June 12, 1957

Mr. Herman Wouk
c/o Doubleday and Company, Inc.
575 Madison Avenue
New York 22, New York

Dear Mr. Wouk:

I am taking the liberty of writing to acquaint you with
the International Seminar which has been conducted at Harvard
for the past few years and which will take place again this summer.

The Seminar originated in the belief that existing ex-
change programs failed to provide an opportunity to a group on
the verge of reaching positions of leadership in their countries.
We thought particularly of the generation which matured during
the war and witnessed the despair and destruction of its after-
math. It was our belief that a meeting of the most promising
representatives of this group in an atmosphere of tolerance,
created by a privately sponsored program would go far to promote
a better appreciation of common problems and of America's deeper
values.

We have invited forty participants from Europe and Asia for this year's session. Our participants will include a number of editors, legislators, government officials and union leaders, as well as representatives from literary, academic and artistic circles. I am enclosing a list of our participants.

Since our Seminar participants will be in this country
for only nine weeks, the problem of introducing them to as wide
and representative a segment of American life as possible is, of
course, our major concern. Accordingly, it is our hope that we
may induce a number of distinguished representatives from various
spheres of American life to address our visitors out of their own
active experience. All of the participants in the previous sessions
of the Seminar have agreed that this aspect of our program was
perhaps the most fruitful for them.

We therefore wish to invite you to come to Harvard to
talk to the members of the International Seminar on any topic

Mr. Herman Wouk

2.

June 12, 1957

you consider significant. If it is possible for you to come, perhaps
you will designate any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday afternoon convenient
for you between July 9 and August 19, except for July 18, 25, 29 or 30.
If it is at all possible, we should appreciate your giving us an alternate
date. We would hope that you would be the guest of the Seminar
while in Cambridge, and that you would permit us to reimburse you for
any expenses incurred in coming here.

I should like to say again how much your participation in
this project would be appreciated by all of us.

June 12, 1957

Mr. Erich Fromm
180 Riverside Drive
New York, New York

Dear Mr. Fromm:

Mr. Erich Fromm

2.

June 12, 1957

June 12, 1957

Mr. Stanley H. Ruttenberg
Director, Department of Research
815 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Ruttenberg:

I am writing to ask whether it would be
possible for you to speak to the members of the
International Seminar again this summer. You have
become almost an institution with the Seminar, and
certainly your talks have contributed greatly to the
discussions of the Seminar.

If it is possible for you to come, perhaps
you would designate any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday
between July 9 and August 19 with the exceptions of
July 18, 25, 29 and 30. If you could give us an
alternate date, we would greatly appreciate it. I
am enclosing a list of participants.

I would like to say again how much I hope
you will be willing to come, and how much your
participation in the past has meant to the Seminar.

With kind regards.

June 12, 1957

Mr. Chen Chi-lu
c/o Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan, China

Dear Mr. Chen:

Thank you very much for your letters
of June 1 and 2. I understand your hesitation
about being in the humanities group, and have
therefore put your name under the economics and
sociology group. I am enclosing a reading list
for this group.

I am a little concerned about your
getting your visa, and hope that you will keep
us in touch about your progress.

With kind regards.

June 13, 1957

Dear Mr. Sedwick:

I was away on a brief holiday when your several letters arrived
and hasten to reply to them.

It was good news to hear that you will be in the East early in
July. Unhappily, July 1 would probably be not too good an opportunity
to see the International Seminar. Our participants arrive only July 2
in New York and we won't get them together formally for the first time
until July 3. I will have to spend some days in New York winding things
up and will not be at Harvard myself until July 1. Is it at all possible
for you to change your itinerary so that you visit Harvard after you have
been at Syracuse? If you could be at Harvard on July 3, we would be
glad to have you at the opening luncheon for the Seminar. Things are
still a little chaotic at the very beginning but I am sure you would
understand that.

It may interest you to know that I shall be back at Harvard full
time in the Fall, having decided not to go to Chicago after all. This
will certainly facilitate matters.

I look forward to seeing you early in July.

Best regards.

Mr. Robert V. Sedwick
Organization Relations Division
The Asia Foundation
105 Market Street
San Francisco 5, California

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

RADIATION LABORATORY
BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA

June 14, 1957

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Executive Director
Harvard University International Seminar
10 Weld Hall
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

Dr. Teller has asked me to write to you and express his regrets
that he will be unable to accept your kind invitation to participate
in the Harvard University International Seminar. As you already know,
Dr. Teller recently has been told by his doctors that he must curtail
considerably his many activities, particularly those involving travelling.
He is very sorry that he must decline this time.

Dr. Teller looks forward to seeing you next week in New York and
no doubt will talk to you then about the Seminar.

cc: Dr. Kissinger, NYC

June 14, 1957

Mr. Philip D. Reed
Chairman of the Board
General Electric Company
570 Lexington Avenue
New York 22, New York

Dear Mr. Reed:

I am delighted that you will be able to visit the Seminar again this year, and we have definitely scheduled your talk for July 29th.

We would be very pleased if you could arrange to have lunch at 1:00 in the Faculty Club with some of the members of the Seminar before your talk, but we shall quite understand if your schedule does not permit this. The talk would be scheduled for 2:30.

We are looking forward to having
you with us this summer.

June 18, 1957

Mr. George Evans Minot, Managing Editor
The Boston Herald
80 Mason Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Minot:

The Seminar originated in the belief that existing exchange
programs failed to provide an opportunity to a group on the verge of
reaching positions of leadership in their countries. We thought
particularly of the generation which matured during the war and wit-
nessed the despair and destruction of its aftermath. It was our
belief that a meeting of the most promising representatives of this
group in an atmosphere of tolerance, created by a privately sponsored
program would go far to promote a better appreciation of common prob-
lems and of America's deeper values.

Since our Seminar participants will be in this country
for only nine weeks, the problem of introducing them to as wide
and representative a segment of American life as possible, is
of course, our major concern. Accordingly, it is our hope that
we may induce a number of distinguished representatives from various
spheres of American life to talk to our visitors out of their own
active experience. All of the participants in the previous sessions
of the Seminar have agreed that this aspect of our program was perhaps
the most furitful for them.

We therefore wish to invite you to come to Harvard to
talk--very informally--to the members of the International Seminar
on any topic you consider significant. If it is possible for you

June 18, 1957

The Honorable Margaret Chase Smith
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.

