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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 10, folder \"Indochina Refugees - General (4)\" of\nthe Theodore C. Marrs Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential 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. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nDigitized from Box 10 of the Theodore C. Marrs Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nJune 4, 1975\nMEMO\nTo: Roger Semerad, Executive Director, President's\nAdvisory Committee\nFrom: Ashby Boyle\nLIBRARY GERALD A FORD\nRe: Role of American Youth Organizations in Vietnamese\nResettlement.\nDear Roger,\nThe attached is sent for your information and\ncomment. Anxious to hear from you your thoughts on\nthe idea.\nSincerely,\n1819\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nVelm\nJune 10, 1975\nyou\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nPAM POWELL\nFROM:\nTED MARRS It\nBERALD R. FORD LIBRARY\nSUBJECT:\nYouth Involvement in Refugee\nResettlement\nSee handwritten note, and then please contact Roger\nSemerad for distribution material and move out to your\nagencies and activities.\nHow about making this a big project.\nAttachment\npackages\nSome attached\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJune 9, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nDR. THEODORE MARRS\nFROM:\nROGER D. SEMERAD\nPMS\nSUBJECT:\nYOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN REFUGEE\nRESETTLEMENT\nPROJECT FRIENDSHIP. Ashby Boyle, member of the President's\nAdvisory Committee on Refugees, and David Morin, White House\nSummer Intern, have come up with an idea for youth involvement in\nthe resettlement of the refugees. It involves facilitating and encour-\naging the use of youth organizations in further assisting the cultural\nassimilation of the refugee youth.\nI think this idea has merit if a way to activate it quickly can be developed.\nYour advice and comments will be appreciated.\nThank you.\nPam: got TCM to their\n\"Sixty-five percent of those who are coming are children\nThey deserve the warmth and the friendship which\nis typical of America.'\nPresident Gerald Ford on the occasion of signing the Executive Order establishing the\nPresident's Advisory Committee.\nProject FRIENDSHIP, a cooperative national project of\nThe machinery for the resettlement and sponsorship of\nthe President's Advisory Committee on Vietnamese Refugees\nVietnamese refugees has already been constructed. But get\nand various national youth leaders of America is the channel\nrefugees out of camps is only our first step. Once establ\nthrough which the young people of America can help President\nin communities the refugees will still need support before\nFord in\nthey can effect the goal of their assimilation into the\nmainstream of American life.\n1.) easing the cultural adjustments the Vietnamese\nrefugees between the ages of 11 and 24 will need\nBy extending understanding hearts and particularly gr\nhelp in making, and\nacceptance, the youth groups of America such as the Boy\nScouts, the Future Business Leaders of America, and other\n2.) assisting overall the general well-being of\norganizations -religious, service, and social in nature- ca\nyoung resettled refugees as they leave the camps\ngive the newly settled young Vietnamese a sense of belongi\nto join their new American communities.\nSuch organizations can also provide a circle of friends an\nacquaintances that Vietnamese youth will need for navigati:\ntheir way into the culture of young America.\nPROJECT\nfriendship:\nthe role of american youth 14\nthe Vietnamese resettlement.\nby Ashby Boyle, member,\nProject FRIENDSHIP: General Comments\nI. Subjective support of the President.\nIn addition to the two functions listed on the preceding page, Project FRIENDSHIP has\ngreat potential in regard to national input on a public relations level. The coalition of\nseveral national youth groups as proposed would produce a list of American youth involved\nreaching -easily- into the hundreds of thousands, probably millions. Hence, the public\nannouncement of Project FRIENDSHIP -and subsequent press coverage- would be a visible and\nvaluable source of support to the President. And it would be a source of support not\ncommonly brought to the public' attention: the young people of America.