better done and with greater dispatch from Geneva.
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