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June 16
THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON
Mr. Marsh:
R. Walton MOORE, Gong. from Virginia, represented the 8th Gong. District. Y-s \ Donna '1"\
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1901, to battalion chief March 15, 1907, to deputy chief Decem man of the Fredericksburg Battlefield Park Commi..... ~ion ~ ber 27, 1911, and to chief engineer in 1912; served until his vice president of the Washington National ::\lonument A~ retirement on August 1, 1924, when he engaged as a fire-fighting tion; appointed as Assistant Secretary of te by p,...~. equipment salesman; member of the International Association Franklin D. Roosevelt September 19, 1933, wa..'i a.de ~>•Jr-.~ of Fire Engineers 1912-1924 and of the New Jersey State Fire in 1937, and served until his death in Fairfax Va., ~ ' Chiefs' Association 1912-1938; elected as a Democrat to the 1941; interment in Fairfax Cemetery. f-/:1.- ;;};.;;;zJcJ Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1929); unsuccess ful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress MOORE, Samuel, a. Representative from Penn<~vl..-u.t.· and for election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress; served born in Deerfield (now Deerfield Street), Cumberland (:.,,,111: as chairman of the Essex County Democratic committee in 1928 N. J., February 8, 1774; pursued an academic coun purchased and operated grist and oil mills at Brid~~;e Po1nt MOORE, Robert (grandfather of Michael Daniel Harter), (now Edison) near Doylestown; later erected and op.•rat..,.. a Representative from Pennsylvania; born on a farm near a sawmill and woolen factory; elected as a Democrat to tM Washington, Washington County, Pa., March 30, 1778; pur Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the ~ill{n..a. sued an academic course; attended Washington (now Washing tion of Samuel D. Ingham; reelected to the Sixteenth an WASHINGTON June 16, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: RUSS ROURKE FROM: JACK MARSH Can we find out on what day of the week July 4, 1876 occurred and also 1826 and 1776? • ... • • 'I II • JO I 1 .. ~IOli lU.TIONA.L SESQUIOENTBNNIAL OELEBB.A.TJ.Olf 19 192U ADDRESS BY BON. BRECKINRIDGE LONG ' ., . ..,, j -. Jyf''' ': 1·•l· . Former Asslatant Secreta17 of State, chairman of the National .Jefferson Oenten- '· · • ' nla1 Committee; at Monticello· .Tul7 4.. 1926 ~ ·· · ' · · ' ~ •e Thomas .Teffei-: • I . • '•• •• 1U :..: •1 1• J A£liJ'. ;J~ Fou~cia&u. We .are,~~~~~ hex:~ #)~a~ on' ·oii~M.t~e .'mo~~~~·tco~~: 1e Thomu Jeffer- dences ·~ of dates 1!1 our 'b1sto~ 8.!ld on t.'lie anmve~ry Q,f ~me of ~ii~ la. ' I v,ery g~a~.d~~.m ~e,~orlds, lU~cy~, · Qn;e hundred'and fifty y~rs on. ago, .t~er,e ~a.na~ }r?:rq th~· representat}ves o~ th~ th~n strugglmg COlomes an mStriiment; penned h.Y Tho~as Jefferson, assisted. by John Adauis, _whicb.'in its. eft'eets has cb'anged the coux-Se··of govertrm~te \ in the ":_Orld ,a.n<;i wpich ~ituted • a~ong II}en a different form.'. ~f l'B ~-~; govenrment. A.D.d on the same anmver~,")ust 100 years ago, the~ ; .-'J died Thomas Jefferson, the author of 'thiS document, and on· the same death of .Tbomu day_John Adams, his collaborator. 1 . ferson centennial We have met to-day under circumstances which bring to the li~ : of the State at and brin~ to the thoughts of every American' those sentiments which t. . . . have their foundation in reverence and in: admiration. We are ' Shalom ·Temple. assembled in the hillS oecupied as' a residence' by and, ·as a boy, as a playground of the man whose death we tb-day rommemorate, and etown Unlverrdt7. there are sentiments the expression of which is due to his memory, The man whose.·:whole life and _whose work was an. effQJ:t to express in aJl'pf its m~~eStations liberty an~ freedon:::-freedoni of ~ou~ht, freedo~. of religiOn, freedom· .of· politi~l actiVIcy,., Nqt a li~ not unbridled liberty.; but _liberty, Jre¢om.; an4 inde~dence .~ mind, of body, and of souL, · · , .. ,.; ' .. J. .~i · president of the And on thiS occasion it ~ves me pleasure to resign and w present as your chairman the distmguished gentleman who, the last :af~ the ll Church of St. successors of Thomas Jefferson, who .now holds the chair of Governor of Virginia. I take pleasure in presenting Governor Byrd. - • f• T I : I )j l ~ •, • , 1 • I' .J'' I t r•1 "' :, JULY 5, 1926 ADDRESS BY BON. HARRY FLOOD BYRD ·\. oo.::riiOr of V~ at Monticello .July 4, 1926 l .'JAW . lo .,. (f . uT J. Jl'.'fP ' . One hundred years ago the m~st.er of MontiCello lay dying here in the house be planned ~d on the fiftieth annivet:Sary of the DecJa.; American In4e 1 ln of the United ration of Indej>enden<;e 'he wrote. · · · - • • • · • • j •dation, present. . Old in years., poor· ill p~ he was rich in renown and serene iri llt, as prealdlnc soUl. · • r • " His manner was that of a person ~irig on· a necessary journey, llssloner for the evincing neither satisfaction nor regret," said his favorite grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, who watched by his bedside;.,H · !'I"" ,t. and Hamilton,~ ·. A few days before his death; when Randolph asked if he were not VIrginia. 'better, Jefferson said," ::Oo not imagine for a moment that I feel the rank B. Kellogc. smallest solicitude about the result; I am like an old watch with' a pinion worn out here and a wheel there, until it can go ·no longer.~ I But he did feel solicitude that he should survive until the Fourth .. of July:. At 7 o'clock on the 3d he awoke from his inc~ing ~por and asked Doctor Dunghsori, " Is it the Fourth¥ " and ag~m, an hour before mi~ht, he roused himsdf to whisper.· tQ Nicholas Trist for an as8Urance that the Fourth had come. He seemed satis'~ . :fi~ .when Trist 'nodded assent, and breathed on until l.o minutes f;Q t;wlien, in tb.e SilenCe of the sUmmer night, be put on inim'ortalitj. ... . 2() lff:A.TIONAL SESQUICENTENNIAL pELEBRATION He had realized the·aesn-ene'exptesseato Gihrier·'in 1787, "All following ~y wishes end, wher~} hope my days will end, at .Mo~ticello." of the eld ·. Two da_ys befor:e hJS death Mr. Jefferson told .his daughter to 1ind the Estab in a certam drawer somethin~·he had left for her: 'She found verses well as th her father had composed, entitled. "A. deathbed adieu froQl Th.. J. to ·Jeffers< M. :Jt~,'' and ·on the_ tor# .b~clf:. of. a~ ol~l~tter~ ~r~~~~~n~ ~or.~ thollgh.n adherent ~:~;/~~od':~d i~i'&ri, mtere~·fn'~onunierit8;~r.~~th~r·:re~~~~ could be' J~:fferson~. ~ran~·of th~ when1 as i'na.creon says (then follows th~ qu?ta~1on ~.Greek).~ the}ollo:Vlflg wquld l>e-~ my min:d.themqst ~at~f~mg: lished cht pp;pt~:grave. ~ plam ~ie.~~ cube,9~:.3 feet, w1tho~~ ,anr.moldi~gs1 that had t ~mo~ted by .all ~belisk ,0~. ~ .f~t. Ji,e1~h~, e!lch .~f a. smgle ~n~;. !>n persuaded ~~;!a~~ II:NOJlu~hcJ h!Jl:l. was .. a'dop :.•"';; .,'// ..OF THJ!l STATUTI!i 01' YIBGINU. I'OB RELIGIOl!