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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 31, 1974
A DMINIS T R.A TIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR: WILLIAM E. TIMMONS
.FROM: JERRY~ SUBJECT: Tabernacle Choir Records
Your memorandum to the President of October 14 on the above subject was staffed by this office to the Counsel's Office who forwarded the following comment:
-- The better course would be for the President to either decline, or to indicate what beneficiaries he prefers and ask that the gift be made directly by the t:hoir. This is better than haYing the President ·himself take title. The gtft presentation wouid indicate that it is being made in accordance with the President's wishes.
Your memorandum, along with the above, has been reviewed by the President and the following notation was made:
-- Can't we get a list of high school choirs around the country and send them or have it handled as suggested.
Would you please follow-up with the appropriate action.
Thank·you.
cc: Don Rumsfeld
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 25, 1974
MR. PRESIDENT:
This was staffed to the Counsel's office. " Dudley Chapman made the following comment:
-- The better course would be for the President either to decline, or to indicate what beneficiaries he prefers and ask that the gift be made directly by the choir. This is better than having the President himself take title. The gift pre sentation would indicate that it is being made in accordance with the President's wishes. . -.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 14, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH: WILLIAM E. TIMMONS fl(
FROM: TOM G. KOROLOGOS11c=:-
SUBJECT: Tabernacle Choir Records
My friend, Isaac M. Stewart, President of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir out in Salt Lake City, Utah, would like to present you and Mrs. Ford with about 100 or so albums of the Choir's new record "Handel- The Great 'Messiah' Chrouses" featuring the Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra so that you might use them as Christmas gifts.
There is absolutely no obligation, he doesn't want to do it personally or anything of the like -- he would just like to give you the records.
To that end, he sent me a couple of 11 samples 11 for you and if you are interested in them, I will be glad to contact him and he will ship us the albums.
Accept with thanks
Decline with thanks
See me
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The President's Message efore the H-Bomb, before the ... to the disciplined voices of the A Message atomic age, before World War farmers, grandmothers, businessmen, The Chord "P raise the Lord with singing, II, before 'the long Presidency,' be high school girls and other devoted with music," a prophet fore Hitler, before the Japanese seized Mormons who make its enormous froiTIthe said. Manchuria, before the Great Depres sound. of a Choir For well over a century the Salt sion and even before the Wall Street "Millions have heard them, and more President Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir crash, long, long ago on July 15, 1929, millions, we hope, will hear them in has been voicing its praise to the of The Church of Jesus Christ a great 375-voice choir began· broad the years to come. It is a national insti Lord through song. At the same of Latter-day Saints casting coast-to-coast from the Salt tution to be proud of, but what matters time, the choir's music has been Lake City Tabernacle. Every Sunday more is that Americans can be linked lifting the hearts of people around morning in the intervening years, win from ocean to ocean and year to year the world. ter and summer, war or peace, rain or by the same brief respite from the Through the facilities of tele shine, it has broadcast its half hour of world's week, and by the great chord vision, radio, motion pictures, hymns old and new, of Bach and Han of common thoughts on God and love and recordings, the choir is now del and of all sweet and stately and and the everlasting things." heard by millions each week. spine-tingling sounds from the whole How grateful we are for the skill, library of Christendom's sacred music. (From an editorial in Life magazine dedication, and unselfish service Behind the 375 voices swells an organ July 26, 1954, reprinted by permission of the choir members, perform of 10,000 pipes. of Time, Inc.) ing as one in building the king "Like the vast house of worship in President Spencer W. Kimball of The dom of God on earth. which they sing, the Tabernacle Choir Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day May our Heavenly Father's was founded over a century ago by Saints. choice blessings continue to be Brigham Young. On the national air, with these stalwart musicians, it is the oldest coast-to-coast sustain bringing increasing joy to them ing program in existence. Those who and their loved ones and to all know this program need no arguments who hear their beautiful music. for listening to it, or no introduction
The Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir in front of the pipes of the Tabernacle Organ. .. t is only natural that The Church a barren wasteland that could be made One of the World's Temple Square: emple Square, in the heart of Salt vision stations also carry the program I of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to "blossom as the rose" through the Great Musical Organizations: Home of the Choir at the T Lake City, Utah, is the birthplace weekly. should develop one of the world's pioneers' industriousness and through of the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle The choir has recorded many unfor finest choirs. Music and song have the Lord's blessing. Choir. Its particular home is the great gettable songs with some of the world's always been vital in the lives of these Such was the Salt Lake Valley when The Crossroads domed structure standing in the sha great orchestras. These are available people. they reached it in July 1847. At the dows of the majestic temple. on records and tapes throughout the The first Church members to trek from foot of the last rugged mountains, Salt Lake of the West Here the choir has sung the sacred free world. the East across the vast prairies to their where the canyon spreads out into the hymns of the Church and the great Salt Lake City, "at the crossroads of new pioneer homeland of the West wide valley of the Great Salt Lake, choral works of the masters for more the West," has many distinguishing sang hymns around their campfires Brigham Young looked long and ear Mormon than 125 years. Here millions of people features: broad, clean streets; beautiful at night. It helped to heal the hardships nestly and then declared, "It is enough. -travelers from every part of the earth homes; scenic grandeur of the lofty of the day and gave them spiritual This is the right place .." Tabernacle -visit the headquarters of The Church peaks of the Rocky Mountains on one strength for whatever the next day Within two weeks the pioneers had of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, side and the desert sands and deep might bring. built a shelter where Temple Square Choir tour ~empleSquare, hear the famed blue water of the Great Salt Lake and One of these hymns, written as wag is now located. This structure, the choir, enjoy one of the world's great the surrounding salt flats on the other ons rumbled, harnesses creaked, and Bowery, provided shade from the des organs, and listen to the "Music and side. The city's focal point is Temple prairie winds sighed, was "Come, ert sun. Here the Tabernacle Choir the Spoken Word" broadcast. Square, with its unique buildings, Come, Ye Saints." Its author: William had its beginnings in 1847. In 1849 the The great choir sings at semiannual spacious lawns, flowers, monuments, Clayton; the date: April 15, 1846. It choir got its first regular director, John general conferences and at special and historic displays. retains today an exalted place in the Parry, an Englishman who had moved gatherings of the Church, broadcast to This is the home of the Tabernacle repertoire of the Tabernacle Choir. to Utah. many countries by radio and tele Choir, the magnificent voice of a sing The choir was housed in an adobe vision. In addition, hundreds of sta ing people who believe that the Lord building by 1857. It was accompanied tions worldwide carry the Sunday spoke the following to them through And should we die before our jour by its first pipe organ, a small one morning choir broadcast. For more their prophet: ney's through, built in Australia by a convert to the than forty-five years, its music has For my soul delighteth in the song of Happy day! all is well! Church. The organ was shipped across been heard every Sunday in these the heart; yea, the song of the righ We then are free from toil and sor the Pacific in 1855, and carried by broadcasts. The armed forces net teous is a prayer unto me, and it shall row too; mule train from San Pedro, California, works as well as shortwave stations be answered with a blessing upon their With the just we shall dwell! to Salt Lake City. carry the program where standard heads. (Doctrine & Covenants 25:12.} broadcasts cannot reach. Many tele- The Salt Lake Tabernacle Sixteen years after the Mormons reached the Salt Lake Valley, the Church began construction on a new auditorium destined to become one of the world's finest. First used in 1867, this building is known today as the Salt Lake Tabernacle. The Tabernacle accommodates 6,500 people. It is 250 feet long, 150 feet wide, and 80 feet high. Its ceiling, a ten-foot-thick shell, is a latticework of heavy timbers joined by wooden dowels and rawhide thongs. Music and song played an The Tabernacle is so acoustically sen important role in cheering the sitive that if you stand at one end you Mormon pioneers during Top: The Salt Lake Mormon can hear a pin drop 250 feet away. their trek westward. Tabernacle Choir at This This unique auditorium was the first Is the Place Monument at the The Pioneers Reach the building to be designated a national mouth of Emigration Canyon Salt Lake Valley civil engineering landmark by the east of Salt Lake City, Utah. The Mormon pioneers were searching American Society of Civil Engineers. Bottom: Historic Salt Lake for a place where they could live peace Tabernacle on Temple Square fully beyond the reach of their per Early Choir Tours in Salt Lake City; aerial view secutors. Their leader, Brigham Young, News of the choir's excellence spread of Temple Square in down had seen in a vision their destination- rapidly, and the choir was soon being town Salt Lake City. . .
