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Personal Correspondence: Incoming, August 1945-January 1946, Part 3 CALVIN BULLOCK FORUM ONE WALL STREET Printed in U.S.A. Lecturers HONOURABLE HAROLD B. BUTLER, C.B. His Britannic Majesty's Minister in Season 1944.1945 Washington - "Britain's Foreign Policy" BRIGADIER LORD LOVAT, D.S.O. (In reverse order) Famous Commando Leader - "Jerry Got Hell" MAJOR GENERAL E. R. QUESADA HIS EXCELLENCY HENRI BONNET U.S. Army - "Part of Air Power in Winning Ambassador of France - "France's Present Policy" German War" BRIGADIER FENIMORE IRWIN, C.B.E. HONOURABLE JOHN BALFOUR, C.M.G., Chief Staff Officer, British 14th Army - "The Burma Campaign" British Minister in Washington (British Minister in Moscow, 194345) - "What About Russia?" BRIGADIER GENERAL CARLOS P. ROMULO, U.S. Army HONORABLE J. A. KRUG Resident Commissioner of the Chairman, War Production Board - "Industry's Part in Reconversion" Philippines to the United States - "The Philippine Campaign" FIELD MARSHAL SIR HENRY MAITLAND WILSON, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. HIS EXCELLENCY CIMON DIAMANTOPOULOS Head of British Joint Staff Mission Ambassador of Greece - "Current Situation in Greect (Formerly Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean Theatre) - "The Internal Security of OFFICIAL PICTURES OF BRITAIN'S GRIM Europe After Victory" BATTLE AGAINST GERMANY'S VENGl!:ANCE WEAPON: - "The Robot Bomb" HONOURABLE SIR GIJlJA BAJPAI, K.B.E., C.I.E. HIS EXCELLENCY ALEXANDER LOUDON Agent General for India - "The Future of India" Ambassador of the Netherlands - "Holland's Extremity" MAJOR C. B. ORMEROD HONORABLE BASIL O'CONNOR Special Relations Officer and Chairman Assistant to the Controller of the American National Red Cross - "The Red Cross in Action British Information Services - "An Inside Account of the in Europe" San Francisco Conference" HIS EXCELLENCY JAN CIECHANOWSKI DR. EDWIN W. KEMMERER Ambassador of Poland - "Poland's Part in the War Professor Emeritus of International and in the Peace" Finance, Princeton University - "Stabilization Under the Bretton Woods Plan" MAJOR GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT - "Fruits of Victory" HIS EXCELLENCY THE NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR CALVIN BULLOCK FORUM HONORABLE BASIL O'CONNOR ONB WALL STRBBT HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CROWN PRINCE OLAV OF NORWAY HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE ARCHDUKE OTTO OF AUSTRIA HIS EXCELLENCY THE POUSH AMBASSADOR This unique Wall Street institution was founded by Mr. Calvin Bullock in 1937. The eminence of its speakers and HIS EXCELLENCY THE PORTUGESE AMBASSADOR audiences has given it an international reputation. BRIGADIER GENERAL CARLOS P. ROMULO, U. S. Army A partial list of speakers appears within. Audiences have substantially exceeded 10,000. BRIGADIER GENERAL THEODORE ROOSEVELT Lectures are usually held in mid-week at four o'clock sharp, HIS EXCELLENCY THE AMBASSADOR OF THE UNION OF last thirty minutes, and are followed by a fifteen-minute ques­ SOVIET SOCIAUST REPUBUCS tion period. HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL Everything said is off the record. This permits unusually intimate addresses and discussions. HIS EXCELLENCY THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR Subjects are confined to military or political or economic ADMIRAL W. H. STANDLEY questions, in short those matters that would profoundly affect the business world. GENERAL C. P. SUMMERALL Attendance is by invitation and by ticket only. MAJOR GENERAL T. A. TERRY, U. S. Army The sad death on June 21, 1944 of the Forum's beloved HONORABLE WENDELL L. WILLKIE founder determined its continuance by his associates as a Memorial to him. But his perfect counsel as to choice of FIELD MARSHAL SIR HENRY MAITLAND WILSON, speaker, subject, and audience can never be replaced. G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. REAR ADMIRAL HARRY E. YARNELL Sept. 1, 1945. HIS EXCELLENCY THE YUGOSLAV AMBASSADOR Printed in U.S.A. Some Lecturers Since 1937 HONORABLE HUGH GIBSON HIS EXCELLENCY THE GREEK AMBASSADOR HONORABLE JOSEPH C. GREW WINTHROP W. ALDRICH, ESQ. LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE GRUNERT, U. S. Army VICE ADMIRAL ADOLPHUS ANDREWS, U. S. Navy SIR GODFREY HAGGARD, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., O.B.E. SIR GIRJA BAJPAI, K.B.E., C.I.E. HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF lIAuF.u, HONOURABLE JOHN BALFOUR, C.M.G. P.C., K.G., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. THE BISHOP OF WASHINGTON, D. C. HONORABLE LEON HENDERSON AIR VICE MARSHAL Sm HARRY BROADHURST, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C. MAJOR GENERAL LEWIS B. HERSHEY, U. S. Army HONOURABLE HAROLD B. BUTLER, C.B. DR. EDWIN W. KEMMERER SIR RONALD CAMPBELL, K.C.M.G., C.B. CAPTAIN ANTHONY KIMMINS, Royal Navy THE RIGHT HONOURABLE RICHARD GARDINER CASEY, P.C., C.H., HONORABLE J. A. KRUG D.S.O., M.C. VICE ADMIRAL HERBERT FAIRFAX LEARY, U. S. Navy HIS EXCELLENCY THE CHILEAN AMBASSADOR BRIGADIER LORD LOVAT, D.S.O., M.C. HIS EXCEllENCY THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR ANNE O'HARE MCCORMICK HIS EXCELLENCY THE CZECHO·SLOVAK AMBASSADOR HONORABLE JOSEPH