Dear Senator Smith:

Since our Seminar participants will be in this country
for only nine weeks, the problem of introducing them to as wide
and representative a segment of American life as possible is, of
course, our major concern. Accordingly, it is our hope that we
may induce a number of distinguished representatives from various
spheres of American life to talk to our visitors out of their own
active experience. All of the participants in the previous sessions
of the Seminar have agreed that this aspect of our program was perhaps
the most fruitful for them.

We therefore wish to invite you to come to Harvard to
talk—very informally—to the members of the International Seminar
on any topic you consider significant. If it is possible for you

Senator Margaret Chase Smith

2.

June 18, 1957

to come, perhaps you will designate any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday
afternoon convenient for you between July 9 and August 19, except
for July 15, 22, 25, 29 or 30. If it is at all possible, we should
appreciate your giving us an alternate date. We would hope that you
would be the guest of the Seminar while in Cambridge, and that you
would permit us to reimburse you for any expenses incurred in coming
here.

[M]

June 18, 1957

Mr. S. J. Perelman
Erwinna, Bucks County
Pennsylvania

Dear Mr. Perelman:

Since our Seminar participants will be in this country
for only nine weeks, the problem of introducing them to as wide
and representative a segment of American life as possible is, of
course, our major concern. Accordingly, it is our hope that we
may induce a number of distinguished representatives from various
spheres of American life to talk to our visitors out of their own
active experience. All the participants in the previous sessions
of the Seminar have agreed that this aspect of our program was
perhaps the most fruitful for them.

Mr. S. J. Perelman

2.

June 18, 1957

to come, perhaps you will designate any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday
afternoon convenient for you between July 9 and August 19, except
for July 15, 22 or 29. If it is at all possible, we should appreci-
ate your giving us an alternate date. We would hope that you would be
the guest of the Seminar while in Cambridge, and that you would permit
us to reimburse you for any expenses incurred in coming here.

June 18, 1957

Dr. Everett Hughes
Department of Sociology
University of Chicago
1126 East 59th Street
Chicago 37, Illinois

Dear Dr. Hughes:

I am writing to you at the suggestion of David Riesman to ask
whether you would be willing to come and talk to the members of the
International Seminar this summer.

The Seminar originated in the belief that existing exchange
programs failed to provide an opportunity to a group on the verge of
reaching positions of leadership in their countries. We thought
particularly of the generation which matured during the war and wit-
nessed the despair and destruction of its aftermath. It was our
belief that a meeting of the most promising representatives of this
group in an atmosphere of tolerance, created by a privately sponsored
program would go far to promote a better appreciation of common
problems and of America's deeper values.

We have invited forty participants from Europe, Asia and the
Middle East for this year's session. Our participants will include a
number of editors, legislators, government officials and union leaders
as well as representatives from literary, academic and artistic circles.
I am enclosing a list of our participants.

Since our Seminar participants will be in this country for
only nine weeks, the problem of introducing them to as wide and rep-
resentative a segment of American life as possible is, of course, our
major concern. Accordingly, it is our hope that we may induce a
number of distinguished representatives from various spheres of
American life to address our visitors out of their own active experience.
All of the participants in the previous sessions have agreed that this
aspect of our program was perhaps the most fruitful for them.

We therefore wish to invite you to come to Harvard to talk -
very informally - to the members of the Seminar. We would be parti-
cularly interested in having you discuss the church in America, but

Dr. Everett Hughes

2.

June 18, 1957

within this general topic you would be free to choose your point of approach.

If it is possible for you to come, we would like you to designate any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday afternoon convenient for you between July 9 and August 19, with the exception of July 15, 22, 25 and 29. If it is at all possible, we should appreciate your giving us alternate dates. We would hope that you would be the guest of the Seminar while in Cambridge, and that you would permit us to reimburse you for any expenses incurred in coming here.

I would like to say how very much I hope you will be willing to come.

I look forward to hearing from you.

June 20, 1957

Mr. John B. Wood
2 Cheyne Row
London S.W. 3
England

Dear Mr. Wood:

Mr. Kissinger is presently in New York, and he asked me to write to you about the "crisis" which has come up with respect to the French Line. By now you will have received Mr. Whitcomb's letter. If the Flandre does not sail, the probability is very great that all the Seminar people will be able to come over on the Queen Mary - Mr. Whitcomb is making all the arrangements about that. Since the Queen Mary does not sail until the 27th, the problem will then be to make sure all the London people have a place to stay, and that they understand the change in plans. It would also be well to have you keep in touch with the French Line, so that they will be able to keep you informed about any changes, and will not contact each Seminar person individually.

The members who were to leave from Havre are being taken care of by Mr. Whitcomb's representative in Paris, so that you do not have to worry about them, other than checking to see that they are actually on whatever ship you finally come on.

If you need any assistance of any kind, I suggest that you get in touch with Michael Davis, St. Mary's, Detillens Lane, Oxted (1956 Seminar) or George Chetwynd, 95 Croxted Road, Gipsy Hill, London S.E. 21 (1955 Seminar). I am sure they would be willing to do anything necessary, and to assist and advise you in any way. Please feel free to cable either Mr. Whitcomb or us collect, and also, do keep track of any expenses you may incur on our behalf.

We are terribly sorry that all this has come up and that we have had to burden you with so many duties. We really are extremely grateful to you.

June 21, 1957

Dear Mr. Eagle:

Some months ago we submitted to the New World
Foundation a request for support on behalf of the International
Seminar a copy of which is enclosed. Since you are no doubt
deluged with written requests of this kind, it seemed to me
that you might be interested in seeing our Seminar in operation.
Whatever formal program we submit to you is really not as
meaningful as the spirit of the effort, and this can be discovered
best through personal contact. I would therefore like to invite
you to visit with us any time between July 8 and August 17
that fits into your program. If you would like to talk to someone
who has attended the Seminar, I am sure that Joseph Johnson
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace among many
others would be glad to speak for us.

I look forward to learning whether you will be able
to spend some time with us in Cambridge.

Best regards.

Mr. Vernon A. Eagle
Executive Director
New World Foundation
120 South LaSalle Street
Chicago 3, Illinois

June 21, 1957

Dear Mr. Pusey:

As you know, we are again conducting the Harvard
International Seminar this summer. It seems to us that a
gathering of a group such as this in an atmosphere like that
of Harvard free from the impatience and self-righteousness of
day-to-day pressures has never been more important.

