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GREATER TEXAS AND PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
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55'Hall of State at Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition, Dallas.
Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition.Rising out of the splendid performance
of the Texas Centennial Exposition of
1936, the Greater Texas and Pan-American
Exposition, the Nation's only exposition of
international theme, expects to achieve
even greater accomplishments than the
Texas Centennial Exposition of 1936,
which was visited by 6,354,585 people.
The Greater Texas and Pan-American
Exposition is essentially an international
show, to bring the nations of the North
and South American continents together.
It is being built around the theme, "Be a
Good Neighbor," as espoused by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Peace Con-
ference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in De-
comber, 1936.
By an act of the National Congress,
President Roosevelt was instructed early
in February of 1937 to extend an official
invitation to the nations of the two con-
tinents, Cuba and the D)ominican Republic,
to participate in the Greater Texas and
Pan-American Exposition. This resolution
was sponsored by Vice-President John
Nance Garner, Senator Tom Connally and
Congressman Sam Rayburn.
On Feb. 14 Dr. Roscoe R. Hill of the
archive division of the Department of
State, Washington, representing President
Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, and Charles II. Abbott, Dallas, rep-
resenting the Exposition, left Dallas on an
air tour of Mexico and the Latin-American
nations , i rrying greetings from President
Roosc, Ilt, Secretary of State Hull, Gov.
James V. Allred of Texas, Mayor George
Sergeant of Dallas and Frank L. McNeny,
director general of the Exposition, to the
Presidents of the Latin-American Repub-
lics, and to invite the people of the sister
republics to participate in the 1937 Expo-
sition.
On the grounds of the Exposition willbe the Hall of Latin Americas. Into this
building, free of cost to the visiting na-
tions, will go their exhibits. The entire
exposition park of 187 acres is being re-
decorated carrying out a Latin-American
motif, using a classical-modern blend for
background. Designers have taken from
the Inca, Maya, Toltec and Aztec periods
to mix liberally with the contribution of
centuries of Spanish influence upon the
original Americans, adding a dash of ul-
tra-modern structural planning to set up
the picture for the 1937 international
show.
"Cavalcade of the Americas" will carry
through over a period of more than 400
years of the white man's part in the new
hemisphere. It's theme begins with the
arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 to
end with the Pani-American Peace Con-
ference. The compelling idea back of the
pageant is the extension of better rela-
tions and understandings between the
peoples of the two continents.
As during the Centennial Exposition of
1936, the varied industries of the conti-
nents, the Federal Government, State and
city, are participating. The Federal Gov-
ernment will maintain throughout the ex-
position in its own building, the largest
showing of Government activities ever
moved from the capital at Washington.
The State of Texas in its own million-dol-
lar Hall of State will present the history,
trade and investment opportunities of the
nearest American State to the Latin
neighbors.
Great Broadway productions, stars of
the moving picture industry and stage, in-
ternationally known bands, famous con-
cert singers, night shows and a play cen-
ter built after the fashion of the colorful
fiesta centers of the Southern republics
will add gayety and color to the fair. Inr
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Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide, Supplementary Edition 1937, book, 1937; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117162/m1/7/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.