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VW*'! Y ' T '-err' C5w44»rt^5* *4*v4- c ^<a.*3-«* j Vk ) c~ <!«_( ' I 'fw-l > Dr. Harry J. Skornia, Executive Director National Association of Educational Broadcasters 14 Gregory Hall, University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois U. S. A. H f\Efc Or.jp-* January 14, 1955 ^7/ />; % * "'ty. 7/ Hr* 70 Dear Harry: ID hasten to reply to yours of January 10, which I received only a few minutes ago. I*m a bit puzzled by your request for ”an extra copy of the Prix - Italia announcement(statute) for this year’s entries,” but believe I can clear up the matter. 1. The Prlx Italia statute is a book of 50 pages. It does not change from year to year unless the General Assembly amends it or unless an additional prize and category of compe¬ tition is added. The only amendments at the 1953 meeting were (a) an extension of the time limit for documentaries from 30 minutes to one hour; and (b) a reduction of the time by which Prix Italia entries must be submitted to the secretariat from six weeks before the juries meet to four weeks. Thus, if you have the Prlx Italia statute , you will be able to copy directly from it in notifying NAEB members of the rules governing their 1955 entries, which will be confined to (1) musical works; and (2) literary or dramatic works, with or without music. 2. To date there has been no Prix Italia announcement for the 1955 session. It will be forthcoming before long. But, as I said in my NAEB News-Letter article, and as I have repeated under point No. 1 of this letter, NAEB must provide a represen¬ tative for the 1955 session’s documentary jury. This means NAEB may not compete in the documentary competition for 1955, but must confine its entries to (1) musical works; and (2) literary or dramatic works, with or without music. (Just as for 1954 we were represented on the music jury and competed in the documentary and literary-dramatic classifications). I can tell you confidentially that Prlx Italia this year will be in Perugia, beginning about mid-September. You can tell other NAEB officers this, confidentially. RAI is not yet ready to announce it and I’ll send a NAEB News-letter piece just as soon as it is released for general circulation. I will try to send you another copy of the Prix Italia statute, in the event you do not have one. But it would cost a fortune to send it airmail, so I hope you can wait three weeks. (My postage bill eats up a good portion of my incidental allowance anyhow, even with you coming through nicely for me on the air freight charges for Letter from Italy tapes). Believe me, Harry, as Sy knows, I will do anything I can to facilitate wider NAEB participation in the screening for Prix Italia entries, and anything overall that will improve NAEB’s showing at Prix Italia. Thanks for the note on the-, additional tapes. I know Cliff Naughton will be delighted to(jma® from you. Best.