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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 17, folder \"10/1-2/76 - Pennsylvania, Indiana,\nTexas (1)\" of the Betty Ford White House Papers, 1973-1977 at the Gerald R. Ford\nPresidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Betty Ford donated to the United States\nof America her copyrights in all of her unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)\nFORM OF\nCORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nDOCUMENT\nDOC\nMotorcade assignments (11 PAGE)\n10/1-2/76\nB\nFile Location:\nBetty Ford Papers, Box 17, Folder: 10/1-2/76 - Pennsylvania, Indiana, Texas (1)\nRESTRICTION CODES\nJJO 7/30/18\n(A) Closed by applicable Executive order governing access to national security information.\n(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.\n(C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNA FORM 1429 (1-98)\nCarolyn\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 17, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nPETER SORUM\nR.\nFROM:\nSUSAN PORTER\nSEPARA\nFORD\nSUBJECT:\nAction Memo\nLIBRARY\nMrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-town invitation:\nEVENT: Tour of the new facilities at The Children's Museum\nin Indianapolis, Indiana\nDATE: Friday, October 1, 1976\nTIME: To Be Determined\nPLACE: The Children's Museum\n30th and Meridian Streets\nIndianapolis, Indiana\nCONTACT: Polly Jontz\nDirector of Development and Public Relations\n317-924-5431\nCOMMENTS: This will be the second stop this day for Mrs. Ford;\nthe first, as of this writing, is yet to be determined.\nThe dedication of the beautiful new facilities at The\nChildren's Museum in Indianapolis is an invitation to\nMrs. Ford which has been \"high on the list\" ever since\nlearning about it. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis,\nthis year celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, is the\nthird oldest children's museum in the country and is a\npioneer in the field of museum education through its\nvaried collections. Museums for children are an\nAmerican phenomenon; The Children's Museum of Indianapolis\nwill be the largest museum for children in the world.\n- 2 -\nBecause of Mrs. Ford's participation in the cancer center dedication\nin Houston, Texas, on Saturday, she will not be able to attend the\nformal museum dedication also on Saturday. She will, however, tour\nThe Children's Museum on Friday late afternoon or evening and\nparticipate in the time set aside for an open house for the\nneighborhood. Brett Schneider, the first grader who drew the\nwinning illustration (a big green dinosaur) for the museum grand\nopening poster would like to present Mrs. Ford a poster he has\nautographed for her.\nMrs. Ford will overnight in Indianapolis before traveling to Houston\non Saturday. The file is attached.\nThank you.\nFORD & GERALD LIBRARY\nc: BF Staff\nRed Cavaney\nMax Friedersdorf\nSteve McConahey\nWilliam Nicholson\nJerry Jones\nTerry O'Donnell\nJames Cavanaugh\nJames Connor\nJim Field\nJim Baker\nStu Spencer\nElly Peterson\nWilliam Greener III\nJud Summer\nRex Scouten\nStaircase\n30 The Children's Museum\n30th & Meridian Indianapolis, Indiana 46208 317 924-5431\nto\nAugust 25, 1976\nMiss Susan Porter\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, D.C. 20006\nDear Miss Porter:\nNow that the Republican convention has ended I am\nsure there are many decisions being made in The\nWhite House concerning Mrs. Ford's fall schedule.\nWe at The Children's Museum want to reiterate our\ninvitation to Mrs. Ford to participate in the\ndedication of the museum at 9:30 a.m. Saturday,\nOctober 2. As you may remember, this museum will\nbe, upon its opening that day, the largest of its\nkind in the world.\nR.\nSEALD\nFORD\npit\nI need not repeat the plans for that morning for\nAny\nthey were included in my last letter to you, but\nonly want to say they are progressing well and the\nopening will be as scheduled. We do think the\nmuseum's public dedication, which should attract\nattention nationwide as well as in Indianapolis and\nIndiana, would provide an excellent setting for an\nIndianapolis appearance of our First Lady. Of\ncourse, we would want her to make the major\ndedicatory remarks.\nAs you may remember, the cutting of the ribbon\nopening the new museum will be by a charming young\nman, Brett Schneider, who will enter first grade\nthis fall. He won the honor when his illustration\nof a big green dinosaur was chosen to be used on\nthe museum's grand opening poster and on billboards\nthroughout the city. He has signed a poster\nespecially for Mrs. Ford, and I am sending it in\ncare of you. Brett was thrilled to think she might\nsee his poster, and delighted to autograph one just\nfor her.\nPlease keep us informed as to the progress of Mrs.\nFord's plans. We hope she is well and rested from\nthe convention.\nSincerely,\nPolly Jontz, Director\nDevelopment and Public Relations\nBF Pending to Consider\nIndianapolis, IN\nOctober 1 or 2, 1976\nChildren's Museum Dedication\nAugust 30, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO: MAX FRIEDERSDORF\nFROM:\nSUSAN PORTER\nThank you for your memo of August 25th\nregarding the dedication of the Children's\nMuseum in Indianapolis. This is an event we\nhave had on our books for several months with\nthe hope that Mrs. Ford would be able to\nparticipate. Your endorsement is appreciated.\nAgain, thank you.\nFORD & GERALD LIBRARY\nc: BF Pending to Consider (Indianapolis, October 1,2, 1976)\nJack Marsh\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nAugust 25, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nSUSAN PORTER\nFROM:\nMAX FRIEDERSDORF in m.b.\nSUBJECT:\nInvitation for the First Lady\nAs you are aware, indianapolis will dedicate the world's\nlargest Children's Museum on the morning of October 2.\nThe First Lady is being invited to cut the ribbon for the\nevent and I wish to add my recommendation that this\nSEALS R. FORD LIBRARY\ninvitation be accepted if possible.\nThe facility cost $7 million and all the money was raised\nprivately.\nContact is: Polly Jontz AC 317/924-5431.\nCC: Jack Marsh\nSheila Weidenfeld\nBill Nicholson\nBF PENDING TO CONSIDER\nOctober 2, Indianapolis\nThe Children's Museum\nMay 10, 1976\nDear Ms. Jontz,\nYour thoughtful letter telling of plans\nfor the dedication of The Children's Museum\nis greatly appreciated. Although the official\nschedule is planned only a few weeks in advance,\nwe have noted these dates OA Mrs. Ford's calendar\nwith the hope she might have the pleasure of\nattending. we will be in communication with\nyou closer to the date when Hrs. Ford's plans\nare more fully determined.\nwith warmest regards,\nSincerely,\nSusan Porter\nAppointments Secretary\nFORD 2. GERALD LIBRARY\nfor Mrs. Ford\nTXX\nMs. Polly Jontz\nDirector, Development and\nPublic Relations\nThe Children's Museum\n30th and Meridian\nIndianapolis, Indiana 46208\nSP/sr\nC: BF Pending to Consider (October 2, 1976, Indianapolis)\nENCLOSED MATERIAL SENT TO MRS. FORD'S FILES\nThe Children's Museum 30th & Meridian Indianapolis, Indiana 46208 317 924-5431\nApril 26, 1976\nMiss Susan Porter\nR.\nThe White House\nDEPARTMENT\nFORD\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, D.C. 20006\nLIBRA\nDear Miss Porter:\nLast August Frances B. Julian, trustee of this museum and chairman of\nthe grand opening of the new museum, wrote to Mrs. Ford asking her to\nparticipate in our gala opening this fall. At the same time we wrote\nto Warren S. Rustand and Mrs. Melvin R. Laird reiterating our invitation\nto Mrs. Ford. Mrs. Laird is from Indianapolis and is familiar with The\nChildren's Museum.\nLast Friday when President Ford was in Indianapolis some representatives\nfrom the White House previewed our museum at the invitation of Dr. Landrum\nBolling, president of Lilly Endowment. The opinion expressed at the\nconclusion of the tour was that a visit from Mrs. Ford might be very\nappropriate at the time of our opening. So it is our hope that she might\nbe responsive to a reminder of the invitation to participate in this\nimportant cultural event.\nOriginally we invited Mrs. Ford to the dinner for 400 persons who gave\ngenerously to the museum's funding campaign making the fabulous new\nfacilities possible. That dinner is September 29, and of course we would\nbe honored were she to attend. Meanwhile, however, the plans have\nexpanded and we would like to extend our invitation to the public dedication\nto be at 9:30 a.m. October 2, 1976, where her attendance might be of\ngreatest benefit to each of us. An alternative date might be the opening\nfor 5,000 members on Thursday, September 30. The public dedication is open\nto everyone and will climax the week of festivities. We are expecting\nexcellent news coverage which would, of course, be heightened were Mrs.\nFord to participate.