My dear Prime Minister,

The work of the Empire Marketing Board is divided under three
main heads:

1. Grants to aid the practical application of Scientific Research
to the agricultural, pastoral and other primary industries of the
Empire.

2. Economic Research.

3. Publicity.

(a) I have established a practice of sending regular confidential
reports to the Commonwealth Council for Scientific & Industrial
Research on the research grants work of the Empire Marketing
Board. These reports have taken the form of a preliminary report
dealing with policy and monthly summaries of decisions taken by
the Empire Marketing Board in regard to Grants.

(b) The economic research work of the Board has as yet hardly
developed sufficiently to make a report necessary but an outline
of the policy and intentions of the Empire Marketing Board on
marketing investigations will be prepared and forwarded in the
near future.

(c) The publicity work of the Empire Marketing Board is difficult
to summarize. It has, however, appeared desirable to institute
some effective method of reporting and the attached memorandum is
intended to outline the publicity policy of the Board and the
present state of the development in the various media i.e.

posters, press advertising, lectures, etc. I propose to make a
quarterly report to keep the Commonwealth Government informed as
to the progress of the publicity work of the Board.

The attached report is marked 'confidential' but this is simply
because two sections of it could not be published. I have marked
these sections in blue pencil.

It seems to me that a useful object would be served if Ministers
occasionally spoke about the work which is being done by the
Empire Marketing Board to help Australian products in Great
Britain and I hope that this report may suitably augment the
information that has already been made available in reference to
research work.

A copy of this report is being sent to Mr. Paterson [1] and in
case you desire to give copies to any other Ministers, I am
enclosing two additional carbon copies to you.

Yours sincerely,
F. L. MCDOUGALL