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that all sessions of the Convention and of its committees
should be open to the public. In keeping with this principle
and in accordance with the requirements of Section 14 of
the Convention Enabling Act, we plan to provide not merely a
public relations office, but an information service which we
hope will, as its name implies, furnish complete information
service not only to the press and other news media, but also
to visitors and to the public generally.
This information service will be housed in one
corner of the large room used by the Department of Legisla-
tive Reference during sessions of the General Assembly and
will be freely accessible to the public at all times.
A card index showing the current status of every proposal
pending before the Convention and each of its committees will
be maintained and the information service will at all times have
on hand readily available a copy of every Delegate proposal,
committee recommendation, or other document prepared for use
of Delegates or distributed to them.
The information service will be staffed by persons
whose duty it will be not merely to prepare formal press
releases or other public information bulletins, but to |