~;~~bdi ~"tllff .lND FATHER OF THE UNIVE.RSITY 01' VIBGINIA. . . , , 1 embodied t i"" ,-r ! i: -"_;- ,; '· . ••. . ! • '; •: t' :••Jl'ft· ~) .<,t~d -~.H;! ru I· li.~; :Beca~ by these as testimonials that I h~ve Hved t Wish· most .to ~ ti.d! ·";:~ :~'~~'· i feltlembered . .. ·~t , • J "11 -~ ;~·<-~:-:-.-~ -.. .·_.,-r: ... ·!·t~,f:r ... ;';'I;; _~·--~J.~} -=~i·t~i'i j,J: • ...,·As he approached fearlessly the flaming rampa& tliat separate ·1r\t 'b' ·t i: ' In his" this life from eternity he was not concerned that men should remem to:be.free per the great power he had exercised, hut. he was .. concerned that to interfer thw, should not forget his fight to make them free~ '· · < >.: , •.. ;.,,, or· no god . Remember me, he_said, by the Declaration that each of you has acts only a : ~~Je:~~~o~~\ ~:=r!~!~~~~}~}~~~;J~ibu~ .~~?·~~;.~~~~! ~r~ of another ··,.Jt-t">'~.,- _,,~.; .,_. -·~··~-{. .• A.... :::"'_.:~!. .r .,"';>-;.,~ •.•• ;. t fr 1l ,-_ .• ; . .,.!,-·!' },J ~·I •. iLEBIU.TIOJr NATIONAL BEBQUIOlllNTBNNUL OELEBRATIOllf 21 • Gilnier .. in 1787, "All following the adoption of his Declaration to abolish b_y law the right l, at Monticello." of the eldest son to inherit his father's property and the privileges of td his daughter to find the Established Church to be supported by the ta.xeco.of_di~nter8·as her: ·She found verses well as those-who conformed.to 1ts creed:-.-; ~,,da "'dr"lli'.~·<:;tt£i1:""·"i'".a· ! adieu fro111 Th. J. to Jefferson h!mself appea!-'8 to haJ'»,b~:a pnita~ian ~belief, al{ terl direction8' for bis thongh,not like on~ o~ 1 his.successors ~:~e~p~denti~ o~ce;. ~ • ,_. I ),• ·"·fl...', .... ~t .. to:.,~;•:.,_h_, o adherent of the-Umtari&n·Church..)i Umtarians m colomal VIrgima .·.- · ne'~tJi of '6th~r:r;~~¥\7 • could be funished for their OJ?inions and. severely· punished: at _that; · · .- • l follows the quotation · J ~fferson s friends in th~. Virgmia aristoc!89 belonged to_ the estab-{ . d .the mqst gratifJ:hl~: . lished church, and. many of them revered tlie rights of this church · . · w1tho11_t ,any- _mold~r;igsf• that had been st> long ~heir spiritual ho:me and mother:! Yet Jefferson . . h of a smgle ~n~;,R~ . persuaded many of .~ese: men tQ· join him in the enactment of tha~ .. ' 1 and not a word more: . great statute for rehgtous freedom that struck the shackles from the .'11. , _:-_1..·!;•:,. .' .·•..t;.l!o 'titi .r ;;_!; ·-: J. w;"l. 7llf> . souls of Virginians. iil ·t:i ···)r.r:1 ~~h·r·· ·:•·1-,~tn -,::l -.;(.,:.;-~ .,t:;!T ' ,"• . !. . ·':1 •. ; i!r{ .,-,j 1 .It was not, indeed, until1785, while Jefferson was absent as min~ INDEPE'NDI!!NCII, :; ; "i l ,, ; !' ister to France, that his ."_Bill for establishing religious freedom~ . ·.10us FREEoox; .j ., . -. .s 0 0 u· . -· . . .. _.,. 1 . ' 1·-1t N 1 ~ d .· H ~ ~ (! ~ j · .! .t; ~ ~: _., ) .)~_, !-' :~bodt:d~!r~-~~f:%~!~fm~~ f~~/ ~~~~ !~~ ~ ._,~f~j~~r~t.cif!~~-- f" o- •• t .. - ' - . ·-· •. ' • .. • ... -- t-'1. -, J. J ·t . ' ' - J. 4 :ved i · Wish most to ~ fJi~ ~-~ii~tf~ b.r11_· O.d-1( J"::"~~rHJ -~•(;fJ:~ ~'~idl1·• :~ ·;[lf_~-~~-L-~J~ •tt.:_' "'-i:r.LJ., -::.j)f!f'itfO ,. ,.f'-· .. :i·1·-·~.J ._.,·;j~ .•'f'Jllt :f.i1rl') !.:itd:·<.,ti··I .. 1• '\",;:. t; ~lease neither the rational Christian nor DeitistS. But he insists ~ . ~ ~ that the conscience of every man shall be free, and exclaims:.< ·; . : n he risked death for ., · ...."I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every . tgainst the King; but form of tyranny over the mind of man..'! n·:.wl ~',ll·.r ;• ,;:1;r. ,..: ) .c; ~ 1 .• , . o.sburg iu the Octobe~, . . -_t;J) .:-d~-J .)")fu-"',f·-~ -~-;J. _iJt~ri.:l \:11.!,~,_;~-,fl! '.;n~ l3·'<··:,t- -.--;_ ····~ J;·-:·t ; .•• : ~·~·:·~ ti ~.i.. ">~-- .~ NATIONAL SESQUIOBN'TEN'N'IAL OELEBBATIOlf. 21 L787, "All following the adoption of his Declaration to abolish bl' law the right lo." of the eldest son to inherit his father's property and the privileges of er to find the Established Chlireh to be supported by the :taxes of.d~tel'S·aa. md verses well as those who conformed to 1ts creed.'-·i l}·mf{j ~rLt'ui:;.,...:<>'i!li'"'~ri:.if Th. J. to Jeft'erson himself appears to.have been:a.·U.p.itarian.in.belie~ a1.1 . lS. for 'hi& though not like one of his successors. i:n ·th& .presidential oftice,t an' < ··., ~-.· ~-· ..1 :-4.nJ adherent-of the-Unitarian-Church.-., Unitarians in colonial Virgmia ;~; '.',,~' ~··· could· be ~unished · for. their OJ?inions and. severely:punished; at .that.'.·. ··.>,: J~ft'erso_. n fl friends in the. Virgmh~ aristocracy hE:longed to. ~he estab£ ~) ~~ Ji.sh,ed. eh~, and. manY. of ~elll: revered tlie rights of this church · · · , .. that had been sb long the1r spmtual home and mother.: ' Yet J eft'erson persuaded m~ of these. men to Soin him in the. enactment of that · great· statute jo_r religious freedom that struck the shackles from the • souls of V~rgmta.n&'•ii1 ,,.H ni ••'J~h ,·ir' r l,· ·i~d.-rm ·Jt:r ··if,,:·p; ~::,iT i It was not; ind~ until1785, while Jeft'erson was absent as min"~ ister to France, that his.. "Bill for establishingreligious freedom?~ :; ::oodf:i~~~~~f:~a~~fm!.t fi~~}o~~~~ ~i~o~ )f~,: ~~~~~7,~~~- lost to i;e. ,;,n · lli.·.t(t't~fit .t-.:'!'11iq· h<,.;:~· ;;>LH tn ;Y•nt~:~~·J11r: ,,,\1 ·~:.I ill; ~hEnl :(IJ.'t ~·t·i.~i! i · Hf } i.J t::i. <,.f;n •' THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 16, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: BICENTENNIAL PLANNERS FROM: Following are certain facts and informat on in reference to the observance of the Sesquicentennial of American Independence in 1926. 1. The President designated the week of June 28-July 5 as American Independence Week, called for the Nation to observe it as such. It called on a renewal of fidelity to the fundamental principles of the Declaration of Independence and recognition to Thomas Jefferson. The Independence Week was promulgated on the 28th of June 1926. 2. Observance of the week began with the ringing of bells throughout the Nation at 11:11 a.m. National exercises were held in Charlottesville on July 3, 4 and 5. These observances occurred at the University of Virginia and at Monticello, which was designated a national patriotic shrine. The major address at Monticello was made by the Secretary of State, Frank Kellogg. 3. The Commission recommended that April 13 of each year should be celebrated as the birthday of Thomas Jeffer son. 4. The Commission recommended that it continue in support of a nation-wide effort to raise funds for the preservation of Monticello. Apparently, the restoration of Monticello would be one the principal events to come out of the Sesqui centennial. -2- 5. The Commission recommended the construction of an appropriate shrine in Washington to Thomas Jefferson. 6. The Commission agreed that it would adopt a program for American Independence Week. The Chairman of the Commission was directed to send letters to Governors, Mayors and patriotic citizens throughout the country urging a nation-wide observance of the week on behalf of the National Education Committee so that the week prior to Independence Day would be celebrated as "Appropriate Patriotic Educational Manner and every man, woman and child hereforth give the opportunity to witness the ceremony to be known as the''Echo of the Liberty Bell" and to pronounce the offical "Patriots Pledge of Faith. 