\nII. How the project would work.\nThose national youth chairmen supportive of Project FRIENDSHIP would be expected to\nsee that the state and local chapters of their organization were extending a hand of fellow:\nto young Vietnamese refugees settled within the chapter's local geographic jurisdiction.\nExpected in said hand of fellowship would be cordial invitation of membership into the part:\norganization and to attempt to assess the needs of the refugee and to, obviously, use the g.\nresources towards meeting those needs,\nIt is not intended that Project FRIENDSHIP assist in sponsorship or any other concerns\nof an economic nature, What we are striving for is social and cultural assistance to the\nrefugge youth.\nIII. The need for advice from some of those young Vietnamese already established in the\nUnited States.\nAs Ms. Julie Taft, head of the Task Force said at the first briefing of the President'\nAdvisory Committee, \" We don't know all the social service needs of the Vietnamese. We will\nneed help in developing concepts for social service.' Project FRIENDSHIP should seek the\nadvice of those Vietnamese youth who have already adjusted to the culture of America.\nDea Roger.\nThis was done quickly - any\nquestions you have still unanswered\nI'd he happy to Security, answer.\nDALI\nGEN. TRAN VAN DON\nMiss MARY FEATHERALL\nDR MARRS is SECRETARY\nOLD EXECUTIVE BLDG\n# 103\n17th STREET NWS.\nWASHINGTON DC\nGEN TRAN VAN son\nC/O MR LE VAN KHAN\n1601 ARLINGTON BLVD\nBLDS 1501 I 20L\nARLINGTON\nVA 22209\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nTEL i( 703 ) 524 0067\nJUNE 11- 1975\nDEAR Miss FEATHERALL,\nPLEASE will you\nTRANSMIT To DR MARRI\nTHAT LETTER AND LISTS\nENCLOTED.\nTHANK you TERY\nMUCH\nMy BEST REGARDS\nLINCERELY\nGEN. TRAN VAN DON\nGEN. TRAN VAN DON\nC/o MR LE VAN KHAN\n1601 ARLINGTON BLVD\nBLOG 1501 # 202\nARLINGTON\nVA 22209\nTEL : (703) 514.0067\nLIBRACT GERALD ? FORD\nJUNE 11 1975\nDEAR DR MARRI,\nJ JUST CAME BACA\nFROM PARIS AND 7\nCOOWLD LIKE TO SEND TO\nyou A LIST of AFEW\nGENTLEMEN COHO CAN HELP\nYOUR GOVERNMENT ABOUT\nour REFUGEES\nMy BEST REGARDS\nSINCERELY\nMiller\nGEN. TRAN VAN DON\nTRAN DINH DE ,M.D. (former Minister of Healbh)\n4136 N. River St. Arlington Va.\nPhone: 533 2100\nHOANG VAN CHI Author of \"From Colonialism to Communism\" and\n# The Vietnamese New class #\nLedturer at AID Orientation program.\n12653 Hemming Lane, Bowie MD. 20715 Phone: (301) 262 3735\nFather NGUYEN VAN NGUYEN\n2712 Dumberton Ave.N.W. Wash.D.C. 20007 Phone: 965 1610\nVINH NOAN Movie Director, ElectronicsEngineer\n3515 Slade Run Drive Falls Church Va. 22042 Phone:533 7490\nHOANG MINH Professor of Linguistics (DLIEC)\nM.A. Michigan State University\n1300 N. Meade st. Arlington Va.22209 Apt# 26 Phone: 524 6573\nNGUYEN NGOC CHAC Realtor\n6319 Frontier Drive Springfield Va. Phone:971 9590\nTRAN QUANG VINH Ph.D. candidate in Economics\n5115 Cross Field Court Apt #6 . Rockville MD. 20852\nMrs. CHU NGOC HOANG ANH Business Administration\n4352 Carmelo Drive Annandale Va. 22003\nPhone 354 9540\nMrs. NGUYEN LONG THUY Professor of Language\n2607 N. Military Road Arlington Va.22207 Phone:528 5561\nFORD & LIBRARY 938870\nTRAN DINH DE ,M.D. (Former Minister of Health)\n4136 N. River St. Arlington Va\nPhone: 533 2100\nHOANG VAN CHI Author of \"From Colonialism to Communism\nand \"The Vietnamese New Class\"\nLecturer at AID Orientation Program.\n12653 Hemming Lane, Bowie MD 20715 Phone (301) 262 3735\nFather NGUYEN VAN NGUYEN\n2712 Dumberton Ave.NW Wash DC 20007 Phone 965 1610\nVINH NOAN\nMovie Director ,Electronics Engineer\n3515 Slade Run Drive Falls Church Va 22042\nPhone 533 7490\nHOANG MINH Professor of Linguistics (DLIEC)\nM.A. Michigan State University\n1300 N. Meade St. Arlington Va. 22209 Apt# 26\nPhone 524 6573\nNGUYEN NGOC CHAC Realtor\n6319 Frontier Drive Springfield Va Phone 971 9590\nTRAN QUANG VINH Ph.D. Candidate in Economics\n5115 Cross Field Court Apt M 6 Rockville MD. 20852\nMrs CHU NGOC HOANG ANH Business Amministration\n4352 Carmelo Drive Annadale Va 22003\nPhone 354 9540\nMrs NGUYEN LONG THUY Professor of Language\n2607 N. Military Road Arlington Va 22207\nPhone 528 5561\nJune 11, 1975\nFORD & LIBRARY\nDear Mr. Schauer:\nThank you for your letter of May 27, 1975, outlining\nthe planned participation of the Church World Service\nin the refugee resettlement effort.