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Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit Address "by U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at a dinner marking the 80th anniversary of the "birthday of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Monday, 12 October
We are gathered here today to honour the memory of a great lady, a lady who for over twelve years was the First Lady of the United States of America, "but who subsequently came to "be universally recognized as the First Lady of the World. Her mixture of practical wisdom and idealism was unique. Her energy, her generosity, and her devotion to all good causes were legendary. She travelled widely and looked on all humanity with compassion. She gave of herself not only to her country, "but to- the world at large. While she served as the representative of her country on various organs of the United Nations, we remember her "best for her dedicated and patient work in giving shape and substance to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly almost sixteen years ago, on 10 December 19^8. We all know with what intense dedication and determination Mrs. Roosevelt pursued one of the primary purposes of the United Nations set out in the Charter: "to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion". As we look back now, we realize that perhaps this dedication and devotion were motivated in no small part by a sense of urgency to reach the goal set by her husband, the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who in 19^1 had - 2 - enunciated the four freedoms - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear, "everywhere in the world". We recall with what energy and zeal Mrs. Roosevelt, as Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights and its Drafting Committee during the long and trying days when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was taking shape, inspired and rallied the hopes of all who had been seeking a path to justice and to liberty in the post-war era. The work began on l6 February 19^6, when the Economic and Social Council in implementa- tion of Article 68 of the Charter set up the Commission and decided that its first task should be to prepare a>draft international bill of rights. Mrs. Roosevelt was one of the nine initial members and the Chairman of the original so-called nuclear Commission which met at Hunter College, in this City, from 29 April to 20 May 1946. She was again elected Chairman of the Commission, at its first regular session, in February She also presided — with great patience, tact and understanding -- over the first session of the Commission's Drafting Committee and the second session of the Commission later in the same year, and the second session of the draft committee in 19^8. During this time • the international bill of rights, in three parts -- a declaration, a convention or conventions, and measures of implementation — began to take form. She was also Chairman of the third session of the Commission on Human Rights in 19^8, which was devoted to a careful word-by-word examination of each individual article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the preparation of a draft of that Declaration for consideration by the General Assembly. Later in the same year she participated, as representative of the United States of America, in the work of the Third Committee which devoted 85 meetings to the final drafting of the Declaration. In announcing in plenary session of the General Assembly the support of her Government for the Declaration, Mrs. Roosevelt prophesied that it would become the Magna Carta of all mankind. She felt that the proclamation of the Declaration by the General Assembly was comparable in importance to the proclamation in 1?89 of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Declaration of Independence of her own country, and similar historic declarations made in other countries. History has already shown how right she was in her evaluation of the impact of this instrument. There is indeed a very close and special link between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which she was one of the principal architects and our memories of Mrs. Roosevelt which, in the United Nations will remain ever fresh. She was one of the really great people of her time, a great American but also a great citizen of the world. On this eightieth birthday of the First Lady of the World, let us dedicate ourselves anew to the high ideals she had set — ideals which should serve as a beacon light for all generations to come. It is already nearly one year since Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt died, but she remains, and -will always remain, a very vivid memory in the minds of those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and to work with her; and even, I believe, of those who only knew of her. Mrs. Roosevelt required no special effort or treatment to make a strong impact during her lifetime or to be long remembered after her death - her personality, her ideals and her work were one combined force, and it is an unforgettable one. The Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation will be a most appropriate monument to her if it can carry on even a part of the great humanitarian work to which Mrs. Roosevelt devoted her life and her phenomenal energy. Mrs. Roosevelt was a dominant figure in the early years of the United nations, for she came nearer than anyone else ever has to being an actual embodiment of the commonly held ideals and aims of the peoples of the world. In the United Nations she was the centre of activities devoted to the fundamental decencies, and in her work in this area she rose above the typical day-to-day petty rivalries and political squabbles. Her personality, courage, generosity and dedication placed her in a class by herself and gave her a unique position of universal confidence and respect. She was thus able to pursue highly idealistic aims with the greatest energy without fear either of being misunderstood or of being -2- thought unrealistic or starry-eyed. She was in fact, in her own inimitable way, a very practical and down-to-earth person. She was also, as I said at the time of her death, truly the first lady of the world. It is, perhaps, misleading to try to single out her specific work in the United Nations from the main stream of her amazing range of activity, for the whole of it was based on a broad and affectionate humanitarianism. But this humanitarianism and her deep concern for the underprivileged found an historic focus in the United Nations - especially in the work of the Human Eights Commission, and in the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She could not only communicate with the oppressed and the exploited the world over, she could identify with them. When she spoke of rights and liberties, she evoked no mere theory but a practice and a way of life. Mrs. Roosevelt*s patient and untiring work as Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights and its Drafting Committee was a major factor in giving shape and substance to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was she who, as one of the nine members of the original commission, proposed, as Chairman of its first session at Hunter College in the Bronx in April 19^6, that the bill of rights should be drafted in the form of a declaration or manifesto to be followed by conventions that would be legally binding on -3- states. This has been the "basis ever since of the United Nations approach to Human Rights. It was her persistence and tact which guided the immensely complicated work of drafting the Declaration in 19^7 and 19U8, and her energy and enthusiasm which sustained others in this great labour. As delegate of the United States on the Third Committee of the General Assembly, she was the guiding spirit of the 85 meetings which led finally to the text which was unanimously accepted by the Assembly in 19WJ. Though the impact of this historic document may well take generations to achieve its full force, its importance in the development of human institutions and in the place of the individual in history is already great and is increasing. Mrs. Roosevelt's signal contribution to this achievement was the formal counterpart of her tireless practical activity for the defenceless, the underprivileged or the unfortunate throughout the world as well as in her own country, and gives an historic frame to that activity. She was one of those rare individuals whose courage, vision and good-will - and indeed outright goodness - can light up a whole period of history and give comfort and hope to humanity even in times of the greatest anxiety and despair. She was a living, active symbol of generosity, selflessness and of a profound -it-