11 7. The National Jefferson Centennial Committee recommended the following program: a. A Pilgrimage for Jefferson's Gig-- This was to be a motorcade escort of the one horse carriage from Monticello to Philadelphia which carriage Jefferson rode in to Philadelphia. b. Sunday, July 4th be observed as Jefferson Memorial Day to commemorate the lOOth anniversary of his death. c. American Independence Day would be observed on Monday, July 5th. d. A private tour sponsored by the Jefferson Foundation to take an United States Birthday Party tour of Europe be organized. 8. In the report of the Chairman of the Jefferson Foundation he states the preservation of Mount Vernon was intended to be 11 a birthday gift to the Nation" in honor of the Sesquicentennial. As a part of that there would be prepared a birthday book of all contributors to the Foundation. -3- 9. There are solid indicators as part of the Sesquicentennial ceremonies there was established the National Capitol Parks. Also the Congress authorized $50, 000, 000 for the construction of government office buildings between the Lincoln Monument and Capitol Hill. These are major Departmental buildings along Constitution Avenue today. It is interesting to note it was anticipated that a substantial number of these buildings authorized in 1926 would be com pleted by 1932 in order to mark the Bicentennial of George Washington's birth. This reference appears in official documents relating to the Sesquicentennial. THE WHITE HOUSE Wf\SHINGTON June 16, f976 · ; MEMORANDUM FOR: BICENTENNIAL PLANNERS FROM: Following are certain facts and informal: on in reference to the observance of the Sesquicentennial of American Independence in 1926. 1. The President designated the week of June 28-July 5 as American Independence Week, called for the Nation to observe it as such. It called on a renewal of fidelity to the fundamental principles of the Declaration of Independence and recognition to Thomas Jefferson. The Independence Week was promulgated on the 28th of Jun'e 1926. 2. Observance of the week began with the ringing of bells throughout the Nation at 11:11 a.m. National exercises were held in Charlottesville on July 3, 4 and s. These observances occurred at the University of Virginia and at Monticello, which was designated a national patriotic shrine. The major address at Monticello was made by the Secretary of State, Frank Kellogg. 3. The Commission recommended that April 13 of each year should be celebrated as the birthd<:-y of Thomas Jeffer son. 4. The Commission recommended that it continue in support of a nation-wide effort to raise funds for the preservation of Monticello. Apparently, the restoration of Monticello would be one the principal events to come out of the Sesqui centennial. -Z- 5. The Conunission reconunended the construction of an appropriate shrine in Wasmhgtoh to Thomas Jefferson. 6. The Conunission agreed that it would adopt a program for American Independence Week. The Chairman of the Conunission was .directed to send letters to Governors, Mayors and patriotic" citizens throughout the country urging a nation-wide observance of the week on behalf of the National Education Committee so that the week prior to Independence Day would be celebrated as "Appropriate Patriotic Educational Manner and every man, woman and child hereforth give the opportunity to witness the ceremony to be known as the11Echo of the Liberty Bell" and to pronounce the offical "Patriots Pledge of Faith. " 7. The National Jefferson Centennial Conunittee reconunended the following program: a. A Pilgrimage for Jefferson's Gig-- This was to be a motorcade escort of the one horse carriage from ·1 Monticello to Philadelphia which carriage Jefferson rode in to Philadelphia. b. Sunday, July 4th be observed as Jefferson Memorial Day to commemorate the lOOth anniversary of his death. c. American Independence Day would be observed on Monday, July 5th. d. A private tour sponsored by the Jefferson Foundation to take an United States Birthday Party tour of Europe be organized. 8. In the report of the Chairman of the Jefferson Foundation he states the preservation of Mount Vernon was intended to be "a birthday gift to the Nation" in honor of the Sesquicentennial. As a part of that there would be prepared a birthday book of all contributors to the Foundation. -3- 9. There are solid indicators as part of the Sesquicentennial ceremonies there was esti:!;blished the National Capitol Parks. Also the Congress authorized $50, 000, 000 for · the construction of government office buildings between the Lincoln Monument and Capitol Hill. These are major Departmental buildings along Constitution Avenue today. It is interesting to note it was anticipated that a substantial number of these buildings authorized in 1926 would be com pleted by 1932 in order to mark the Bicentennial of George Washington's birth. This reference appears in official documents relating to the Sesquicentennial. American Revolution Bicentennial Administration 2401 E Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20276 MEMORANDUM FOR: John 0. Marsh, Jr. Counsellor to the President SUBJECT: National Medal to Foreign Governments This Administration in its overall role of the coordinating Federal Agency for the Bicentennial -as prescribed by P.L. 93-179- has been assisting foreign governments, at their initiative, with their respective Bicentennial participations. At last count, there are 47 governments which have received direct assistance and in almost each case, I have met personally with the Ambassadors. It is my judgement that some special recognition should be accorded by this Agency to these governments on behalf of the people of the United States. The ARBA Board concurred in this recommendation and on February 10, 1976 authorized me to present plaques. Each plaque consists of the National Bicentennial Medal (using the 3" silver medal cut in half to minimize cost) with the following inscription: The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Presents the National Bicentennial Medal On Behalf of the People of the United States of America In Recognition of Bicentennial Participation By the People of FRANCE Mr. William Blue, Assistant Administrator of ARBA then staffed out this recommendation within the Department of State with members of Assistant Secretary John Richardson's staff--ARBA's customary chain of coordination with the Department of State. Likewise, my office has advised Mr. Milt Mitler. The first presentation of such a plaque is scheduled to be given the French Ambassador on Wednesday June 23 at ceremonies during the private showing of the Barthold Exhibit, "Lady in the Harbor", at the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. This special showing is being coordinated by the National Park Service. 