\nYour active support of this most worthy humantarian\neffort is greatly appreciated.\nSincerely,\nTheodore C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nMr. John W. Schauer\nDirector\nImmigration and Refugee Program\nChurch World Service\n475 Riverside Drive\nNew York, New York 10027\nYOU are the link\nWORLD SERVICE\nCHURCH WORLD SERVICE\n475 Riverside Drive\nNew York, New York 10027\nU.S. A\nCHURCH ATTENDANCE\nSocial Welfare Agencies about local or nearby organ-\nizations which offer guidance and help to new arrivals.\nSome new arrivals would\nlike to attend your church,\nExplain about medical services in the community\nespecially if it may be the\nand about health and hospitalization insurance.\nonly Protestant church in\nthe vicinity. Take them with you. Invite them to group\nmeetings at church. They may feel too shy at first to\nEDUCATION\nattend by themselves.\nHelp your new people enter the children at school;\nIf they are members of a church not your own, make\nexplain about school lunches. Help the adults find\na definite appointment to take them to their own\nopportunity to learn English or improve their knowl-\nchurch. They should feel free to join the church of\nedge of it. Your public schools, YWCA or YMCA,\ntheir own choice.\nor International Institute probably have classes. Your\nState University sometimes has correspondence\ncourses in citizenship. And, of course, they should\nLEGAL FACTORS\nlearn about libraries, museums, free lectures, etc. You\nwill want to counsel and cooperate with your people\nThe newcomers need to\nabout educational and vocational training, and other\nknow their rights, privi-\nways of improving themselves in this new land of\nleges, and obligations, and\nfreedom and opportunity.\nhow and when they may\nbecome citizens.\nMany sponsors and churches have found that work-\ning with and for a newcomer has brought real bless-\nThey have been furnished some information about\nings and a broadening experience to the church and\ntheir responsibilities to report addresses, register for\nto the community. We are confident it will to you.\nthe draft, carry alien registration cards if over 18\nyears. In routine matters, the nearest office of the Im-\nmigration and Naturalization Service of the U.S. De-\npartment of Justice may be consulted. Wherever\nhelpful, suggest that people consult an immigrant wel-\nfare agency, like International Institutes, Foreign\nSecretaries of YWCA's or YMCA's, or write to your\ndenominational headquarters which will consult with\nChurch World Service. Explain our tax laws and pro-\ncedures. There are laws in many states restricting\naliens' rights to certain kinds of employment or public\nassistance. But, in many places, public spirited groups\nhave worked to secure equal rights for citizens and\naliens alike. We suggest you secure a copy of \"How\nto Become a Citizen of the United States,\" American\nCouncil for Nationalities Service, 20 West 40 Street,\nNew York, New York 10018.\nSOCIAL SERVICES\nIf problems emerge, we suggest you consult your\nminister, or your Council of Churches, or Council of\nYou are the link for them between their old life and\ntheir\nnew.\nSPONSORS, your refugees look to you-\nYour Christian concern makes it possible for them to come.\nWHO ARE THE REFUGEES?\nthe religious practices of the heritage to which your\nSOMETHING OLD - SOMETHING NEW\nout from a minister, a family service agency, or a\nnew arrivals belong. They, too, have been reading\nCouncil of Churches in that locality whether there\nThey represent all types of people from all walks\nabout life in the United States, our climate, geogra-\nNew arrivals generally are mature people with con-\nreally is a place and a job for them. If they go to a new\nof life. Many of them are victims of oppression or\nphy, customs and churches.