Appendix 1 WORLD CONGRESSES ON LEISURE TIME AND RECREATION, AND THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL BUREAU FOR JOY AND WORK. While not entirely germane to the subject of this report, mention must be made of the World Congresses on Leisure Time and Recreation, and of the International Central Bureau for Joy and Work, in view of the fact that high officials of the German Labor Front play a prominent role in both these activities. The first World Congress on Leisure Time and Recreation met in Los 'Angeles in 1932 concurrently with the Olympic Games of that year and was sponsored by the National Recreation Association of the United States under the leadership of Mr. Gustavus Town Kirby. An International Advisory Committee was set up which decided to hold the next World Congress in Hamburg on the occasion of the Olympic Games taking place in Germany in 1936. At Hamburg the International Advisory Committee resolved to found a permanent International Central Bureau for Joy and Work which would have its seat in Germany and which would be headed by Dr. Ley, the leader of the German Labor Front. The Committee also elected to hold a World Congress every two years and in July of 1938 the Third World Congress met in Rome. |