\nThe Children's Museum 3uth & Meridian indianapolis, Indiana 46208 317 924-5431\nAlthough plans are still being formulated for the ceremony, the ribbon\nwill be cut by a kindergartener. An article concerning him is in the\nenclosed material. A time capsule of children's art, poetry, essays\nand music may be presented to the museum for safekeeping by the Indianapolis\nPublic Schools at that event. Representatives Andrew Jacobs, Elwood Hillis\nand David Evans will be in attendance and Governor Otis Bowen and Mayor\nWilliam Hudnut also have accepted invitations to be present.\nR.\nDEPALD\nFORD\nAs we said in our original letter to Mrs. Ford, upon its opening this\nmuseum will be the largest museum for children in the world. We have\nLIBRARY\njust celebrated the museum's fiftieth anniversary, marking a half century\nof education through museum interpretation, and count as our public\n\"anyone who is or ever was a child.\" Because museums for children are\nan American phenomenon, it would be particularly appropriate if Mrs.\nFord, representing our nation and committed as she is to cultural life,\ncould participate in the public dedication of this wonderful new museum.\nI am enclosing a compilation of background materials which will inform\nyou and Mrs. Ford of this untque institution. We would hope that you\nwill be as enthusiastic as we and will allow us to share with Mrs. Ford\nthis most important moment.\nWe look forward to hearing from you. Please let us know if we can provide\nadditional information.\nSincerely,\nthey Jonty Polly Jontz, Director\nDevelopment and Public Relations\nCC: Dr. Landrum Bolling\nenc.\nPJ/cd\n3010 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET, BOX 88207, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46208, PHONE 317-925-9263 / Director: Mildred S. Compton;\nof Trustees: David H. Kenny, President, Jack R. Shaw, 1st Vice President, Mrs. Richard D. Wood, 2nd Vice President, Mrs. J. William Julian, Recording Secretary, Mrs. Alex M. Clark,\nsponding Secretary, Jerome C. Steketee, Treasurer, Frederic D. Anderson, Alex S. Carroll, Robert P. Cronin, Charles R. Davis, William L. Elder, Omer H. Foust, Mrs. Edward Gallahue, 7\nA. Heidenreich, John J. Heidt, Jr., Robert E. Heine, Mrs. John P. Holton, Philip S. Kappes, Merle F. Kuhlman, Luke D. Lanford, Thomas R. Lugar, Frank E. McKinney, Jr., Robert H. Mcl\nMrs. Walter Myers, Jr., John D. Pittman, George H. Rawls, Harley W. Rhodehamel, Mrs. Joseph A. Rothbard, Raymond G. Sweeney, Martha L. McCardle, School Board Representative; Hi\nTrustees: Reily G. Adams, Mrs. Walter C. Hiser, A. Malcolm McVie, Mrs. Wilson Mothershead, Henry J. Peirce, John G. Rauch, Jr., Mrs. Frederic W. Taylor, George L. Varnes; Guild Pre\nMrs. Frank E. McKinney, Jr.\nAugust 19, 1975\nMrs. Gerald Ford\nThe White House\nChildren's\nWashington D.C.\nMuseum\nDear Mrs. Ford:\nof Indianapolis\nR.\nOne of the most exciting occasions in the arts,\nDEPART\nFOR\nthe dedication of the new Children's Museum, will\ntake place in Indianapolis September 29, 1976.\nThe Children's Museum will be, on completion, the\nlargest of its kind in the world.\nThe Trustees cordially invite you to a formal\ndinner in the museum that night to honor those very\nimportant persons who gave so generously to make the\nfabulous new building possible. Other significant\npeople in the museum and cultural field will be\nincluded to make this a truly memorable event.\nFollowing dinner the theater will be dedicated to\nthe late Mrs. Eli Lilly with a brief entertainment.\nMrs. Lilly was a museum patron and trustee for many years.\nThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis, this year\ncelebrating its fiftieth anniversary, is the third\noldest children's museum in the country and is a pioneer\nin the field of museum education through its varied\ncollections. Museums for children are an American\nphenomenon. It would be particularly appropriate if you,\nrepresenting our nation and committed as you are to our\ncultural life, could participate in the grand opening of\nthis wonderful new museum.\nI am sending to Mr. Rustand a compilation of pertinent\nbackground materials concerning the museum which will\ninform him of this unique institution and will demonstrate\nthe appropriateness of your participation. We\nhope you will talk with Mr. Rustand concerning\nthe background materials, that you will be as\nenthusiastic as we about the Children's Museum,\nand will allow us to share with you this most\nimportant moment.\nSincerely,\nPrances B. Julian\nMrs. J. William Julian, Chairman\nGrand Opening Committee\n6917 North Pennsylvania\nIndianapolis, Indiana 46220\nJWJ/dw\nFORD 2. GREATO LIBRARY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nAugust 21, 1975\nNOTE FOR SUSAN PORTER\nSusan -\nSince Warren is away (in Arizona)\nand this is an invitation to Mrs. Ford,\nmay I leave with you for response?\nMany thanks.\nmail\nMary Rawlins\n3010 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET, BOX 88207, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46208, PHONE 317-925-9263 / Director: Mildred S. Compt\nof Trustees: David H. Kenny, President, Jack R. Shaw, 1st Vice President, Mrs. Richard D. Wood, 2nd Vice President, Mrs. J. William Julian, Recording Secretary, Mrs. Alex M. Cli\nsponding. Secretary, Jerome C. Steketee, Treasurer, Frederic D. Anderson, Alex S. Carroll, Robert P. Cronin, Charles R. Davis, William L. Elder, Omer H. Foust, Mrs. Edward Gallahu\nA. Heidenreich, John J. Heidt, Jr., Robert E. Heine, Mrs. John P. Holton, Philip S. Kappes, Merle F. Kuhlman, Luke D. Lanford, Thomas R. Lugar, Frank E. McKinney, Jr., Robert H. I\nMrs. Walter Myers, Jr., John D. Pittman, George H. Rawls, Harley W. Rhodehamel, Mrs. Joseph A. Rothbard, Raymond G. Sweeney, Martha L. McCardle, School Board Representative\nTrustees: Reily G. Adams, Mrs. Walter C. Hiser, A. Malcolm McVie, Mrs. Wilson Mothershead, Henry J. Peirce, John G. Rauch, Jr., Mrs. Frederic W. Taylor, George L. Varnes; Guild\nMrs. Frank E. McKinney, Jr.\nACTION\nT/D\nSCHEDU E BD.\nDATE RECEIVED\nAugust 19, 1975\nAUG 21 19/5\nMESSAGE\nSPEAKERS BUREAU\nOTHER\nMr. Warren S. Rustand\nDirector of Scheduling\nAPPOINTMENT OFFICE\nThe White House\nChildren's\nGERALD\nFORD\nWashington D.C.\nMuseum\nof Indianapolis\nDear Mr. Rustand:\nTRANSIT\nA series of events beginning with a formal dinner\nSeptember 29, 1976, will celebrate the grand opening\nof the new facilities of the Children's Museum of\nIndianapolis. The dinner will honor those very\nimportant persons who gave generously to the $9 million\nfund raising effort, making possible the building of the\nlargest museum for children in the world. In addition\nto dinner that evening, the museum's theater will be\ndedicated to the late Mrs. Eli Lilly, long a trustee and\npatron of the Children's Museum. Other special guests\nwill be national dignitaries and it is to this event\nwe are inviting Mrs. Ford.\nEnclosed is a compilation of pertinent background\nmaterials concerning the museum and a copy of the\nletter I am sending her. After you have glanced\nthrough this material we hope you will share our\nenthusiasm about this special place devoted to the\neducation and enjoyment of children of all ages.\nWe hope Mrs. Ford will want to participate in this\nmemorable occasion as our very special guest. It\nwould seem fitting that Mrs. Ford should represent our\ncountry as the Children's Museum, with its new\nfacilities, continues its 50 years of leadership in\neducation for children through museum objects and\nmuseum-related activities.\nWe look forward to hearing from you or Mrs. Ford\nconcerning her participation, and will be happy\nto provide you, or her, with any additional\ninformation that may be needed, and to develop the\nplans that would be necessary for her appearance here.\nSincerely,\nGrances B. Sulian\nMrs. J. William Julian, Chairman\nGrand Opening Committee\n6917 North Pennsylvania\nIndianapolis, Indiana 46220\nJWJ/dw\nTo SERIOUSLY\n9-13\nCONSIDER\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 11, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nSUSAN PORTER\nFROM:\nWILLIAM NICHOLSON\nSUBJECT:\nInvitation to participate in the dedication\nof a new cancer center at the University\nof Texas Medical Center, October 2 in\nHouston.\nI met with Dr. Lee Clark and regretted this invitation for the President.\nR.\nFORM\nHe will be in touch with you next week about Mrs. Ford's participation.\nLIBRARY\n9/15/76\nSpoke w/\nBorbara Wise\ngreat Texas per\nspoke to Pete Rousell\n(Lakers deputy,\nfrom Houston)\ngives it the\nhighest marks-\nshould do- 10\ntimes better than\nLefa Stae Fair\ncc: Jim Baker - fyi\nevent.\ngood non-partisan\nappeal, dealing\nw/ high caliber\nappeal, friendly\nnewspaper\ndidnt really do\nHouston before\n- 2 -\nCOMMENTS: Mrs. Ford will participate in the dedication of the\nexpanded facilities of the University of Texas M. D.\nAnderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, which is the key\nunit of the University of Texas System Cancer Center.