One of the most vital aspects of the program is a
series of afternoon lectures to which we invite a number of
distinguished individuals from various fields to speak inform-
ally to the group and to answer questions afterwards. We
would be very honored were you to agree to inaugurate the
series on Monday July 8 or Tuesday July 9 at 2:30 o'clock to
welcome our participants to Harvard. You could speak on any
topic you consider significant and as informally as you wish.
Should neither of these dates prove convenient for you, we
would be delighted to arrange another Monday, Tuesday or
Thursday afternoon between July 8 and August 17.

All of us would be very grateful if you could find it
possible to undertake this. I know how much it would mean
to our guests from abroad.

Mr. Nathan M. Pusey
President
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

June 21, 1957

Mr. Archibald MacLeish
Conway
Massachusetts

Dear Archie:

I am writing in hopes that I can encourage
you to talk to the International Seminar people this
summer. I gather you will receive a more formal letter
from Henry Kissinger about it soon.

You may have heard me mention the Seminar:
I've been an American participant in the humanities
section for four years. It is an outstanding group of
people this year, probably the best single group I've
ever seen assembled. Probably the most important
aspect of the Seminar, for the participants, is the
chance to meet and talk with Americans who are in some
way active in public life. In past years many members
of the humanities section have wanted to meet you and
hear of your experiences, both political and poetic.
You would be doing the Seminar a great favor if you were
able to find time to talk to them very informally.

Henry has probably written you more specifically
about the available dates: I know that with a little
warning almost any date can be arranged. I do hope you
will be able to make it.

In any event, I hope to see you in Cambridge
if you are through. Have a very good summer.

With best wishes.

June 21, 1957

Mr. Hartford N. Gunn
General Manager
WGBH-TV-FM
84 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Gunn:

I am writing to you concerning the International Seminar which is held here at Harvard each summer. In past years, WGBH has either broadcast our programs directly, or tape-recorded them for future use. These programs have consisted of seven or eight "Forums" at which the members of the Seminar have spoken either as individual speakers or as part of a panel discussion.

We were wondering whether you would again be willing to broadcast all or some of these sessions. I am enclosing a list of our participants so that you can see the sort of person who will be coming. You will notice that these are not students, but persons of some importance in their own countries.

Although I will be in New York this next week, I will return to Cambridge July 1st. Perhaps you would like to telephone me after I return, so that we could talk about this. Our number is Kirkland 7-7600, Ext. 734.

June 21, 1957

Mr. George E. Shrigley
Vice President and General Manager
Shoppers' World
Framingham, Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Shrigley:

The Harvard International Seminar is playing host again this year to forty outstanding Asians, Europeans and Africans. Enclosed is a list of this year's participants and, as you will see, it includes Members of Parliament, economists, journalists and individuals interested in the arts.

Last year you were kind enough to make possible a visit to the Framingham Shopping Center, and it was one of the most novel and interesting events of the summer. We were wondering if a similar tour could be planned for this summer.

If it would be convenient for you, July 24 at about 2:30 in the afternoon would be a good time for us; if this is not a good time for you, perhaps we could arrange another date by telephone. Our number is Kirkland 7-7600, Ext. 734. I think that this year's group would be interested in a visit similar to those enjoyed by members of the Seminar in previous years.

I look forward to hearing from you, and hope very much that you will be able to arrange something again this summer.

June 21, 1957

Dear Mr. MacLeish:

The Seminar originated in the belief that existing
exchange programs failed to provide an opportunity to a group
on the verge of reaching positions of leadership in their countries.
We thought particularly of the generation which matured during the
war and witnessed the despair and destruction of its aftermath. It
was our belief that a meeting of the most promising representatives
of this group in an atmosphere of tolerance, created by a privately
sponsored program would go far to promote a better appreciation of
common problems and of America's deeper values.

Since our Seminar participants will be in this country
for only nine weeks, the problem of introducing them to as wide
and representative a segment of American life as possible is, of
course, our major concern. Accordingly, it is our hope that we may
induce a number of distinguished representatives from various spheres
of American life to talk to our visitors out of their own active ex-
perience. All the participants in the previous sessions of the Seminar
have agreed that this aspect of our program was perhaps the most fruitful for them.

We therefore would like to invite you to come to Harvard to
talk—very informally—to the members of the International Seminar on

Mr. Archibald MacLeish

2.

June 21, 1957

any topic you consider significant. If it is possible for you to
come, perhaps you will designate any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday
afternoon convenient for you between July 9 and August 19, except
for July 15, 22, 25, 29 or 30. If it is at all possible, we should
appreciate your giving us an alternate date. We would hope that you
would be the guest of the Seminar while in Cambridge, and that you
would permit us to reimburse you for any expenses incurred in coming
here.

June 21, 1957

The Honorable James Michael Curley
9 Pond Circle
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Curley:

The Honorable J. M. Curley

2.

June 21, 1957

on any topic you consider significant, perhaps on the tole of the
political boss. If it is possible for you to come, perhaps you
will designate any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday afternoon convenient
for you between July 9 and August 19, except for July 15, 22, 25, 29
or 30. If it is at all possible, we should appreciate your giving
us an alternate date.

June 21, 1957

Mr. Joseph Nye Welch
60 State Street
Boston 9, Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Welch:

We therefore would like to invite you to come to Harvard to
talk--very informally--to the members of the International Seminar on

Mr. Joseph Nye Welch

2.

June 21, 1957

the legal profession or perhaps on the role of the lawyer in our society.
If it is possible for you to come, perhaps you will designate any Monday,
Tuesday or Thursday afternoon convenient for you between July 9 and
August 19, except for July 15, 22, 25, 29 or 30. If it is at all possible,
we should appreciate your giving us an alternate date.

June 21, 1957

Mr. Timothy J. Regan, Jr.
Vice President of Employee Relations
Boston Edison Company
182 Tremont Street
Boston 16, Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Regan:

I am writing to you at the suggestion of Miss Ann MacMillan who, I understand, has spoken to you about the Harvard International Seminar which is once again playing host to forty outstanding people from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. They include a number of editors, legislators, government officials and businessmen as well as representatives from the literary, academic and artistic circles.

Since our Seminar participants will be in this country for only eight weeks, the problem of introducing them to as wide and representative a segment of American life as possible is, of course, our major concern. Accordingly, we have tried in past years to arrange visits to businesses, housing projects, and other institutions that we felt would be of interest to the members of the group. We were wondering if it would be at all possible for any of the Seminar participants to sit in on any of the labor-management discussions or grievance hearings of the Boston Edison Company. We feel that they would be particularly interested in the interaction of these two forces.