7Jwn f.~ Administrator · 6/16/76 - copies to Marrs & Mitler - FYI/cb (and for comments) JO I 1 J • • 197 0 : AC JOM/dl J , I 7 JA THE WHITE HOUSE W-\SHINGTON June 16, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: You might tell Ted Marrs and Milt Mitl r e motorcade to escort Jefferson's Gig from Monticello to Phil phia was under the auspices and direction of the American Automobile Association. r .I ' THE WHITE HOUSE WJI)SHJNGTON June 16, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: To the extent possible I think we should r to include John Warner as much as we can on Presiden 1 travel for the events of the 4th and 5th. Thet~ may be some special circumstances that will change travel guests substantially, arising in part from the participation of the First Family. f: y ?TU rnru 0 rr ~ ~ I I 6 ' ) ' 1 7 e ta JO /dl .. ' 1 • l 7 t JOM/dl ...... ,... ti' J ... 16, 1916 WI:WOJtAKDUW .FOA: BICJ:NTEMMIAL P.LANND FROW WAJlSH ollowlaa are eertala facta ••• laform&UH la refer.. •• to tlae ,b••r•••c• ol dae S.a,.nceateaalal of Amedcaa 1a4ep•.. nc• la 1916. 1. TIH Pr•W•at dMlautecl tile •••• o! Ju• ll·lwlJ •• Amedcaa la4epe.. ••c• Week, c&UM for ~ • .NatlH te oNe"o U aa •ocll. n call.. oa a , • ..,.1 of twelUJ to t~• f.aa4ameata1 prlaelplea of ta. Decl&ratl• of l ..epea4eace ... recoaaltloa to Tbnaa Jefferaoa. lle 1Mepea4uce w..... proauda•••• oa aile zIUl or 1a.a• 1 • O..ernace e~f til•• week ~•1•• wldl U.e rla&lal of lltelh tkrou1ko.t the Natloa at 11:00 a. a. -..toaaleaerciaea ••r• hel4 la CMrl•tt•a.,.ilaa .. lalr J, 'aad I. T..._• nael'ftacoa .cctarre4 at tile tJal•erallJ of Vlr&lala ... at Woatlcello, wlakll ••••••,,.., .. a ..u ... t pati'I!Mlc ellrl••· Tke major a44r••• at Woattc.U• wu ..... br tU Secretary of State, Fraak Xello•l· ]. Tu Cowadaaloa recom111e.. M tlllat AprU lJ of eaell ...., .... •ile•l4 H celorat., •• tlao ~btWaJ of Tt.omaa JeUe.,._ 4. Tile Cemmleal.. recoam.eacl.. tllat U eMtla.ae 1a a~~pp•rt of a uU.. ·•••• effort to ral•• f..U for tlt.e pr•••"au.. of WoallceU•. .Appar.. uy. tile r•toratloa ot WOatie.Uo would 1M oae U.. p rlaclpal .,•at• to oOJBe .u o! ~ s.. ,d c ..te-laJ. ~· \~. ' ' •£• ;A c• be c ...... lM rec ..... ta.. eoaatr\lctlea of •• appro•rlata a~rlaa la ••Waat• te T..._.a JaUaraoa. 6. Tu co-uaiea •1rM4 daat lt w..W a4ept a ,roan• lor Amorleaa Wep... eaca W.U. TIM! CIMltr-.aa of tale C•-•••'-••• dtracte4 to .... lettara to Oo•oraera, Warore aa.t pattlotle ~Uiaau ,...., • ....._. •• c ...try ••ll&J a .aU.os•wWa ol!.ear•aaco af tM week oa t.ea.tlf of tu MatMa&l :tduata.. 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JOM/dl L ' • Tiler• are aolld ladlcatera •• ,art ot U.. -••lceateaalal ceremoelee tiler• ••• ....~118~ tile atloMl ca,kol Pal'll.e. A lao tile CoaJI'••• a.atMrl... $50, 000, 000 for tlae co.. tractloa of acwel'llllleat offlce baU4ial• IMtw... tbe Llacola ameat aad Capitol HUl. Til••• are major D... nmeatal a.Ulclt 1• aloq Coutkatloa A•nt.ae today. J&u latereattq to aote lt wa• aatlclpatecl &aat a eaNtalltlal a..-er of tile•• tnaUcUaa• agtlwrlHCI la l 926 wOQlcl be com• plet.. by 19JZ la order to mark tile •tceateaalal of Geora• aelt.lqtoa' • ltlrtla. Tlala refer.. ce appear• la offlclal •ocUI'lea&a relatla1 to tile ••••• , aaial. JOM/dl / .. ' THE WHITE HOUSE WAS !NGTON June 16, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: JIM CONNOR FROM: RON NESSEN In response to your questions about network coverage of the July 1-5 period, they plan live coverage only on July 4 itself. NBC and CBS will be on the air continually from 8 a.m. to late at night, in eluding live pickup of all the President's activities that day. ABC will have live, but not continuous, coverage of the July 4 activities. All the President's activities will be live on ABC also. Bicentennial events on July 1, 2, 3 and 5 will be covered by the networks like any other news stories and will be used on their regular news programs depending on the network's judgment of their news value. Bob Mead and I have had informal conversations with the networks and to be perfectly realistic, there is virtually no chance of live network coverage beyond the schedule outlined above. Attachment: UPI wire story on television coverage ~ Jack Marsh "' .-.. -.."\ t - 2_ ;. - .~· iJ .... H ",. '.J -"""-· ... :--. -.~ t J1l"'. ,, .,.. ~~ ~-= ..~ c l{ f iJ L ;_; iJ i ::; .""\~~,, ....~r- i;~!"'rn;.! ~t~:~tl~_..t~ i~: i i ~ :..;:; ~ t ~ ~ ~ :- .-. !'"· ';.-.. !"', !! 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Pa••.. a ..ol•tloa ...... , .... tM Pr.. Weat to oetaWl•~ a ''Ma&lOMl Blcea&ou&al Hlalt.w•r •r.ar ..,. • JO.W/dl bee: Daye Oera•• Foater Claaacock .. .. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON ; MEMORANDUM FOR: TED MARRS MILT MITLER RUSS ROURKE FROM: Please be certain that all written cu ents coming from ARBA, or other Departments and Agencie i ended for Presidential publication in reference to the Bicen ennial are cleared and coordinated through one source. Many thanks. •. THE.. WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON I ROBERT MEAD ROBERT ORBEN FROM: WILLIAM W. NICHOLSON A Ple se take the necessary steps to mplement the following an confirm with Mrs. Nell Yates ext. 2699. The appropri at briefing paper should be s mitted to Dr. David Hoopes b 4:00 .m. of the precedin day. 12:00 p.m. omas Road Baptist Church College as Bicentennial and Protective Order o~ Salt Lake City~ late June cc: Mr. Cheney Mr • Hartmann ' .--Mr. Marsh Dr. Connor Dr. Hoopes Mr. Nessen Mr. Jones Mr. Smith Mr. O'Donnell Mrs. Yates Col. Riley Mrs. Gemmell Dr. Marrs Mr. Mitler Mr.. B~:rood;v JWIJ.es Cqnnon lue 11, 1916 . J Ilea wW liM A•ftace ..m M ltack Ia •• •• caa Ita•• a Blceateuial ,aauaq ...alai willa t1ae AdYaace ,..,aet JOM/dl THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 18, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: JIM CANNO~ SUBJECT: Bicentennial I think there is considerable merit in the President making some Bicentennial declaration for conservation specifically to preserve the great heritage of our natural resources and public lands. To be meaningful, he would have to make a commitment of money, but I believe that conservation is the kind of government expenditure which does have broad national appeal. Much of what he would say would not have a budgetary impact, but would be an affirmation of his commitment to the values of our wilderness areas, our national parks and forests, the game refuges, historic sites and recreation areas. These are legacies from our forefathers, to be enjoyed by all Americans now, and to be held in trust for future generations. The Federal involvement in the public lands is one of stewardship, not of exploita tion for short-sighted gain at the cost of depleting a finite resource. Having articulated this commitment, it would be necessary to back up his statement with specific proposals. For example, the President