\nsiderable successful experience. They bring with them\nsponsor, you are immediately relieved of your own\ncalamity-who, like our own ancestors, seek a new life\nquite firm ideas about satisfying life's daily needs.\nresponsibilities. We suggest that if you are able to do\nof freedom, opportunity and purpose in America.\nBoth you and they will be making realistic adjust-\nYou, too, know a great deal about meeting the prob-\nmore, you offer to take a substitute from your de-\nments in the expectations of each other based on what\nlems of daily life in this country. Maybe all the solu-\nnominational refugee committee. Make the adjust-\nyou thought in advance and what they had dreamed\ntions the new arrivals bring along are not appropriate\nment in a way fair to yourself as well as to your\nSELECTION\nabout for so many years. With vision, imagination,\nor practical for new conditions in this country. In the\nrefugees.\nstrength, and patience you will achieve mutual under-\nmain, it is wise to let them find this out for themselves.\nYour church is represented through Church World\nstanding which is the key to successful resettlement.\nEncourage them to weigh and test. Maybe you, too,\nKeep your temper, your humor, your love!\nService and the World Council of Churches in a score\nwill learn new ways to do things, how to cook a tasty\nof overseas countries where there are refugees with\ndish, or how to decorate a room with charm. They may\nbut one hope: a permanent home. Competent World\nPLANS FOR ARRIVAL\nat first appear to be \"slow\" only because of a language\nEMPLOYMENT\nCouncil of Churches staff members counsel these\nbarrier.\nrefugees and, where possible, help them prepare the\nYou will receive notice\nHelp your new arrivals\nconsiderable documentation required by our govern-\nfrom CWS or your denom-\nget their Social Security\nment from prospective immigrants. The CWS office\ninational headquarters giv-\nnumbers. The address of\nin New York receives a dossier with background in-\ning expected date of arrival\nLET THEM CONTRIBUTE\nyour nearest Social Secur-\nformation and photograph on each applicant. These\nat port of entry and asking for inland transportation\nity office can be secured from the Post Office, or from\nfunds to be advanced at that time in order that all\nYour newcomers will\ndossiers are carefully distributed among our cooperat-\nthe telephone book under: \"U.S. Government, De-\ning national Protestant and Eastern Orthodox resettle-\narrangements for their transportation can be made\nhave really \"arrived\" only\npartment of Health, Education and Welfare.\"\nment offices, which, in turn, arrange local sponsor-\nbefore they arrive. This notice usually reaches you\nwhen they have begun to\ncontribute themselves. This\nGo with them, by public transportation, to their\nships across the U.S.A. Each denominational resettle-\ntwo to four weeks in advance. Sometimes the refugees\nment office or its regional branch renders the very\nmeans not only in their jobs, but also in the com-\nnew jobs, explaining carefully and slowly about bus\nmay write the good news to you before CWS is able\npersonal service which the \"matching\" of refugee and\nto get it to you.\nmunity. Find out if they have talents to use in a folk\nnames, numbers, and letters, fares and transfers, start-\nsponsor entails.\nfestival, a holiday celebration, a musical, dancing,\ning and stopping points both coming and going. Write\nCWS will meet your people at the port of arrival\nculinary skills, arts and crafts, the life of the church.\ndown on a slip of paper the location of job, bus route,\n(usually New York City for those coming from Europe\naddress and phone where you can be reached.\nDO ENOUGH BUT NOT TOO MUCH\nand San Francisco for those coming from the Far\nExplain carefully their duties, hours, wages, pay-\nEast). Plan to meet them at your own local station.