(a) Decision not to postpone the Conference

[Bibliographical Note: Eighth International Conference of American States, Lima, Peru, December 9, 1938, Special Handbook for the Use of Delegates (Washington, Pan American Union, 1938); Diario de Sesiones de la Octava Conferencia International Americana (Lima, 1938); Pan American Union, Congress and Conference Series No. 22: Report on the Results of the Conference Submitted to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union by the Director General (Washington, 1939); Pan American Union, Congress and Conference Series No. 28: Steps Taken by the Pan American Union in Fulfillment of the Resolutions Adopted at the Eighth International Conference of American States and Certain Conventions and Resolutions of Previous Inter-American Conferences (Washington, 1939); Department of State Conference Series 50: Report of the Delegation of the United States of America to the Eighth International Conference of American States, Lima, Peru, December 9–27, 1938 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1941).]