We hope that it will be possible for you to make an arrangement along these lines. Perhaps it would be easier for you if you were to call and we could discuss this over the telephone. Our number is Kirkland 7-7600, Ext. 734. I am enclosing a list of this year's participants so you will have some idea who the members will be.

Enclosure

June 24, 1957

Dr. Albert Forgac
24 Rue du Mont-Thabor
Paris, France

Dear Dr. Forgac:

I must apologize for not answering
your letter sooner, but it unfortunately
was mislaid, and has only recently turned up
again.

By this time I am sure you will have
made plans which do not include coming to the
Seminar in August. At any rate, the terms of
our grant would have made this impossible.

If you are in the Cambridge area, it
would be nice to meet with you.

July 19, 1957

Dear Caryl:

Your visit to the Seminar was a wonderful experience
for everybody as you no doubt gathered yourself from the
warmth of the reaction. I hope two visits are sufficient to
establish a tradition and that you will be coming back to the
Seminar as often as you possibly can.

Warm regards.

Dr. Caryl Haskins
1530 F Street, N.W.
Washington 5, D. C.

PROGRAM BULLETIN

SEPTEMBER • 1957

# The ASIA FOUNDATION

## Malaya: Newest Asian Nation

On August 31, 1957, the Federation of Malaya became an independent country, ending a century and a half of colonial status. The nine States and two Crown colonies which made up this peninsula nation have become part of a federal union and equal partner in the British Commonwealth as a result of the cooperative efforts of the Malayan and British leaders, with Tengku Abdul Rahman, now the first Prime Minister

of Malaya, representing the Malayan people as their elected leader in bringing the negotiations to a successful conclusion. The week-long festival which marked the birth of Malaya in the new federal capital of Kuala Lumpur underscored the peaceful character of this transition and the deep goodwill between the two governments directly concerned.

Malaya brings to the group of newly-independent Asian nations a country with an unusual racial composition. The large racial groupings, with extensive use of four languages, contribute both to the country's strength and to the most urgent problems which the new government must face. The Malays themselves are only slightly greater in number than the Chinese residents—a guest population that has made its home in Malaya in increasing numbers during the past century. There is also a substantial Indian popu-

lation so that civil administration, education, and community leadership must serve the separate needs of Malay, Chinese, English and Indian speaking communities while seeking to bring them all together in a common loyalty and a new national identity.

An outstanding example of the extension of community service activity which is effectively crossing racial lines and helping to shape a national pattern may be found

in the activities of the Malayan Public Library Association. This organization, to which The Asia Foundation has provided assistance since its inception five years ago, has now developed into a national cultural movement and estimates that well over 100,000 people are directly connected with its programs.

—City Photo Studio, Malacca

A book exhibition sponsored by the Malayan Public Library Association was held recently in Malacca at Sungai Udang Public Library, which includes Malay and Chinese sections. The exhibition was attended by more than 1,500 people.

### Also in This Issue:

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ADULT EDUCATION Center in Kuala Lumpur contributes to racial harmony by providing language instruction. Chinese and Indian students above are studying Malay.

More than two hundred Malay, Chinese and English language libraries are in operation, three dramatic troupes travel the country and an extensive adult education program provides instruction in three languages to 17,000 people. In addition, a wide variety of community activities have emerged around the library centers. These include hundreds of athletic teams and sports associations, literary clubs, music groups and similar affiliated units.

This Public Library Association was developed in 1952 by a group of Malayan-Chinese, anxious to meet a particular need of that time. Because of the war against the communist terrorists, then at its peak, the government was resettling large numbers of Chinese farmers in "New Villages" to deprive marauding gangs of food supplies. While the authorities were concerned with the material problems, private voluntary action was required to provide for community interests and cultural needs in the villages and—most important—to prevent their isolation from the rest of the country through a feeling of being segregated. New Village libraries were established. Thereafter, so well suited was the Library Association concept to the needs of the country at large, the New Village libraries in response to demand soon spilled over into towns and Malay kampongs and now extend into Singapore and Borneo as well. Truly national in scope, the organization now receives large grants from government departments of Education and Social Welfare in amounts which triple the contributions of The Asia Foundation. The Association's basic resources and income

DRAMATIC TROUPE, one of three traveling in Malaya sponsored by the Malayan Public Library Association, presents a play entitled "A Small Street Scene."

are still provided in the greatest part, however, by the local people themselves.

Local support and operation have been emphasized from the beginning. Each library center is in fact autonomous, set up with an initial stock of books from the Association after a village has produced a responsible organization to sponsor the library and equip and maintain it. The Association itself assists and advises in the establishment of each library, including instructions and materials on operation as well as help in the training of the librarians. Thereafter, it provides services designed to maintain the original impetus and to make each unit feel part of the national chain. Throughout the year, replenishment stocks are donated so that a continuing close relationship exists. Village sponsors and librarians are brought together in State and national conferences, where further training is provided and new ideas and policies discussed. Specially trained Association officers tour the libraries to provide guidance and direction in the establishment of community programs which naturally grow out of these village focal points, including the development of athletic teams, music groups and literary societies.

In the rural areas these library centers have struck a deeply responsive chord and Association officers report their visits are often the occasion for a full day of festival. The strength of this local support is perhaps best shown by the fact that less than one per cent of the libraries have been closed even temporarily, and in those few cases other groups were ready to come forward to take over the books and carry on. Recently a student-aid scholarship scheme

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has been added to the Association's program, and the organization has also taken over administration in Malaya of the BOOKS FOR ASIAN STUDENTS program, described in earlier Program Bulletins.

Soon after it was formed, the Association sponsored a dramatic and music troupe which traveled about the country to promote and spread the library movement. This also proved an effective device to bring new ideas into the villages and keep them in touch with the national trends. This idea too grew in response to demand and there are now three such troupes, one Malay and two Chinese, and one carries with it a mobile library unit. These troupes average twenty-five performing days a month to countrywide audiences exceeding 20,000. The message carried in the entertainment of these players is the basic message and aim of the Public Library Association: promotion of racial understanding, citizenship responsibility, and loyalty to the new Malaya.