invited to sing in other western cities. gave fifty concerts on that tour, which The choir traveled first by horses and included a performance at the White wagons, and later by railroad. In 1893 House at the invitation of President the choir was invited to sing at the and Mrs. William Howard Taft. Columbian Exposition in Chicago. A The choir sang in 1934 at the Century California tour followed. In 1911 the of Progress Exposition in Chicago and American Land and Irrigation Exposi the following year at the California tion invited the choir to sing twice Pacific International Exposition in San daily for ten days at Madison Square Diego. Garden in New York City. The choir
Performance at the Columbian World's Fair in Chicago,
September 8, 1893, during the . . .. ; . . ~ . ...- ~ choir's first tour. ... -·'-~~ ---
Later Tours vada Centennial, Las Vegas, Nevada. The choir has performed often since 1964-lnauguration of President John its early tours. Its more recent activi son, Washington, D.C. ties have included the following per 1967-Expo '67 World's Fair at Mon formances and awards: treal, Canada; Omaha, Nebraska; 1955-European tour of Great Britain, Chautauqua and Saratoga Springs, Holland, Denmark, Germany, Switzer New York; Detroit, Michigan; Tulsa, land, and France. Oklahoma; Attelboro, Massachusetts. 1958-Wichita, with the Wichita Sym 1968-HemisFair '68 at San Antonio, phony; Detroit; Washington, D.C.; Texas; Dallas, Texas; Mexico City. Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Toronto; 1969-lnauguration of President Rich second concert at the White House ard M. Nixon at Washington, D.C.; at the invitation of President Dwight the Golden Spike Centennial Celebra D. Eisenhower; concerts with the Phil tion at Promontory, Utah; 200th anni adelphia Orchestra in Philadelphia versary of San Diego, California; and New York City. Canadian National Exhibition, Toron 1959-Winner of the Grammy award to, Canada. for the best choral recording of the 1970-South Carolina Tri-Centennial Choir performances (top to bottom): year, "Battle Hymn of the Republic;" celebration at Charlestown and Col Carnegie Hall, New York concerts and presentation of the award umbia; Pageant for Peace, Washing City, 1964; at Los Angeles. ton, D.C., at the request of President Hollywood Bowl, 1963; 1962-Century 21 Exposition at Seattle; Nixon. Academy of Music, Philadel the Vancouver Festival; and concerts 1971-Nashville, Tennessee; Louis phia, 1958; at Portland, Tacoma, and Spokane. ville, Kentucky. 1963 - Hollywood Bowl, San Fran 1972-Mexico City. Memorial Auditorium, cisco and Oakland, California. 1973-European tour: Munich and Dallas, Texas, 1968; 1964-New York World's Fair; the Oberammergau, Germany; Paris, Inauguration of President White House at the invitation of Presi France; London, England. Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965; New York World's Fair, 1964; dent Lyndon B. Johnson; Carnegie 1974-Expo '74 World's Fair at Spo inauguration of President Hall; Rochester, N.Y.; Cleveland, kane, Washington; Washington, D.C. Richard M. Nixon, 1969. Ohio, with the Cleveland Symphony Critical Acclaim Orchestra; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; The choir has received acclaim follow Expo '74 World's Fair, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the Ne- ing concert appearances across America. Spokane, Washington.