\nOnce you know that a refugee or refugee family\nThe arrivals from Europe usually speak their own lan-\nHUMAN FACTORS\ndays, pay roll deductions, and everything pertinent to\nthe job. They will want to know if they can join a\nwill be coming through your sponsorship, the biggest\nguage and frequently some German and a little Eng-\ncompany health insurance plan.\nthing you can do is to help these people become estab-\nlish. If you can take someone with you to the station\nSometimes, although not often, sponsors find that\nwho can speak their native language, so much the\nsome advance information on their case was in error.\nlished again so they can make their own decisions,\nmake their own way, and make their own contribution\nbetter. Watch for their CWS badge. Learn to greet\nThis probably happened only because someone unin-\ntentionally misinterpreted what was said overseas.\nJOB PROMISE IS NOT A CONTRACT\nin their new community.\nthem by their names.\nBoats and planes usually land in the morning. It\nOccasionally a newcomer family may wish to go to\nYour new refugees have accepted the moral obliga-\noften takes half the day to complete immigration for-\nanother city to be with relatives or friends. There is\ntion to try their best to fulfill the jobs found for them.\nTHEY ARE PEOPLE OF DIGNITY AND WORTH\nmalities. If possible, CWS will put your new arrival\nno way, of course, in which they can be held against\nBut they are free, by law, to improve their lot by ac-\non the train or bus the same day. To avoid an expen-\ntheir will. The sponsorship accepted by them is not a\ncepting more favorable employment. Employers, too,\nYou can find at your public library books on the\nsive stopover in New York, you therefore may be in-\ncontract. But before encouraging them to move, it\nby law, are free to hire or fire new arrivals under\nachievements, the heroes, the customs, the literature,\nconvenienced by an early morning or late night arrival.\nwill be well for you to cooperate with them by finding\nexactly the same conditions as any other employee.\nPersons or congregations desiring further information\nor wishing to explore the possibility of undertaking\nsponsorship of refugees should communicate with\ntheir National Denominational Resettlement Office.\nCHURCH WORLD SERVICE\nU.S.A.\nCHURCH WORLD SERVICE\nImmigration and Refugee Program\n475 Riverside Drive\nNew York, N.Y. 10027\nPRINTED\nTIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nWORLD SERVICE\nCHURCH WORLD SERVICE\n475 RIVERSIDE DRIVE\nNEW YORK, N.Y. 10027\nWUI TELEX 62977\nCABLE: DOMINICUS\nU.S.A.\nPaul F. McCleary, Executive Director\nImmigration and Refugee Program\nJohn W. Schauer\nMay 27, 1975\nDirector\nMr. Theodore Marrs\nFORD i LIBRARY GERALD\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Dr. Marrs:\nChurch World Service at a special meeting of the Immigration\nand Refugee Program Operating Committee on April 24, passed\nthe following resolutions:\n1. Cambodian Refugees:\n\"In view of the urgent request from the United States\nGovernment directed to the U.S. voluntary agencies to\nassist in the immediate resettlement of approximately\n1500 Cambodian evacuees (refugees) now in Thailand, and\nWhereas Church World Service expressed its unwillingness\nto take action in this matter so long as only former\nU.S. Government employees and dependents were involved, and\nIn keeping with the Christian imperative upon the\nImmigration and Refugee Operating Committee of Church\nWorld Service to assist refugees in need regardless\nof faith, race or political persuasion,\nThe Immigration and Réfugee Program Operating\nCommittee of Church World Service resolves to assist\nin the orderly and responsible resettlement of at\nleast 250 Cambodian evacuees (refugees) now in Thailand.