One of the most important Association programs is in the field of Adult Education. With Department of Education aid, classes in English, Chinese and Malay are conducted for almost 17,000 enrolled students. Besides helping to meet basic literacy requirements, this program attempts to give qualified students a command of more than one local language—a fundamental contribution to racial harmony. These Adult Education classes have led the Association into the preparation and printing of texts and supplemental readers. These, added to extensive materials produced for the library program, have made the Association an important publisher, again in response to local needs. Malay and Chinese magazines have recently been added to the production

list, and these are finding a wide general circulation among the public in addition to the specialized Adult Education and library distribution for which they were developed. Finally, with Malay about to become the national language, the Association is contributing special study and educational materials designed to aid adaptation of Malay to the needs of modern society and to encourage creation of a living national literature.

As the new nation of Malaya seeks to develop the trained personnel and leadership necessary to meet the country's new responsibilities, community service organizations need support for their role in contributing to civic self-help, utilization of local resources, and indigenous movements which form the bases of community responsibility. The Asia Foundation representatives, in the area since 1952, have endeavored to encourage and strengthen such local organizations. While the Malayan Public Library Association is only one of the project groups to which the Foundation has provided continuing assistance, it effectively exemplifies the direction which the Foundation feels its own efforts must take in contributing to the growth of the new Malaya.

This report on the Malayan Public Library Association was prepared by Thomas D. Scott who has worked in Singapore with The Asia Foundation since 1955. For three years earlier, he was an Assistant Representative in the Foundation's Hong Kong office. A graduate of Syringe University, Mr. Scott taught history at West China Union University in Cheng'tu, Szechuan, China, from 1949 until 1951.

A PUBLIC TEA helped mark the July 1957 opening of the Malay Library at Sungai Rambai. Almost the entire village turned out for the important occasion.

IN KUALA LUMPUR, capital of newly-independent Malaya, a group of young people examine the Malay selection of the Sultan Suleiman Club Public Library.

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Korean Social Sciences Research Library

Jack James, author of the following article,
was United Press Bureau Chief in Seoul at the
time of the North Korean invasion in June
1950. In late 1953, following six years in Asia
with United Press, Mr. James joined the San
Francisco staff of The Asia Foundation and
served temporarily in 1955 as the Foundation's
Representative in Korea.

It is perhaps remarkable that an intellectual spark remained in Korea in 1954. In its six-year history, the Republic of Korea had spent three years in a war requiring the total energies of the country. The capital city, Seoul, still resembled an armed camp rather than a seat of government. Government offices and armed forces headquarters were crowded into the few solid buildings left. There was little power, fuel or food. The hardy remnant of Seoul's normal population of a million and a quarter numbered less than 500,000. University compounds were largely occupied by military forces. Libraries were in ruins, or stored in uncatalogued crates in leaky warehouses. It would be another year before noticeable reconstruction would begin.

Little Intellectual Exchange

Accomplished scholars and professional men had
had little contact with their compatriots in other
countries for a generation. But the Korean intellec-

tual community is tough-minded and articulate. Its
members recognized the need for massive material
assistance to rebuild the country. Korea was receiving
such assistance and they welcomed it. But as inter-
preters of the vast social changes that would accom-
pany reconstruction, and the attendant moderniza-
tion of the country, the intellectuals felt and said
they were being neglected.

Related Activities Planned

Thus it was that after conversations with a large
number of educators, scholars and cultural leaders,
The Asia Foundation's first Representative in Korea,
the late Philip Rowe, reported "general unanimity
that a reference library emphasizing, but not ex-
clusively, the social sciences is desirable." He pro-
posed Foundation support for such a library, stocked
with a comprehensive list of academic and profes-
sional journals, up-to-date encyclopedias and other
Western reference materials. These books were in-
tended for reference only—the research emphasis
would be in Korean studies by Koreans. It was hoped
that a number of other activities would grow up
about the library. The library would offer fellow-
ships for advanced research on Korean subjects;
support publication of worthwhile Korean manu-
scripts; sponsor seminars with outstanding Korean

SECRETARY YUN of the Korean Social Sciences Research Society, which has sponsored seminars with visiting Fulbright scholars in the Library building.

PERIODICAL ROOM of the Research Library now
includes a number of American, British and French publi-
cations in addition to several Korean newspapers.

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DR. DONG CHON is Director of the Research Library which recently acquired files of old Korean newspapers.

and visiting foreign scholars; and furnish facilities for exchange with foreign libraries.

## Board of Outstanding Educators

The library was established under a Board of Trustees composed of leading educators in Seoul. This group was one which could encourage an ambitious program of this nature with some hope of success. Dr. L. George Paik, Korea's wartime minister of education and President of Yonsei University, was elected Chairman. Other members were: Dr. Yu Chin O, President of Korea University and one of the authors of the Republic's constitution; Dr. Helen Kim, President of Ehwa Woman's University; and Choi Kyu Nam, President of Seoul National University. Dr. Choi has since been named Minister of Education, but maintains his interest in the library. His place on the Board was assumed by Dr. Yun Il Sun, his successor at Seoul National University.

The library was slow in getting under way. Premises had to be built. Books and journals had to be imported. It was not until early 1956 that the Korean Social Sciences Research Library was opened and its initial program developed. Dr. Dong Chon, who received his doctorate from the University of Colorado, returned to Korea early in 1956 and was appointed Director of the library and its program.

In little more than a year since it was opened, the library has offered five fellowships for advanced Korean scholars. Five monographs are now nearing completion. An exchange program has led an increasing number of libraries in Europe, other Asian

MAIN READING ROOM of the Library provides serious students with a well-lighted area in which to work.

countries and the United States to call upon the library for assistance in obtaining materials unavailable elsewhere. Several foreign scholars have visited the library and others plan to use its facilities during forthcoming trips to Korea.

Korean studies have been relatively neglected in the West, although there are a few American graduate students in the field. Since 1956, the Foundation has offered a fellowship to an American graduate student wishing to do research in Korea. Under this program, the fellows also help to promote international exchange under Dr. Dong's direction. Kenneth Stuart, now at Columbia University, held the first fellowship. John Harvey, of Harvard University, received the second and is now in Seoul.

## Serious Research Emphasized

Approximately 250 persons hold cards permitting them to use the library. Only persons who wish to do serious research are admitted. The library will soon begin a modest publishing program, furnishing an outlet not now available to serious scholars with completed work. The library houses the offices of the Korean Social Sciences Research Society and was the venue of a series of seminars with visiting Fulbright scholars sponsored by that organization.

