Nation A! Roufi Ion on the Arts Am! the Humanities MINUTES of the SIXTEENTH MEETING of the NATIONAL COUNCIL on the HUMANITIES
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Office of the General Counsel Nation a! roufi ion on the Arts am! the Humanities MINUTES OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITIES Held Thursday and Friday, August 13-14, 1970 1800 F Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Members present: Wallace B. Edgerton, Acting Chairman Herman H. Long Jacob Avshalomov James Wm. Morgan Edmund F. Ball Louis W. Norris Lewis White Beck Charles E. Odegaard Robert T. Bower Walter J„ Ong Gerald F„ Else Rosemary Park Leslie Fishel, Jr. Arthur L. Peterson Henry Haskell Eugene B. Power Leslie Koltai Robert Ward Mathilde Krim * Stephen J. Wright Sherman E. Lee Members absent: Robert 0. Anderson Paul G. Horgan Kenneth B. Clark Albert W. Levi Allan A. Glatthorn Soia Mentschikoff * Present Thursday only 16:2 Guest -present: John Dixon, representing John Brademas, Member of Congress Staff members present: APaul P. Berman Director of Administration, NFAH James H. Blessing Director, Division of Fellowships and Stipends, NEH Kathleen Brady Grants Officer, NEH, NFAH KPhyllis Corbitt Office of the Chairman, NEH *Signa Dodge Grants Information Specialist, Office of Planning and Analysis, NEH William R. Emerson Director, Division of Research and Publication, NEH *Joyce Freeland Financial Manager, NFAH Gerald George Special Assistant to the Chairman, NEH Guinevere Griest Program Officer, Division of Fellowships and Stipends, NEH Elizabeth Hame Office of General Counsel, NFAH Richard Hedrich Director, Public Programs, NEH AEllen Hennessy Office of Planning and Analysis, NEH Deanne Howard Program Assistant, Division of Public Programs, NEH *David Johnstone Personnel Officer, NFAH *Etta Jones Division of Fellowships & Stipends, NEH *Daniel Koffsky Office of the Chairman, NEH Herbert McArthur Director, Education Programs, NEH ^Henrietta Moody Office of the Chairman, NEH ^Lawrence L. Reger Associate General Counsel, NFAH Evelyn Richmond Program Assistant, Division of Research and Publication, NEH Joseph R. Schurman Associate General Counsel, NFAH, and Secretary to the Council, NEH Mary I. Stephens Program Officer, Division of Education, NEH Armen Tashdinian Acting Director, Office of Planning and Analysis, NEH Sara Toney Research Assistant, Office of Planning and Analysis, NEH *Susan Wagner Office of Planning and Analysis, NEH Jean Wesley Grants Specialist, Office of Grants, NEH, NFAH Barbara Williams Office of Grants, NEH, NFAH * Present for part of meeting only. 16: 3 CONTENTS Agenda Item Page I. Remarks by the Acting Chairman and preliminary matters II. Minutes of previous meeting III. Acting Chairman's Report A. Authority of Acting Chairman B. Legislation enacted 6 C. Chairman's grants since previous meeting 8 D. Report on completion of fiscal year 1970 8 E. Request to Council Members to list their organizational affiliations 8 F. Budget Planning for FY 72 13 G. State Humanities Programs 13 H. Reading Lists on Humanistic Subjects I. Council Committee Assignments 9 IV. Report on Testimonial Dinner for Mr. Keeney 10 V. Matters for Discussion A. Refusal by the Endowment to accept gifts from grantees 10 B. Student Unrest 11 C. Continuation of expired offers to match gifts H VI. Committee meetings 11 VII. Planning and Development A. Report on 'committee discussion 13 B. Action on applications 12 C. Proposed National Endowment for the Humanities Professorships 14 VIII. Research and Publication A. Report on committee discussion 14 B. Modem Language Association Center for Editions of American Authors . 15 IX. Education Program A. Report on committee discussion 15 C. Professor Roy Niblett and the Future of the Humanities in Higher Education 18 D. Council on Library Resources 18 16:4 Contents - Continued Agenda Item Page. X. Public Programs B. Action on applications 18 XI. Fellowships and Stipends Report on committee discussion 20 XII. Other business 20 — Support of Predominantly BlankColleges and other Smaller Institutions 9 — White House National Goals Research Staff Report 12 Appendix A: Memorandum on NFAH Act Amendments of 1970 21 Appendix B: Status of Report on CEAA (MLA) Editions of American Authors 24 Appendix C: Education Program - Applications Recommended for Disapproval 26 Appendix D; Public Programs - Applications Recommended for Disapproval 29 15: 5 Thursday, August 13 Morning Session The meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m., with Mr. Edgerton, Acting Chairman, presiding. REMARKS BY THE ACTING CHAIRMAN AND _______ PRELIMINARY MATTERS________ (Agenda Item I) The Chairman called the roll and a quorum was present. One guest attended the meeting, Mr. John Dixon, who represented the Honorable John Brademas, Member of Congress from the Third District of Indiana, and the Chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on Education. Mr. Louis Norris will resign as a member of the Council and join the staff of the Endowment to head the