PAN AM CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

XOXO 12/6-7/73

November 10, 1973

Dear Dr. Kissinger,

The Washington, D.C., based stewards and stewardesses of Pan American World Airways are sponsoring a Christmas Bazaar for the Junior Citizen's Corps on Thursday and Friday, December 6 and 7. The Bazaar will be held at the Statler Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets, N.W., from 12 noon to 7 pm in Galleries 1 & 2. Proceeds will be used to purchase educational and vocational items.

Our efforts are the result of a maturing awareness of our community's needs which have come about through the Pan Am Flight Service Enrichment Program. Through this program, many of us have become active in various types of volunteer projects throughout the Washington, D.C., area. This individual involvement during the year has thus been the catalyst which has drawn us together to fulfill a special purpose this holiday season.

We are very proud of this project because everything is being done by us, the hosts and hostesses of Pan Am; everything from creating saleable items to decorating the galleries, setting up the game booths, and arranging the publicity.

We will feature handmade arts and crafts, needlework, home-baked festive foods, and holiday games such as golf, bowling, Pin the Red Nose on the Reindeer, and apple bobbing. Santa Claus will be joining us to honor girls and boys with stewardess and pilot wings.

We hope that you will join us in fulfilling this need for love and happiness within our community this Christmas.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON

July 16, 1974

Dear Mr. Commissioner:

On behalf of the entire US delegation, I want to tell you how deeply I appreciated the outstanding service rendered me by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police during my visit to Ottawa.

I am very much aware of the pain-
staking efforts your personnel performed on
my behalf.

Also, I would be most grateful if you
would pass a special word of thanks to
Inspector Yelle for the professionalism and
unfailing courtesy of his detachment.

Commissioner M. J. Nadon,
Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
Headquarters,
1200 Alta Vista Drive,
Ottawa.

New York, New York.
919 Third Avenue,
Urne Nesea and Company, Inc.,
Mr. Erne Nesea,

Peraonsal Vaaiatant
Suzanne 2. McFarlane

Sincerely,

sufficient pertinent information.
reflects the Secretary's feeling that he would not have
cation for employment by your company, but merely
this is not intended to preclude Mr. Oregon's abpli-
he has not worked closely. Please understand that
not writing letters of reference for anyone with whom
Secretary Klaasinger has made it a policy of

Oregon has given his name as a business reference.
Secretary Klaasinger, in which you state that Mr. Oscar
I have your letter of June 22nd, addressed to

Dear Mr. Nesea:

July 7, 1976

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August 9, 1976

President Gerald R. Ford
White House
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. President:

We are a small voice in the jewelry industry who feel that this nation has been wronged by our fellow industrialists.

During these unsure times, many of us have forgotten the two words that have kept our country together for so long--Americanism and Patriotism.

In industry, many people will turn their heads the other way as long as the dollar keeps coming in. We, on the other hand, are not interested in adding profits if it is at the expense of our country.

To see our people constantly living in and reflecting on the wrongs of the past and actually capitalizing on it is, in my opinion, a total injustice to our American way of life.

As an American citizen I have asked myself when was the last time that I have heard that famous saying "United we stand--Divided we fall"?

It was with these things in mind and of course this being our Bicentennial year that inspired me to make up tie tacs in 14K gold of the American Eagle.

Mr. President, it would be a great honor if you will accept these 14K gold tie tacs as a gift from us. These are now being made up and will be sent to you within a few days. We as concerned citizens would be pleased if you, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger would wear this tie tac proudly.

THE JEWELERS
Member
BOARD OF TRADE

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October 25, 1976

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Dear Zygmunt:

How pleasant it was to "return to
the fold"--however briefly. I enjoyed
my visit to the Council very much, and
it was a most pleasant "homecoming"
after the intervening years. Thank you
for inviting me.

I particularly appreciated having
an opportunity to greet the CFR staff
members.

Please convey my best wishes and
thanks to all.

Mr. Zygmunt Nagorski, Jr.,
Director,
Members' Meetings Program,
Council on Foreign Relations,
The Harold Pratt House,
58 East 68th Street,
New York, New York.