in mankind's essential goodness and promise. May the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation continue in the great •work to which she dedicated all her strength. If it carries on in the spirit of Eleanor Roosevelt, it will, I am sure, flourish. In a -world in which human rights are still delayed and denied, it is well for us to recall that Eleanor Roosevelt nourished the dream and the hope that the Declaration of Human Rights might one day "become the Magna Carta of all mankind. cJnte'inationai ~l.iibu.te to Lsieanoi ~R,oosevelt LINCOLN CENTER PHILHARMONIC HALL MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1963 Program promptly at nine o'clock
FROM SEVEN O'CLOCK:
"uleanoi ^Roosevelt On <3i&. Own" An Exhibition of Photographs, Personal Papers and Objects of Mrs. Roosevelt in the Concourse Lobby Gallery ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK 1, N. Y. • PHONE: 212 • LW 4-0440
Oct. 10, 1963
Mr. Lucien Lemieux "Board of trustees Secretary to the Adlai E. Stevenson Secretary General U Thant CHAIRMAN Room 3800 Philip M. Klutznick United Nations, N.Y. NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN
Robert S. Benjamin Dear Mr. Lemieux: EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN Marian Anderson ¥e are enclosing the introduction to Ralph J. Bunche Mr. U Thant's talk which he graciously consented George Meany to deliver at the tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt at Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Lincoln Center, the evening of October 21st. His Walter P." Reuther Thomas J. Watson, Jr. introduction will be given by Fredric March. VICE-CHAIRMEN
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman The length of the Secretary General's talk SECRETARY can, of course, be flexible, but preferably should Jesse W. Tapp be between five and eight minutes. As you may know, TREASURER Mr. U Thant is one of only three individuals who will Bernard M. Baruch be making these brief statements. The others are William Benton Mme. Pandit and Adlai E. Stevenson. Chester Bowles Henry Crown Naturally, the subject matter is completely Richardson Dilworth David Dubinsky up to the Secretary General. We would very much Myer Feldman appreciate it, however, if he could make some refer- Mrs. Marshall Field ence to Mrs. Roosevelt's contributions to the United Arnold M. Grant Nations and end with a reference to her role as the Armand Hammer, M.D. First Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights. Arthur Hanisch John R. Heller, M.D. Mrs. Thomas B. Hess If we can be of any assistance in the Joseph D. Keenan preparation of the talk, please feel free to call Mrs. Trude W. Lash on us. Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Herbert H. Lehman Archibald MacLeish Sincerely, Charles W. Mayo, M.D. Ralph McGill John J. McCIoy Henry Morgenthau, Jr. ELI JAFFE Jubal R. Parten Director of Public Relations Dore Schary EJ:GT Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Enc. Herman W. Steinkraus Roy Wilkins Whitney M. Young, Jr.
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cc: Mr. Lemleux ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK 1, N. Y. • PHONE: 212 • LW 4-0440
July 26, 1963
The Secretary-General United Nations New York, N. Y. Dear Mr. Secretary-General: Time and the river flow by so quickly that it hardly seems Eleanor Roosevelt has been gone from us for nearly a year now. Many of her friends and admirers in this nation and throughout the world have urged our Foundation to provide a setting in which they could appropriately commemor- ate the first anniversary of her death.
Board o/ Trustees In this spirit, an International Tribute Adlai E. Stevenson to Eleanor Roosevelt will be staged on October 21 CHAIRMAN at the Lincoln Center. To it will be invited leaders Philip M. Klutznick NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN and staff members of delegations to the United Nations,
Robert S. Benjamin members of our Board of Trustees and National Council EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN and many others who cherished Mrs. Roosevelt. Follow- Marian Anderson Ralph J. Bunche ing a rather brief but impressive program presented Ceorpe Meany by a group of internationally-known artists, an in- Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Walter P. Reuther formal reception will be held at Lincoln Center. Thomas J. Watson, Jr. VICE-CHAIRMEN Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman I am aware of your crowded calendar, SECRETARY particularly at that time, but I do hope you can be Jesse W. Tapp with us on October 21 to extend brief greetings on TREASURER behalf of a world still saddened by the passing of Bernard M. Baruch William Benton this gracious lady. Chester Bowles Henry Crown David Dubinsky May I hope for your affirmative reply? Myer Feldman Mrs. Marshall Field Arnold M. Grant Sincerely, Arthur Hanisch John R. Heifer, M.D. Mrs. Thomas B. Hess Joseph D. Keenan Mrs. Trude W. Lash Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Adlai E. Stevenson Herbert H. Lehman Archibald MacLeish Chairman Charles \V. Mayo, M.D. John J. McCloy Juba! R. Parten Dore Schary Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Herman W. Steinkraus Roy Wiltons
£x-Offlcio Trustees Mrs. Anna R. Halsted James Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. John A. Roosevelt Hyman H. Bookbinder DIRECTOR "She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10001 • PHONE: 212 • LW 4-0440
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President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson President* and Mrs. John F. Kennedy President and Mrs. Harry S Truman "Board of Trustees October 26, 1964 Adlai E. Stevenson CHAIRMAN Philip M. Klutznick NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN Robert S. Benjamin EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN Marian Anderson Ralph J. Bunche George Meany Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Walter P. Reuther Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Mr. L.L.Lemieux VICE-CHAIRMEN Secretary to the Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman Secret ary-General SECRETARY The United Nations Jesse W. Tapp TREASURER New York 17, New York Bernard M. Baruch William Benton Dear Mr. Lemieuxr Jacob Blaustein Chester Bowles Henry Crown Thank you for your courtesy in Richardson Dilworth forwarding the names of the participants David Dubinsky Abraham Feinberg in the First Session of the Commission Myer Feldman on Human Rights held at Lake Success, Mrs. Marshall Field New York, from January 27th to Feb- Arnold M. Grant Armand Hammer, M.D. ruary 10, 1947. Arthur Hanisch John R. Heller, M.D. Best wishes. Dr. Theodore M. Hesburgh Mrs. Thomas B. Hess Joseph D. Keenan Sincerely yours, Mrs. Trude W. Lash Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Herbert H. Lehman* Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Archibald MacLeish Michael M. Nisselso Charles W. Mayo, M.D. MMN:al John J. McCloy Campaign Consultant Ralph McGill Henry Morgenthau, III Jubal R. Parten Franklin D. Roosevelt, HI Dr. Abram L. Sachar Dore Schary Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Herman W. Steinkraus Roy Wilkins Whitney M. Young, Jr. £x-Officio Trustees Mrs. Anna R. Halsted James Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. John A. Roosevelt Orin Lehman DIRECTOR Michael M. Nisselson CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT "She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world." ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10001 • PHONE: 212 • LW 4-0440