\nThe expanded facilities will consist of a 330-bed\nhospital pavilion, new outpatient clinics capable of\nhandling 1,200 outpatients a day, an expanded radiotherapy\ncenter, two additional floors of research space\n(100,000 square feet), and a chapel--the first chapel\nthe institution has ever had. The construction will\nhave doubled M. D. Anderson's size, making it the\nlargest building in the world devoted solely to\ncancer research and treatment. An excellent background\nsheet from HEW is included in the attached file. The\nPFC is delighted Mrs. Ford will have an opportunity to\nparticipate in the dedication of this excellent project.\nThe file is attached.\nThank you.\nFORD & LIBRARY GERATO\nC: BF Staff\nRed Cavaney\nWilliam Nicholson\nJerry Jones\nTerry O'Donnell\nMax Friedersdorf\nSteve McConahey\nJames Connor\nJames Cavanaugh\nSarah Massengale\nJim Field\nJim Baker\nStu Spencer\nElly Peterson\nWilliam Greener III\nJud Summer\nRex Scouten\nStaircase\nCANCER CENTER\nTexas Medical Center\nHouston, Texas 77030\nMOR INSTITUTE INSTITE\nACTION\nEST\nMail\nR. Lee Clark, M.D.\nT/D\nPresident\nApril 30, 1976\nSCHEDULE BD.\nDATE RECEIVED\nMAY 3 1976\nMr. William W. Nicholson\nDirector, Scheduling Office\nMESSAGE\nSPEAKERS BUREAU\nThe White House\nOTHER Few\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nAPPOINTMENT OFFICE\nDear Mr. Nicholson:\nThank you for relaying President and Mrs. Ford's message regarding their\nconsideration of our invitation to participate in the dedication of our\n$72 million new facilities on October 2, 1976.\nLast week, a member of the President's staff phoned us to ask how much of\nour institution the President might see in 15 minutes during his tour of\nTexas this week. We later learned that the President would be unable to\nvisit us during his trip to Texas this month.\nNevertheless, we are all hopeful that since the President has indicated\nan interest in visiting us that he will be able to be the honored speaker\nat our forthcoming dedication. We are planning a special \"Sunday Supple-\nR.\nment\" for October 3, after our dedication on Saturday, October 2, to be\nplaced in 11 major city papers in Texas with a combined circulation of\nSEPARA\nFORM\n2,101,000. It would be our privilege to have a picture of President Ford\nLIBRARY\n(with Dr. Rauscher, Director of the NCI, Mr. Robert Mosbacher, Chairman\nof our Board of Visitors, and me, if desired) run in this Sunday Magazine.\nThe purpose of this Sunday dedication publication is to report to the\ncitizens of Texas and the Southwest, the great addition to their medical\narmamentarium for the cancer research program.\nAgain, please deliver our message to the President and Mrs. Ford.\nSincerely,\nRhee Hark\nR. Lee Clark, M.D.\nPresident\nIN TEXAS:\nRLC:dl\n(713)792-3000\nThe\npolatication\nof\nMD\nTexas\nAnderson\nM. D. ANDERSON HOSPITAL AND TUMOR INSTITUTE Rehabilitation Center\nEXTRAMURAL PROGRAMS DIVISION Oncology Council-Biomedical Institutions Collaborative Studies\nAddition\n1941 1976\ncancer\nSubstations Environmental Science Park\nand\nUNIVERSITY CANCER FOUNDATION The Anderson Mayfair\nTumor\ninstitute\nHonorary Chairman\nMax M. Fisher\nRobert Mosbacher\nChairman\nChairman\nPresident Ford Committee\nBarney Barnett\nMax M. Fisher\nCo-Chairman\nLoren M. Berry\nWinton M. Blount\nSTATE FINANCE\nOFFICE OF THE FINANCE CHAIRMAN\nCHAIRMEN\nMrs. George C Bro\nACTION\nWilliam P. Acker, III\n1828 L STREET, N.W., SUITE 250, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 (202)\nO. C. Carmichael\nFitzGerald Bamiss\nAlbert L. Cofe\nSCHEDULE BD.\nEdwin D. Dodd\nJack Black\nMarch 2, 1976\nDATE RECEIVED\nWilliam T. Blackburn\nEugene Kerik Carl\nMiss Louise Gore\nTom Bolack\nMAR 17 1976\nC. Douglas Cairns\nHarry J. Haskeli, Jr.\nEdward W. Carter\nDonald M. Kendali\nMESSAGE\nHung Wai Ching\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nBILL NICHOLSON\nSPEAKERS BUREAU\nRaymond Kravis\nTrammell Crow\nOTHER\nBernard J. Lasker\nMrs. Lloyd Cutler\nGustave L. Levy\nFROM:\nBOB MOSBACHER\nDonald C. Dayton\nAPPOINTMENT OFFICE\nWilliam C. Messing\nGuilford Dudley, Jr.\nMrs. Harvey M. Me:\nSUBJECT:\nM.D. Anderson Hospital\nJohn W. Fisher\nRobert Mosbacher\nWilliam H. G. FitzGerald\nDavid Packard\nGaylord Freeman\nThomas A. Pappas\nCharles O. Glover\nTaft Schreiber\nM.D. Anderson Hospital is one of the preeminent\nAlan Green, Jr.\nWilliam W. Scrantor\ncancer centers of the world. Lee Clark, it's\nRobert B Hansberger\nRichard B. Sellars\nHarry J. Haskell, Jr.\npresident, is one of three men appointed by the\nW. Clement Stone\nPresident to head the cancer crusade.\nStanley K. Hathaway\nJohn Swearingen\nHarold H. Helm\nAlfred Taubman\nMrs. Elsie Hillman\nI have the honor of serving as Chairman of the\nDavid K Wilson\nCrawford C. Hubbell\nBoard for this hospital.\nGordon Zacks\nIra C. Keller\nElwood E. Leonard, Jr.\nI would appreciate your giving this invitation\nmost serious consideration.\n&\nFORD\nJulian LeC:aw\nGERALE\n1817\nWayne E. Legg\nGustave L. Levy\nThank you for your consideration.\nArchie R. McCardell\nHarold M. McClure, Jr.\nHugh McCoil\nWilliam K McWilliams, Jr.\nWilliam C. Messinger\nAttachment\nDean Phillips\nJaime Pieras, Jr.\nChestey R. Pruet\nEdward B. Rasmuson\nRichard B. Sellars\nGilbert L. Shelton\nWilliam J. Staten\nVi Stoia\nCC:\nDick Cheney\nDavid Tews\nHall Thompson\nLloyd Waring\nLouis A. Well is.\nC. Howard Wilking\nMrs. Anne Witherby\nJohn S. Weld\nDon L. Weifsberger\nKimon S. Zachos\n\"\nRobert\n,)\nMont\nTreasurer\n4\nApril 12, 1976\nDear Dr. Clark:\nOn behalf of the President, I wish to acknowledge\nand thank you for your kind letter inviting him and\nMrs. Ford to participate in the dedication of the\nnew facilities at The University of Texas System\nCancer Center in Houston on October 2.\nThe President wants you to know that he and Mrs. Ford\nare most appreciative of your thoughtfulness in asking\nR.\nthem to take part in this important ceremony and that,\nwhile their calendar for next Fall cannot be projected\nBEPALD\nFORD\nthis far in advance, careful consideration will be\nLIBRARY\ngiven to your invitation as their schedule for next\nOctober is being worked out. Certainly, I will be\nback in touch with you again just as soon as it is\npossible.\nWith our best wishes.\nSincerely,\nWilliam W. Nicholson\nDirector\nScheduling Office\nR. Lee Clark, M.D.\nPresident\nThe University of Texas System\nCancer Center\nTexas Medical Center\nHouston, Texas 77025\nec and incmg to Mary Widner for Oct. 2 cal. cons.\ncc: 2 cys Nancy Gemmell\nWWN:MHR:rg\nMR- pls acknowledger A\nsay we will carry\n70011\nforward for Conse deralion\nin the Tresedent is October\nTHE WHITE HOUSE schedule\nWASHINGTON cc.\nApril 7, 1976\nfor file actober\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nBILL NICHOLSON\nFROM:\nSARAH MASSENGALE SM\nI recommend that the President and/or Mrs. Ford attend\nthis dedication if they wish. The invitation is from a\nmember of the President's Cancer Panel and President of the\nUniversity of Texas System Cancer Center.\nSee the attached memorandum from HEW for additional information.\nBEFERE R. FORD LIBRARY\nAttachment\n2-76\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM\nIVI\nCANCER CENTER\nCENTER\nTexas Medical Center Houston. Texas 77025\n<< INSURED THE\nEST 1911\nR. Lee Clark, M.D.\nPresident\nFebruary 13, 1976\nACTION\nT/D\nSCHEDULE or\nDATE REC\nFEB 10 1976\nMESSAGE\nThe President\nSPEAKERS BUREAU\nThe White House\nOTHER\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nAPPOINTMENT OFFICE\nDear Mr. President:\nThis letter is an invitation to you and Mrs. Ford to participate in the\ndedication of our new cancer facilities at this institution on October 2,\n1976. We are more than doubling all of our present facilities at a cost\nof $72 million, all but $10 million of which came from non-federal\nsources. At that moment of dedication, we will be a comprehensive\ncancer center equal to any in the world in cancer research, education,\nR.\nand health service (see Appendix for details). We do hope that you will GEAL\nFORD\nfind this to be an appropriate time for you to manifest your personal\nand presidential interest and dedication to the solution of health\nproblems through research. With your participation as our honored\nspeaker, the event would be a fitting and lasting tribute to the Texas\nMedical Center, our institution, and the people of the Southwest during\nthis Bicentennial year.\nAs a member of your President's Cancer Panel, I am dedicated to the\nsolution of the cancer problem at the earliest possible date. Your\ninterest and support are of inestimable help and are essential to the\nattainment of this goal.\nThank you for your consideration of this invitation.\nSincerely,\nR. thank\nR. Lee Clark, M.D.