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THE WORLD OF TOMORROW has a significance in 1940 which it did not have in 1939. We now know that both the Latin and English-speaking Americas have for the future a tremendously enhanced world importance. The responsibility for democratic civilization is in our hands. This means that on this hemisphere will be developed a distinct Pan American art. Therefore, as Chairman of the United States New York World’s Fair Commission, it gives me great pleasure to welcome this Exhibition of Latin American Art from those countries which in spite of world turmoil have found it possible to give us in the United States an opportunity to see what their modern artists are doing. The Americas are developing an artistic and cultural consciousness of their own.