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President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson President* and Mrs. John F. Kennedy October 22, 1964 President and Mrs. Harry S Truman Hoard of Trustees Adlai E. Stevenson CHAIRMAN Philip M. Klutznick NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN Robert S. Benjamin EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN Marian Anderson Ralph J. Bunche George Meany His Excellency U Thant, Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Walter P. Reuther Secretary General, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. VICE-CHAIRMEN United Nations, Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman New York SECRETARY Jesse W. Tapp TREASURER Dear Mr. Secretary General: Bernard M. Baruch William Benton Thank you very much, for taking Jacob Blaustein Chester Bowles time from your extremely busy schedule to speak at Henry Crown the dinner commemorating the anniversary of Mrs. Richardson Dilworth David Dubinsky Roosevelt's 80th birthday. Your thoughtful address Abraham Feinberg was hailed by everyone with whom I came in contact Myer Feldman Mrs. Marshall Field and your presence added immeasurably to the success Arnold M. Grant of the evening. Armand Hammer, M.D. Arthur Hanisch John R. Heller, M.D. On behalf of Ambassador Steven- Dr. Theodore M. Hesburgh Mrs. Thomas B. Hess son and the Trustees of the Eleanor Roosevelt Mem- Joseph D. Keenan orial Foundation I want to express our deep gratitude, Mrs. Trade W. Lash Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Herbert H. Lehman* With all best wishes. Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Archibald MacLeish Charles W. Mayo, M.D. John J. McCIoy Ralph McGill Sincerely yours, Henry Morgenthau, III Jubal R. Parten Franklin D. Roosevelt, III Dr. Abram L. Sachar Orin Lehman Dore Schary Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Director Herman W. Steinkraus Roy Wilkins Whitney M. Young, Jr. £x-Officio Trustees
Mrs. Anna R. Halsted James Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt OL:jl Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. John A. Roosevelt
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Michael M. Nisselson CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT
* Deceased "She would rather light a candle tban curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.' UNITED KATIO N S Press Services Office of Public Information , United Nations, W.Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — NOT AH OFFICIAL RECORD)
..CAUTION: ADVANCE RELEASE Press Release SG/SM/165 Not for use before 7 p.m. EST 12 October 1964 (2400 GMT) Monday, 12'October ig64
AD'DRESS BY 'THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, U THANT, AT A DINNER MARKING THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE LATE 'MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, MONDAY, 12 OCTOBER 1964
"We are gathered here today to honour the memory of a great lady, a lady who for over twelve years was the First Lady of the United States of America, but who subsequently came tio be universally recognized 'as the First Lady of the World. Her mixture of practical wisdom and idealism was unique. Her energy, her generosity, and her devotion to all good causes were legendary. She travelled widely and looked on all humanity with compassion. She gave of herself not only to her country, but to the world at large. ; "* iiWhil e she served as' the representativ' e of her country on various organs of the United Nations, we remember her best for her dedicated and patient work in giving shape and substance to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly almost sixteen years ago, on 10 December 1948, "We all know with what intense dedication and determination Mrs. Roosevelt pursued one of the primary purposes of the United Nations set out in the Charter: 'to achieve international co-operation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion1. As we look back now, we realize that perhaps this dedication and devotion were motivated in no small part by a sense of urgency to reach the' goal set by her husband, the late President Franklin D, Roosevelt, who in 194l had enunciated the four freedoms — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear,' 'everywhere in the world', "We recall with what energy and zeal Mrs. Roosevelt, as Chairman of the .'. ..i ...... Commission on Human Rights and its Drafting Committee during the long and trying days when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was taking shape, inspired and rallied the hopes of all who had been seeking a path to justice and to liberty in • i /'. • ..'"'•• • . • • • • • • (more) Press Release SG/SM/165 '•'.•' 12 October 1964 the post-war era. The work began on 1.6 February 19^6, when the Economic and Social Council in implementation of Article 68 of the Charter set up the Commission and decided that its first task should be to prepare a draft international bill of rights. • . "Mrs. Roosevelt was one of the nine initial members and the Chairman of the original so-called nuclear Commission which met at Hunter College, in this city, from 29 April to 20 May 19^6. She was again elected Chairman of the Commission, at its first regular session,, in February 19Vf. She also presided — with great patience, tact and understanding -- over the first session of the Commission's Drafting Committee and the second, session of the Commission later in the same year, and the second session of the Drafting Committee in 1948. During this time the international bill of rights, in three parts -- a Declaration, a convention or conventions, and measures of implementation -- began to take form. She was also Chairman of the third session of the Cosnaission on Human Rights in 19^8, which was devoted to a careful word-by-word examination of each individual article of the Universal Declaration of Human R|$$its and to the preparation of a draft of that Declaration for consideration by the General Assembly. "later in the same year she participated, as representative of the United States of America, in the work of the Third Committee, which devoted 85 meetings to the final drafting of the Declaration. "in announcing in plenary session of the General Assembly the support of her Government for the Declaration, Mrs. Roosevelt prophesied that it would become the Magna Carta of all mankind. She felt that the proclamation of the Declaration by the General Assembly was comparable in importance to the proclamation in 1789 of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Declaration of Independence of her own country, and similar historic declarations made in other countries. History has already shown how right she was in her evaluation of the impact of this instrument. "There is indeed a very close and special link between the Universal Declara- tion of Human Rights, of which, she was one of the principal architects, and our memories of Mrs. Roosevelt which, in the United Hatiqns,will remain ever fresh. She was one of the really great people of her time, a great American but also a great citizen of the world. "On this eightieth birthday of the First Lady of the World, let us dedicate ourselves anew to the high ideals she had set -- ideals which should serve as a beacon light for all generations to come."