·. .· President Lyndon B·. Joh~sonthanked It also meant a great deal to me and e following is in the handbook poses of the Choir will be fulfilled." the choir for performing at his inaugu my family." for choir members: (Isaac M . Stewart, president of the The Choir ration at Washington, D.C., in 1965: Newspapers across the United States "The Lord has promised that 'All vic Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "There was more personal meaning commented favorably on the choir's tory and glory is brought to pass unto than I can fully express in having this performances: you through your diligence, faithful Today great Choir participate in the solemn "Choral Art of unparalleled beauty ness, and prayers of faith.' (Doctrine ceremonies here ." Officials, their and eloquence was brought to an en & Covenants 103:36.) guests, the press, and the public were thusiastic audience ... The audience "If we, as members of the Tabernacle enthusiastic in their approval of the marveled at the choir's sonority, purity Choir and its Staff, live these princi choir. of tone and flawless precision." (Kansas ples of righteousness, the divine pur- President Richard M. Nixon, thanking City Star.) the choir for performing at his inaugu "A powerful and a sensitive instru ration in 1969, wrote: "I want you to ment." (Boston Globe.) know how much I appreciated the par "A glory that has to be heard to be believed." (New York City Herald ticip~on of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in both the Inauguration cere Tribune.) monies at the Capitol and the Inaugu "An ensemble of rare sensitivity and ral Concert. The Choir's presence on power." (Philadelphia Inquirer.) both occasions, as well as its magnifi "Haunting, corn pelling interpretations cent performance, meant a great deal ... ethereal splendor ... exuberance of to the thousands of visitors who had spirit ... emotional grandeur." (Seattle come from all over the United States. Times.)
Choir leaders (top to bottom): Alexander Schreiner, chief Tabernacle organist; Jay E. Welch, choir director; Isaac M. Stewart, choir president; ]. Spencer Kinard, commentator; Stanford P. Darger, general secretary; Robert Bowden, associate director; Jerold D. Ottley, associate director. Robert Cundick and Roy M . Darley, organists; Choir performances (top to bottom): Choir Members Canadian National Members of the Tabernacle Choir are Exhibition, Toronto, 1969; selected for character and musical
Paris, 1955; Teotihuacan, I ~ ability. Some members commute hun Mexico, 1968; dreds of miles per week to attend Westminster Central Hall, rehearsals, recording sessions, broad London, 1973; casts, and concerts. Choir members Oberammergau, Germany, serve with no compensation other than 1973. the joy received in service. '. ' .·
Broadcasts work Christmas special broadcast The first regular network choir pro throughout Great Britain and the gram was broadcast from the Salt Lake United States; and the Lutz Wellnitz Tabernacle July 15, 1929, at 3 P.M. production "Choir of the World," A ladder was vital equipment for the seen throughout Europe and the United inaugural broadcast. The one avail States. able microphone had to be alternated between the announcer and the posi tion high overhead where it picked up the choir voices. The choir had experi 1. Fred E. Densley, wholesale mented with radio in 1927. Today the hay dealer, tenor; weekly Tabernacle broadcast is the 2. Lavar ]. Moffitt, oldest continuous radio program on pharmacist, bass, resides in national networks. Its two thousandth Sandy, Utah; broadcast was December 17, 1967. 3. Fifteen members of the The program is carried by some 68 choir work as secretaries; television and 355 radio stations in 4. Loren W. Ferre, Real the United States and Canada. The Estate Agent, choir member Armed Forces Radio Network broad over 30 years; casts it, and it is carried by shortwave 5. Paul Folger, paper restorer; to many parts of the world. Worldwide it is released by more than 800 radio 6. Claudio M. dos Santos, machine shop supervisor and Motion Pictures Based on an article in Look Magazine October he enters into a marriage covenant that lasts Motion picture audiences in many 5, 1954, condensed in Reader's Digest; figures not only until " death do us part" but continues have been updated. "for time and eternity." What Is a areas of the world have seen and heard Do Mormons believe in baptism? the choir, which has been featured in trictly speaking, there is no such thing Yes-by immersion, and by those having au as a Mormon, and there is no Mormon Mortnon? two Cinerama productions as well as S thority-according to the pattern set by the in several other major films. A feature Church. Mormon