\nPresident\nRLC:ag\ncc: The Honorable John Tower\nThe Honorable Allan Shivers\nChairman, Board of Regents\nThe University of Texas System\nM.D. ANDERSON HOSPITAL AND TUMOR INSTITUTE\nAnnex and Rehabilitation Center\nHEALTH\nof SEPTEM\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY\nUSA\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20201\nMAR 25 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE HONORABLE SARAH MASSENGALE\nThis is in response to your request of March 8 requesting an\nassessment of the University of Texas System Cancer Center. The\nPresident and Mrs. Ford have been invited to participate in the\ndedication of the new cancer facilities on October 2. The invitation\nwas issued by R. Lee Clark, M. D., President of The University of\nTexas System Cancer Center, and an original (and continuing) member\nof the President's Cancer Panel.\nThe University of Texas System Cancer Center is one of the 17\nComprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States and one of the\nleading cancer centers in the world. When the National Cancer Act of\n1971 was passed, authorizing the establishment of 15 new centers for\nR.\nclinical research, training, and demonstration of advanced diagnosti PERIOD\nFORD\nand treatment methods relating to cancer, the University of Texas\nSystem Cancer Center was recognized as already meeting the standards\nLIBRARY\nof excellence for such centers.\nThe President and Mrs. Ford have been invited to participate in the\ndedication of the expanded facilities of the University of Texas M. D.\nAnderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, which is the key unit of the\nUniversity of Texas System Cancer Center. The expanded facilities\nwill consist of a 330-bed hospital pavilion, new outpatient clinics\ncapable of handling 1,200 outpatients a day, an expanded radiotherapy\ncenter, 2 additional floors of research space (100,000 square feet),\nand a chapel--the first chapel the institution has ever had. When\nconstruction of these five projects is complete, M. D. Anderson's\nsize will have doubled, and it may then be the largest building in\nthe world devoted solely to cancer research and treatment.\nThe work of M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute is almost\nequally divided between basic research and patient care. Outstanding\naccomplishments have been achieved in both fields of activity. For\nexample, physicians and scientists at M. D. Anderson Hospital and\nTumor Institute designed and perfected the cobalt-60 radiotherapy\nunit, which is in use today in more than 1,000 hospitals. They\nPage 2 - The Honorable Sarah Massengale\nperfected mammography, a technique for early detection of breast\ncancer. They were among the first to develop immunotherapy programs\nand have the largest program in the United States today using the\nimmunotherapeutic agent BCG in the treatment of melanoma, adult\nleukemia, breast and colon cancers. M. D. Anderson's medical staff\nis now pioneering in the use of other extracts for immunotherapy.\nM. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute established the first\nrehabilitation center in the country devoted to the cancer patient.\nThis is a separate 110-bed facility which opened in 1972. Always\nconscious of the psychological impact of cancer on patient and family,\nM. D. Anderson was one of the first hospitals in the country to\nencourage a parent to stay overnight with a child. Now virtually\nevery youngster treated at M. D. Anderson has a parent with him at\nall times. M. D. Anderson scientists were among the first in the\nUnited States to verify the effectiveness of adriamycin, one of the\nmost effective anticancer drugs yet developed. They also developed\nnew combination chemotherapy for osteogenic sarcoma which has now\nproduced and sustained remissions in 67 percent of patients who have\nnow been followed for two years.\nBEFALD R. FORD\nM. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute employs a total of more\nthan 3,100 people. There are more than 280 physicians and scientists\non its staff as well as approximately 225 residents and fellows. Since\npatient care began at M. D. Anderson in 1944, the hospital has treated\nnearly 120,000 patients--from all 254 Texas counties, from all 50\nAmerican States, and from numerous foreign nations. Approximately\none-third of the patients have been medically indigent Texans receiving\nfree care. At any one time, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute\nhas research grants and contracts from all sources totalling approxi-\nmately $20 million. Current National Cancer Institute support for the\nUniversity of Texas Cancer Center, in research grants, training awards,\nand contracts, totals $15,712,067.\nExecutive Secretary\nto the Department\nAPPENDIX\nM.D. Anderson and Tumor Institute of The University of Texas System\nCancer Center is nearing completion of a $72 million expansion program\nbegun in 1973 which more than doubles our space and permits a marked\nincrease in all aspects of our operation.\n- A new 340 bed hospital, enlarging our bed capacity to 600\n- A new clinic which will accommodate 1200 patients a day, twice\nas many as are presently seen daily\n- An additional 100,000 square feet of research space\n- A Radiation Therapy addition, doubling current space\nThe new facilities also will better equip us to participate in teaching\nmedical students who rotate through our institution for a portion of\nFORD\ntheir clinical experience, predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows, and\nresidents in clinical medical specialties.\nLIBRARY\nThis institution, established in 1941 by the Texas Legislature, has been\na leader in providing the best in cancer treatment, research, and education\nthat our present knowledge can provide. Recognized by the National\nCancer Institute as one of the three largest of the nation's 17 compre-\nhensive cancer centers, it has also been a major force in implementing\nthe National Cancer Act of 1971 for the Conquest of Cancer. As many\ncancer patients are seen yearly at our institution as at any other\nhospital in the United States. Since the beginning of our therapeutic\nprogram, private physicians from every Texas county, 49 states, and 27\nforeign countries have referred to us more than 112,000 of their patients\nfor consultation, diagnosis and treatment. Much needed rehabilitative\ntreatment is extended to many cancer patients through services of our separate\ncancer rehabilitation hospital, opened in 1972. This hospital is the\nnation's first center devoted exclusively to rehabilitation of the\ncancer patient.\nEducation and research are two of our major thrusts. Approximately 2600\npredoctoral and postdoctoral fellows, clinical residents and fellows in\nspecialty programs have received training here. Our staff and trainees\nworked with 466 research programs and projects during the last fiscal\nyear. Research animals are bred at our Environmental Science Park and\ndistributed to the various medical units of The University of Texas\nSystem. It is planned to conduct numerous research projects on environ-\nmental carcinogens at this facility which was initiated in 1967.\nfacts\nGENERAL BACKGROUND\nThe University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hos-\nfigures\npital and Tumor Institute is devoted to the diag-\nnosis, treatment, study and pre-\nvention of cancer. Basic research,\nas well as clinical investigation, is\nconducted primarily for use in im-\nproved patient care.\nIn late 1972, M. D. Anderson be-\nfunctions\ncame the flagship for the newly\ncreated University of Texas System Cancer Center. An Extramural Programs Division was estab-\nlished as part of the Center to coordinate cancer research at all UT biomedical components\nacross the State. The Division also maintains the UT Environmental Science Park near Smith-\nville.\nOver 110,000 patients have been admitted since the hospital opened. Patients have come from\nall 254 Texas counties, 49 American states and numerous nations. Approximately one-third of\nthem have been medically indigent Texans receiving free care. M. D. Anderson ranks as one of\nthe three major comprehensive cancer research and treatment centers in the Western Hemi-\nsphere.\nHISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS\nA state cancer hospital was authorized in 1941 by the act of the 47th Texas legislature and placed\nunder the jurisdiction of The University of Texas System Board of Regents.\nHouston's M. D. Anderson Foundation donated temporary housing and matching funds to the\nnew cancer hospital and research center in memory of Monroe D. Anderson, a prominent cotton\nbroker whose will established the foundation. The Anderson Foundation has generously partici-\npated in the funding of expanded facilities through the years. However, the cancer center is one\nof many institutions to which the foundation has contributed and its resources are now heavily\ncommitted in many other areas.\nPatient care began in 1944 with utilization of converted Army barracks located on an old estate\nnear downtown Houston and 28 leased beds in a local hospital.\nIn 1946, Dr. R. Lee Clark was named the hospital's first full-time director and surgeon-in-chief.