might: A. Call for immediate Congressional action on the more than 100 wilderness proposals that have been sent to the Hill but have received no Congressional action (list attached). B. Propose an additional authorization for the National Park Service to add 400 positions. This would allow accelerated staffing of newly authorized areas and fully protect the existing old line parks. (Cost -2- would be approximately $8 million). This would be an increase over a similar FY proposal already approved by the President. C. Propose 400 new positions for the Fish and Wildlife Service to raise them out of a severely understaffed category. The emphasis would be on refuges and research areas. (Cost - approximately $8 million). D. Take the lead in calling for an increase in the Land and Water Conservation Fund authorization. Current level is $300 million. Pending House legis lation calls for an increase to $450 million in FY '78, $625 million in '79, and $800 million per year thereafter. The Senate version calls for an immediate increase to $1 billion per year. This is a very popular program, devoting 40% of the monies to Federal acquisition of critical recreational areas by the Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service. The other 60% is apportioned to State and local governments -- with matching funds -- for development of outdoor recreation areas. Other legislative actions or thrusts that could be considered: Minarets A superb scenic area of volcanic mountains which was left out of Yosemite National Park: could be added to the Park either by legislation or by Presidential creation of a National Monument. Mineral King Proposal to add to Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park 16,000 plus acres from the adjacent National Forest. The area in question is presently under consideration for development as a ski area by Walt Disney, Inc. Major nationwide conservation community issue. Sawtooth - White Clouds Proposal to create in Idaho an 1,018,300 acre National Park and National Recreation area primarily from National Forest lands. ~-. -; -3- New River, N.C. - to make a 26.5 mile segment a component of the Wild and Scenic River System. Delaware River National Recreation Area and Deauthorization of Tocks Island Darn. Proposal to deauthorize the Tocks Island Darn and authorize the National Park Service to acquire those lands purchased by the Corps of Engineers for the flood pool. These lands would be added to NPS holdings in the Delaware National Recreation Area. Redwoods A. Proposal to extend the authority of Section 3e of the Redwoods National Park Act to enable the Secretary to regulate those land-use prac tices on private lands adjacent to the Park which threaten Park resources. B. Proposal to acquire control by fee acquisition 48,000 acre zone of influence around Redwood Creek Corridor which Alternate A proposed to achieve through regulation. C. Proposal to acquire all the remaining uncut stands of Redwood within the Redwood Creek Basin, and the entire drainages of Skunk Cabbage, Lost Man, and May Creek. Platte River Refuge Proposed establishment of about 65,000 acres as a wildlife refuge to preserve habitat critical to the endangered whooping crane, the sandhill crane and the white-fronted goose and as a spring migration resting sanctuary for nearly 1 million ducks and geese. Alaska D2 Withdrawals Proposals to double the National Park Service holdings and also the National Wildlife Refuge holdings also languish on the Hill. cc: Jim Connor Paul O'Neill .. Dave Gergen Jim Reichley Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed Wilderness Areas in the National Wildlife Refuge System awaiting action by Congress Location Name Acres State;_ Vicinity Aleutian Islands 1,395,357 Alaska Aleutian Island Chait Kenai 829/000 " Kenai Penninsula Izembek 301,451 " Alaska Penninsula Semidi 256,000 " Gulf of Alaska Simenof 25,14('1 " Gulf of Alaska Unimak 973,000 Alaska Penninsula 1. Cabeza Prieta 833,500 Arfzona Southwestern Havasu 2,510 Ariz. -Calif. Along the Colorado River Imperial 12,010 Ariz-Calif. Along the Colorad~ River 1/ Kofa 570,600 Arizona Southwest..:rn Big Lake 1,818 Arkansas Northwestern White River 975 .. Eastern Bombay Hook 2,000 Delaware Ee:.ste!::"n Chassahowitzka 16,900 Florida West Central J.N."Ding"Darling 2,735 .. Southwestern Lake Woodruff 1,106 " Northeastern Lacassine 2,854 Louisiana Southern Hawaiian Islands 1,742 Hawaii Leeward Islands Crab Orchard 4,050 Illinois Southern Parker River 3,110 Massachusetts Northeastern Agassiz 4,000 Minnesota North central Mille I.acs 0.6 " North central 2 Location Name Acres State Vicinity Rice Lake 1,.406 Minnesota North central Tamarac 2,138 " North central Noxubee 1,200 Mississippi Eastern. Mingo . 1, 705 Missouri Southeastern 1/ Charles M. Russell 155,288 Montana North central along the Missoui River Medicine Lake 11,366 Montana Northeastern Red Rock Lakes 32,350 " .southwestern U.L. Bend 19,683 " North central along the Missouri River Crescent Lake 24,502 Nebraska Western Fort Niobrara 4,645 It North central Valentine 16,317 It North central Anaho Island 747 Nevada Western outside of Reno 1/ Charles Sheldon 321,400 Nevada North central Antelope Range Sheldon National Antelope Refuge 20,000 " North central 1/ Desert 1,443.300 " Southern, outside of Las Vegas Cedar Island 180 North Carolina Pamlico Sound 1-lattamuskeet 590 n Pamlico Sound Pea Island 180 n Par.ll.c'.:l Sound Swanquarter 9,000 .. Pamlico Sound Hart l-1ountain 15,500 Oregon Southeastern MaUle\lr 30,000 It Central Oregon Islands 384 It Scattered off·the coast Santee 163 South Carolina East Central Location 3 Name Acres State ~icinity Missisquoi 2,165 Vermont Northwest Assateague Island Chincoteague Refuge 1,300 Virginia EastPrn Shore National Seashore 440 Maryland Eastern Shore San Juan Islands 283 Washington San Juan Islands 1/ Wilderness recommendations made subject to congressional appropriation of funds to conduct mineral survey and completion of such survey. National Park Service Wilderness Proposals Pending in Congress Location Name Acres , State Vicinity Katmai National 2,603,547 Alaska Alaska Peninsula on Monument {N.t-1) Skelikof Strait Chiricahua National 9,440 Arizona Southeast Arizona Monument Saguaro 42,400 Arizona Southeast Arizona near Tucson Organ Pipe Cactus NM 299,600 Arizona Southwest Arizona on Mexican border Point Reyes National 24,654 California Pacific Coast, Northwest Seashore (NS) of San Francisco Yosemite National Park {NP) 646,700 California Sierra Mountains, Central California Sequoia-Kings Canyon NP 750,690 California Sierra Mountains, Central California Pinnacles NM 10,980 California Coastal Mountain Range, Central California Death Valley NM 1,900,000 California East Central California Joshua Tree NM 372,700 California Southeast California Dinosaur NM 124,341 Colorado Northwest Colorado Rocky Mountain NP 239,835 Colorado North Central CC'1.orado Colorado NM 10,300 Colorado Western Colorado Black Canyon of the 