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AID TO FINE ARTS

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

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AND RELATED BILLS TO AID THE FINE ARTS IN THE

UNITED STATES

JUL 1961

DOCUS

HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 15,,

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1961

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Shouse, Mrs. Jouett, Chairman, President's Music Committee,
People-to-People Program, U.S. Information Agency, trustee,
National Cultural Center.

Weston, Eddie, second vice president, Actors' Equity Association..
Wood, Miss Peggy, American National Theater and Academy....

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Letters, telegrams, prepared and supplementary statements, etc.:

Amaral, José Vázquez, Rutgers University, letter to Chairman

Thompson

Amram, Mrs. Hortense, weaver, Washington, D.C., statement of..

Bealmer, William, president, Western Arts Association, letter to

Chairman Thompson.

Beelke, Ralph G., executive secretary, the National Art Education

Association, prepared statement of...

Benzell, Mimi, Manhasset, N. Y., letter to Chairman Thompson

Biemiller, Andrew J., director, Department of Legislation, AFL-

CIO.

Buttelman, Dr. Clifford, Music Educators National Conference,

prepared statement_

Chelf, Hon. Frank, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Kentucky:

"A Plan To Bring Together Memorials to Theodore Roosevelt,

Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Other Past

Presidents Has Growing Support," extension of remarks of

Hon. Frank Thompson, Jr., in the appendix of the Congres-

sional Record of January 16, 1961...

"Cities and People-More or Fewer Works of Art," article by

Robert J. Lewis, in the Sunday Star of May 14, 1961.

"Congressman Frank Chelf's Plan for a Living Memorial to

Past Presidents Has Growing Support," extension of remarks

of Hon. Harris B. McDowell in the appendix of the Congres-

sional Record of March 24, 1961..

Text of H.R. 5617, A bill to amend the National Cultural Center

Act so as to make it permanent and to provide for a living

memorial to past Presidents of the United States including

Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Theodore

Roosevelt

Winstead, Mrs. T. D., chairman, Federation of Womens Clubs,

letter from.

Clark, Hon. Joseph S., Jr., a Senator from the State of Pennsylvania,

article appearing in the Congressional Record of February 2, 1961,

entitled, "Program of Grants to States for Development of the

Arts"

Coe, Richard L., dramatic critic, the Washington Post and Times
Herald, prepared testimony of ...

Conaway, Donald F., national executive secretary, American Federa-
tion of Television and Radio Artists, telegram to Chairman Thomp-

son

De Mille, Agnes, telegram to Chairman Thompson..

Faine, Hy, national executive secretary, American Guild of Musical

Artists, telegram to Chairman Thompson.

Fall, Dr. Frederick, former director, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Symphony Orchestra; director and conductor of opera activities
of the District of Columbia Recreation Department; former music
director for U.S. army of occupation in Austria, statement of.....
Hanson, Howard, director, Eastman School of Music, and president,
national council, telegram to Chairman Thompson..
Hayes, Patrick, broadcast on WGMS, May 14, 1961..
Humphrey, Hon. Hubert H., a Senator from the State of Minnesota:
"Cultural Activities in the District of Columbia," article appear-
ing in the Congressional Record of January 13, 1960
"The International Cultural Exchange Program," article appear-
ing in the appendix of the Congressional Record of January 13,
1960..

Joel, Lydia, editor, Dance magazine, telegram to Chairman Thomp-

son.

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Kearns, Hon. Carroll D., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Pennsylvania:

"A Home for American Art," article in the New Republic..

"A Thorough Search Would Surely Find Negro Musicians Cap-

able of Playing in the National Symphony Orchestra," article

by Hon. Adam Clayton Powell, appearing in the appendix of

the Congressional Record of March 20, 1961.

"Amendment of Public Buildings Act of 1959, Relating to Loca-
tion of Certain Courts in the District of Columbia," by Sen-
ator Kennedy, in the Congressional Record of March 24, 1960-
"Amendment of Public Buildings Act of 1959, Relating to Loca-
tion for New U.S. Court of Claims Building," by Senator
Morse in the Congressional Record of March 24, 1960___.
"Amendment of Public Buildings Act of 1959, Relating to Loca-
tion of Certain Court Buildings in the District of Columbia,"
by Senator Humphrey, in the Congressional Record of April
21, 1960.

American Association of School Administrators, resolution on the

creative arts.

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"Capital on Culture Kick," article by Betty Beale, in the New
York World-Telegram of May 6, 1961.
"Capital To Have Its Shakespeare," article by Louis Calta, in
The New York Times, May 13, 1961.

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"Culture Talk Evokes Blast," article by Betty Beale, in the
Washington Star.

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"Designation as National Historic Sites of Lafayette Square and
Certain Buildings in the Vicinity Thereof," by Senator Murray
in the Congressional Record of August 7, 1957
Eisenhower, Dwight D., former President of the United States:
Letter from, dated May 8, 1961__
Telegram from, dated May 14, 1961.

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Equity magazine, November 1960 issue, questions asked by
Dick Moore, editor, and answers by Senator John F. Kennedy
and Vice President Richard M. Nixon...
Hayes, Patrick, broadcast on WGMS, August 28, 1960..
"Home Slated as Shrine to Sousa Is Condemned," article by
Stephen S. Rosenfeld, in the Washington Post -

"Hudson Mansion Lives Again," article by Merrill Folsom, in

the New York Times..

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Lang, Paul Henry, New York Herald Tribune, letter to Congress-
man Kearns

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McCarthy, Hon. Eugene J., a Senator from the State of Minne-
sota:

"Future of Lafayette Square," article in the appendix of the
Congressional Record of July 1, 1960.

"Reconstruction at Lafayette Square," in the Congressional
Record of July 1, 1960.

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