LETTER TO MR. S. DILLION RIPLEY, CHAIRMAN FROM L. K. WHITE

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: April 25, 1966
• Content Type: LETTER

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2 5 APR 1966
Mr. S. Dillon Ripley, Chairman
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
1800 C Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C, 20506
Dear Mr. Ripley:
Thank you for your letter of 24 March outlining the pro-
grams you are pursuing under the "National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965" and asking for names of
persons in this agency who deal with arts and humanities pro-
grams and policy.
The Agency has a Fine Arts Commission made up of
employees who devote their personal time to a modest program
aimed at ensuring that our Headquarters Building is decorated
in an artistic and pleasing style and that its grounds are kept
as attractive as possible. We feel that such enhancement
improves the climate in which our employees work and is of
general benefit. The Agency maintains corridor exhibits of
current and historical intelligence interest, one of which I
believe you saw on your recent visit. We are at present also
arranging with the National Collection of Fine Arts of the
Smithsonian Institution to obtain pictures for exhibition in the
interior of our Headquarters Building.
Our programs in this regard would appear to be consonant
with the national program you are leading. I have asked the
Chairman of our Fine Arts Commission to join with you in this
endeavor.
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The Fine Arts Commission has been selected from officers STATINTL
assigned to other Agency duties who possess personal aualifica-. STATINTL
tions and interest in the arts. Its Chairman is
Please conta
your
Sincereiy,
L. K. White
Executive Director
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
FEDERAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
1800 G STREET. NW., WASHINGTON. D.C. 20506
March 24, 1966
Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, Jr.
U.S.N. Ret.
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.
The Eighty-Ninth Congress enacted the "National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965"
and President Johnson has designated me to serve as
Chairman of the Federal Council on the Arts and the
Humanities established under the Act. The Council is
composed of the Chairman of the National Endowment for
the Arts, the Chairman of the National Endowment for
the Humanities, the United States Commissioner of
Education, the Director of the National Science Foun-
dation, the Librarian of Congress, the Director of the
National Gallery of Art, the Chairman of the Commission
of Fine Arts, and a member designated by the Secretary
of State.
As specified in the Act, the purposes of the
Council are to:
1. advise and consult with the Chairman
of the National Endowment for the Arts and
the Chairman of the National Endowment for
the Humanities on major problems arising
in carrying out the purposes of the Foun-
dation;
2. coordinate, by advice and consultation,
so far as is practicable, the policies and
operations of the National Endowment for
the Arts and the National Endowment for the
Humanities, including joint support of ac-
tivities, as appropriate;
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3. promote coordination between the pro-
grams and activities of the Foundation and
related programs and activities of other
Federal agencies; and
4. plan and coordinate appropriate par-
ticipation (including productions and
projects) in major and historic national
events.
We are anxious to know about current programs
throughout the Government that relate to the arts and
the humanities as broadly defined in the Act, and also
wish to provide your agency with information on the
plans of the two Endowments (Arts and Humanities) re-
lated to your programs. It is obvious that we can all
give greater impetus to the arts and humanities through
complementary activities if we keep each other fully
informed. To meet this objective (which is concisely
stated in purpose three above), it would be most helpful
to the Federal Council to have current information on
the persons concerned with arts or humanities programs
in each agency, thereby enabling a communications flow
to be established.
If you could send me the name, title, and telephone
number of the person or persons in your agency primarily
responsible for arts and humanities programs and policy,
it would indeed be appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
)AA
S. Dillon Ripley
Chairman
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