\nHe was designated Anderson's first president in 1968, a post he held until he assumed the presi-\ndency of the UT System Cancer Center in 1972. Dr. Clark also serves on the three-member Presi-\ndent's Cancer Panel, which is responsible for overseeing implementation of the National Cancer\nAct of 1971.\nThe initial Anderson facility in the Texas Medical Center was begun in 1950 and opened in\nMarch 1954. The seventh floor on the hospital wing of the main building was expanded in\n1958.\nAnother major expansion, the Gimbel Building and Research Institute, was dedicated in 1969,\ngiving the Anderson complex a total of 580,000 square feet.\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM CANCER CENTER\nM.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute\nSIGNIFICANT MEDICAL EVENTS\nA few outstanding events in the medical history of M. D. Anderson Hospital include:\nAnderson physicians and scientists designed and perfected the use of the cobalt-60 radio-\ntherapy unit in the United States. Today cobalt-60 teletherapy units, based on this original\ndesign, are in use at approximately 1,000 U.S. hospitals.\nA 25-million electron volt linear accelerator began operation at Anderson in 1971. Because\nof the high energy of the accelerator's photon beam, radiation penetrates more deeply, but\nproduces fewer superficial side effects, for the same end result in treating deep-seated\ntumors.\nAnderson began a joint cancer treatment program with Texas A & M University's Cyclotron\nCenter in late 1972. Research indicates that \"fast neutron\" therapy with the cyclotron should\nbe more effective than other types of radiation treatments in treating malignant tumors de-\nficient in oxygen. Preliminary results are promising in more than 300 patients treated with\n\"fast neutron\" therapy.\nVirus-like particles were first seen by an Anderson scientist in tissues of patients with leukemia.\nSubsequently, a team of Anderson virologists succeeded in isolating what is believed to be\na cancer virus from human tissue for the first time in 1971. The Type C virus particles were\noriginally obtained from a patient with Burkitt's lymphoma, then grown in a tissue culture.\nAn Anderson physician was among the first clinicians in the United States to use tissue\nadhesives in surgery for non-suture repair of body tissues.\nAnderson scientists perfected mammography, a technique for soft tissue roentgenography of\nthe breast, which is now used routinely at Anderson. Thermography, a technique that measures\nGERALD\nFORD\nheat emanating from hidden tumors, is now being used in conjunction with physical examina-\ntions and xeromammography, a recent development in breast image recording. These three\ntechniques are used to survey patients for breast cancer at the Breast Cancer Detection Center\nat St. Joseph's Hospital.\nIn mid-1971, molecular biologists and geneticists on the staffs of M. D. Anderson and the UT\nGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences developed staining procedures that allow precise\nidentification of human chromosomes according to specific banding patterns. These techniques,\nwhich enable scientists to recognize and differentiate chromosomes, have allowed investiga-\ntors to identify chromosomal abnormalities in cancer cells and prove that each type of cancer\nhas its own chromosomal abnormality. The techniques, which are now used worldwide, also\nare used by scientists to pinpoint the causes of many birth defects.\nIn 1969, a group of Anderson scientists was one of the first in the United States to test\nthe effectiveness of adriamycin in treating certain cancers. Since that time, the researchers\nhave found that when this anti-cancer drug is used in combination with other drugs, it achieves\neven better results in containing breast, bone, lung and stomach cancer, soft tissue sarcoma\nand leukemia.\nSignificant progress recently has been made by Anderson physicians in the treatment of osteo-\ngenic sarcoma or bone cancer. In recent studies using intensive combination chemotherapy\nregimens, as many as 67 percent of patients with osteogenic sarcoma are free of disease after\ntwo years. Most physicians feel that patients with osteogenic sarcoma who are free of recurrent\ndisease for this length of time have excellent prospects for being considered cured.\nTreatment with potent anti-cancer drugs frequently reduces a patient's ability to ward off\neven common infections. Studies conducted by Anderson physicians have shown that patients\nwith certain types of cancer who are placed in sterile environments have a reduced risk of\nlife-threatening infections while they are receiving chemotherapy. It also has been shown that\nleukemia patients who stay in sterile environments have improved remission rates and longer\ndurations of survival.\nAnderson physicians were among the first to develop immunotherapy programs for treating\ncancer. They are studying materials such as BCG, a vaccine developed for prevention of tuber-\nculosis, which retards the spread of cancer by increasing the body's immune response. AI-\nthough BCG has proved to be highly successful against melanoma, adult leukemia, breast\ncancer and colon cancer, now Anderson physicians also are exploring additional immuno-\ntherapy modalities with extracts such as thymus hormones and bacterial vaccines to in-\ncrease immunity.\nFACILITIES\nM. D. Anderson is a 300-bed hospital with outpatient clinics where more than 600 persons are\ntreated daily.\nRadiation therapy facilities administer over 200 treatments daily. Radiotherapy equipment in-\ncludes a 25 MEV linear accelerator, two betatron units (18-million and 25-million electron volts),\nfive cobalt-60 units and a 250-kilovolt unit.\nTen operating rooms are equipped with monitors that transmit data on vital life signs during\ncritical periods of anesthesia and surgery.\nAnderson utilizes six laminar airflow rooms and two clear plastic bubbles in which beds are en-\nclosed. Both are types of sterile environments used to protect patients whose treatment for can-\ncer weakens their immunity to common infections, which could result in serious complications.\nThe Warren S. Bellows Memorial Laboratory, dedicated in 1969, houses the Xenon-133 System,\nwhich is used for measuring the human lung's ability to function.\nThe Robertson Memorial Clinical Laboratories, dedicated in 1972, contain automated equip-\nment for performing a wide variety of biochemical and hematological tests. At the heart of\nthe million-dollar system is a series of computers, which analyze test results, then sort them for\nuse in research studies.\nM. D. Anderson's Rehabilitation Center - the first of its kind in the United States - offers\ncomplete physical, psychological, social and vocational services to recovering cancer patients. The\n110-bed facility is housed in the former Southern Pacific Railway hospital, donated to the\nUniversity in 1968. Following a $2,000,000 renovation, the center opened in 1972.\nThe Anderson Mayfair, located across Holcombe Boulevard from the hospital, is a patient-care\napartment hotel operated by Anderson Hospital. Guests may register there for admission to the\nAnderson clinic and many of their initial diagnostic tests can be given at the hotel.\nA $60,000,000 expansion project is currently under way which will more than double the size\nof existing Anderson facilities. When it is completed in late 1976, the complex will include:\nThe 14-floor Lutheran Hospital Pavilion providing 330 additional beds. Nine floors each con-\ntain 32 private rooms which surround triangular nursing stations to allow constant monitoring\nof every patient by the nursing staff. A newly engineered Enviro-Care unit surrounds the\nforward section of every patient's bed. The unit, specially designed for Anderson Hospital and\nsince used by other institutions, makes special light adjustments possible and includes a swing-\naway bedside cabinet that lets the patient communicate with the nursing staff and operate\nthe radio and television from his bed. The two top floors will house the Clinical Research Cen-\nter. This area serves as the institution's main facility for observation and testing of new findings\nimportant to better patient care. The center includes 20 individual laminar airflow rooms,\nwhere patients who may be especially susceptible to infections during treatment can be\nhoused in a protected sterile environment.\nA -12-floor Clinic Building which will house outpatient areas capable of accommodating 1,200\npersons daily. Facilities are being provided for diagnostic procedures, outpatient surgery,\nnuclear medicine, pediatrics and clinical chemistry. Also included are specialty areas organized\naccording to the site of disease, such as maxillofacial therapy, orthopedics, neurology and\ngynecology. For the first time conference and class rooms will provide adequate space for\nmedical and dental education.\nExpanded radiation therapy facilities that will add 23,500 square feet to Anderson's Radio-\ntherapy Center. New equipment will include two simulators, used to reproduce the treatment\nfield, as well as two additional 6 MEV linear accelerators.