11,180 Colorado Central Colorado Gunnison Great Sand Dunes NM 32,930 Colorado South Central Colorado Mesa Verde NP 8,100 Colorado Southwest Colorado 2 Location Name Acres State Vicinity Everglades NP 1,296,500 Florida South Florida Ha1eakala NP 19,270 Hawaii Island of Maui Hawaii Volcanoes NP 123,100 Hawaii Is land of Hawaii Yellowstone NP 30,000 Idaho Eastern Idaho Cumberland Gap National 3,577 Kentucky Southeast Kentucky Historical Park (NHP) Assateague Island NS 440 Maryland East Maryland on Atlantic Coast Isle Royale NP 131,880 Michigan In Lake Superior Yellowstone NP 150,000 Montana South Central Montana Glacier NP 927,550 Montana Northwest Montana Death Valley NM 8,000 Nevada Southwest Nevada Bandelier NM 22,030 New Mexico North Central New Mexico Carlsbad Caverns NP 30,210 New Mexico Southeast New Mexico Great Smoky Mountains NP 195,250 North Carolina Western North Carolina Theodore Roosevelt ~~p 29,095 North Dakota Western North Dakota Crater Lake NP 122,400 Oregon Southern Oregon Badlands.NM 58,924 South Dakota Southwest South Dakota Great Smoky Mountains NP 195,250 Tennessee Eastern Tennessee Guadalupe Mountains NP 46,850 Texas Southwest Texas Big Bend NP 533,900 Texas Southwest Texas or Rio Grands Dinosaur NM 41,000 Utah Northeast Utah Bryce Canyon NP 21,520 Utah South Central Utah Cedar Breaks NM 4,830 Utah Southwest Utah Zion NP 120,620 Utah Southwest Utah 3 Location ~ Acres State Vicinity Shenandoah NP 79,699 Virginia Northwest Virginia Cumberland Gap NHP 4,363 Virginia Southwest Virginia Olympic NP 862,139 Washington Olympic Peninsula Western Washington North Cascades Complex 526,650 Washington North Central Washingtor Mt. Rainier NP 210,700 Washington Central Washington Southeast of Seattle Yellowstone NP 1,842,221 Wyoming Northwest Wyoming Grand Teton NP 115,807 Wyoming Northwest Wyoming u.s. Forest Service Wilderness Areas Pending in Congress Location Name Acres State Vicinity Monarch 31,000 California Sequoia and Sierra National Forests (NF) Trinity Alps 268,000 California Klamath, Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity NF Courthouse Mountain 61,000 Colorado Uncompahgre NF Big Blue, Mt. Sneffels Mt. Wilson, 19,000 Colorado Uncompahgre and San Juan Dolores Peak Idaho 891,000 Idaho Boise, Chalis, Payette, Salmon NF Salmon River 252,000 Idaho Betterort, Neg Perce Salmon NF Beartooth 542,000 Montana Custer, Gallatin NF Spanish Peaks 63,000 Montana Gallatin NF Gila Addition 116,000 New Mexico Gila High Unitas 323,000 Utah Ashley and Wassatch NF Alpine Pikes 292,000 Washington Mt. Baker, Snoqualmie, and Winatchee NF Cloud Peak 150,000 Wyoming Big Horn Glacier 183,000 Wyoming Shoshonee Popo Agie 82,000 Wyoming Shoshonee i THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Flf I NEWS from U.S. Senator HUGH SCOTT, Pennsylvania Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 225-6324 REMARKS BY U. S. SENATOR HUGH SCOTT (R-PA.) MUSIC '76! ON THE MALL WASHINGTON, D.C. SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1976 8 P.M. I think of so many things, so many different things, when I think about what America means to me. So it must be with each of you, for every heart responds to a different memory. The American experience is shared today by our nearly 216 million people. As a nation, we are 200 years old. We have come a long way over years which were not always kind. But we've made it because we've stayed together. That special staying power is what keeps America great. We are one people made up of many peoples; that is what keeps America strong. The America we celebrate is made up of many moments which sing through these two centuries. Some of them are happy, others sad. Some are quiet, others resound. But all of them are in cadence with the wonderful anthem that is America. May we, tonight, remember some of them together? Remember the splendid impertinence of Patrick Henry declaiming to the First Continental Congress: "I am not a Virginian, but an American!" Remember Jackie Robinson stealing home -- and taking some of our prejudices away from us at the same time. Think of George M. Cohan, whose songs are a festival of the American spirit. We remember this Yankee Doodle Dandy. On Times Square your statue still gjve.s your regards t()_ Broad}Vay. Think of where you were on July 21st, 1969. Neil Armstrong was on the moon. Or where you were on November 22nd, 1963. President Kennedy was in Dallas. Remember Helen Keller, blind and deaf from the age of two, encouraging others: "Keep your face to the sunshine," she wrote, "and you cannot see the shadow." Think of the four chaplains -- Protestant, Jew and Catholic -- aboard the U.S.S. Dorchester when she was to~pedoed in World War II. They gave up their life jackets to men who didn't have any. Then, they linked arms and sang praises to God as they went down. That was what brotherhood meant. Think of the brothers, bicycle-makers with a vision, daring to prove that man can fly. Think of the Union troops and the Confederate troops encamped for the night; a narrow river, and a war, separating them. Think of them joining their voices, singing "Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground," to relieve the melancholy of the dark and the fears for the morrow. Remember the Alamo and the Maine and Pearl Harbor. Think of Thomas Jefferson, of whom it was written: "A gentleman ... who could calculate an eclipse, survey an estate, tie an artery, plan an edifice, try a cause, break a horse, dance a minuet and play the violin." Remember President Lincoln, passing on the bereavement of a nation to Mrs. Bixby of Massachusetts, who had lost two sons in battle: "I f~el how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming." Look just a few hundred yards from where we are tonight, and remember Martin Luther King telling the multitudes: "I have a dream." - 1 - - 2 - Remember "Christina's World," shining and pure on the canvas of Andrew Wyeth. And the little town of "Whoville," which charms our children from the zany pages of Dr. Seuss. And "Our Town," which Thornton Wilder invites us to visit upon the American stage. Remember Fort McHenry, guarding the Port of Baltimore during the long night of seige when Francis Scott Key penned the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner." The words are American, the melody Hessian. We have roots. Remember Crispus Attucks, the first American to fall in the Boston Massacre. He was black. We have roots. Remember Bunker Hill and Mount Suribachi and Pork Chop Hill. Turn to any page in any telephone book in America and tell me, what is an American name? Remember, for Thurber's sake, that there's a little bit of Walter Mitty in the .heart of all of us. You can't stop an American from dreaming. No, indeed, you can't stop an American from dreaming. Nor .can you, in this land blessed with freedom, stop an American from marching to a different drummer if he chooses. That's the way free people are. My drum has been the gavel of Congress. When I retire