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AMERICAN VETERANS COMMITTEE "CITIZENS FIRST, VETERANS SECOND" NATIONAL OFFICE 1830 JEFFERSON PLACE, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. 20036 FEderal 8-1455 HONORARY MEMBERS Dr. Ralph J. Bunche The Most Rev. Bernard J. Sheil The Hon. Harry S. Truman OFFICERS January 17, 1966 John S. Stillman Chairman Ben Neufeld Vice Chairman June A. Willenz Administrative Director General Dwight D. Eisenhower Dr. Eugene D. Byrd Secretary Box 787 Martin Frost Treasurer Indio, California Mabel Hairston Comptroller Phineas Indritz National Counsel Frank E. G. Weil Dear General Eisenhower: Veterans Service Counsel VAVS Representative Joseph Mazur Special Counsel John D. Fauntleroy Five years ago today you addressed the American Veterans Service Officer Chester C. Shore people on radio and television for the last time as Legislative Chairman Martin L. Keen President. In this memorable speech, you devoted a Membership Chairman significant portion to an eloquent discussion of the NATIONAL BOARD Stanley Allen existence and ramifications of what you called the Bernard Bellush Bernard Berlly military-industrial complex. Charles G. Bolte Ray Bramucci E. Wayles Browne, Jr. Samuel Byer Curtis Campaigne, Jr. The American Veterans Committee wishes to con- Edward T. Collier Paul Cooke gratulate you again on bringing this vital subject to Murray M. Coran Frank E. Dennis the attention of the American people. Your life of John D. Fauntleroy J. Arnold Feldman Henri Fluchere service to the nation, as both a military and a civilian Howard T. Frazier Charles E. Gennert leader, gives you a unique background and authority in Murray Gross Gilbert A. Harrison this field. Robert S. Hunt Harry Hyde Jr. Martin L. Keen Mickey Levine Bill Mauldin This veterans' organization, founded during William R. Ming Jr. Lothar E. Nachman World War II, is contemplating a long-range study of Chat Paterson Boyd Quackenbush some of the implications of the military-industrial Chester C. Shore Robert W. Smick Michael Straight complex. We would be very grateful indeed to you NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL: for your views on this subject today, as all of us Judge Hubert L. Will Chairman are concerned with maintaining this nation as an ef- Hon. William L. Batt, Jr. Cong. Jonathan Bingham fective force in the world-wide struggle between free- Kenneth M. Birkhead Cong. John A. Blatnick dom and tyranny - Communist and otherwise. Cong. Richard Bolling Dave Breger Cong. Charles C. Diggs, Jr. Sen. Paul Douglas Clark M. Eichelberger With every best wish. Irving M. Engel Hon. Abe Fortas Cong. Donald Fraser Hon. Orville Freeman Sincerely, Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn Dr. Mason W. Gross Sen. Jacob Javits Robert R. Nathan Cong. Barratt O'Hara Cong. James O'Hara Hon. Endicott Peabody Sen. Claiborne Pell Cong. Henry Reuss Stanley & Karson Hon. James Roosevelt Cong. William Fitts Ryan Cong. James H. Scheuer Stanley G Karson Paul Sifton Hon. Neil Staebler Chairman, Special Committee on Gen. Telford Taylor Cong. Frank Thompson, Jr. Military-Industrial Complex Gus Tyler Thornton N. Wilder Hon. Franklin H. Williams Hon. G. Mennen Williams Sen. Harrison A. Williams Hon. Adam Yarmolinsky Cong. Sidney R. Yates Sen. Stephen M. Young To achieve a more democratic and prosperous America and a more stable World