\nThe 6th and 7th floors which will be added to the existing Research Institute, Gimbel wing\nand center core area of the hospital. Research and laboratory space will be provided for\nareas such as pediatric research, biochemistry, developmental therapeutics, virology and\nimmunology. The two floors will add 100,000 square feet to the present Anderson facilities.\nA non-denominational chapel where counseling will be available to patients and their families.\nThe chapel will house Anderson's Department of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Education. Within\nthe chapel building are a small sanctuary designed around a center altar, a meditation area, six\nchaplain's offices, conference areas for family counseling, and workroom and offices for vol-\nunteers.\nEDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES\nSome 220 residents and pre- and postdoctoral fellows are currently in training at M. D. Anderson.\nThe hospital offers a variety of medical, dental and college student traineeships and a summer\nprogram in biomedical sciences for high school students.\nAllied health professional training! is conducted in blood bank technology, medical technology,\nexfoliative cytology, histology, inhalation therapy, x-ray technology, pharmacy, nursing, medical\nsocial service, dietetic services and cancer record registry.\nThe Research Medical Library subscribes to more than 1,021 periodicals and contains some 55,661\nvolumes, including departmental collections, in basic sciences and on diagnosis and treatment\nof neoplastic disease. The library also houses the Leland Clayton Barbee History of Cancer\nCollection.\nThe Department of Medical Communication aids educational programs and surgical and clinical\ndocumentation with still photography, television, motion pictures and art. Approximately\n600,000 items are catalogued in the audio-visual library.\nTwo annual education programs sponsored by Anderson Hospital have gained international\nprominence: the Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research, established in 1946 to help\nscientists exchange information and discuss common problems in cancer research, and the Clini-\ncal Conference, begun in 1956 to provide physicians with current information on cancer of a\nspecific type or site.\nWith the National Academy of Sciences, M. D. Anderson hosted the 10th International Cancer\nCongress of the International Union Against Cancer. More than 6,000 physicians and scientists\nfrom 72 nations gathered in Houston for the week-long session in May, 1970.\n1/76\nPittsburgh\nPolitics\nMrs. John Heinz, wife of the GOP Senatorial\ncandidate, will probably be with you in Pittsburgh.\nHeinz had represented the 18th, the Pittsburgh\nsuburban district since 1971. He is running against\nDemocratic Rep. William Green of Philadelphia. The\nGERAIL R. FORD\nrace for Sen. Hugh Scott's seat is reportedly tight.\nAttached is a brief description of Mrs. Heinz from\nMyra MacPherson's Book, \"The Power Lowers.\"\nDemocratic incumbents are expected to win in\n14th and 20th. The 14th is represented by liberal\nDemocrat William Moorhead. His GOP candidate is\nJohn Bradley, who will be at the luncheon with you.\nThe RCC's pessimism is reflected in the fact they\ndon't have any biographical information either on\nBradley or John Kostelac, who is running against\nRep. Joseph Gaydos in the 20th. Bradley, ayoung\nlawyer, may be preparing for a future race.\nIn Heinz' 18th District, the GOP hopes to hold\non to that seat with candidate Bob Casey, a 53-year-old\npublic affairs consultant. Married with three children,\nCasey's opponent is Doug Walgren, who has made\nunsucessful attempts against Heinz.\nThe Mayor of Pittsburgh, Peter Flaherty, ran\nan unsucessful race against Sen. Richard Schweiker of\n\"recent fame.' =\nThe City\nPittsburgh, the state's second largest city,\nis located where the Allegheny and Monogahela Rivers\nmeet to form the Ohio. Geography helped push the\ncity's growth, but in recent years, Pittsburgh has\nbeen having problems. Despite downtown renewal and\na fairly successful campaign against air pollution,\nit was the only major metropolitan area to lose\npopulation during the 1960s.\nThe city is the headquarters of several major\nPittsburgh, Page Two\ncorporations, including U.S. Steel, several other\nsteel companies, Westinghouse, H.J. Heinz and several\nof the enterprises of the Mellons.\nYou will be working to register voters in the\nSouth Side. The area is heavily Democratic in registration,\nbut conservative in outlook. The neighborhood is blue-collar,\nmostly Eastern European background and Catholic. Carter's\nabortion stand has hurt him in this area. Most of the\nmen are workers in the steel mills, but the social structure\nis matriarchal with the women holding the purse strings.\nThere is busing in Pittsburgh and strong opposition\nto it. The city has a population of 21 percent black, one\nof the lowest of the major industrial centers. Twenty-five\npercent of the population is of foreign stock.\nAfter the voter registration work, you will lunch\nin the Lithuanian Hall. The host is Connie Pukas. His\ndaughter danced for you at the Lithuanian Dance Festival\nin Chicago; she will be in costume.\nFootball\nFORD R. GERALD LIBRARY\nThere is gloom in Pittsburgh, because the world\nchampion Steelers have lost two in a row. They have\na crucial game coming up with the Minnesota Vikings\nthis weekend.\nThe other two \"local\" teams are Penn State in\nnearby State College, Pennsylvania, and Slippery Rock,\nthe college that always gets its scores reported because\nof the name.\n-0-\n110\nTILL POWER DO US PART\nquarrel most couples can-and do-have, and that the Luceys\nwith my time tha\nare a happier couple than the always-loving political duo. But,\nwears little make\nonce again, the publicity and political ramifications pointed up\ntence for most\nhow much a public person's private life is subject to scrutiny.\nAfrica, and in E\nWhen we talked two years later, Jean Lucey referred to the\nherself in sever\nnight of the locked door as a \"dumb little misunderstanding.\"\nabout issues, he\nShe would not discuss what happened, and elaborated only to\nences for not wo\nthe point of remarking, \"We are living in a job with tremen-\nwomen to \"get o\ndous pressures.\"\nFORD\nthem. I said, 'Yo\nThe Milwaukee Journal account of that mid-March night in\nthe mending of\n1972 stated that, according to police, the governor's wife called\nGERALD\nfor what you are\nthe Madison suburban police department of Maple Bluff at\nthing.\" She als\n11:09 P.M. Officer Hugh Morrison was quoted as saying, \"Jean\napathetic who de\nLucey was upstairs kicking at a bedroom door and shouting\ndictatorship.\" Sh\nand swearing at her husband, who was inside. It appears that\ncratic machine i\nboth Lucey and his wife had been drinking and had an argu-\nsome \"damn dic\nment. She wanted the door open so she could get some of her\nthe homes didn't\nthings and go to their nearby residence.\" (The Luceys kept\ncan-and \"I'm\ntheir old home when they moved into the mansion.) Morrison\nother wives say\nsaid he \"maintained the peace until Mrs. Lucey left.\" One\nHeinz said befo\nfriend said, \"I am convinced they have a good marriage. They\n\"playing it too Card\nunderstand each other. She made it possible for him to have a\non she \"didn't tr\npolitical career. When he was traveling in the early years, she\neither.\" Mrs. H\nstayed back in Madison and ran the whole real estate business.\nswearing is a go\nOnce I asked him to sum up her contribution to his life and Pat\nmarked contras\nsaid, 'If it weren't for Jean there would have been no 1970 cam-\ntive-style clothes\npaign.' I asked her what she thought of that and she came back\nWhile Mrs. I\nwith, 'Well, if it means I stayed home alone and took care of\nscrewed up\" and\nthree children six days a week while he was gone-then he's\ntolerable,\" her\nright''\ndruthers, there\nthe striking con\nMrs. H. John Heinz III is the mîd-thirties wife of the young\nand he openly\nPittsburgh Congressman and pickle, soup, and ketchup heir.\ncause she draws\nShe's surprised that her husband, coming from his wealthy Re-\nkeep him free o\npublican background, turned out so well. \"When I think of\nTeresa Heinz\nwhat he could be, from his background,\" she says in wonder-\nburg and the U\nment. \"But he has it here [she touches her head] and he has it\nstudying history\nhere [she touches her heart].\" When he ran as a political novice\nics. It was a life\nin 1971 his wife agreed to campaign, but on her terms. \"They\n\"just an Ameri\ntold me to be sweet, smile, pick up kids, and I felt that was a\nworking at a (\nbloody waste of time, so I refused. I had something more to do\nphone calls, lett\nNo More \"Mrs. Nice Guy\"\n111\nwith my time than that.