MEETING WITH BOYS AND GIRLS NATION

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
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Andrew T. Falkiewicz
Assistant to the Director
Meeting with Boys and Girls Nation
Recommend that you or Hank Knoche spend a few
minutes on the afternoon of August 3 with the representa-
tive from Boys and Girls Nation. If you agree, we will
arrange for a photographer to get some pictures of you.
will squire the representative for a
brief tour of the building.
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Andrew T. Falkiewicz
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Have scheduled the Director to meet at 2:00 p.m. on August 3rd
with the representative of the above group. They will sena,
name and bio information around the 28th of July. Will forward
you a copy of same as soon as we receive it.
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
WASHINGTON OFFICE- 1608 K STREET. N. W. -WhikSHINGTON. D. C.-20006
[phone]
J1.1118 24, 1976
The Honorable George H. Bush, Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Bush:
Among the 297 young men and women who will participate in the Bicentennial
Joint Session of Boys Nation and Girls Nation this summer will be one appointe&
to an office comparable to yours in federal government. Oa behalf of The American
Legion's National Commander, Harry G. Wiles, and myself, I am writing to ask if,
as a climax to this program, you would be willing to receive this young person
for a few minutes on Tuesday afternoon, August 3rd, and then perhaps assign a
member of your staff to show him or her around your headquarters and explain how
some of the more important and interesting of its functions are carried out. Our
objective is to make this a "living experience" in the processes of federal govern
ment and your contribution could be a truly memorable experience for your counter-
part.
In a program of this complexity, I regret that we are unable to offer you a
choice of dates for this appointment, but we can offer you a choice of hours.
For example, we can deliver your counterpart to you at 2:00 p.m., or at 2:30 p.m.,
or at 3:00 p.m., whichever best suits your schedule. In the event that you simply
cannot be available that afternoon, then we ask that you appoint a personal repre
sentative to act in your behalf.
I have asked my secretary, Mrs. Rita Schneiders at this address, to provide
you with the name, address and short biography of your counterpart as soon as the
Boys/Girls Nation election is held and appointments are completed in the week
preceding the date of this office visit. I thank you in advance for your help and
interest and would be glad to hear from you at your earliest convenience. A brief
fact sheet and history of this program is enclosed for your complete information
and files.
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Enclosure - Fact Sheet
Sincerely, 1.44Loat.
MRS: ALAN M. SCHANEL
National President
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
BOYS AND GIRLS NATION
In observance of the nationls Bicentennial Celebration, 'The American Legion and
the American Legion Auxiliary have pooled resources to present, in 1976, the first
Joint Session of Boys Nation and Girls Nation. Larger than any in the past, this
session will bring citizenship training in the processes of federal government to 29
high school juniors and seniors (147 boys and 150 girls) composed of one "Senator"
and two "Representatives" from each Boys or Girls State held earlier this summer.
Convening on the campus of The American University as in the past, this Bicentennia
Session will be lengthened from the usual week to 18 days (July 21 to August 7) and
will include field trips to Annapolis, Colonial Williamsburg, Philadelphia and Vail
Forge. Five years of planning and one quarter million dollars have been invested i
this program by the two national organizations.
Delegates to Boys State and Girls State are chosen, with the help of high scho
principals, for qualities of potential leadership, to represent their schools in se
sions held each June or July in state capitals or on centrally located campuses in
each of the 50 states and in the District of Columbia. There they set up their own
city, county and state governments and learn to operate them according to the rules
and procedures set by actual state and local law. They learn by "doing it". Each
session selects its own Congressional Delegations and approves themwithproposed bi
to be enacted at Boys and Girls Nation.
This year the delegations will convene on the campus of The American Universit
a miniature Congress, complete with a Senate and a House of Representatives. Thro
committee action and twelve Congressional Sessions, they will deal with this propo
legislation.
Once their legislative sessions are launched, they will organize their politi
parties called the "Federalists" and the "Nationalists", stage national convention
for the adoption of platforms and selection of candidates. They will be climaxed
campaigns and finally an election and inauguration.