It is still too early to evaluate fully the library's contribution. In some ways The Asia Foundation investment, now more than $75,000, has been an act of faith. The library's programs continue. Its services are expanding. It cannot do the job alone, but it is now regarded as a significant factor within the intellectual and academic community of Korea.

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Indonesian Cooperative Movement
Aids Nation-wide Development

One of the most encouraging aspects of the economic development of Indonesia is the growth of the cooperative movement in the eight years since the young republic gained its independence. The most recent milestone in the growth of the cooperative movement in Indonesia was reached in July 1957 when the government's Cooperative Service, a department of the Ministry of Trade, turned over to the private cooperative movement all education and training responsibilities for the nation's far-flung cooperative societies.

This important development does not mean that the government of Indonesia is withdrawing completely from this field. Actually, government instructors will continue to assist, but the responsibility for the training now lies with the Dewan Ko-operasi, the executive council of the national cooperative movement.

As Dr. George Kéler reported last year to the executive committee of the International Cooperative Alliance, following his survey of Asian cooperative movements, cooperation in Asia cannot make the rapid progress so urgently needed without the "active benevolence and support" of governments. This support the Indonesian government has given liberally, largely under the inspiration of Dr. Md. Hatta, generally known as "the father of the cooperative movement," who was vice president of the Republic until December 1956.

One of the traditional features of Indonesian village society, dating back many centuries, is *gotong royong* (mutual assistance). However, it was not until 30 years ago, in 1927, that a Dutch colonial government regulation was passed providing a legal basis for cooperative societies and imposing on the government the task of popularizing the cooperative movement, training leaders of cooperative societies and pro-

viding auditing and overall supervision of the societies. By the end of 1939 there were 574 societies, with 52,216 members. By the end of 1950 the cooperative movement had grown to 1,155 societies and 85,000 members. Since then, growth of the cooperative movement has been especially rapid. By the end of last year, there were almost 12,000 societies and nearly 2,000,000 members. These societies include the following types: credit, 44%; multipurpose, 31%; producer, 12%; consumer, 8%; other, including associations of societies, 5%. During this six year period, savings grew from 4,500,000 rupiah (official rate of exchange US$1 equals Rp. 11.4) to nearly 400,000,000 rupiah. This rapid growth has created shortages of trained personnel, both for management of the private societies and the supervisory functions of the government.

In the past year, The Asia Founda-

tion, recognizing the importance of expanding educational and training facilities for Indonesian cooperators, has made a number of grants, four of them designed to help establish training centers. The first of these to be finished was the center at Medan, North Sumatra, which was dedicated on National Cooperative Day, July 12, 1957. Others are either under construction or in the planning stage in Padang (Central Sumatra), Malang (East Java) and Den Pasar (on the island of Bali, to serve Nusa Tenggara province).

Other Asia Foundation assistance, planned in consultation with Rusli Rahim, head of the Indonesian government's Cooperative Service, and with the executive council of the national cooperative movement, has included travel grants for representation at the International Cooperative Alliance's meeting in Stockholm last month; books for special libraries on cooperatives; mobile audio-visual training units; equipment for the only private cooperative high school (in Jogjakarta) and some direct assistance to the government's Cooperative Service.

COOPERATIVE TRAINING CENTER at Medan in North Sumatra, dedicated July 12, 1957, was the first to be completed of four such Indonesian Cooperative training centers being assisted by grants from The Asia Foundation.

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## Dr. Htin Aung
To Lecture on Burma
In United States

Dr. Htin Aung, Rector of Rangoon University, arrives in this country this month as the second lecturer to visit American universities under the three-year program known as the "U Nu Lectureship in Burmese Culture," established by The Asia Foundation in honor of the Burmese Prime Minister's 1955 visit to the United States. The Association for Asian Studies administers this program for the Foundation and arranges the visiting lecture-ship schedule with American institutions.

Accompanied by his wife, Dr. Htin Aung will visit universities throughout the United States during the academic year now beginning. He plans to lecture and conduct seminars on anthropology, government, primitive law, Burmese law and history, Burmese society, literature and folklore, and Buddhist philosophy. Dr. Htin Aung was educated at the University of Rangoon,

Dr. Htin Aung
Rector, Rangoon University

London School of Economics, Lincoln's Inn, Queens College in Cambridge and Trinity College, Dublin.

The enthusiastic reception this lectureship program already enjoys reflects in large measure the outstanding work done last year by Daw Mya Sein of the University of Rangoon History Department, who was the first U Nu scholar made available to American universities.

## New Associate
Nieman Fellows

The third group of Associate Nieman Fellows from Asia is beginning this month a year of resident study at Harvard University. Taking part in the Nieman program for journalists during the forthcoming academic year will be Piyal Wickremasinghe, a reporter for the *Times of Ceylon*; Hiroshi Ishihara, foreign news writer for *Yomiuri Shimbun* of Tokyo; and Juan V. Saez, a reporter for the *Manila Times*.

As in the previous two years, the Associate Fellows from Asia were nominated by their fellow newspapermen in Asian countries to take part in the Nieman program. During the academic year which ended in June, newspapers from India, Japan and Pakistan took part. These annual fellowships are sponsored by The Asia Foundation under an agreement with Harvard University. They have enabled Associate Fellows from Asia to benefit from and contribute to the Nieman seminars since September 1955.

## Grants Recently Approved

### AFGHANISTAN—Press Equipment

To supply equipment needed by the Ministry of Education to produce more primary and secondary school texts in Pushtu and Persian.

### CAMBODIA—Home Economics Center

To purchase equipment for the Ecole Sutharot Home Economics Center, the country's first facility for training home economics and child welfare teachers.

### CEYLON—Classroom Equipment

To provide classroom and library equipment for the Kotahena Buddhist Educational Trust which sponsors two educational institutions.

### INDIA—Law Reference Books

To present jointly with Stanford University Law School basic references in American constitutional law to the Indian Law Review Commission.

### INDIA—Constitutional Documents

To assist an Indian educational organization with headquarters in Bombay in publishing a study of background documents relating to drafting of the Indian constitution.

### JAPAN—National Cultural Council

To aid the development of a National Council of Cultural Organizations attempting to coordinate various local elements in cultural fields and to encourage a more active role by business interests.

### JAPAN—Correspondence Courses

To assist correspondence courses of Rakuno Gakuen of Hokkaido, an accredited private high school and junior college which teaches practical agricultural methods and community responsibility.

### LAOS—Buddhist English Teacher

To enable a Laotian Buddhist monk to spend a year in the United States studying the teaching of English as a foreign language.

