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A fair with an imaginative theme, sufficient scope - both absolute and relative
and an excellence of execution will attract attendance from its market. The recent
Seattle Worldts Fair Exhibited all three of the above elements and was eminently
successful.
There you have, the three essential ingredients: theme, scope and excellence of
execution,
Here is our theme, adopted by the Planning Committee some months ago:
"The Fair of the Americas has for its purpose the reaffirmation of those basic
ideals of indificual liberty and personal dignity which constitute the foundation of friend-
ship and peace that has endured in the Western Hemisphere through the years; and to the
promotion of an even greater degree of unanimity whereby the peoples of the world may
witness sovereign and independent countried working together in common accord for
their mutual development and prosperity.
"The Fair is dedicated to the achievements of the Americas in commerce and
industry, in science, art, education and the professions; to the creation of a mart as
a continuing showcase for the skills and trades and culture of the Western Hemisphere;
to the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the City of San Antonio;
to fine entertainment; to the establishment of a permanent program of industrial
training for peoples of world areas, utilizing American ingenuity and skill to help
develop their countries; to the development of a legacy of permanent structures and
facilities that will live on as a tribute to this community of nations. "
That is our theme.
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Sinkin, Bill. Major purposes of the Hemis-Fair, text, 1968~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth66312/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.