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President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson President* and Mrs. John F. Kennedy President and Mrs. Harry S Truman Hoard of Trustees August 20, 1964 Adlai E. Stevenson CHAIRMAN Philip M. Klutznick NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN Dear Mr. Secretary-General: Robert S. Benjamin EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN Marian Anderson I am delighted and thankful that you Ralph J. Bunche were able to accept our invitation to attend George Meany the dinner marking Eleanor Roosevelt's 80th Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Walter P. Reuther birthday at the New York Hilton Hotel on Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Monday evening, October 12th. VICE-CHAIRMEN Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman SECRETARY As I told you previously, a short speech Jesse W. Tapp dealing with Eleanor Roosevelt's association TREASURER with the United Nations will be most appropriate, Bernard M. Baruch William Benton We all look forward with genuine pleasure Jacob Blaustein Chester Bowles to greeting you on that evening. Henry Crown Richardson Dilworth Cordiall^your s, David Dubinsky Abraham Feinberg Myer Feldman Mrs. Marshall Field f Arnold M. Grant Adlai E. Stevenson Armand Hammer, M.D. Arthur Hanisch John R. Heller, M.D. Dr. Theodore M. Hesburgh His Excellency Mrs. Thomas B. Hess Joseph D. Keenan U Thant, Mrs. Trude W. Lash Secretary-General, Mrs. Albert D. Lasker United Nations, Herbert H. Lehman* Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman New York Archibald MacLeish Charles W. Mayo, M.D. aesirh John J. McCIoy Ralph McGill Henry Morgenthau, III Jubal R. Parten Dr. Abram L. Sachar Dore Schary Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Herman W. Steinkraus Roy Wilkins Whitney M. Young, Jr. £x-Officio Trustees
Mrs. Anna R. Halsted James Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. John A. Roosevelt Orin Lehman DIRECTOR Michael M. Nisselson CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR
*Deceased "She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.1 THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE UNITED NATIONS
August 17, 1964
Dear Mr. Secretary-General: On the night of October 12th, the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation is going to hold a large dinner in New York at the Hilton Hotel in honor of Eleanor Roosevelt's 80th birthday. We all earnestly hope that you can come and perhaps make a short speech about human rights and her contribution to the Delcaration. I don't think you need worry very much about preparing a script, but your presence there, in uiewi of her long service at the United Nations, would be most helpful. I repeatedly pass on invitations to you, but this is the first one that involves any urgent self-interest! Cordially yours,
dlai E. Stevenson
His Excellency U Thant, Secretary-General, United Nations, New York. 2 Oct. Mr. Narasimhan,
Mr. Nisselson would wish to know if excerpts could be available on Friday, 9 Oct., enabling the organizers to prepare a press release during the week&nd for subsequent publishing immediately following the SG's address.
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President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson President* and Mrs. John F. Kennedy President and Mrs. Harry S Truman 'Board of Trustees
Adlai E. Stevenson CHAIRMAN Philip M. Klutznick September 11, 1964 NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN Robert S. Benjamin EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN Marian Anderson Ralph J. Bunche George Meany Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Walter P. Reuther Thomas J. Watson, Jr. VICE-CHAIRMEN His Excellency U Thant Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman Secretary-General SECRETARY United Nations Jesse W. Tapp TREASURER New York, New York Bernard M. Baruch William Benton Dear Secretary-General: Jacob Blaustein Chester Bowles Henry Crown I thought you might like to have a copy of Richardson Dilworth the invitation for our dinner on October 12th, David Dubinsky at which you have so graciously consented to Abraham Feinberg Myer Feldman speak about Mrs. Roosevelt's participation in Mrs. Marshall Field the work of the United Nations. Arnold M. Grant Armand Hammer, M.D. Arthur Hanisch We look forward with great anticipation to John R. Heller, M.D. your presence. Dr. Theodore M. Hesburgh Mrs. Thomas B. Hess Joseph D. Keenan Sincerely yours, Mrs. Trude W. Lash Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Herbert H. Lehman* Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Archibald MacLeish Michael M. Nisserson Charles W. Mayo, M.D. MMN:al John J. McCloy Campaign Consultant Ralph McCill enclosure Henry Morgenthau, [II Jubal R. Parten Franklin D. Roosevelt, III Dr. Abrani L. Sachar Dore Schary Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Herman W. Steinkraus Roy Wilkins Whitney M. Young, Jr.
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Mrs. Anna R. Halsted James Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. John A. Roosevelt Orin Lehman DIRECTOR
Michael M. Nisselson CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT
•Deceased "She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.' ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10001 • PHONE: 212 • LW 4-0440
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Adlai E. Stevenson October 1, 1964 CHAIRMAN Philip M. Klutznick NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN Robert S. Benjamin EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN Marian Anderson Ralph J. Bunche Mr. L.L. Lemieux George Meany Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Secretary to Secretary-General Walter P. Reuther U Thant Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Room 3800 VICE-CHAIRMEN United Nations 17, New York Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman SECRETARY Jesse W. Tapp Dear Mr. Lemieux: TREASURER Bernard M. Baruch I appreciate your courtesy during William Benton Jacob Blaustein our discussion on the telephone Chester Bowles regarding the furnishing of excerpts Henry Crown from the Secretary-General's remarks Richardson Dilworth David Dubinsky in advance of the Dinner commemorating Abraham Feinberg the 80th birthdate of Eleanor Roose- Myer Feldman velt on October 12th in the Grand Mrs. Marshall Field Arnold M. Grant Ballroom of the New York Hilton. Armand Hammer, M.D. Arthur Hanisch We look forward with much anticipation John R. Heller, M.D. Dr. Theodore M. Hesburgh to greeting the Secretary-General at Mrs. Thomas B. Hess the reception preceding the Dinner at Joseph D. Keenan 6rOO p.m. in the Green Room of the Mrs. Trude W. Lash Mrs. Albert D. Lasker New York Hilton, to which he has al- Herbert H. Lehman* ready received an invitation from Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson. Archibald MacLeish Charles W. Mayo, M.D. John J. McCloy We appreciate your cooperation. Ralph McCili Henry Morgenthau, III Jubal R. Parten Sincerely yours, Franklin D. Roosevelt, III Dr. Abram L. Sachar Dore Schary Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Herman W. Steinkraus Michael M. Nisselson Roy Wilkins MMNtal Whitney M. Young, Jr. Campaign Consultant Ex-Officio Trustees Mrs. Anna R. Halsted James Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. John A. Roosevelt Orin Lehman DIRECTOR
Michael M. Nisselson CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT
" Deceased "She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.' 6 Oct. tf&rf- Mr. Narasijnhan,
May I kindly have your instructions„
L Mr. Gershman will call Lucien this afternoon for a reply. pb THE PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD, INC.