The winning candidates will then form their administration with each citizen
pointed to some office in the executive or judicial branches of government. These
exercises will be illustrated with field trips to the actual sites of government a
vity including orientation briefings.at the White House, the Departments of State
Defense and on Capitol Hill. Guest speakers also will address them on campus. Fi
each "official" will have the opportunity to visit the office of his or her own ac
counterpart in the federal government.
Throughout the coming year, these youthful citizens will share with their sch
mates, families and friends what they have learned at Boys or Girls State and in t
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BRIEF HISTORY OF BOYS AND GIRLS NATION
Back in the depression ridden days of the early 1930's, The American
Legion grew concerned over public statements to the effect that Democracy
was "on the skids". How, it wondered, could America train its young people
in the processes of self government as effectively as Fascist Italy and
Nazi Germany seemed to be training their youth in the promulgation of total-
itarian forms of government? Deciding that the best way to learn something
was by practicing it, American Legionnaires in Illinois began, in 1935, to
gather teenage representatives of high schools together for a few days each
summer in a citizenship training program on the processes of city, county
and state government. They called this program "Boys State".
As this program succeeded and spread throughout the United States, the
American Legion Auxiliary began providing similar opportunities for girls
of high school age. Thus "Girls State" was founded. The first Girls States
were conducted in 1938 and since 1948 have been a regular part of the Auxiliary's
better citizenship program. In 1976, Girls State sessions are being held in
each of the 50 states as well as in the District of Columbia. Boys State is
held in all of these except Hawaii.
Boys Nation, an equivalent exercise in the processes of FEDERAL government,
was founded in 1946, Girls Nation in 1947. Convening in the nation's capital
in late July or early August, each is peopled by two "Senators" from each of
the Boys or Girls State programs held earlier in the summer.
Boys and Girls State are staffed by Legionnaires and American Legion Auxiliar
members who volunteer their time and effort to these enterprises. The administra
tive costs are defrayed by their Department (state) organizations. All costs for
Boys and Girls Nation, including national transportation, are financed by The
American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary national organizations.
Delegates to Boys and Girls State are selected with the help of high school
principals on the basis of potential leadership qualities. Most are between thei
Junior and Senior years in high school. Through these programs, it is estimated
that each summer The American Legion and its Auxiliary are adding 28,000 boys
and 19,000 girls trained in the processes of government to a group that by the
end of 1975 totaled well over one million.
Both Boys Nation and Girls NatiOn have received top Americana Awards from
the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. The National Association of Secondary
School Principals has placed both programs on its Advisory Lists of National
Contests andActivities for 1975-76, and for 1976-77.
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Lee Harvey Oswald was an American espionage.
agent in the employ of the CIA.
He was sent to Russia in 1969 with orders to shoot
down U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane and
thereby wreck the delicate East-West detente.
When he returned to the United States, his next as-
signment was to partake in the murder of President
John F. Kennedy. ?
This is the real story according to America's most
fervent assassination researcher, Mae Brussel!.
She has in her possession copies of 1,800 docu?
ments pertaining to the assassination, including most
of the FBI, CIA and Warren Commission reports.
? The one file missing however the one she would
most like to have? is CIA Document No. 931 entitled,
"Oswald's Access to Information About U-2s."
? It is locked in the National Archive, still classified
"Top Secret." ?
Miss Bnissell is not alone in her belief that Oswald sabo-
taged America's U-2 flight while working for the CIA, that
agency which President Kennedy called; the hidden gov-
ernment behind my back." ?
Francis Gary Powers, the pilot shot down in Soviet air
space and later released by the Russians, thinks so too. In an
August 4, 1975-interview in the San Francisco Chronicle, he
states his belief "that Lee Harvey Oswied may have pro-
vided information used to shoot down theU-2."
There is abundant evidence to support this claim ? and
the theory that Oswald's mission was directed by the CIA,
independent of the American government, and that its pur-
pose was to destroy detente. Just two weeks away was the
Paris Summit Conference, a friendly meeting of leaders
from Russia. and the U.S. Those talks were cancelled as a
result of the U-2 incident.
Oswald, Mae Brussell claims, played=?important part in
keeping relations between the countries icy.