\" A stunning brunette with freckles who\nwears little makeup, Teresa lived an international, affluent exis-\ntence for most of her life in her native Mozambique, East\nAfrica, and in Europe. Along the way, she learned to think for\nherself in several languages. When campaigning she talked\nabout issues, her husband's capabilities, and bawled out audi-\nences for not working to change politics. In one speech she told\nwomen to \"get off their tails.\" She recalled, \"I just socked it to\nthem. I said, 'You cannot dare to leave it to your husbands to do\nthe mending of politics. You're mothers and don't apologize\nfor what you are. Love yourselves, but for God's sake, do some-\nthing.\" She also attacked the men and sounded off on the\n&\nFORMS\napathetic who don't vote. \"I never voted in my life-I lived in a\ndictatorship.\" She also attacked machine politics-\"The Demo-\nGERALD\ncratic machine in this country is putrid.\" In one sector, because\nsome \"damn dictator\" dispensed so little money, she said, \"Half\nthe homes didn't have running water.\" Not that she's a Republi-\ncan-and \"I'm not going to be. I'm an independent.\" While\nother wives say very little, ever about other politicians, Mrs.\nHeinz said before the 1972 election that the Democrats were\n\"playing it too careful. I want to see somebody with balls.\" Nix-\non she \"didn't trust\" but she added, \"Ted Kennedy I don't trust\neither.\" Mrs. Heinz, who once had a bleeding ulcer, finds that\nswearing is a good way to relieve tension. Her personality is in\nmarked contrast to her husband, who wears 1950s conserva-\ntive-style.clothes.\nWhile Mrs. Heinz will say the country's priorities are \"all\nscrewed up\" and decries tax loop holes for corporations as \"in-\ntolerable,\" her husband comments cautiously, \"If I had my\ndruthers, there would be meaningful tax reform.\" No matter\nthe striking contrast, Heinz makes no attempt to curb his wife,\nand he openly admires her. She can be herself, she says, be-\ncause she draws a clear distinction: \"I speak only for myself. I\nkeep him free of me.\"\nTeresa Heinz was educated at the University of Johannes-\nburg and the University of Geneva, learning five languages and\nstudying history, government, international relations, econom-\nics. It was a life filled with international friends and Heinz was\n\"just an American\" she met on a tennis court when he was\nworking at a Geneva bank. There followed several years of\nphone calls, letters, and meetings for ski weekends. Then Tere-\nNo More \"Mrs. Nice Guy\"\n113\nto know my limitations-how much I can live without him, how\nmuch the children can live without him. But I am not jealous of\nthem. They are people who have given up a lot to work for\nhim.\"\nMrs. Heinz makes no apologies for her financially free life,\none that most congressional wives do not have. \"My husband is\nR.\nFORD\nvery demanding-the house has to look good, the food has to\nlook good, the conversation has to be good, so that is why I\nGERALD\ndon't feel guilty about having help. I use what we have to help\nmake us happy, but I don't need a fancy house to be happy. To\nknow your identity and what you can do-that is important, not\nbeing Mrs. Heinz. I'm me in spite of being Mrs. Heinz. As Mrs.\nHeinz, it's much harder to be me. I was me until I was twenty-\nseven and I like myself.\"\nShe laughs and says she'll never run for office herself. \"I\ncouldn't put up with the bullshit. Or those stories written about\npoliticians, not based on fact, but innuendos. That would de-\nstroy me, the kind of person I am. I get so angry, and I am\nemotional. I savor too many things, even the time to do noth-\ning, to successfully play that role or to be ensnared by it. There\nare too many things essential to my being me. I was myself a\nlong time before I was Mrs. John J. Heinz, and I like being my-\nself. Fortunately, John understands and admires me for what I\nam. But to be a politician? I'd go loony. There are so many bull-\nshitters and, well-I know what price I had to pay just to be the\nminor public figure that I am.\"\nOne Washington wife not married to an elected official, but\nwhose life was touched very directly by the elective process is\nCathy Douglas, the pretty young lawyer who in 1968 married a\nman old enough to be her grandfather, the brilliant and con-\ntroversial Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. Because\nof their marriage, one Senator suggested that her husband be\nimpeached. Many recall the time when Representative Gerald\nFord wanted to impeach Douglas for, among other things, his\nwritings that some construed as advocating dissent and that ap-\npeared in such erotic magazines as Playboy and Evergreen Re-\nview. Hardly anyone remembers that other impeachment\nsuggestion when he married Cathy, then a twenty-three-year-\nold student. It was not so much his marriage but his long-stand-\ning defiance of social mores and his consistent choice of young\nBackground, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis\nThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis opened in\nDecember, 1975, the third museum for children in America.\nThe first was located in Brooklyn, the second in Boston.\nA wealthy Indianpolis woman visited the Brooklyn museum,\nand with three other women organized the Indianapolis\nmuseum. It opened in a carriage house.\nThe Museum has had three directors, including\nthe current one, Ms. Mildred Compton. Chartered by\nthe state of Indiana, the Museum is owned, operated and\nsupported by the citizens of Indianapolis and surrounding\nareas. A volunteer Board of Trustees formulates policy\nand oversees the administration of the Museum.\nOvercrowding and lack of exhibit space prompted\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nplanning for the new facility. A fund drive, which began\nin late 1972, has raised almost $9 million. With a\nchallenge grant of $3.5 million from the Lilly Endowment\nInc. as an incentive, the museum raised the rest of the\nmoney from the public. (91-year-old Eli Lilly may be\nthere during your visit. The late Mrs. Lilly was a long-time\ntrustee and patron of the Museum.)\nThe emphasis at the Museum on participation and\ninvolvement of the visitors is described in the attached\narticle from The Christian Science Monitor.\nA kindergarten student, Britt Schneider, drew the\npicture which is being used on the poster announcing the\nopening. He has sent you an autographed copy, and he\nwill be involved in the program in some way.\n-0-\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nStep up 10 d numsized model 01 a saus Rex or take a turn at the wheel 01 an antique fire truck at Indianapolis Children's Museum\nIndianapolis museum is not just to look at\nBy Alice Taylor Reed\nThe curator invites you to pick up old bones,\n40 observed during a several months' tryout\nSpecial to\nThe one selected seemed best adapted to with-\nThe Christian Science Monitor\n'ride' a fire engine, and walk into the past\nstanding the handling and noise of the visitors.\nOther small cold-blooded animals live in a\nIndianapolis\nover mountains and waterfalls. And 10 more\ntour conductors decipher this message and ex-\nglass-enclosed space where they can be ob-\nThis museum is not just for looking. There\ntrains are parked on sidings, waiting for a sec-\nplain the picture alphabet to those who come\nserved by school tours.\nare real dinosaur bones you can pick up and\ntion of track to clear SO they can go.\non school tours.\nHighlight of the Natural Science gallery IS a\nhandle; a fire engine you can climb on, ring\nThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis\nThe showpiece of the Americana gallery is\nsimulated limestone cave, cool and dark and\nthe bell, sound the siren, and turn the heavy\nopens the doors of its brand-new building Oct.\nthe Hoosier Home diorama, an authentic fur-\ndamp. with 120 feet of passageways through\nwheel that steers the truck. There's an Indy-\n2. Built on the same corner in the central city\nnished log cabin from the 1830s. It is flanked\ntypical cave formations.\n500 race car you can hop in and sit in the\nwhere it has been for 29 years, the new build-\nby real trees, in a wilderness setting. Museum\nThe core of this gallery is the Discovery\ndriver's seat.\ning houses some of its long-time favorite exhib-\nvisitors enter the huge diorama and become\nDesk, with more than 80 drawers of animal,\nAnd there's a carousel with 42 hand-carved\nits plus a host of exciting new ones.\npart of it when they tour the cabin. On special\nrock, and plant specimens. Students can check\nwooden animals you can ride on, up and down\nThousands of Indianapolis children have first\noccasions they can observe costumed pioneer\nout a drawer for a learning experience from\nand round and round to the music of a merry-\nlearned about Egyntian mummies from a trin\nwomen cooking and spinning and making soap\nchicate Same of the drown have\nTHE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR\nMonday, September 27, 1976\n23\nchildren\n(4)\nI.F.D.