CHICAGO • WASHINGTON • LOS AN SELES 'TORONTO 310 MADISON AVENUE • NEW YORK 17, NEW YORK • TN 7-3150 October 6, 1964 Mr. L. L. Lemiex First Secretary to the 7, Secretary General United Nations United Nations Plaza New York, New York Dear Mr. Lemiex: Thank you for your consideration and pursuant to our telephone conversation of this morning, following are the details concerning an appearance by the Secretary General U Thant on the Today Program of Thursday morning October 8th in a special hour-long commemoration program for Eleanor Roosevelt. The show is in honor of the life and works of Mrs. Roosevelt whose efforts in life were devoted to support of the United Nations and to the peoples under yoke of depression and poverty around the world. Mrs. Roosevelt would have been 80 on October llth. In response to a letter five years ago offering assistance in carrying out her work, Mrs. Roosevelt replied on her 75th birthday that as long as she was able, she would carry on her work herself—but that when she was 80, if she was no longer able,she would gratefully accept assistance Giving her this assistance today in tributes across the country and around the world are personages as simple mailmen to heads of government in projects including a nationwide "Mailmen's March" to raise funds for the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation to issuance of special commem- orative stamps by more than 20 foreign countries. The Foundation—which as you know conducts programs in support of human rights, the United Nations and poverty— would deeply appreciate, as I would, Mr. Thant joining this commemorative effort. - more - - 2 - I will assure you that no political problems would be raised, but his appearance devoted solely to broadening understanding of the United Nation's effort to obtain world peace and the role Mrs. Roosevelt played in helping buttress and expand it. Appearing with Mr. Thant would be Franklin Roosevelt, III representing her grandchildren, and included in the program will be a film showing her early life and her work on behalf of the United Nations. The time required of him would be from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Thursday morning. I will call your office this afternoon to discuss it with you. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and the consideration of the Secretary General. Sincerely, Richard K. Gershman Vice President RKG.-rd Chairman Robert F. Wagner Co-Chairmen Francis J. Barry James A. Farley Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman Robert S. Benjamin Mrs. Marshall Field William R. Hudgins William Benton William Goldfine Dore Schary David Dubinsky Abraham Feinberg Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. Associate Chairmen Morris B. Abram Vincent A. Garibaldi Dr. Arthur C. Logan Mrs. Ida Rosenthal Benjamin Abrams Seth M. Glickenhaus Mrs. Thorn Lord Harry J. Rubenstein Anthony B. Akers Jack A. Goldfarb Albert V. Maniscalco Dr. Abram L. Sachar Joseph James Akston Dr. Stephen Goodyear James Marshall Louis Sachar Miss Marian Anderson Arnold M. Grant William H. McKeon Howard J. Samuels Lester Avnet Albert M. Greenfield Andre Meyer David Sarnoff George Backer A. J. Gurevich Robert B. Meyner Mrs. Dorothy Schiff William F. R. Ballard Paul Hall Henry Modell David Schwartz Abraham D. Beame Victor Hammer Robert M. Morgenthau Paul R. Screvane Edward H. Benenson Charles B. Harding Mrs. Constance Baker Motley E. Mitchell Simon Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard Mrs. Thomas B. Hess George W. Naumburg Spyros P. Skouras Benjamin Botwinick Mrs. Dorothy Hirshon Eugene H. Nickerson C. R. Smith Omar N. Bradley Richard J. Hughes Louis Nizer Arthur B. Spingarn Ralph J. Bunche Sol Hurok John J. O'Rourke Abe Stark Mario J. Cariello Miss Fannie Hurst Joseph F. Periconi John Steinbeck Edward F. Cavanagh, Jr. Mrs. Henry Ittleson, Sr. Mrs. Harvey Picker Isaac Stern David B. Charnay Arthur L. Jacobs Charles Poletti Robert L. Stevens Lansdell K. Christie Jacob M. Kaplan Mrs. Justine Wise Polier R. Peter Straus Stephen R. Currier Mrs. Robert E. Kintner Jack I. Poses Maurice Tempelsman Joseph E. Davis Maxwell A. Kriendler Jacob S. Potofsky Clarence E. Unterberg Thomas J. Deegan, Jr. Arthur B. Krim Adam Clayton Powell Harold D. Uris John F. Dempsey Mrs. Joseph P. Lash Michael J. Quill Benjamin Wetzler Charles Diebold Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Mrs. Ogden Reid John Hay Whitney Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas Samuel D. Leidesdorf Joseph Y. Resnick Lawrence A. Wien Edward R. Dudley Douglas Leigh Frederick W. Richmond David T. Wilentz Julius C. C. Edelstein Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Simon H. Rifkind Roy Wilkins Irving M. Engel Edward Levine Curtis Roosevelt Louis E. Wolfson James A. Farley, Jr. Arthur Levitt Franklin D. Roosevelt, III Whitney M. Young, Jr. Justin N. Feldman Isaac Liberman Alex Rose ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Honorary Trustees President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson President and Mrs. Harry S.Truman President* and Mrs. John F. Kennedy Board of Trustees Adlai E. Stevenson, Chairman Philip M. Klutznick, National Campaign Chairman Robert S. Benjamin, Executive Vice-Chairman Vice-ChaiTmen Miss Marian Anderson George Meany Walter P. Reuther Ralph J. Bunche Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, Secretary Jesse W. Tapp, Treasurer Bernard M. Baruch Arthur Hanisch John J. McCloy Ex-Officio Trustees William Benton John R. Heller, M.D. Ralph McGill Mrs. Anna R. Halsted Jacob Blaustein Dr. Theodore M. Hesburgh Henry Morgenthau, III James Roosevelt Chester Bowles Mrs. Thomas B. Hess Jubal R. Parten Elliott Roosevelt Henry Crown Joseph D. Keenan Franklin D. Roosevelt, III Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Richardson Dilworth Mrs. Trude W. Lash Dr. Abram L. Sachar John A. Roosevelt David Dubinsky Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Dore Schary Orin Lehman, Director Abraham Feinberg Herbert H. Lehman* Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Myer Feldman Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Herman W. Steinkraus Michael M. Nisselson Mrs. Marshall Field Archibald MacLeish Roy Wilkins Campaign Consultant Arnold M. Grant Charles W. Mayo, M.D. Whitney M. Young, Jr. Seymour Facher Armand Hammer, M.D. New York Campaign Director *Deceased Cover Photograph © Philippe Halsman rti# 9 