### PHILIPPINES—Rural Aid

To strengthen the Federation of Free Farmers which encourages self-help among tenants and small farmers.

### SOUTHEAST ASIA—Boy Scouts

To help expand the staff and functions of the Boy Scout Far East Traveling Commissioner, based in Manila, and thereby to assist various country Scouting movements.

### VIETNAM—University of Hue

To provide books and equipment needed in the initial stages of formation of this university located a few miles south of the 17th parallel.

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## 'Seeds for Democracy'
Fosters Direct
US-Asian Cooperation

To meet an agricultural need with practical measures, the *Seeds for Democracy* project of The Asia Foundation fosters a direct working relationship between civic organizations in the United States and those in four Asian countries. Packets of vegetable seeds or funds with which to purchase seeds are collected in the United States from organizations similar to those which distribute the seeds packets in the recipient countries. The American organizations include the Boy Scouts, Campfire Girls, YWCA, 4-H Clubs, Women's Clubs, and other agencies.

The packets of seeds are counted, sorted and boxed for Asian shipment in San Francisco. They are sent to Burma, Ceylon, Pakistan and the Philippines in accordance with requests specifying quantity and variety. Upon arrival the shipments are divided among the participating Asian organizations for free distribution by local chapters and units throughout the respective countries. American donors receive letters of acknowledgement directly from the Asian organizations. This project, sponsored by the Foundation for the past five years, has now distributed almost four million packets of vegetable seeds.

*Seeds for Democracy* enjoys the en-

thusiastic cooperation of agricultural authorities in the Asian nations. This cooperation is reinforced by the Foundation's support of research activities, such as those being carried out at the Los Baños experimental station in the Philippines, designed to assure and increase the usefulness of the seeds. The

project has attained such respect in the Philippines that on February 9, 1957, the late President Magsaysay proclaimed *Seeds for Democracy* Day.

Additional information may be obtained by writing to *Seeds for Democracy*, 21 Drumm Street, San Francisco 11, California.

EXPERIMENTAL VEGETABLE GARDEN at Los Baños, operated by the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture, tests the germination of temperate zone vegetable seeds sent to the Philippines for distribution. Filipino graduate students there have also carried out original research in the field of seed preservation under tropical conditions, utilizing materials readily available in rural areas. A number of international organizations, in addition to "Seeds for Democracy," have encouraged and participated in the work at Los Baños. Similar testing is accomplished in Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan through the good offices of the departments of agriculture and bureaus of plant industry.

## The Asia Foundation

A Private Non-Profit
Organization

105 Market Street
San Francisco 5, Calif.

New York Office:

345 East 46th Street
New York 17, New York

Program Bulletin No. 4

**Board of Trustees:** Brayton Wilbur, Chairman; Raymond B. Allen, J. B. Atherton, Barry Bingham, Robert Blum, Arthur H. Dean, Thomas K. Finletter, A. Crawford Greene, R. Allen Griffin, Paul G. Hoffman, Eric A. Johnston, Grayson L. Kirk, Roger D. Lapham, Turner H. McBaine, Walter H. Mallory, James A. Michener, Robbins Milbank, Mrs. Maurice T. Moore, T. S. Petersen, Mrs. Henry P. Russell, Paul C. Smith, Russell G. Smith, J. E. Wallace Sterling.

**Administration:** Robert Blum, President; John B. Routh, Director of Administration; John F. Sullivan, Director of Programs; John Gange, Director of Review and Development; Lyman Hoover, New York Representative.

**Representatives in Asia:** AFGHANISTAN, Harold L. Amoss, Jr.; BURMA, James J. Dalton; CAMBODIA, Leonard C. Overton; CEYLON, William T. Fleming; HONG KONG, Patrick Judge; INDONESIA, James L. Stewart; JAPAN, Robert B. Hall; KOREA, Laurence G. Thompson; MALAYA/SINGAPORE, John H. Tallman; PAKISTAN, Richard J. Miller; PHILIPPINES, L. Albert Wilson; TAIWAN, Earl Swisher; THAILAND, Noel F. Busch; VIETNAM, Edgar N. Pike.

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September 18, 1957

Dear Emil:

Thank you for your letter of September 11th. I very much appreciate your kindness in respect to my friend Philip Quigg -- and even more the nice things you said about the Harvard Seminar.

It was of course a great pleasure to have you at Cambridge and I only regret that my rather hectic life in New York didn't make it possible for me to see more of you.

I have not seen any of the German comments about my book but would be fascinated by them. Would it be possible for you to get copies?

Warm regards and many thanks,

Mr. Emil M. Kroher
Danzigerstrasse 12
Bad Godesberg, West Germany

September 11, 1957

Mr. Henry A. Kissinger
22 West 55 th Street
New York 19, N.Y.

Dear Henry A. Kissinger,

many thanks for your kind letter from September 4. Mr. Quigg
will be very welcomed. You can be sure, that I will do everything
for him, I can arrange. I appreciate it very much, that you send
him to me.

By the way, your book is making a lot of noise even here in
Germany. Almost every bigger news paper brought a review al-
ready. It is really a sensation. I also read the article in
"Time". Great! Congratulations!

About "Confluence" I talked to the publisher of the
"Verlag für Politik und Wirtschaft" which is associated with
the "Verlag Kiepenheuer und Witsch". These are among the best
publishers on political issues in Germany. **He is interested!**
He will get in touch with you within the next days.

You will not be surprised, if I confess that I am not "at home"
yet. Of course there is plenty of work occupying me nearly
completely. But I myself am no more the same who started some
weeks ago for Cambridge. What happened in Cambridge was not only
a matter of expanding my horizon but nearly a changing in the
way to look at things. I have the feeling to have made a
great jump. Forward, of course. The distance made it possible
to get greater conceptions, no more so much bound to the every-day problems. Certainly there have been the fundamentals
before, but now I guess I have the problems of Europe and
especially Germany "in Griff" (Excuse me, I can't find the
corresponding expression in English). There is an conception
which could lead us out of our present dead lock. I only hope
that the next year gives me a chance for some
scientific work.

With many regards,

With many regards,

scientific work.

