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The Committee L B Honor Bayard Rustin Chairmen Theodore M. Hesburgh George Meany A. Philip Randolph The Committee ^LWilkinV s ^•U lb Honor Richard Ravitch National Committee Bayard Rustin I.W.Abel Roger Baldwin Birch Bayh 260 Park Avenue South, New York, N. Y. 10010 / 212-533-8000 Joseph A. Beirne Eugene Carson Blake Peter Bommarito Peter J. Brennan Edward W. Brooke Ralph J, Bunche October 22, 1970 Clifford P. Case Cesar Chavez James E. Cheek Kenneth B. Clark Norman Cousins Joseph Curran David Dubinsky John T. Dunlop Maurice Eisendrath Ralph Ellison Mr. Irving Louis Horowitz, Chairman Charles Evers Abe Feinberg Dept. of Sociology, Rutgers University- Karl F. Feller Peter Fosco New Brunswick, W.J. 09903 John Hope Franklin John W, Gardner Robert W. Gilmore Thomas Gleason Dear Sponsor: Arthur J. Goldberg Seymour Graubard Jack Greenberg Max Greenberg It gives me great pleasure to invite you to attend a dinner in honor of John Griner A. F. Grospiron Bayard Rustin, one of the outstanding leaders of the civil rights movement. Matthew Guinan C. J. Haggerty Bayard recently celebrated his sixtieth birthday—a milestone in a career that Paul Hall John A. Hannah has been devoted to the struggle for social justice. The testimonial dinner Michael Harrington Fred R. Harris will be held on December lUth at the New York Hilton hotel. Philip A. Hart Brooks Hays Dorothy I. Height Andrew Heiskell Throughout his long career Bayard has combined the virtues of astute yan W. Henderson t E. Henry political analysis and vigorous social activism. He has been a forceful and i E. Hoffman Cert H. Humphrey uncompromising proponent of integration, non-violence and democratic social M. A. Hutcheson Henry M. Jackson change. His advocacy of coalition politics has influenced our leading organi­ Jacob K. Javits Paul Jennings zations and institutions. His words have not only guided the action of others, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Joseph D. Keenan they have been precepts which have shaped his own life as a long-time activist Edward M. Kennedy Leon H. Keyserling in the non-violent struggle for civil rights. He has been arrested on many Theodore W. Kheel Coretta Scott King occasions and in 19-+7 served for 3 months on a Worth Carolina chain gang for Lane Kirkland Arthur Lelyveld refusing to ride in the back of an interstate bus. John Lewis John V. Lindsay John L. Loeb John H. Lyons In 1963, he planned and directed the March on Washington which brought more Gale W. McGee George McGovern than a quarter of a million people to our nation's capital in a peaceful protest. Benjamin E. Mays Emil Mazey As a fighter for progressive social legislation, he plays a vital role in the Isaiah M. Minkoff Lee W. Minton Leadership Conference on Civil Rights which was instrumental in winning the 196-4 Clarence Mitchell Edmund S. Muskie and 1965 Civil Rights Act and which coordinated the fight against the appoint­ Reinhold Niebuhr Lawrence F. O'Brien ments of Judges Haynesworth and Carswell. Frederick O'Neal Claiborne Pell William Pollock Jacob S. Potofsky And as a man who is committed to international peace, he organized support Leontyne Price S. Frank Raftery in the black community for the beleaguered State of Israel. Nelson A. Rockefeller Peter T. Schoemann John