W. MARTIN, JR. HIS EXCELLENCY THE ROYAL DANISH MINISTER LIEUTENANT GENERAL HUGH A. DRUM, U. S. Army LADY LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, C.B.E. MAJOR GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT HIS EXCELLENCY THE NETHERLANDS AMBASSADOR HIS EXCELLENCY THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR HIS EXCELLENCY THE NEW ZEALAND MINISTER DR. GEORGE GALLUP ADMIRAL Sm PERCY NOBLE, R.N., G.B.E., K.C.B., C.V.O. AMERICAN COUNCIL ON PUBLIC RELATIONS 369 PINE STREET SAN FRANCISCO 4, CAUFORNIA September 5, 1 945 Commander Harold Stassen, U. S. N. State Capitol St. Faul, Minnesota Dear Commander Stassen: Our Council has conducted a poll among our members to determine the individual in America who, they think, has contributed most educationally and scientifically to public relations during the past year. The results of this national poll, which has recently closed, are as follows: Dr. Raymond if. Miller, l.Jashington, D.C., was first; Eric Johnston of the United States Chamber of Commerce was second; E~lard Stettinius, United lations representative, was third; you were fourth; and Paul Garrett of General Motors Corporation was fifth. e are pleased to pass this information on to you, as we consider it a splendid tribute to the work you have done at the United Nations Conference. Enclosed is an invitation to be present at the dinner here where Dr. Miller will receive the award from our Council. All of us officially connected with the Council would feel very pleased and proud if you could attend. President Rex F. Harlow/dam Enc. The Officers and Trustees of the American Council on Public Relations cordially invite you to attend a banquet in the Italian Room of Hotel st. Francis, San Francisco, Thursday evening, September 20th, at 6:30 P.M., at which Dr. Raymond W. Miller of Washington, D. c., selected by a national ballot of Council members, will receive the Council's 1945 Award for the person in America who has contributed the most educationally and scientifically to public relations during the past year. R.S.V.P. OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES THOMAS D. GRIFFIN, Exec. Vice President HENRY NORTH, Vice President Local Loan Company Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. Chicago, Illinois San Francisco, California REX F. HARLOW STUART O 'MELVENY, President Public Relations Consultant Title Insurance and Trust Co. San Francisco, California Los Angeles, California GEORGE W . KLEISER, President JOHN E. PICKETT, Editor Foster and Kleiser Company Pacific Rural PreJS San Francisco, California San Francisco, California S. B. MOSHER, President DONALD R. RICH BERG, Attorney Signal Oil Company Davies, Richberg, Beebe, Busick Los Angeles, California and Richardson Washington, D. C. RAY B. WISER, President California Farm Bureau Federation Berkeley, California SPONSORING COMMITTEE GEORGE T. CAMERON, Publisher ADRIEN J . FALK, Vice President, Gen. Mgr. San Francisco Chronicle S & W Fine Foods, Inc. HENRY F. GRADY, President JOSEPH 1. CAUTHORN, President American President Lines, and San Francisco News President, S. F. Chamber of Commerce EDMUND D. COBLENTZ, Publisher CLARENCE R. LINDNER, Publisher San Francisco Call-Bulletin San Francisco Examiner ALFRED W . EAMES, President JAMES K. LOCHEAD, President California Packing Corporation American Trust Company CHARLES E. MOORE, President WILLARD D. ELLIS, President Joshua Hendy Iron Works Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Berkeley, and General Agent N. R. POWLEY, President Farm Credit Administration The Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. J. D . ZELLERBACH, President Crown Zellerbach Corp. Stoughton Vocational School s BOARD OF V OCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION J. E. Duer, President Norman A. Dahl G. W. Schefelker, !J)ilft/M v Phones 570-887 Henry A. Olson, Supt. of Schools, Secretary Stoughton ' Wisconsin s Elmer Gullickoon Palmer C. Hanson September 12, 1945 The Honorable H. E. Stassen State Capitol Building Minneapolis, Minnesota Dear Sir: During the past several years the public forum, which has been sponsored and developed in the city of Stoughton, has come to be regarded as one of the outstanding events of the year by the general public . of our community. This year we are again making an effort to present to our community the best program that can be provided. Our local forum committee, which is now endeavoring to complete arrangements for a series of programs, desires very much to in­ clude you in its list of guest speakers. Because of your recent travels abroad in countries in which the people of our community are especially interested, we can think of no other speaker in whom they would have a greater interest or a desire to hear. The speakers that have been selected for this year's forum thus far are: Hulda Frisk Gran January 20 Robert Kazmayer January 27 Henry M. Hodges February 3 Dr. Robert Hartman February 10 Dr. Diosdado M. Yap February 24 Is it possible for you to accept our invitation to appear as guest speaker on our program on Sunday afternoon, March 3? If so, kindly advise us as to the subject upon which you would like to speak, and also the fee that would be .expected.
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