at the end of this session, it will be my privilege to have served the people of Pennsylvania for 34 years, first in the House of Representatives and, for three terms, in the Senate. And, I will have served four terms as Minority Leader of the Senate. Looking back, I see so much history has been made over this time. I hope the years will establish that we here on an historic Hill have tried our best and often helped to move the wheel of government creditably onward. I remember, with pride, leading the fight to enact the.Civil Rights Act of 1964. I remember the passage of the War Powers Act: never again can this nation go to war without the consent of the Congress. I look with personal pride to the passage this month of my legislation to make Valley Forge a national Park. President Ford will sign that bill into law at Valley Forge on July 4th. From that day forward, the Federal government will preserve and protect the hallowed grounds tipon which George Washington and his army survived the bitter winter of 1777-1778. I remember, also, so many faces. General Pershing leading victorious troops down Pennsylvania Avenue. General Douglas MacArthur delivering his emotional farewell to the Congress. Winston Churchill honoring a joint session with words of wisdom, warmth and wit. The late Senator Richard Russell, to my mind the greatest senator I have ever known. My friend and colleague, Senator Mike Mansfield. He leads his party and I lead mine, but no aisle divides our trust in each other. My great happiness and greatest pride, of course, is Marian, my wife for 52 years. She is with me this evening. Now-~let--us~looK~forward to an~ eYer b~€ftter~pfogressTon-for nation and for people. That's, after all, what America is all about. The growing. The learning. The making of friends. The keeping of trusts. The willingness to try. The joining together (as this evening) with fellow Americans to rejoice in our heritage, as we mark the first days of our Tricentennial. So listen well. What we hear is the music of America -- ringing the bells and telling the people. lt lt II Contact: Patricia Agnew 202-224-7753 (7754) 301-657-1978 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 21, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: DAVE GERGEN SUBJECT: Fourth of July After you were called out of the meeting late last week on 4th of July activities, I promised that I would give you a brief summary of the ideas that emerged. Clean Up America -- The idea that attracted the most interest as a Presidential initiative for the 4th is to launch a "Clean Up America" campaign. It is generally agreed that America needs a face-lifting -- we need to clean up the parks, clean up our big cities, and even clean up many of our suburban areas. With a fairly modest amount of Federal funds, we could enlist the talents and energies of young people who can't find jobs, putting them to work in very constructive jobs. It would also give communities a chance to renew themselves, restoring a greater sense of pride. As you will recall, this was a jobs creation proposal that Paul O'Neill and Jim Lynn·circulated during the State of the Union period; it was not followed up then, but participants in this meeting thought the time was now ripe. (Could also effect Humphrey-Hawkins, for instance.) Paul estimates that the cost would be a minimum of $1 billion -- and if you really wanted to alleviate teenage unemployment in the ghettoes, it could go three or four times higher. Designation of Worthy Americans -- You were present for the initial part of the discussion of Paul O'Neill's idea. The sentiment at the end of the meeting was that it might be very good so long as the President could personally have the first group in before the end of this year -- perhaps around Labor Day. - 2 - Special Scholarship Program -- Discussion continued on this idea without clear resolution. Sponsorship of Historical TV Series -- Another idea that came up was to provide the country with a permanent memorial to its history and to great Americans of the past through Federal sponsorship of a series of documentaries and semi historical accounts on film. They might be similar to the Forsyth Saga or the Alistair Cooke materials. The films would be shown in coming years through the cooperation of the major networks as part of their public affairs pro gramming. Then the films would be donated to schools for educational purposes. Details would have to be carefully worked out, but a majority thought it worth pursuing (one notable exception, Jim Reichley, thought historical material had already been sufficiently done this year on TV) • cc: Jim Cannon Paul O'Neill Jim Riechley JUfJ 2 2 1976 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 21, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: DAVE GERGEN SUBJECT: Fourth of July After you were called out of the meeting late last week on 4th of July activities, I promised that I would give you a brief summary of the ideas that emerged. Clean Up America -- The idea that attracted the most interest as a Presidential initiative for the 4th is to launch a "Clean Up America" campaign. It is generally agreed that America needs a face-lifting -- we need to clean up the parks, clean up our big cities, and even clean up many of our suburban areas. With a fairly modest amount of Federal funds, we could enlist the talents ana energies of young people who can't find jobs, putting them to work in very constructive jobs. It would also give communities a chance to renew themselves, restoring a greater sense of pride. As you will recall, this was a jobs creation proposal that Paul O'Neill and Jim Lynn·circulated during the State of the Union period; it was not followed up then, but participants in this meeting thought the time was now ripe. (Could also effect Humphrey-Hawkins, for instance.) Paul estimates that the cost would be a minimum of $1 billion -- and if you really wanted to alleviate teenage unemployment in the ghettoes, it could go three or four times higher. Desi9nation of Worthy Americans -- You were present for the initial part of the discussion of Paul O'Neill's idea. The sentiment at the end of the meeting was that it might be very good so long as the President could personally have the first group in before the end of this year -- perhaps around Labor Day. - 2 - Special Scholarship Program -- Discussion continued on this idea without clear resolution. Sponsorship of Historical TV Series -- Another idea that came up was to provide the country with a permanent memorial to its history and to great Americans of the past through Federal sponsorship of a series of documentaries and semi historical accounts on film. They might be similar to the Forsyth Saga or the Aiistair Cooke materials. The films would be shown in coming years through the cooperation of the major networks as part of their public affairs pro gramming. Then the films would be donated to schools for educational purposes. Details