H. Sengstacke Albert Shanker The proceeds of the dinner on the lUth will go to the A. Philip Randolph Floyd E. Smith Carl B. Stokes Institute—of which Bayard is Executive Director—so that he may continue his Louis Stulberg James A. Suffridge fine work. I hope you will subscribe to the maximum number of tickets and that David Sullivan Leon H. Sullivan you will join the many people honoring Bayard on the night of the lUth. Gardner Taylor Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. Richard F. Walsh Robert C. Weaver Josephine L. Weiner William A. Wexler er P, Wharton Dh C. Wilson ard Woodcock inn Woodward «Whitney M. Young, Jr. A. EJSfilip Rand< Charles S. Zimmerman Partial List Chairman Sponsors (Partial list) George E. Agree Wilbur Daniels James T. Harris, Jr. Joseph L. Mankiewicz Dore Schary Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. Earl W. Davis Thomas E. Harris Michael Mann William H. Scheide Raymond Pace Alexander Edward Davis Gordon K. Haskell Burke Marshall Faye L. Schenk Eugenie Anderson Georgia M. Davis Andrew T. Hatcher Ray Marshall James H. Scheuer Jervis Anderson Leon J. Davis Augustus F. Hawkins Louis Martin Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. T. W. Anderson Walter G. Davis Edler G. Hawkins Richard B. Martin William F. Schnitzler Paul Anthony James W. Debow August Heckscher Mike Masaoka Louis B. Schwartz Arnold Aronson Midge Decter Robert L. Heilbroner Saul H. Mendlovitz Anthony Scimeca Sigmund Arywitz Moshe Decter Ralph Helstein Luna I. Mishoe Anthony Scotto Max Ascoli C. L. Dellums Norman Hill Clarence Mitchell, III Thomas A. Scotland Harry Avrutin Max Delson Ponsie B. Hillman Parren J. Mitchell Ramon S. Scruggs, Sr. George Backer Leon M. Despres Richard G. Hirsch Frank C. Montero David Selden Eloise Banks Manuel Diaz, Jr. OvetaCulp Hobby Gregory L. Mooney Brendan Sexton Gregory J. Bardacke Charles C. Diggs, Jr. John L. S. Holloman, Jr. Ronnie Moore Max Shachtman Alexander E. Barkan Albert R. Dreisbach, Jr. M. Carl Holman John B. Morris Horace L. Sheffield Robert Battle, III James R. Dumpson Sidney Hook John A. Morsell George Shirley David T. Bazelon Leslie Dunbar Irving Louis Horowitz Robert Moses Arthur D. Shores Joseph A. Beavers Nelson Jack Edwards George M. Houser Emanuel Muravchik Leon Shull J. Bill Becker Lloyd C. Elam Irving Howe Josh Muravchik Henry Siegman Margaret L. Belcher John M. Elliott William R. Hudgins Thomas F. Murphy Leander G. Simms Emile Benoit Elmer Ellis Harold R. Isaacs Pauli Murray Louis Simon Adolf A. Berle Marshall England Louis Isaacson James M. Nabrit, III William H. Simons Andrew J. Biemiller Bernard J. Englander Morris lushewitz Robert R. Nathan Eric O. Simpson A. R. Blanchette Frank Evans Marcellius Ivory Fannie A. Neal J. David Singer Charles Bloomstein Richard A. Falk Hulan E. Jack Sarah H. Newman Sara Slack Irving Bluestone James T. Farrell Emory O. Jackson Robert N. C. Nix Donald S. Slaiman George Bocchieri Charles Feinstein F. C. James Richard H. Nolan John Slawson James E. Booker Myer Feldman George James Eleanor Holmes Norton Ashby G. Smith, Sr. William H. Bowe Paul Feldman Bert Jemmott John Oesterreicher Theodore C. Sorensen Troy Brailey Moses I. Feuerstein Gilbert Jewell James G. O'Hara Arthur B. Spingarn Mort Brandenburg Joseph H. Fichter Mordecai W. Johnson Timothy J. O'Sullivan William R. Steinberg