cr-ecve-tft^uO J - y ij f£,cr. we -fa Charles Abrams James B. Donovan Jerome Kretchmer Cleveland Robinson Melville E. Abrams Abraham M. Druckman Theodore R. Kupferman Mrs. Mary Roebling Benjamin Algase Seymour Durst Abraham Krasne Hugo E. Rogers Alexander J. Allen Nathan Ehrlich Mrs. Anna M. Kross John J. Rooney Victor L. Anfuso, Jr. Irvin A. Edelman Edward A. Kusmel Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt Luigi Antonini Charles G. Eichel Thomas V. LaFauci James N. Rosenberg Angelo J. Arculeo John F. English Harold M. Lane David Ross Mrs. Joyce Phillips Austin Mark Ethridge Miss Esther Everett Lape Raymond S. Rubinow R. Harold Bach Leonard Farbstein William S. Lasdon Mrs. Aileen B. Ryan Miss Lauren Bacall James A. Farrell, Jr. Louis Lavitt Fortune Peter Ryan Lester R. Bachner Max W. Federbush Oscar M. Lazrus William F. Ryan Dana Converse Backus Arnold L. Fein Mrs. Evelyn S. Lehman Edward L. Sadowsky Herman Badillo William J. Ferrall M. Victor Leventritt Robert W. Sarnoff Harold J. Baily Donald Flamm Francis S. Levien John Satriale Bertram L. Baker George M. Fleary Edward S. Lewis Anthony P. Savarese, Jr. Charles Ballon Mrs. Eleanor Clark French Elias Lieberman Lawrence Schacht Jean P. J. Baltzell Ralph Friedman Simon J. Liebowitz Albert Schiff Joseph G. Barkan Arthur Q. Funn A. M. Lindenbaum Adolph Schimel Mrs. Catherine Count Basie Mrs. Hortense W. Gabel Robert G. Lindsay Abraham Schrader Robert M. Benjamin Martin Gabel David Livingston M. Lincoln Schuster Charles J. Bensley Lloyd K. Garrison Pare Lorentz Rocco G. Scioscia David Berg Joseph M. Gasarch Mrs. Madeleine M. Low Anthony Scotto Adolf A. Berle Alfred Giardino Robert A. Low Martin E. Segal Dr. Harry Berman Jacob H. Gilbert Stanley H. Lowell Clarence Senior Robert J. Berman Adam L. Gimbel William F. Luddy Albert Shanker Abraham Bernstein Bernard F. Gimbel Leonard Lyons Mrs. Rose Shapiro Jonathan B. Bingham Bruce A. Gimbel Thomas J. Mackell Theodore Shapiro Harold Birns Thomas W. Gleason Guy James Mangano Joseph T. Sharkey Mrs. Cy Block Albert Goldman Robert J. Mangum Benjamin Sherman Jeremiah B. Bloom Harmon H. Goldstone B. H. Manheimer Toots Shor - Albert H. Blumenthal Nathan L. Goldstein Richard K. ManofE Seymour N. Siegel L. Roy Blumenthal Dr. Reinaldo Gonzalez-Ramos Alfred J. Manuti Samuel J. Silberman Paul Edward Boucher Jacob M. Gordon Joseph E. Marine Charles H. Silver William H. Bowe Sylvan Gotshal Jerome W. Marks Edward S. Silver Seymour Boyers • Milton S. Gould Joseph R. Marro Herbert R. Silverman John M. Braisted, Jr. Max Greenberg Alfred J. Marrow Herbert M. Singer Mrs. Samuel N. Brimberg Charles S. Greene Frazier W. McCann Alex Sirota Saul Brodsky David J. Greene Benjamin F. McLaurin Rudolf G. Sonneborn Jack E. Bronston Louis J. Gribetz Orest V. Maresca Mark T. Southall Benjamin G. Browdy Mrs. Jennie Grossinger Herbert R. Mayes Nathaniel Spector Dr. Aaron Brown Matthew Guinan John R. Menke Morris J. Stein Earl Brown John Gunther Henry Q. Middendorf William R. Steinberg Thomas S. Buechner Mrs. Mae Gurevich Alfred S. Mills Hope R. Stevens John M. Burns Dr. A. David Gurewitsch Leon A. Mnuchin Chester Straub Selig S. Burrows Daniel Gutman Ferdinand J. Mondello David Sullivan John D. Butt Morris W. Haft Joseph Monserrat Ed Sullivan William Cahn Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein Charles J. Morrello Percy Sutton Michael J. Capanegro Milton Handler Grinnell Morris Harold Taylor Vincent J. Caristo Edward C. Hansberry Newbold Morris Sol Tekulsky Mrs. E. C. Carter Joseph M. Hartfield Mrs. Earl Morse Herbert Tenzer Bennett Cerf Mrs. Mortimer Hays C. C. Moskowitz Mrs. Geraldine L. Thompson Leo Cherne Burton Hecht Julius S. Moskowitz Frank Torres Kenneth B. Clark Mrs. Russell A. Hibbs Abraham J. Multer William J. Tracy Joseph J. Coletta Mrs. Walter A. Hirsch John M. Murphy Anthony J. Travia Dr. Fred C. Collier Frank S. Hogan Louis Nelson Mrs. Marietta Tree Herman E. Cooper Louis Hollander M. S. Novik Juan T. Trippe Miss Maureen Corr Alvin C. Hudgins Mrs. Duncan O'Brien Matt Troy, Jr. Joseph R. Corso Morris lushewitz Manfred Ohrenstein Joseph Tuvim Edward N. Costikyan Thomas R. Jones Frederick O'Neal Andrew R. Tyler Norman Cousins Lazarus Joseph Theodore Ornstein Edmund F. Wagner Frank Creta Devereux C. Josephs Lawrence M. Orton Mike Wallace Mrs. Floyd H. Crews Nathan Kalikow Myles A. Paige John J. Walsh Israel Cummings Frank E. Karelsen A. Wells Peck Edward M. M. Warburg Joseph Curran Benne Katz Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. Milton Wiehrauch Sam Curtis Frederick Katz Morris Pizer Moses M. Weinstein Michael Daroff Arthur J. Katzman Bertram L. Podell Theodore S. Weiss Samuel Davis Mrs. Edna F. Kelly William Pollock Dr. Jesse Werner Arthur H. Dean Herman D. Kenin Ralph Pomerance Robert E. Whelan Edward C. Delafield, Jr. Miss Dorothy Kenyon George D. Pratt, Jr. John M. Will Hubert T. Delany Eugene J. Keogh Joseph M. Proskauer Jerome L. Wilson John J. DeLury George T. Kindermann Paul E. Prosswimmer Crawford Young Miss Agnes DePolo Robert E. Kintner Samuel F. Pryor Thomas G. Young Lloyd E. Dickens Morris Kirsch Martin Rarback Leonard E. Yoswein Joseph C. DiCarlo Ray W. Kline Frank J. Reilly David L. Yunich J. Daniel Diggs Mrs. Mary C. Kohler William S. Renchard Joseph Zaretzki Henri G. Doll Bennet H. Korn James R. Rhone William Zeckendorf Isidore Dollinger Boris Kostelanetz Carlos M. Rios Richard S. Zeisler Vincent J. Donehue Sam Kovenetsky Benjamin Rivlin Charles S. Zimmerman We are gathered here today to honour the memory of a great lady, CVjr-t/V fw£/We» a lady who for -noa^i y +fVni-±aoKi years was the First Lady of the United States of America, hut who subsequently came to be universally recognized as the First Lady of the World, Her mixture of practical wisdom and &JLT*, ^-*v-<~--vi-(a~ "cx^-£- idealism was unique. Her energy, her devotion to all good causes sa4- K her gonogoaity were legendary. She travelled widely and looked on all humanity with compassion. She gave of herself not only to her country, hut to the world at large. While she served as the representative of her country on various organs of the United Nations, we remember her "best for her dedicated and patient work in giving shape and substance to the Universal Declaration of Human Eights, which was adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly almost sixteen years ago, on 10 December 1948« We all know with what intense dedication and determination Mrs. Roosevelt pursued rtfer purpose^ of the United Nations set out in the Charters "to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religiont!a As we look back now, we realize that perhaps this dedication and devotion were motivated in no small part by a sense of urgency to reach the goal set by her husband, the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who in 1941 had enunciated the four freedoms - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear, "everywhere in the world". We recall with what gussrt energy and eirbliuiji'aBi^^L^A, a Mrs. Roosevelt, as Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights and its Drafting Committee during the long and trying days when the Universal Declaration of Human r ."