Oxford
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Telephone 679-7300 Area Code 212

29 January 76

Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear Mr. Secretary:

Oxford University Press will publish on March 4 a "brilliant and beautifully written book" entitled THE SURVIVOR: _An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps_. The author, Terrence Des Pres, states in his preface that he "is not directly concerned with the concentration camps, but with the people who suffered those places, who endured that evil and returned to bear witness."

We are proud to have published a book which evokes humanness and strength rather than horror and degradation. And it is our pleasure to present you with a copy of this timely and profoundly moving document of human survival, which celebrates the irrepressible human spirit. Never before has there appeared such an eloquent and compelling testament to this spirit, and to the enduring quality of human dignity under conditions of extremity.

We would be greatly honored if you would care to comment on THE SURVIVOR; I can only hope that this book of compassion and optimism speaks to you as it has spoken to all of us here.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Enc.

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

GEORGE L. NARDI, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Visiting Surgeon

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
Telephone (617) 726-2813

June 3, 1976

The Honorable Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
3018 Dumbarton Street
Washington, D. C. 20007

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

Now that Sally and I have returned from a wonderful three-week trip to Egypt, Kuwait, and Iran, I feel that I must write you to tell you what a wonderful time we had in Egypt.

Ashraf Ghorbal arranged a wonderful week for us and I gather that we duplicated many of the experiences that you and Nancy had. I also realize that a great deal of the VIP treatment that was accorded to us through Mr. Ghorbal's intercession due to the fact that I had been Mrs. Kissinger's doctor. For this I am most grateful to you both.

One amusing little incident that occurred in Luxor may be of particular interest to you. While we were sitting on the ferryboat waiting to go across the Nile, Sally was being hounded by an Egyptian who very much wanted her to buy some of his beads and other trinkets. As you know, these fellows can be quite persistent and keep coming back again and again. Eventually, our guide went up to the salesman and whispered a couple of words in his ear. He promptly packed his beads, gave us a disdainful glance and took off to another part of the boat never to be seen again. I asked our guide what he had said and he told me, "I told him you were Russian tourists!".

I assume that Nancy's stomach is behaving and I do hope that your back has not given you significant trouble. I do hope that we may have the opportunity to see you personally sometime when you are visiting in Boston and under not too much pressure. Our very best wishes to you both.

GLN/jcg

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2L 3G1

Faculty of Environmental Studies
Office of the Dean
519/885-1211

12
May
1975

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
State Department
Washington
D.C.

Dear Henry:

In the May issue of *Harvard Magazine* I read that your birthday is on May 27th, and I thought I should send you my greetings after all these years to show you that I have not forgotten you.

Besides, I am sure you will appreciate receiving a letter without any suggestions, complaints, or expressions of personal desires. I just want to say "Happy Birthday"! Keep up the good work!

Kindest regards
Faithfully yours

Peter H. Nash, '49, MPA '56, Ph.D. '58
Dean

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September 3, 1976

Copies to: Dear Dr. Nasr:

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RF

I would again like to express my thanks for
the copy of your book, Islam and the Plight of Modern
Man, and for the Journal of the Imperial Iranian
Academy of Philosophy which you gave me at the
Ambassador's residence in Tehran. I am impressed
with the scope of the Academy's undertaking and
wish you great success as its Director.

It was a great pleasure to see you once again,
and I am looking forward to reading your book.

Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr,
Director,
Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy,
Tehran.

ROBERT R. NATHAN 1200 EIGHTEENTH ST. N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 20036

November 4, 1975

The Honorable Secretary of State
and Mrs. Henry Kissinger
c/o The Department of State
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Kissinger:

Eight years ago, a young man whom we know named Don Anderson left Capitol Hill and took to Virginia an untried but logical idea of introducing an intricate, structured concept of organization for community action to improve the way of life of the poor. We are happy to say that it is an idea that worked. Today it manifests itself in 23 counties and three cities in Virginia and North Carolina. Whole counties and cities have been organized into powerful instruments for solving the problems of the poor. Dr. John Knowles, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Vice President, Roderick Petrey, and other foundation leaders supporting the work have found these the most successful community organizations in the United States -- "a prototype for future community development across the nation."