Charles E. Bremer Francis S. Filbey James H. Jones Austin H. Ottley William Stern John D. Bright Ernest A. Finney, Jr. Barbara Jordan George A. Owens Jack Stieber Ben Brown Sam Fishman Clyde C. Jordan Charles A. Perlik, Jr. Louis Stokes Chester H. Brown H. William Fifelson Mark L. Kahn Rufus P. Perry Rembert Stokes Everett Brown Daniel L. Flaherty Tom Kahn Thomas J. Perry Joan Suall H. S. Hank Brown Edward H. Flannery Edgar F. Kaiser Esther Peterson Leon Sverdlove Herman Brown Harry Fleischman Kivie Kaplan Ernest M. Pharr Mitchell Sviridoff Leota P. Brown Harold C. Fleming Joseph Karasick Channing Emery Phillips Sterling Tucker Otis Brubaker Arthur S. Flemming Frank E. Karelsen Thomas Picou Gus Tyler Warren J. Bunn George B. Ford Jay Kaufman Flaxie M. Pinkett Mark Van Doren John T. Burnell L. H. Foster E. T. Kehrer Harold L. Pilgrim Anthony Vetrone James MacGregor Burns William E. Fredenberger Damon J. Keith Stanley Plastrik C. T. Vivian Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Samuel H. Friedman James Kemp Christopher Plunkett Harry H. Wachtel Ernest Calloway Alex Fuller Maida Springer Kemp Norman Podhoretz Jesse H. Walker Allan Campbell John Kenneth Galbraith Martin Kilson Shad Polier William 0. Walker Thomas C. Campbell Herbert J. Gans William L. Kircher William E. Pollard Michael Walzer Erwin D. Canham Charles J. Garrahan John Kirkpatrick C. B. Powell Leon H. Washington, Jr. Marvin Caplan William S. Gary Gilbert Klaperman Robert E. Powell Roosevelt Watts J. Edward Carothers Lloyd K. Garrison Israel Kugler Otto Preminger Rowland Watts Diahann Carroll Benjamin A. Gebiner Gerald A. Lamb Yvonne Price George L. P. Weaver Hodding Carter, III Emanuel Geltman Russell R. Lasley Joachim Prinz Robert Penn Warren Allan Knight Chalmers Sally Genn James M. Lawson, Jr. Lee Rainwater Nat Weinberg Harold E. Chandler Harry D. Gideonse Louis J. Lefkowitz Claude Ramsay Jacob J. Weinstein LeRoy Clark James G. Gildea Max Lerner Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Carter W. Wesley Ramsey Clark Woodrow Ginsburg S. Gershon Levi J. Saunders Redding Elizabeth Wickenden Samuel Clay Eli Ginzberg Arthur Levitt Garth C. Reeves Robert E. Will William L.Clay Roland B. Gittelsohn Alfred Baker Lewis Betty Granger Reid Joseph Willen Jacob Clayman Hugh M. Gloster Hylan Lewis Seymour Rexsite Franklin H. Williams Richard A. Cloward Simeon Golar Nat Lindenthal Hobson R. Reynolds Roger W. Wilkins Eli E. Cohen Harry Golden Arthur C. Logan Marvin Rich Robin M. Williams, Jr. William T. Coleman, Jr. Nat Goldfinger Marion Logan Howard R. Richardson Willard Wirtz John Conyers Aaron Goldman Herman H. Long Victor Riesel J. Albert Woll Daniel E. Conway Eric F. Goldman Norton E. Long Bernard Rifkin William Wolpert Jack T. Conway Curtis M. Graves A. William Loos Joseph B. Robison Howard B. Woods John C. Cort Dana McLean Greeley Charles Wesley Lowry J. J. Rodriguez Ralph W. Yarborough George S. Counts Ernest Green Samuel W. McAllister Alex Rose Coleman A. Young Monroe Cranston J. Lynwood Gresham Curtis F. McClane Jay Rubin Thomas G. Young John F. Cronin William Haber Earl H. McClenney Robert Ryan W. C. Young U. C. Crowder Doris Gibson Hardesty Robert M. McGlotten Frank Saffel Albert J. Zack A. R. Dailey Curtis W. Harris Lewis I. Maddocks Gwendolyn Y.
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