\nWATER TOWERN\nStep up to a full-sized model of a Tyrannosaurus Rex or take a turn at the wheel of an antique fire truck at Indianapolis Children's Museum\nIndianapolis museum is not just to look at\nBy Alice Taylor Reed\nThe curator invites you to pick up old bones,\n40 observed during a several months' tryout.\nSpecial to\nThe one selected seemed best adapted to with-\nThe Christian Science Monitor\n'ride' a fire engine, and walk into the past\nstanding the handling and noise of the visitors.\nOther small cold-blooded animals live in a\nIndianapolis\nover mountains and waterfalls. And 10 more\ntour conductors decipher this message and ex-\nglass-enclosed space where they can be ob-\nThis\nmusaum\nis\nnot\ninct\nfor\nlooking\nThere\ntrains are narked on cidings waiting for a sec.\nHighlights:\n--A reconstructed 19th century firehouse with a\nhorsedrawn steam pumper and hand pumper in the\nIndiana Firefighters Galler\n--A reconstructed Victorian railway station, home\nof Reuben Wells, a wood-burning steam locomotive.\nThis was the most powerful railroad engine in the\nworld in 1868. It was named for its creator, a\nmaster mechanic for the Jeffersonville, Madison and\nIndianapolis Railroad.\nFORD & GERALD LIBRARY\n--A display of early Americana, including a log cabin\nand a genuine Conestoga wagon.\n--Galleries showing the history and life styles of the\nAmerican Indians, Eskimos and Latin Americans.\n--A gallery showing the emergence of man, including\nthree reconstructed dinosaurs and two early mammals.\n--An ancient Egypt gallery, featuring the mummy of a young\ngirl, a great favorite with the children.\n--A natural science gallery and small arboretum to show\nIndiana's plants, insects, birds and geology.\n-A kaleidoscope room for children under seven to help\nthem develop their physical senses.\n--A gallery featuring the cultures of Africa, Europe,\nthe South Seas ans Asia with concentration on Japan\nand China.\n--A theatre seating 360.\n-0-\nUp-Date Indiana Politics\nPolls show former Indianapolis Mayor Richard Lugar\nwith a substantial lead in his bid to unseat incumbent\nDemocratic Senator Vance Hartke. Lugar made an unsuccessful\neffort in 1974 against Senator Birch Bayh.\nBoth Congressional races involving Indianapolis\nare GOP potentials for unseating Democrats. The 11th,\nwhich includes most of Indianapolis, is now represented\nby Democrat Andrew Jacobs. (Jacobs is the one married\nto Rep. Martha Keys of Kansas.) The GOP candidate is\nFORD\nLarry Buell, a 42-year-old CPA. Buell is currently\nGERALD\nMarion County Treasurer, an elected position. An Army\nLIBRARY\nveteran, he is married and has three children.\nThe 6th District, which includes Indianapolis'\nblack sections, is currently represented by first-term\nDemocrat Dave Evans, 28. His GOP opponent is Dave\nCrane, a doctor and a lawyer. Crane is Rep. Phil Crane's\nbrother. He is 39, married with three children. The\nRepublican Congressional Committee thinks both candidates\nhave good organizations and possibilities of winning.\nThe incumbent Republican Governor, Dr. Otis Bowen,\nis seeking a second four-year term. Bowen is expected\nto defeat his Democratic opponent, Secretary of State\nLarry Conrad.\n-0-\nTHINGS\nA cooperative venture of\nThe Children's Museum,\nIndianapolis, Indiana\nand the\nAmerican Red Ball\nTransit Company, Inc.\nFORD LIBRARY & GERALD\nBALL\nCompare a crawling snail to a lightning-\n\"ALL THINGS MOVE\" WORD MAZE\nquick cheetah, or the movement that takes\nplace within a plant from photosynthesis to\nIn this maze of letters are 50 hidden words. Some you\nthe growth of a seed into a giant tree.\nsaw inside or outside the \"All Things Move\" mobile\nConsider the things people have made\nmuseum. The words read forward, down, or diago-\nnally toward the upper and lower right corners. No\nthat move: suits of armor, bicycles, jin-\nwords read backward, up, or diagonally to the left\nrikishas, wristwatches, player pianos and\ncorners. The words are always in a straight line and\nhot air balloons\nthen note how science\nnever skip letters. Some letters are used for more\naffects their movement through gravity, ac-\nthan one word. All words appearing in the maze are\nThe new Children's Museum\ntion and reaction.\nlisted below. The first word on the list is circled to\nThe Children's Museum and American\ngive you a start. How many words can you find?\nAll things move. Humans, animals,\nRed Ball are bringing this \"museum on the\nplants, the elements, the earth. Some\nmove\" to nearly 150 cities in the United\nMOTIONBLTZBWBGOSTEP\nmovement is subtle, some is conspicuous.\nStates during the bicentennial year to share\nEHARKDASHUOINAPHHDU\nWithout movement there is no progress;\nthe museum's treasures with people\nSDCVAWNPOKGGKLRIRCN\nwithout progress there is no enrichment or\nthroughout the country.\nRTROJIAZPLCGCLAJOKC\nadventure. And with every move there is a\nIn Indianapolis, The Children's Museum\nCFEAMRNNOWALKOMKWLH\nnew horizon and a new learning experi-\nis in a brand new home as of October, 1976,\nWBEXGEEZDABEYPADDLE\nence.\nand the welcome mat is out to visitors from\nAVPACELASECGOSWINGB\nUMARCHBLCLRFOLLOWPT\nThe Children's Museum, Indianapolis,\nall over the nation. When you plan your\nSPLASHJOGHBAIEUGIFL\nIndiana, and American Red Ball Transit\ntravels, include a visit to the largest chil-\nTTGCKHORSEQLOFAKIHC\nCompany have joined hands in this bicen-\ndren's museum in the world. And if you\nAIRBJHURFRKLAESRBEM\ntennial year to bring you a mobile museum,\nplan to move, let your American Red Ball\nGZLIFTRHLIPWOLDBEAU\n\"All Things Move,\" which presents a cap-\nagent make yours the Great American\nGFPIDBNHYDCHILDRENS\nsule view of how all things really do move.\nMove.\nEDLPCEEPJESAILKOJME\nFrom 1776 to 1976 movement has been\nRAROSSYFLUTTEREWRRU\nthe basis of American progress. The long,\nKROLWKJLHCDBICYCLEM\nhard voyages that began the settlement of\nATLNVAORBLREDBALLAJ\nNorth America, the westward movement\nOEFGITKFHIJNKDHEAPH\ninto the wilderness by adventurous\nBOAQEEUGTMWDSJSRSHA\npioneers, and the move upward with in-\nFOOTPRINTBARROWSBHF\ngenious technology have all characterized\nthe growth of the United States. And the\nnatural curiosity and never-ending aspira-\nAIR\nFLOW\nMOTION\nSPLASH\nARROWS\nFLUTTER\nPACE\nSTAGGER\ntions that lead Americans to pick up their\nBELLS\nFLY\nPADDLE\nSTEP\nBEND\nFOLLOW\nPUNCH\nSTRIDE\nbelongings and head for unexplored terri-\nBICYCLE\nFOOTPRINT\nREACH\nSWING\nCHILDREN'S MUSEUM\nGALLOP\nREAP\nTHROW\ntory has made the bicentennial possible.\nCLIMB\nGO\nRED BALL\nTRAIN\nCOME\nHOP\nRIDE\nTUG\nThe \"All Things Move\" mobile museum\nCREEP\nHORSE\nROW\nWALK\nDART\nJOG\nSAIL\nWANDER\nlooks at many types of movement and\nDASH\nJOURNEY\nSHOE\nWIGGLE\nsuggests even more. Think of the many\nDRIFT\nLIFT\nSKATE\nFALL\nMARCH\nSKIP\nways people move, from blinking an eye to\nshuttling through space. Consider the\nFor answers to the word maze, contact your local\nmovement of the elements from a gentle\nThe \"All Things Move\" mobile museum is powered\nAmerican Red Ball agent or Red Ball World Headquar-\nsummer breeze to a whirling tornado.\nby a GMC Astro 95 tractor.\nters, P.O. Box 1127, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nthis Fond,\nFriday is the 1st day\nof sume flu innoculations\nin Indianapolis. Attached\nis information.from the\nPresident's briefing book-\n22\nFORD & LIBRARY GREATO\nSWINE FLU PROGRAM\nQ: Mr. President, there have been news reports\nrecently which indicate that because of delays\nin getting the program started, it may not be\npossible to inculate all Americans against swine\nflu. In addition, polls taken in several states\nindicate that part of the public does not intend\nto be inoculated, while others are not certain\nwhether they will be or not. What actions are\nyou taking?\nA:\nFirst, let me say to all the American people:\nOn the basis of the data which I have seen, and\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\ndiscussions with my advisers and members of the\nscientific community, I believe swine flu is a real\nthreat. Everyone --- I repeat, everyone - who can\nbe safely vaccinated should undergo vaccination.\nSecond, I am very concerned about these recent\nreports, and my Administration is doing everything\nit can to aid manufacturers in their efforts to\nguarantee an adequate supply of vaccine and\nnecessary inoculation equipment.\nFinally, I think the public should know where\nto place the blame for the delays which have placed\nthis program in jeopardy. They should place it\nsquarely on the Democratic Conress, which had time\nto pass legislation exempting its members from\nMaryland State income tax while delaying action on the\ninsurance legislation needed to allow the swine- Blu\nFORD 2. LIBRARY\nprogram to proceed. I was stunned by this self-\nserving action on the part of the Congress, and said\nas much at the time. But it bears repeating SO that\nif the program runs into further difficulties, it won't\nhappen again.\n9/8/76"
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