Letter from Al Capp, Chairman of the People-to-People Cartoonists Committee

HAROLD ANDERSON, Editor Publishers Syndicate Cartoonists Committee whn F. RICHARD ANDERSON, Ed. Dir. Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers, Inc. of the ELLES REX BARLEY, Exec. Mgr. Auc Mirror Enterprises Syndicate PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE - FOUNDATION, INC. SYLVAN M. BARNET, Jr., Dir. New York Herald Tribune Syndicate 260 MADISON AVENUE, (NEW YORK JOHN A. BROGAN, Jr., Vice Pres. MURRAY HILL 9-8210 King Features Syndicate ERNIE BUSHMILLER "Nancy*! PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER AL CAPP, "LI'L ABNER'` MILTON CANIFF, "STEVE CANYON" Chairman Chairman Administrative Chairman SYLVAN BYCK, Editor King Features Syndicate ELLIOTT CAPLIN, Prest [OF Graphic Information Servicek MEL CASSON 325-2-1 August 5, 1959 BOB CLAMPETT Animated Cartoons ROY CRANE "Buz Sawyer™ HARRY DEVLIN President Dwight D. Eisenhower C F "Raggmopp & The Kids" White House STANLEY DRAKE "Heart of Jullet Jones" Washington, D. C. GUS EDSON "Dondi" Dear Mr. President LEE FALK "The Phantom' RUBE GOLDBERG The Cartoonists Committee acknowledges with grateful New York Journal American J. D. GORTATOWSKY, Pres. appreciation your generous acceptance of the Honorary King Features Syndicate Chairmanship of the committee which will judge the HARRY HAENIGSEN "Penny" xw People-to-People Cartoon Contest. # ROBERT M. HALL. Pres. Hall Syndicate, Inc. Many distinguished Americans have accepted our invita- JIMMY HATLO tion to act as judges. Among them are: "Little lodine'' JAMES HENNESSY, Bus. Mgr. United Feature Syndicate Gardner Cowles WALT KELLY General Alfred M. Gruenther "Pogo' William Randolph Hearst, Jr. CHARLES T. KLINE, Pres. Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers, Inc. Andrew Heiskell EDWARD DANIEL KUEKES Hubert H. Humphrey "Do You Believe' Eric Johnston BERNARD LANSKY "Seventeen" Margaret Mead WALTER LANTZ Norman Rockwell Lantz Productions, Inc. John Walker SCOTT LONG Minneapolis Star and Tribune Charles E. Wilson BOB LUBBERS "Long Sam³ It is our intention to launch this international ERNEST L. LYNN, Vice Pres. NEA Service, Inc. competition this coming fall. We will keep your HENRY P. MARTIN, Gen. Mgr. office informed of the progress of this project. The Register and Tribune Syndicate BILL MAULDIN FRED NEHER "Life's Like That" Sincerely MAURICE T. REILLY, Exec. Vice Pres. Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate BRUCE RUSSELL Los Angeles Times ALLEN SAUNDERS "Mary Worth" Al Capp Cape CHARLES MONROE SCHULZ "Peanuts OTTO SOGLOW "Little King" RUSS STEWART Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate MORT WALKER "Beetle Bailey" CHIC YOUNG 'Blondie"