Institutional Grant Program in the Division of Education. Two new employees were introduced: Signa Dodge, Grants Information Specialist in the Office of Planning and Analysis, and Deanne Howard, Program Assistant in the Division of Public Programs. The Chairman further announced that Louis Hausman had resigned June 30, 1970 as Director, Office of Planning and Analysis, and that Armen Tashdinian was serving as Acting Director of that office. The Endowment has authority to add ten more staff members which would bring the Humanities Staff to a total of 40- MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING (Agenda Item II) Dr. Park pointed out that pages 15-14 and 15-15 of the Minutes of the previous meeting were incorrect because she took no part in the discussion of or the vote on application H 4167 of Columbia University, but did participate in the discussion and the voting on H 4205 by Alice Lloyd College and Lees Junior College. The Council accepted the correction proposed by Dr. Park and approved as corrected the minutes of its 15th meeting held on May 21-22, 1970. ACTING CHAIRMAN'S REPORT (Agenda Item III) A. Authority of Acting Chairman Mr. Edgerton reported that he had been appointed Acting Chairman of the Endowment by an Executive Order of President Nixon, effective 16:.6 July 4, 1970. The Associate General Counsel had advised him that as Acting Chairman he had the same general authority that a permanent Chairman would have, and Leonard Garment, Special Consultant to the President, had advised him on July 6th that it was the wish of the White House that he be an active head for the Endowment and continue the Endowment's programs with drive and momentum. The recruitment of additional staff, the allocation of funds for Fiscal Year 1971 and the preparation of a budget for Fiscal Year 1972 are problems which particularly occupy his attention at the present time. Mr. Else stated that the question had been raised in June as to whether he should preside at this meeting of the Council, but he preferred not to do so. He felt that there was no need to mark time, to be hesitant, and that it was proper for the Acting Chairman, rather than the Vice Chairman of the Council, to chair the meeting. The Acting Chairman reported that the White House was assiduously seek ing a nominee for permanent Chairman of the Endowment and it is felt they will make a first-class selection. The following Resolution was moved by Father Ong, seconded by Mr. Ball, and unanimously adopted by the Council: "Resolved that the Council endorses the statement of Acting Chairman concerning his intention to be an active head of the Endowment and to continue its programs with drive and momentum." B . Legislation enacted. The Acting Chairman presented to the Council a memorandum on the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act amendments of 1970, a copy of which is attached to these Minutes and marked Appendix A. There was a brief discussion of this memorandum and of the Con gressional action on these amendments since the May meeting of the Council. They were signed by the President on July 20, 1970, and became Public Law 91-346. The Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1971 (Public Law 91-361) was also discussed. This Act was approved by the President July 31, 1970. The results, compared to the Adminis tration request for the Foundation, were as follows: 16:7 Administration request January 1970 P.L. 91-361 (in thousands) (in thousands) Humanities, definite program funds $13,800 $11,060 Arts, definite program funds — general programs 9,675 8,465 — state programs 4,125 4,125 Matching funds — Humanities 2,500 2,500 — Arts 2,500 2,500 Administration 2.400 2.660 Total $35,000 $31,310 Decreases in the Administration request were explained as follows, insofar as the National Endowment for the Humanities is concerned: a. The Senate cut $650,000 from the Humanities ($100,000 for Bicentennial projects under Public Program, $300,000 for large grants in support of research, and $250,000 for small grants in support of research). There was also a $40,000 reduction in the administrative expenses, cutting one position from the Arts Endowment and a Congressional liaison officer from the National Endowment for the Humanities. b. At the request of the Foundation, $300,000 was deducted from the President’s request for program development and evaluation and added to administrative funds ($90,000 for the Humanities to fund one-half the cost of the expected move of Foundation headquarters, $90,000 for the Arts Endowment for the move, and $120,000 for the Arts Endowment for the expense of additional employees and equipment). c. In the conference between House and Senate representatives, in considering the final form of the * appropriation bill, $2 million was cut from the program funds for the Humanities Endowment without formal explanation, informally, however, the Endowment was in formed that this cut would not have been made if the Humanities had a state program similar to the state program for the Arts Endowment.