LETTER TO MR. ELLSWORTH TOMPKINS FROM(Sanitized)

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: September 28, 1960
• Content Type: LETTER

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Secondary-School Principals
1201 .Sixteenth Street, N. W.
Washington 6, D. C.
Mr. Ellsworth Tompkins
Executive Secretary
National Association of
Dear Mr. Tompkins:
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On behalf of Mr. Dulles, I wish to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of 21 September.
I enjoyed talking with you today about Mr. Dulles'
keen interest in the subject of your letter. This will
confirm our understanding about expenses and our agreement
that you will extend an invitation on or about 15 November
for Mr. Dulles' reconsideration.
I am enclosing a copy of Mr. Dulles' 22 August
speech for your information.
Sincerely,
STAT
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I have telephoned Mr. Tompkins about his invitation for you to
speak to the Annual Convention of the National Association of
Secondary-School Principals on 11 February 1961.
He is perfectly willing to write later and would like a reply by
late November. He understands your wishes on expenses and an
honorarium.
I'll write Mr. Tompkins per attached to confirm our telephone
conversation, if you agree.
STAT
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Secondary-School Principals s~
A DEPARTMENT OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
1201 Sixteenth Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C., ADams 4-4855
Executive Secretary
ELLSWORTH TOMPKINS
Associate Secretaries
WALTER S. HESS
J. LLOYD TRUMP
Assistant Secretaries
G. M. VAN POOL
G. E. DAMON
COLBURN E. HOOTON
Administrative Assistant
KAY TAMESA
Officers and
Executive Committee
President
JAMES B. NANCARROW
Principal
Upper Darby Senior High School
Upper Darby,Pennsylvania
First Vice President
JAMES D. LOGSDON
Superintendent-Principal
Thornton Township High Schools
and Junior College
Harvey, Illinois
Second Vice President
EUGENE S. THOMAS
Principal, Central High School
Kalamazoo, Michigan
CALLOWAY TAULBEE
Director of Secondary Education
State Department of Education
Santa Fe, New Mexico
JOHN M, SEXTON
Principal, Northeast High School
St. Petersburg, .Florida
SAMUEL M. GRAVES
Principal
Gamaliei Bradford High School
Wellesley, Massachusetts
G. MASON HALL
Principal
Edmonds Senior High School
Edmonds,Washington
September 21, 1960
Honorable Alan W. Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington 25, D. C.
My dear Mr. Dulles:
The National Association of Secondary-School Principals is
holding its 45th Annual Convention in Detroit, Michigan,
February 11-15, 1961. We expect that the convention will
attract 7,000 registrants almost all of whom are principals
of junior and senior high schools from each of the fifty
states and Canada. These men constitute what we regard as
the leadership in secondary education in our country.
We believe that our convention program should deal with a
major question affecting instruction in secondary schools
in this country--How can the twelve million boys and girls
now in school be given a better understanding of, and
insight into, the nature of their commitment to the ideals
of the United States of America? To accomplish this, it
seems necessary that our youth have an awareness of the
ways by which the Communist forces use their cultural,
economic, and educational resources in the quest for world
domination.
The Executive Committee of the National Association of
Secondary-School Principals is asking your help in counsel-
ing secondary-school principals and leaders at the Detroit
Convention on what the schools can do to make better progress
in correctly assessing the world scene. We have no doubt
that issues underlying a study of certain parts of the cur-
rent struggle for men's minds will be reflected in curriculum
and instruction as secondary-school leaders become convinced
they are essential.
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Honorable Alan W. Dulles
September 21, 1960
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The National Association of Secondary-School Principals
has the honor to invite you to address the opening
session of the National Convention in Cobo Hall, Detroit,
on Saturday, February 11, at 11:00 AM.
If you find it possible to accept our invitation, we
can assure you a large and influential audience. The
Association will, of course, pay your expenses and
provide an honorarium on which we can agree later.
The Executive Committee expresses the hope that you will
be able to address our Convention at Detroit and thus
initiate a better understanding of the part secondary
schools can play in supporting America and the American
way of life.
Sincerely yours,
Ellsworth Tompkins I
Executive Secretary
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23 September 1960
NEA, as you know, is the propaganda outfit to which practically
every school teacher in America contributes and which has been very effec-
tive in lobbying for greater Government expenditures on school buildings
and for teachers' salaries.
These principals are part of NEA. The NEA might be termed the "union"
of American school teachers.
The Director, in view of his V.F.W. talk regarding the teaching of
Communism in secondary schools, might well accept this invitation, for what-
ever he will say will have large circula ion throughout the U.S. educational
world. However, I believe it is much t early to commit him to talk in Detroit
on Saturday, 11 February 1961 at 11 AM, and I recommend that the writer b4
informed that the Director cannot make a commitment so far in advance.
STAT
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-MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Dulles
The attached letter is in response to our
request to Mr. Tompkins to renew his invitation
for you to speak in Detroit on 11 February. They
need to get out their advance notices around
1 December.
Colonel Grogan's recommendation is
attached.
I recommend you accept at this time.
FORM NO. IQI REPLACES FORM 10.101
1 AUG 54 WHICH MAY BE USED.
30 Nov 60
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Remarks: This is a great opportunity for the DCI
to get national coverage on his idea of teaching the
principles of Communism in the secondary schools of
he nation. However, to make a commitment prior to
1 Dec. '60 for an address scheduled for 11 Feb. 161
still seems to be too early. The new Administration
will go in on 20 Jan. '61, Just 3 weeks before this
eeting. It may be that a commitment now by the DCI
would not be a wise one in view of the personnel
changes within Government which will include the
Dept. of Education. If the DCI at this time feels
free to make a commitment for next 11 Feb., this is
good forum. If he can't make that commitment as
requested before 1 Dec., then I believe he should
decline. When the DCI makes a decision, we will
letter for his sianatiire.
TURN TO SENDER
ro , Asst. to the DCI
FORM N I A R 55 237 Replaces Form 30-4
which may be used.
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