HAXXAXXX that the next year gives me a chance for some
which could feed me out of our present need lock. I only hope
corresponding expression in English). There is an concession
accordingly Germany "I'm Grift" (Examine me, I can't find the
before, put now I guess I have the problems of Europe and
everybody problems. Certainly there have been the fundamentals
to get greater conceptions, no more so much pound to the
Great Jmb. Forward, or come. The distance made it possible
was to look at things. I have the feeling to have made a
s matter of expanding my horizon but nearly a changing in the
weekstar Comprisse. What happened in Comprisse was not only
completely. But I meant so more the same who started some
of. Of course there is plenty of work according me nearly
will not be ambushed, if I confess that I am not at home.

He will get in touch with you within the next day.
bibliophiles on political fane in Germany. He is interested!

the "Aerfaß Kiepenheuer und Witzach". These are among the best
"Aerfaß für Politik und Wirtschaft," which is associated with
Avent "Confluence". I talked to the publisher of the

resdß. It is really a sensation. I also read the article in
Germany. Vilmoot even prater was better prompts review st-
by the msx. Your book is making a lot of noise even here in

him to me.

for him, I can arrange. I appreciate it very much, that you send
will be very welcomed. You can be sure, that I will go everything
many thanks for your kind letter from September 4. Mr. Grift

Dear Henry V. Klaasinger,

New York 19, N.Y.

SS West 22 in Street

Mr. Henry V. Klaasinger

September 11, 1927

November 12, 1957

My dear Borsa:

Here are more of the texts that you requested:

Louisiana Act No. 23 of 1934

Supreme Court 297 U.S. 233, Grosjean, Supervisor of Public Accounts of Louisiana v. American Press Co. Inc. (1936)

Texts of some of the other regulatory commissions are out of print and we are having to obtain photostats from the libraries.

Also enclosed is a copy of an internal government memorandum relating to the President's powers over independent regulatory commissions. If after you have looked this over, you find it is outside your field of interest, perhaps you could return it here.

Best wishes.

Mr. Giorgio Borsa
Istituto Per Gli Studi Di Politica Internazionale
Via Clerici N. 5
Milano, Italy

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POSSIBILITIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF NIAGARA FALLS FOR POWER. September 1949. $1.00.

MAILING SERVICES

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THE COMMISSION ISSUES PRESS RELEASES ON ITS IMPORTANT OPINIONS, ORDERS AND DECISIONS, MAJOR APPLICATIONS FILED, DATES OF HEARINGS, NEW PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER MATTERS. THESE ARE SENT FREE TO TWOSE INTERESTED. PLEASE CHECK THE DESIRED LIST.

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Please send me the publication(s) indicated.

(Name)

(Street Number)

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FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

FORMS AND PUBLICATIONS

LIST AND ORDER BLANK

JUNE 1957

Forms and publications are sold by the Commission. Orders should be addressed to the Federal Power Commission, 441 G St. N. W., Washington 25, D. C.

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ADMINISTRATIVE FORMS

A-2 - FPC FORM NO. 1 -- Annual Report Form for Electric Utilities and Licensees Having Electric Operating Revenues in Excess of $250,000 Annually. $1.50.

A-3 - FPC FORM NO. 1-A -- Annual Report Form for Electric Utilities and Licensees Having Electric Operating Revenues of more than $100,000 but not more than $250,000 Annually. 75 cents.

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A-13 - FPC FORM NO. 2 -- Annual Report Form for Class A and Class B Natural Gas Companies. $1.25.

A-19 - FPC FORM NO. 2-A -- Annual Report Form for Class C and Class D Natural Gas Companies. 50 cents.

A-22 - FPC FORM NO. 12 -- Power System Statement (Class I and Class II systems). 75 cents.

A-21 - FPC FORM NO. 12-A -- Power System Statement (Class III and Class IV Systems having 5 to 20 million kilowatt-hour output). Free.

A-24 - FPC FORM NO. 12-D -- Power System Statement (Class III Systems having an annual kilowatt-hour output of less than 5 million). Free.

ADMINISTRATIVE PUBLICATIONS

A-1 - GLOSSARY OF IMPORTANT POWER AND RATE TERMS, ABREVIATIONS AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS, 1949. 15 cents.

A-5 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS PRESCRIBED FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES AND LICENSEES, effective January 1, 1937. 60 cents.

A-8 - REGULATIONS TO GOVERN THE PRESERVATION OF RECORDS OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND LICENSEES, April 1, 1957. 20 cents.

A-10 - FEDERAL POWER ACT - Indexed -- June 1, 1955. 40 cents.

A-11 - NATURAL GAS ACT - Indexed -- June 1, 1955. 25 cents.

A-12 - UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS PRESCRIBED FOR NATURAL GAS COMPANIES, effective January 1, 1940, with amendments to January 1, 1954. 40 cents.

A-18 - LIST OF UNITS OF PROPERTY FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES, effective February 1, 1937. 15 cents.

ISTITUTO PER GLI STUDI DI POLITICA INTERNAZIONALE

VIA CLERICI N. 5 - MILANO - TELEFONI 892.341 - 802.835

Milan, October 19, 1957

My dear Kissinger,

I wonder if I may trouble you for a matter which is of great importance to me. I am now preparing a paper to denounce the limitations imposed in this country upon the publication of newspapers. I understand that in 1934 the local Parliament of the State of Louisiana passed a law establishing a tax of 2% on the gross profits from advertisements published on daily or periodical newspapers having a weekly circulation of over 20.000 copies, and that the Supreme Court ruled that the law was unconstitutional for it violated the freedom of the press.

I would require: 1) the text of that law; 2) the text of the ruling of the Court; 3) the text of any provisions regulating in a general way the functioning and the power of the Independent Regulatory Commission as well as any regulations instituting every single Commission, (Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Power Commission, National Labor Relations Board, etc.).

I quite realize that it is not easy to find all these texts, and that it may take time and trouble to get them. I hesitate before asking you, but I am really at a loss. Perhaps you may ask some of your secretaries or somebody else to take up this matter. Of course I am ready to pay for all the expenses incurred and also to pay compensation to the person you may charge with doing this for me, if this involves the least amount of work. But of course if you are put to any inconvenience by my request, I hesitate in saying you can't.

I hope things are running smoothly in your part of the world. I had no opportunity of meeting the italian partecipants to this year's Seminar. I hope to do so for I would like to know something about it. The last of our friends I met was Van Leer, who came to Italy for his holiday last summer.

I hope you will be coming to Italy too one of these days and that I may be able to see you.

Please remember me to Mrs. Kissinger.

With best wishes

Mr.H.Kissinger
c/o Council of Foreign Relations
58 East, 68th Street
New York, N.Y.