• => 2 — Rights was taking shape, inspired and rallied the hopes of all who had "been seeking a path to justice and to liberty in the post-war era<> The work "began on 16 February 19465 when the Economic and Social Council in implementation of article 68 of the Charter set up the Commission and decided that its first task should be to prepare a draft international C s ' bill of rights. Mrs. Roosevelt was one of the nine initial members and the Chairman of the original so-called nuclear Commission which met at Hunter College, in this city, from 29 April to 20 May 1946° She was again elected Chairman of the Commission, at its first regular session, in February 1947« She also presided —• with great patience, tact and understanding — over the first session of the Commission's Drafting Committee and the second session of the Commission later in the same year, and the second session of the draft committee in 1948« During this time the international bill of rights, in three parts —- a declaration, a convention or conventions, and measures of implementation -— began to take form. She was a^so Chairman of the third session of the Commission on Human Sights in 1948, which was devoted to a careful word-by-word examination of each individual article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the preparation of a draft of that declaration for consideration by the General Assembly. Later in the same year she participated, as representative of the United States of America, in the work of the Third Committee which devoted 85 meetings to the final drafting of the Declaration* In announcing in plenary session of the General Assembly the support of her Government for the Declaration, Mrs. Roosevelt prophesied that it would become the Magna Carta of all mankind. She felt that the proclamation - 3 - of the Declaration "by the General Assembly was comparable in importance to the proclamation in 1?89 of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, 'Vests'1**' the Declaration of Independence of her own country, and similar, declara- N tions made in other countries. History has already sho?/n how right she was in her evaluation of the impact of this instrument. There is indeed a very close and special link between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which she was one of the principal architects and our memories of Mrs* Roosevelt which, in the United Nations will remain ever fresh. She was one of the really great people of her time5 a great American but also a great citizen of the world. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK 1, N. Y. • PHONE: 212 • LW 4-0440 Oct. 31, 1963 V> "Board of Trustees Mr. U Thant Adlai E. Stevenson Secretary-General CHAIRMAN 799 United Nations Plaza Philip M. Klutznick NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN New York YJ, N. Y. Robert S. Benjamin EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN My dear Secretary-General: Marian Anderson I want to convey my appreciation for your Ralph J. Bunche George Meany participation in the recent tribute to Mrs. Roose- Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer velt at Lincoln Center. Walter P.' Reuther Thomas J. Watson, Jr. It was an evening of rich remembrance. VICE-CHAIRMEN Your remarks, reflecting your warm perception and Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman continued meaning of this remarkable woman, indeed SECRETARY enhanced the enjoyment and significance of this Jesse W. Tapp TREASURER tribute. Bernard M. Baruch I am deeply grateful to you for your William Benton Chester Bowles participation in this tribute to a woman whose Henry Crown presence we were mutually privileged to share. Richardson Dilworth David Dubinsky Cordially, Myer Feldman Mrs. Marshall Field Arnold M. Grant Armand Hammer, M.D. Arthur Hanisch Adlai E. S •evenson John R. Heller, M.D. Chairman Mrs. Thomas B. Hess Joseph D. Keenan Mrs. Trude W. Lash Mrs. Albert D. Lasker Herbert H. Lehman Archibald MacLeish Charles W. Mayo, M.D. Ralph McGill John J. McCloy Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Jubal R. Parten Dore Schary Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Herman W. Steinkraus Roy Wilkins Whitney M. Young, Jr. £x-Officio trustees Mrs. Anna R. Halsted James Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. John A. Roosevelt Hyman H. Bookbinder DIRECTOR "She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.' 21 Oct. The Secretary-General will be mef^ at main entrance at Lincoln Center by Myrna Loy and Cte. officials. At about 10:00 Mrae Pandit will be first speaker followed by SG and Gov. Stenvinson*& . Prior to addresses will be music and$ tapes of. ' Mrs. Roosevelt's speeches. It is expected that programme will end at 1030 - 10:45. Follovring Tribute there will be a reception to meet the starfe. L. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK 1, N. Y. • PHONE: 212 • LW 4-0440 'Board of Trustees Adlai E. Stevenson CHAIRMAN September 23, 1963 Philip M. Klutznick NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN Robert S. Benjamin EXECUTIVE VICE-CHAIRMAN Marian Anderson Ralph J. Bunche George Meany Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer Secretary" General and Mrs. U Thant Walter P.' Reuther United Nations Thomas J. Watson, Jr. New York 17, New York VICE-CHAIRMEN Mrs. Anna Rosenberg Hoffman SECRETARY Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thant: Jesse W. Tapp TREASURER I am pleased to transmit herewith the invitation for the International Tribute to Eleanor Bernard M. Baruch William Benton Roosevelt on October 21st, in which you are playing Chester Bowles such an important part. Henry Crown Richardson Dilworth As we get closer to the date, we will David Dubinsky keep in close touch with your office so that you may Myer Feldman be fully informed about all of the arrangements. Mrs. Marshall Field Arnold M. Grant Armand Hammer, M.D. Arthur Hanisch Respectfully, John R. Heller, M.D. — / X? Mrs. Thomas B. Hess /; Joseph D. Keenan Mrs. Trude W. Lash fi/'/SszJW^. Mrs. Albert D. Lasker H. Bookbinder Herbert H. Lehman Archibald MacLeish HHBrmwc Charles W. Mayo, M.D. Ralph McGill John J. McCloy Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Jubal R. Parten Dore Schary Mrs. Stephen E. Smith Herman W. Steinkraus Roy Wilkins Whitney M. Young, Jr. £x-Officio Jrustees Mrs. Anna R. Halsted James Roosevelt Elliott Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. John A. Roosevelt Hyman H. Bookbinder DIRECTOR "She would rather light a candle than curse the darkness, and her g\ow has warmed the world. .