is merely a nickname for a Savior. The Latter-day Saint does not believe film, "Wit h Music Ring," and a series member of The Church of Jesus Christ of in baptizing infants, but only those who have Latter-day Saints. of short presentations were produced become accountable for their actions, at the Are Mormons Christians? age of eight years and older. by the choir for the U.S. Information Unequivocally yes-both as to the name of What are Mormon temples used for? the Church ·and in unqualified acceptance and Agency. All people are welcome to worship in Mormon worship of Jesus Christ. Recordings chapels and meeting places throughout the The choir's numerous recordings have When was the Church founded? world. But Mormon temples (of which there As a legal entity, the Restored Church was a permanent place in many record are sixteen in use) are not places of public organized at Fayette, Seneca County, New York, libraries and collections. The choir's worship. Temples are used for solemnizing April 6, 1830. The main body first moved to marriages, and for other sacred ordinances. rendition of "Battle Hymn of the Re Ohio, then to Missouri, then to Illinois. After public" became a best-selling hit and Joseph Smith was martyred by an armed mob What is the Book of Mormon? at Carthage, Illinois, in 1844, the Latter-day The Book of Mormon is part of a record, both won a Grammy Award. One of the sacred and secular, of the prophets and peoples choir's several recordings with the Saints moved westward under the leadership of the senior member of the Twelve Apostles, who (with some supplementary groups) were Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Brigham Young, into the valley of the Great ancestors of the American Indians. It covers Eugene Ormandy , Handel's Messiah, Salt Lake (1847). principally the peoples of the period from about 600 s.c. to 421 A.D. also won a gold record. It, along with How do the Mormons look upon Joseph Brahms' German Requiem, is outstand Smith? The book takes its title from a man named Mormon, who was one of the later prophets ing in the field of classical choral music. They look upon him as one who was commis Top: The choir perform sioned of God to effect a restoration of the of the thousand-year period, and witnesses that Choir albums and tapes, on the Col Jesus Christ visited the inhabitants of this ing in a film, "With Music gospel of Jesus Christ and to open a new gos umbia label, include the following: hemisphere after His ascension. Ring," which won awards at pel dispensation. How many Mormons are there? international film festivals. The Lord Is My Shepherd Do Mormons believe in the Holy Trinity? BelovedChoruses, vol. 1 Yes. The Latter-day Saint accepts the Godhead The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day in Edinburgh, Scotland, and The Lord's Prayer,vol. 1 as three literal, distinct personalities: God the Saints (with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Seville, Spain. Spirit of Christmas Father; His Son, Jesus the Christ (who is one Utah) numbers 3.3 million, with some 7,554 congregations throughout the world. Center: Gold records have A Mighty Fortress with the Father in purpose and in thought, but The Holly and the Ivy separate from Him in physical fact); and the Do the Mormons proselyte other people? been awarded to the Choir for I... -~ Songs of the North and South Holy Ghost, a personage of spirit (Acts 7:55). Yes. Missionaries have gone out since the its long-playing albums "The The Lord's Prayer,vol. 2 What do the Mormons believe about Jesus 1830s in an earnest endeavor to carry the mes Messiah" and "The This Is My Country Christ? sage of the restoration "to every nation, and Lord's Prayer." joy of Christmas They believe Him to be the Son of God, "the kindred, and tongue, and people." (Revela BelovedChoruses, vol. 2 only begotten of the Father" in the flesh. They tion 14:6.) Bottom: Some of the Choir's God BlessAmerica believe in His atoning sacrifice and literal This work is done principally by young men outstanding hits have been This Land Is Your Land resurrection. They accept Him as the Savior about twenty years of age (supplemented by recorded with great orches Christmas Carols and Redeemer of mankind , and pray to the young women and older people also), taken tras, the Philadephia Orches BlessThis House Father in His name. from all walks of life. During their missionary tra with Eugene Ormandy, Sing Unto God What do Mormons believe about the Bible? service, they are ordained ministers. They pay TabernacleChoir's GreatestHit s, vol. 1 their own expenses (assisted by families and and the New York Phil The Bible is basic to Mormon belief. The King Old BelovedSongs