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discussion," reiterating " that there was no disinclina- tion on the part of American publishers to pay British authors the same as they do American authors," and that "American publishers simply wished to be as- sured that they should have the privilege of printing and publishing the books of British authors " ; indicat- ing "the likelihood of the acceptance by the United States of a treaty which should recognize the interests of all parties"; and proposing a conference or com- mission of eighteen Americans and Englishmen — three authors, three publishers and three publicists to be appointed by each side, by the American Secre- tary of State and the British Secretary for Foreign Affairs — which should consider and present the de- tails of a treaty. A suggested They also presented, as a suggested basis of action, what came to be known as the ' ' Harper draft, ' ' a mod- ification of the Clarendon treaty, providing that there should be registration in both countries before pub- lication in the country of origin; that international registration should be in the name of the author : if a citizen of the United States, at Stationers' Hall, Lon- don ; if a subject of her Majesty, at the Library of Con- gress, Washington; and that "the author of any work of literature manufactured and published in the one country shall not be entitled to copyright in the other country unless such work shall be also manufactured and published therein, by a subject or citizen thereof, within three months after its original publication in the country of the author or proprietor; but this pro- viso shall not apply to paintings, engravings, sculp- tures, or other works of art; and the word 'manufac- ture' shall not be held to prohibit printing in one coun- try from stereotype plates prepared in the other and imported for this purpose." This draft was approved by fifty- two leading Amer-