Yet the work has even greater implications. Our feeling is that a very effective way of bringing fundamental constructive changes to the entire nation is to use means that will be effective in the South. Constructing institutions for helping take care of the needs of those left out of governmental considerations, not just in a few counties and cities, not simply in a sufficient number to make governments *notice* people, but to accumulate enough strength to have dramatic impact on the area, would inevitably lead to action on many problems which have long been neglected. It could work not only in the South but in the nation. This is what we believe is involved in this movement.

We think it is important for you to know about this work. We would like for you to come for cocktails at the Board Room of Robert R. Nathan Associates, Suite 200, 1200 18th Street, N. W., Washington at five o'clock on Thursday, November 13th to hear an exciting story. We look forward to seeing you then.

Sincerely,

Robert R. Nathan

Lily Polk Guest

Joan Braden

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## COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS BY
THEODORE READE NATHAN

HON. JACOB K. JAVITS
OF NEW YORK

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, I commend to the attention of my colleagues the commencement address by Theodore Reade Nathan, director of the Lincoln Square Academy in New York City.

It is heartening to learn that an educational institution such as Lincoln Square Academy says to its graduates:

At Lincoln Square Academy, we strive to cultivate mature, sensitive, informed and creative young intellects. We refuse to settle for slipshod instruction and capsulized snap courses. We will not add our quota to a generation of swaggering, empty-headed, long-haired or short-skirted young cynics. The streets are too full of them already.

I ask unanimous consent that the address be printed in the RECORD.

There being no objection, the address was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THEODORE READE NATHAN, DIRECTOR, LINCOLN SQUARE ACADEMY

Honored Guests, and all of you who have brought your hearts to bid our graduates Godspeed, the most moving of all events on the calendar of our school year is this annual convocation to say "Hall"—and never "Farewell"—to our graduating classes.

Those of you who have served as captive audience to my random remarks for almost four years, can now settle back comfortably—or perhaps uncomfortably—confident I will reprise the birth of our school, its growth and widening influence.

You also expect—somewhere along the way—a reminiscence worth at least the smile of recognition.

And here it is—I recall some terrifying moments in a jet above the Azores when the voice of the pilot came over the loudspeaker: "Will the passengers please fasten their seat belts. I have two items of important information—one good and one bad. I will tell you the bad one first. We have strayed off course. We may land suddenly and we don't know where. And now for the good news. We are well ahead of schedule."

As one of the navigators—and there are many—who are guiding Lincoln Square Academy, let me assure you that we are right on course. We know our destination and are way ahead of schedule.

We are making scholastic history—expanding again this year into added space to take care of a large and healthy waiting list attracted by our small classes—by our ratio of a teacher for every seven students, and by our constantly enriched curriculum with its emphasis on the arts and humanities.

The humanities have been taking a bit of a beating lately. Recent events persuade me to bring you a message of some substance on this subject, one that you may find more vital than diverting.

A few days ago, I showed Mrs. Paine, the President of our Board of Trustees, a brief bit of verse I had written. She asked that I read the lines to you. They may be appropriate now:

"In a world that may vanish by bomb or by rocket

Where man measures man by the size of his pocket

Where peace is the subject of much conversation

As nation continues to war against nation, Where everyone challenges everyone's border

Outraging the law and abandoning order ... Let us pause to reflect in this most solemn season

That all we have gained has not given us reason,

That all we have learned has not taught us to love—

That, perhaps, it amuses the being above

As he sits there alone in his own silent night,

Brushing aside someone's new satellite—

Pondering whether, considering us,

The task of Creation was worth all the fuss."

Some of the recent deep and tragic scars on the soul of our people cannot be healed by any remedy but time—perhaps not even by time. Demented forces, creating unimaginable violence and chaos, seem to stalk our land.

I am not certain that these evils can be cured by more severe gun laws alone, or poverty marches or by pulling down slums and putting up public housing that few can afford. I am not confident that crime is as much the result of underprivilege as it is of underpunishment.

