Disposal of Ellis Island (New York Harbor).

4. G74: E/15

(NEW YORK HARBOR)

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL

RELATIONS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

[PURSUANT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 359, 87TH CONGRESS]

SEPTEMBER 26, DECEMBER 6 AND 7, 1962

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

CONTENTS

Page

Opening statements of the chairman__.

Bureau of the Budget_.

Department of the Army.

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare__

General Accounting Office:

March 28, 1961 (S. 1118)

March 31, 1961 (S. 1198)

June 6, 1961 (S. 1867)__.

General Services Administration__.

Housing and Home Finance Agency-

Letters to Senator McClellan from:

Gov. Nelson H. Rockefeller (Apr. 26, 1961).

Mayor Robert F. Wagner (June 16, 1961) -

Senators Sparkman, Case, Williams (N.J.), Javits, and Keating (joint)
(Mar. 16, 1962) -

SEPTEMBER 26, 1962

Hon. John J. Sparkman, U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama, accom-
panied by Theodore Granik and Eugene J. Morris--
.14, 20, 25-27

Hon. Harrison A. Williams, Jr., U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey-

Hon. Kenneth B. Keating, U.S. Senator from the State of New York..

Hon. Clifford P. Case, U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey-

Hon. Jacob K. Javits, U.S. Senator from the State of New York...

Joe E. Moody, Commissioner, Utilization and Disposal Service, General

Services Administration__.

Chester B. Lund, Director of Field Administration, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare.

DECEMBER 6, 1962

Hon. Kenneth B. Keating, U.S. Senator from the State of New York----

Pearl Buck, chairman of the board, the Training School at Vineland, N.J__

Accompanied by: Dr. Walter Jacob, director; Nelson A. Kenworthy,

consulting engineer; and Albert S. Fulling, public relations adviser 100-103

Hon. Emanuel Čeller, a Representative in Congress from the State of New

York....

114

Hon. Dominick V. Daniels, a Representative in Congress from the State

of New Jersey-

118

Hon. Seymour Halpern, a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York..

120

Earl E. Mosier, assistant commissioner of education of the State of New

Jersey_

121

Meyer Pesin, corporation counsel, and Alvin E. Gershen, development

adviser for the city of Jersey City accompanied by Sidney L. Willis,

planning officer, city of Jersey City, and Charles C. Mathewson, execu-

tive director, Jersey City Development Agency_

Rabbi J. Max Weis.

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Frederick W. Richmond, member board of trustees, Ellis Island for Higher

Education, Inc. -

Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, president of the National Conference of Chris-

tians and Jews, and member of the board of directors of Ellis Island for

Higher Education, Inc., accompanied by Joseph Levine, executive

director.

Page

143, 162-175

James H. Case, Jr., member of advisory board, Ellis Island for Higher

Education, Inc...

Seymour E. Harris, professor, Harvard University.

Mark Van Doren, professor emeritus, Columbia University.

Charles Tilton, architect, New York...

Hon. Eugene J. Keogh, a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York..

158

H. Jerome d'Amato, president, Damon Doudt Corp., New York, N.Y..

Hon. Leonard Farbstein, a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York.__ .

177

187

Theodore Granik and Eugene Morris, Ellis Island Golden Age Center, Inc.,

accompanied by Guy G. Rothenstein, architect

189

197

Sol G. Atlas, accompanied bv Messrs. Graham and Corbeiletti_

DECEMBER 7, 1962

William C. Moore, for the Inter-National University Foundation_

Edward Corsi, Chairman of Board of Directors, American Council for

Nationality Services..

205

237

Hon. Robert F. Wagner, mayor of the city of New York...

244

Edith McGinnis, executive secretary, City History Club of New York;

Manhattan Borough historian; and "Aunt Edith" on the "Know Your

William Morgan Brennan, vice president, Handy Associates, on Ellis

Island...

262

Robert H. Winnerman, president of the United States Home and Develop-

1. Memorandum re Ellis Island: Right of the vendee under an executory

contract to seek a judicial determination concerning the property.___

2. Proposal of Ellis Island for Higher Education, Inc., letter to Senator
Williams of New Jersey.

30, 32-61

3. Claims of New York and New Jersey to Ellis Island prepared by the
Library of Congress for Senator Keating-

4. Shrine for Sale-Historic Ellis Island: New York Sunday News, Dec.
2, 1962.

5. Interest of the National Park Service in the proposed development of
Ellis Island____

133

6. A living museum. Proposal of Rabbi J. Max Weis..

141

7. Statement concerning the proposed new college on Ellis Island sub-
mitted by the John Price Jones Co.-..

156

8. Bill proposed by Ellis Island for Higher Education, Inc.-
9. A Design for a Metropolis, by William C. Moore...

157

207

10. A New Means To Advance the Cause of Peace. Speech by Karl J.
Ewerts, president, Inter-National University Foundation_.

210

11. Proposal to create an Inter-National University on Ellis Island by
the Inter-National University Foundation.

213

12. Membership of the Committee for the Promotion of an International
University in America, Inc..

226

13. Basic programmatic statement of the Committee for the Promotion of
an International University in America.

226

14. List of prominent Americans who commented on the proposal to
create an international university...

234

15. Letter to New York Times commenting upon recent speech of former

President Eisenhower in Stockholm (August 1962) calling for the

establishment of an international school..

235

16. Letter outlining nature of feasibility study currently being undertaken
by Dr. Harold Taylor, former president of Sarah Lawrence College..

235

No.

Page

to New York Times, December 6, 1960_

18. Historic Federal New York...

17. Concept of World's Fair: Ultimate use as international school. Letter

19. The Place of Ellis Island in afFormula for the Future, by Ray Othwort

Manning, lecturer in sociology, Queens College U.C.N.Y.

236

256

268

20. Resolution of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs

urging the GSA to convey Ellis Island to The Training School at

Briggs, Frank A., president, Recreation Associates, Amesbury, Mass.

Colin, Dr. Saul director, Senior Dramatic Workshop, Inc...

Gen. George B. Dyer Post No. 37, Inc. (VFW)__

International University of America, Raymond S. Rubinow, chairman,

executive committee_

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., letter from Cecil North, president_

New York County Council (VFW) -

New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs.

New York State Legislative Committee (VFW)

Shotmeyer Bros., Co., Hawthorne, N.J.

Tilton, Charles Edward, architect

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