would have to be carefully worked out, but a majority thought it worth pursuing (one notable exception, Jim Reichley, thought historical material had already been sufficiently done this year on TV). cc: Jim Cannon Paul O'Neill Jim Riechley ~ ;CY.J::"--- D~ ... THE WHITE HOUSE /~ WASHINGTON June 22, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: RUSS ROURKE~ FROM: MILT MITLER r Russ, reference Marquis Childs' column on the Centennial - ARBA is and has been documenting ""/ the Bicentennial and should have quite a thoroug9"'f history of this year and what preceded. Since// we do not have a Bicentennial Exposition, li~~ the one in Philadelphia, we won't have the/) innovations to display a hundred years fr~ now. But, hopefully, those permanent nature ~ems which have been developed for the Bicel'itennial will still be standing. ./ // i' l Attachment (Marquis Childs' article on The Centennial) ~~··-·· "'"'""" J '-''"' June 15, 1976 MEMORANDUM TO: TED MARRS / MILT MITLER ~ FROM: RUSS ROURKE"" Jack asked that I call the attached to your attention. The article, itself, indicates the importance of the historical research. • washh1gion l?os·t Tuesday, June 15, 1976 Marquis Childs , · \ . 'I;he Ce'ntennial: The fJasfas a Guide to the Future . Hallowed by the passage of 200 years, · . In 'ratrmont Park in Philadelphia, · years. But lt ~more than that as s. Dll~ that time in so many ways and the ta76 the figures of the men who brought far-reaching displays of America's · Ion Ripley, secretary of the Sm~thsonl- exhibition brings it home. t 8 0 ==ti~~~alb~~:li~v::: ~; :~~:~!se~b~ed~e w'i:"f !he ~e~~~~::~· -• ·~·.=:nt!f~::~: can ·we use this " .! , ·· ~--~~~:-~n~~~P:&~uresr:~·:~-'"-··-· schoolbook idealization. They are so re- ; pers of the time called ''palaces." For- '. gr~at bUDding than t9 _remind· our- m petrated a wide variety of frauds. 1 thing of such. perfection and engineer- . and WUliam Dean Howells. Twain , \ ing ~auty that it woUld see~ a dese- j wrote with pungent satire of the seamy At tbe same time the country was in cration to use it for anything as squalid · side of Washington. the grip of a dire depressiop. ~lack Fri· as putting out fires. The 42-foot model . U we can survtve and even flourish day on the stock excbanse occurred in · of the u.s.s. Antietam was completed through 100 years of war, depression, 1873, nine days after the opening of the · just In time for the Phlladephia exhtbi· recession, . the Smithsonian exhibit International Exhibition ID Vienna. The tlon and after years of service in An· · aeems to be saying, then we can believe. ··.:. financial crisis ~4 _ap~d~, quictq napolJs as a trainlni shlp in rtggtne in another hundred years and what acrou the Atlantic. .. . : . · . · , 1 '~ · 2076 wUl bring. This may be what the But a JI'OUP of. American ·buSme811- practice it is, refurbished and looking crowds thron&ing into the 1876 show men, scientists and eqineen, most of u new as paint a~ e~lblt In Ul~ are taldnl away. Despite the century • them self-made men, set out to create a present show. ~~,. '•:-' ·. :, .. -~/ that bas IDterve.n~ we are cloae .. tn proper tribute for· the centenniaL . 'In most tnstances,the :ortglrlals. --- · ·-·-·----- · ------Against great odds, with most of th~ '·been lost or destroyect. Th.l8 meant re. .. 1 . funds pri.vately rmsedand later suppl~.. p_rooroduetne the past with. fal"lf~ skUL: ;oil mented by Congress, ·the tdea of a WbDe thJ8 Is, to be sure. onl1 a small . Centennial Exbibit.on, Which had been fraction of . the massive PhUadelpbia ~:=~~ed at the ·_;s~~t~~~~ian~~~:k 1':.!:~.1~ ~::0:~: 1~ :~t;_ ',,,~, t;) 3 1'fll" '''J "0 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 23, 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR JACK MARSH FROM JIM REICHLEY SUBJECT BIG ENTENNIAL I would like strongly to second Dave Gergen's report on the feeling in support of Paul O'Neill's idea that the President launch a "Clean Up America" campaign as an official m-eans of commemorating the Bicentennial. The "Clean Up America" idea, as I see it, has several advantages: ( 1) It would give the nation a needed shot in the arm, encouraging us to take pride in ourselves, and bringing us together on a project for the common good. (2) It would be addressed in part to the problem of unemployed teen-agers, particularly in the cities. While the economy is recovering, this group is lagging behind, and it would show that the President is directing his concern to this problem. (3) It would be directed to the problems of both the environment and the cities -- two areas in which the President needs greater identification. (4) The cost, within the bottom limit set by Paul's estimated minimum of $1 billion, could be held to what we could safely afford. It would be a one-shot effort and need have no future budget impact. On the con side, it would no doubt be criticized as being both too much and too little. But its very nature as a commemorative expression would largely exempt it from such criticisms. From the political standpoint, it would give the President an opportunity' to act in an imaginative and unexpected way giving positive expression of boldness and leadership. cc: Dave Gergen, Paul O'Neill, Jim Cannon J~.' UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530 A.W... RepJ:y to t:U. JUN 28 1976 Divioion Indicated and Refer to lnitiala and Nwuber Honorable John o. Marsh n~ Counsellor to the President d The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 X Dear Mr. Marsh: '\/,' / f I . At tl;e Junek4 meeting of kthed Fthederahl A;!~l,lCY l B~centenn~a 1 Tas Force you as e at t e vvu~te 1 ~ House be advised of agency senior officials' plans / '· for participation in 4th of July celebrations. / \ ' f i At the same ittee.tipg, John Warner, Administrator t I of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administratio ,.} requested that senior officials make known their avai -; ability for taking part in various Bicentennial events. In response to these requests I am including the following information: Attorney General Edward H. Levi - Dedicating Texas Law Center at the University of Texas Law School, Austin, Texas. The event, sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Bar, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Clarence M. Kelley - Director, FBI - Attending Bicentennial Citizens' Assembly on Courts and Justice '76 sponsored by the American Judicature Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. - Conunissioner, u.s. Inunigration and Naturalization Service - Addressing the naturalization hearing at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. The following Department of Justice officials have indicated their availability for July 4th Bicentennial events: Harold R. Tyler - Deputy Attorney General Norman A. Carlson - Director, Bureau of Prisons William E. Hall - Director, United States Marshals Service Thank you very much. Glen E. Porn~~~~~--~ Assistant Attorney Gene for Administration