friends) and give about two years of their harmonic with Leonard James version is officially used and is believed Beethoven's 9th Symphony " to be the word of God as far as it is trans time. At present the Church has over 17,500 Bernstein. Eugene Ormandy Anvil Chorus lated correctly." (Eighth Article of Faith.) full-time missionaries. has called the Choir the TabernacleChoir 's Greatest Hits, vol. 2 Do Mormons practice polygamy? What is the Mormon attitude on liquor and world's greatest. Hallelujah Chorus No. For any Church member, the penalty for tobacco? TabernacleChoir's Greatest Hits, vol. 3 plural marriage today is excommunication. A code of health and conduct given in 1833 ]esu, Joy of Man's Desiring Polygamy or plural marriage was at one time and known as the Word of Wisdom disap God of Our Fathers practiced by a part of the Mormon people. proves the use of tobacco, alcoholic beverages, Joy to the World Federal laws prohibiting this practice were and "hot drinks" (specifically tea and coffee). Messiah passed, and in 1890, after the constitutionality What is the Mormon philosophy of freedom? Beautiful Dreamer of these laws had been reaffirmed by the Su The Mormon loves freedom as he loves life. German Requiem preme Court of the United States, the Church He believes that there is no principle more Onward, Christian Soldiers proscribed the further practice of polygamy. basic to the gospel of Jesus Christ than the Faithof Our Fathers What is the Mormon concept of marriage? God-given free agency of every man. He be Climb EveryMountain The Mormon believes that there can be no lieves that a war in heaven was fought for Tabernacle The Mormon Choir Album heaven for him without his family, and if he freedom , and that the right of choice is essen Cielito Lindo fully conforms to the teachings of the Church, tial to the soul 's salvation. The Stars and Stripes Forever THE WHITE Hb:usE ACTION MEMORANDUM WASHINGTON LOG NO.: Date: October 17, 1974 Time: FOR ACTION: Phil Buchen g,-- cc (for information) : FROM THE STAFF SECRETARY DUE: Date: Time: Saturday, October 19, 1974 noon SUBJECT: Korologos/Timmons memo (10/14/74) re: Tabernacle Choir Records ACTION REQUESTED: X __ For Necessary Action ___ For Your Recommendations --Prepare Agenda. and Brief __ Draft Reply X --For Your Comments _ .. _ Draft Remarks REMARKS: PLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED. I£ you have any questions Gr if you anticipate a. delay in submitting the required material, please Jer:j Joaes telephone the Staff Secretary immediately. Staff Secretary • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 23, 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR: JERRY JONES FROM: DUD LEY CHAPMAN t)>t-.- SUBJECT: Tabernacle Choir Records The better course would be for the President either to decline, or to indicate what beneficiaries he prefers and ask that the gift be made directly by the choir. This is better than having the President himself take title. The gift presentation would indicate that it is being made in accordance with the President's wishes . • - THE WHITE' HO\JSE ACTION MEMORANDUM WASHINGTON. LOG NO.: Date: October 17, 1974 Time: FOR ACTION: Phil Buchen cc (for information): FROM THE STAFF SECRETARY DUE: Date: Time: Saturday, October 19, 1974 noon SUBJECT: Koro1ogos/Timmons memo (10/14/74) re: Tabernacle Choir Records ACTION REQUESTED: X --For Necessary Action __ For Your Recommendations -- Prepare Agenda and Brief --Draft Reply ___X For Your Comments ___ _ Draft Remarks REMARKS: PLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED. If you have any questions or if you anticipate a delay in submitting the required material, please J'erry H. Jo::1es telephone the Staff Secretary immediately. Staff Secretary • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 14, 1974 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT THROUGH: WILLIAM E. TIMlviONS f:r( FROM: TOM C. KOROLOGOS~ SUBJECT: Tabernacle Choir Records My friend, Isaac M. Stewart, President of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir out in Salt Lake City, Utah, would like to present you and Mrs. Ford with about 100 or so albums of the Choir's new record 1'Handel - The Great 'Messiah' Chrouses 11 featuring the Choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra so that you might use them as Christmas gifts. There is absolutely no obligation, he doesn't want to do it personally or anything of the like -- he would just like to give you the records. To that end, he sent me a couple of 11 samples 11 for you and if you are interested in them, I will be glad to contact him and he will ship us the albums. Accept with thanks Decline with thanks See me Attaclunents •