^ve&i&v&a; iX&?*ifc' oyii&i^- 6- <7 iT WAS SAID OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT THAT SHE HAD A HEART THAT NEVER HARDENED, A TOUCH THAT NEVER HURT, AND A SMILE THAT TRULY NEVER TIRED. ON NOVEMBER 7, 1962, THE HEART, THE TOUCH, AND THE SMILE BECAME MEMORY. AS THE TIME NEARS TO COMMEMORATE THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE FULFILLMENT OF HER LIFE, NUMEROUS FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR WISH FOR AN EVENT OF INTERNATIONAL SEMEMBSANCE TO PAY HONOR TO THIS OUTSTANDING GLOBAL CITIZEN WHO HAS BEEN CALLED "THE FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD". IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT'THIS TRIBUTE SHOULD BE HELD DURING UNITED NATIONS WEEK, FOR ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RHSHTS, LEFT A PERMANENT LEGACY TO A'WORLD CONTINUALLY SEEKING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND DIGNITY FOR ALL MANKIND. THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION STEMMED FROM THE HEART OF A MOURNING AMD GRATEFUL NATION. !T WAS CHARTERED SY AN ACT OF CONGRESS ON APRIL 23RD OF THIS YEAR AND ESTABLISHED AS A MEMORIAL TO HER DEVOTED AND UNTIRING EFFORTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL AMITY, AND FREEDOM FROM FEAR AND DISEASE. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUTE THE HONORABLE U THANT THE HONORABLE ADLAJ E. STEVENSON THE HONORABLE VIJAYA LAKSHMI PANDIT MARIAN ANDERSON LEONARD BERNSTEIN BYRON JAMS FREDRIC MARCH YEHUDI MENUHIN SIDNEY POITIER MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH PRODUCED Bv JOHN HOUSEMAN 5. HUROK "ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ON Hen OWN" AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL. PAPERS AND OBJECTS OF MRS. ROOSEVELT IN THE CONCOURSE LOBBY GALLERY FROM 7:OO P.M. ;>:;i,d ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION PRESIDENT AND Mna JOHN F KENNEDY, HONORARY TRUSTEES THE HONORABLE ADLAI E. STEVENSON, CHAIRMAN PHILIP M. KLUTZNICX, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN TRUSTEES MARIAN ANDERSON MRS. ALBERT D. LASKER BERNARD M. BARUCH HERBERT H. LEHMAN ROBERT S. BENJAMIN ARCHIBALD MACLEISH WILLIAM BENTON CHARLZS W. MAYO, M.D. CHESTER BOWLES JOHN J. MCCLOY RALPH J. SUNCHE RALPH MCGILL HENRY CROWN GEORGE MSANV RICHARDSON DILWORTH MRS. AGNES E. MEYER ARNOLD M. GRANT HENRY MORGENTHAU, JR. MYER FELDMAN JUBAL R. FASTEN MRS. MARSHALL FIELD WALTER P. REUTHER DAVID DU3INSKV DORE SCHARY ARMAND HAMMER, M.D. MRS. STEPHEN E. SMITH ARTHUR HANISCH HERMAN W. STEINKRAUS JOHN R, HELLER, M.D. JESSE W. TAPP MRS. THOMAS B. HESS THOMAS J. WATSON, JR. MRS. ANNA ROSENBERG HOFFMAN ROY WILKINS JOSEPH D. KEENAN WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. MRS. TRUDE W. LASH EX-OFF1CIO TRUSTEES MRS. ANNA R. HALSTED JAMES ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR. ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT JOHN A. ROOSEVELT DIRECTOR HYMAN H. BOOKBINDER INTERNATIONAL TRIBUTE COMMITTEES CHAIRMAN BESS MYERSON GRANT EXHIBITION NEW FRIENDS MRS. A. DAVID GUREWITSCH Miss NINA ROOSEVELT 819 EMPIRE STATE BUILDING • NEW YORK 1 • LW 4-O44O from Mb. Ignatieff U Thant, fi U Thant's re-election as Secretary- with U.S. officials did he agree'to carry General of the United Nations for a fur- on. . . ther five years will be applauded by The Secretary-General has said re- peace-loving men and women through- peatedly that peace in Vietnam can / out the world. During the past five come only after cessation of U.S. bomb- If • years, Mr; Thant has won the respect ing of North Vietnam. In his retirement of the entire membership of the 121-na- statement of September 1 he said the tion body, as Saturday's unanimous situation in Southeast Asia was of deep- - vote — and the subsequent applause at est concern to him personally. "The his acceptance — indicated. cruelty of this war and the suffering it . But does Mr. Thant's re-election, fol- has caused the people of Vietnam are a lowing on the heels of his announced constant reproach to the conscience of decision to retire and subsequent U.S. humanity," he said-then. ". . . In my and Russian pressure to keep him in of- view the tragic error is being repeated fice, suggest a more hopeful outlook of relying on force and military means for peace in Vietnam? in a deceptive pursuit of peace." On the face of it, the answer would But in his acceptance speech, after appear to be No. In. answer to-specula- pressure from the United States to re- tion by non-aligned countries after Mr. turn, he said he was glad to hear of the Thant's- acceptance, the United States agreement of both sides to a pause in said there had been no deals made.,And the fighting over Christmas, and add- in his own acceptance speech, Mr. ed: . . Thant said his decision "is not based on "Is it too much to hope that what is any new element which has developed made possible for just a couple of days in recent weeks or any fond hope for by the occurrence of common holidays the foreseeable future." may soon prove feasible for a longer Yet the facts argue otherwise. Mr. period by the new commitments that Thant hinted as long ago as April that peace requires, so that an atmosphere he might retire. 'In September, he an- may be created which is necessary for nounced his intention to do so. Since meaningful talks to be held in the quest then he has resisted the efforts of the for a peaceful solution?" major powers to alter his 'decision, al- We can only assume that he has rear most to the 'end. Only after long talks son to believe it is not too much to hope.