International: Something Is Born

San Francisco took the final flurries in stride. In its closing days the conference:

¶ Forever barred Franco Spain from membership.

¶ Made a place among the charter signatories for the new Polish Government.

¶ Provided that members persistently violating the charter could be expelled.

¶ Provided for a future constitutional convention to review and amend the charter within ten years.

¶ Preserved the Assembly's right to discuss anything covered by the charter.

Pomp & Hollywood. The charter actually exists. The official English text was printed on 145 pages in 14-pt. Bodoni type and bound in blue leather. The longer Russian text was in smaller type (12-pt.).

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