For, contrary to what the Warren Commission was told
by the CIA and FBI,Oswald was not undisdplined, inarticu-
late or of below average intelligen Rather he was a
Marine-trained expert in the highly sptalized field-of radio
electronics, radar and aircraft guidan= at high altitudes_
He was one of a small group .of meticulously screened
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OSWALD'S defection to the Soviet Union was
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Marine technicians to serve at Atsugi Air Force- Base'-in.'
Japan and at Subic Bay in the Philippinei both secret U-r,
training and operation bases.- ? A
He had the capability to track and bring down the U-2
plane. He had complete knowledge of the U-2 operation..
And on May l-,;1960? the day the spy plane was forced down -I
by Soviet rock'ets, Lee Harvey Oswald Was working at
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Office of the Chancellor
223 Strong Hall, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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STATINTL
July 19, 1976
Executive ssl e Director
The Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear
STATINTL
Enclosed are two copies of the verbatim transcript of Mr. Bush's
Vickers Lecture at the University of Kansas in April, together with a
cassette recording transcribed from the broadcast tape. The cassette
includes the question-and-answer session which followed the Lecture,
but we have not transcribed the questions and answers.
Traditionally, Vickers Lectures at the University of Kansas have
been published after delivery, a practice Mr. Bush is aware of, I
believe. I doubt very much that Mr. Bush would wish to publish an
unedited verbatim transcript, reflecting oral speech patterns. We would,
then, appreciate receiving an edited version of these remarks early in
the fall, so that we may publish them. I nr sure Mr. Bush himself would
agree that the verbatim transcript would not be suitable for publication.
Consequently, although it is an imposition in time and effort, we would
appreciate an edited version of these remarks.
Thanks for taking care of this for us, J It was good to STATINTL
work with you and your colleagues in arranging or r. Bush's visit, and
I enjoyed meeting Mr. Bush. I am sorry we didn't have more opportunity
to visit, but given your hectic schedule for that evening, I suppose we're
lucky to have had you with us at all! If there is anything we can do for
you at the University of Kansas or if you need any more information, please
don't hesitate to let me know.
Cordially yours,
ames J. Sc ly
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THE VICKERS TRUSTS
1100 VICKERS-KSB&T BLDG.
WICHITA, KANSAS 67202
Telephone [phone]
April 1, 1976
Mr. George Bush
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Mr. Bush:
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It was with great pleasure that I received the news of your
acceptance to speak in the J. A. Vickers, Sr., Memorial Lecture Series
at the University of Kansas.
My family initiated this series with the intention of bringing
distinguished individuals to campus to afford students and faculty an
exposure to the free enterprise system. In our opinion, your appearance
will offer them an opportunity which they might not otherwise have.
With all the recent adverse publicity, I hope you welcome the chance
to correct any misinformation which has been put forth.
Again, let me convey our pleasure that you have accepted
our invitation, and I am looking forward to meeting you.
Sincerely yours,
Robert F. Vickers, Trustee
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The President's Daily News Summary
Leading The News...
FOR THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1976
NEWS
Economy
Cost of Living Up in June
Viking Sends Color Pictures
Congress
Senate Passes Watergate Reform Bill
Senate Overrides Public Works Bill
Committee Delays B-1 Bomber
Administration
Bush to Brief Carter on Intelligence
HEW Ordered to Proceed on Deseg. Laws
Held Replaced Callaghan
Foreign Policy.
Stranded Americans in Saigon to Return
Nuke Reg. Comm. Hears Export Debate
GOP Race
Reagan Claims 2 More Dels.,
Reagan Fights Back
Butz Must Vote for Reagan
Two Va. Dels Want Electability
Demo Race
Jamming for Jimmy
Election
Candidates Have Several in Mind for
Sec. of State
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Looking Over Ford's Record
Morn, Pie and Watergate Reform
GOP Race
Ford's Wheeling, But Not Quite Dealing...
Road to WE Will Be Low One
Demo Campaign
Carter: Conservative, Liberal, or Both?
Carter and Big Labor: New. Boys EaveHlsEar
Gambling with Catholic Vote
Hijacking
When Will World Stop Terrorism?
Terrorism Stands Accused
A Beneficial By-Product
Olympic Controversy
Time to Quit Olympics
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