We must teach the difference between right and wrong to the growing child—in the classroom. It is too late to teach it to the grown man in the courtroom.

Young people in our land are blessed with far more luxury and leisure than in other parts of the world where drudgery, regulation and routine are the rule. Yet our tender loving care, permissiveness, progressive education and sentimentality seem to breed bands of hoodlums with a built-in snarl for their elders and a switchblade knife for society.

I am no protagonist of so-called "progressive education." I am afraid that—as a result of it—many of our children have shown too little progress and received too little education.

I am not convinced, either, that a school is improved if teaching is adjusted to the point where everybody passes. I am not impressed by report cards so politely worded that the student is unaware of his failure and the parent is unsure whether standards of scholarship, conduct and character are still important. Nor am I in sympathy with the educational philosophy that even the brightest student must move ahead at a snail's pace so that the slowest is not left behind.

Is it not a national disgrace that, in so many areas, an obsolete system produces tens of thousands in high school who cannot read anything above the level of a comic book or write anything more significant than obscenity on a lavatory wall?

Fortunately, at Lincoln Square Academy, we strive to cultivate mature, sensitive, informed and creative young intellects. We refuse to settle for slipshod instruction and capsulized snap courses. We will not add our quota to a generation of swaggering, empty-headed, long-haired or short-skirted young cynics. The streets are too full of them already.

The theatre, the cinema and contemporary literature, have embraced a new realism in which few, if any, subjects are barred. The facts of life no longer need be delicately explained at home. They are available for a few quarters in crude and shocking detail on the rack of any store that sells paperback books.

Children are still required to prove they have come of age in order to purchase a pack of cigarettes, but they can buy a piece of printed pornography long before they grow tall enough to reach it.

If we stand appalled at a nightmare of assassination, muggings, violence and perversion—we don't have to look far for the causes.

But why don't we do something about it?

What has happened to our conscience?

What has happened to our pride?

Where do we get the colossal nerve, the hypocrisy, to blame the children? Our generation is responsible for producing the movies, the TV shows, the literature and the license.

And the greatest horror of all is that there is no horror—at what we, ourselves, have done to them.

Perhaps, instead of the annual commencement "pep talk," we owe something of an apology to our graduates.

In these hours when they have seen and read so much recent evidence of death and decay—I would say to them—and to all youth: "You, too, are the resurrection and the life!"

For the world is desperately in need of the gifts you will bring to times as troubled as ours. Mankind might lose its stability, perhaps its very sanity, were it not for the blessed solace of music and dance and the soaring inspiration of literature and art. That is your responsibility, your great destiny... to help men find peace in their hearts and among themselves.

Today, the arts of the theatre, the widening opportunities in every branch of communication and entertainment, offer you the chance to bring your talents to millions who need the hopes and dreams you can give them.

That is the dedicated purpose of this school, to lift your souls—and ours—above the shambles of disorder and discontent into a higher place where we may peer into the mind of God.

Youth must be served, in our time, as never before. And youth is serving, serving well, here at home and on distant anguished frontlines—on the threshold of a new tomorrow which we must brace ourselves to meet with mingled ravery and apprehension.

The borders of space and time are falling away. We face problems and consequences the like of which have never been matched in history.

Yet, what a wonderful time to be young! To live life to the hilt; to fight for your right to grow up free men and women—drawing upon the courage and optimism of youth to meet the overwhelming challenge you must face.

You are growing up in an hour of great decision and you must do something. You must think, study, speak, and be ready to act when the time comes for action.

If there are wrongs, work to right them. If there are abuses, strive to correct them.

Tremendous power will be placed in your hands, power to destroy everything man has accomplished or to build a brave new world.

Now go—as graduates—and build it!

May this school live and grow and prosper for future generations of doers and dreamers, teachers and students who will pioneer in unimagined dimensions of achievement.

May the lessons learned within its classrooms aid mankind to leap beyond the orbit of the ordinary, to pierce the vials of superstition and fear, to serve the cause of learning, brotherhood and peace as long as Lincoln Square Academy exists.

And may that be for always!