\" \"\n2. Vietnamese Refugees:\n\"In view of the continuing concern of Church World\nService for the displaced and refugees on all sides of\nA Program of the Division of Overseas Ministries\nthe battle lines in Indo-China, as expressed particularly\nin its support of the World Council of Churches Fund\nfor Reconstruction and Reconciliation in Indo-China,\nand considering the present needs of the evcuees\n(refugees) from Vietnam and in keeping with the\nChristian imperative upon the Immigration and Refugee\nProgram Operating Committee of Church World Service\nto assist refugees regardless of faith, race or\npolitical persuasion,\nThe Immigration and Refugee Operating Committee of\nChurch World Service resolves to assist in the orderly\nand responsible resettlement of Vietnamese evacuees\n(refugees) commensurate with the capability of\nChurch World Service and its member Communions.\"\n\"Pursuant to the resolution concerning the Vietnamese\nevacuees (refugees), the Immigration and Refugee\nProgram Operating Committee authorized the Immigration\nand Refugee Program director to begin arrangements to\nresettle 500 - 2,000 untis (10,000 persons)\nI have sent under separate cover copies of \"The Link\"\nwhich explains the policy and resettlement program of\nChurch World Service. This has been distributed by the\ndenominations to their local church pastors, committees,\nand sponsors.\nAttached is a list of the cooperating denominational\nresettlement offices who are actively arranging with their\nlocal congregations to sponsor Vietnamese Refugees.\nChurch World Service has staff in Pendleton, Chafee, and\nEglin. Church World Service will begin operations at\nIndiantown Gap Military Reservation on Monday June 2.\nIf I can be of any further assistance, please contact\nme.\nI deeply appreciate the support that you are giving to\nVietnamese Refugees, the voluntary agencies and especially\nChurch World Service through the President's Advisory\nCommission on Refugees.\nSincerely,\nJohn W. Schauer\nJWS gg\ncd: J. Garner Cline\nPaul McCleary\nJames Thomas\nSterling Carey\nCWS/IRP Rm 655\nInformation from\ndivision of\nMEN\nYORK\nMAY27'75\noverseas\n20\nNY\nP6 147774\nministries\nNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES OF\nCHRIST in the United States of America\nThe Interchurch Center\nRoom 630\n475 Riverside Drive, N.Y., N.Y. 10027\nDr. Theodore Marrs\nyear\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nJune 11, 1975\nHouse Resolution\nRefuge File\nLIBRARY GEIRALDO ?\nMr. Speaker:\nWe have authorized nearly $500 million dollars for the resettlement of the\nIndochina refugees. That was a necessary step in healing the wounds of the\nVietnam war. It was a step consistent with our tradition of providing refuge for the\nhomeless, and help for the helpless. It was a step motivated by compassion and\na step motivated by respect for gallant allies. But it was not the only step we\nneed to take.\nI am aware of the great problems before this House. Compared to the question\nof the economy, compared to the question of unemployment, of the energy problem,\nof the Middle East and so forth, the fate of 150, 000 people may seem inconsequential.\nBut in a very real sense, our attitude toward those 150, 000 people will be a\nmeasure, and will be seen around the world as a measure, of the vitality of our basic\nAmerican beliefs. The tragedy of Vietnam, culminating on the eve of our Bicentennial\nprovides an unsurpassed opportunity for those redemptive acts of commitment to our\nfellow human beings which has for two centuries marked our progress as a nation.\nMr. Speaker, I would hope that each of us, Representatives of a great people,\nmight urge our constituents to open their hands and their hearts and their homes to\nthe refugees of Indochina, that we might urge the assistance of those volunteer\ngroups, churches, and civic organizations whose energies and abilities have\nastonished observers of the American scene all the way back to de Togueville, that\nwe might urge, as appropriate, the assistance of State and local governments in\nthis task.\n-2-\nThe fact is that this is not a problem of overwhelming dimensions. Nor\nis it a problem that in its resolution will impact adversely on such areas of our\nlife as the employment scene. We are talking about some 35 thousand families.\nWe are talking about a group composed, in the majority, of children. I am not\nprepared to believe that there are not 35 thousand jobs of some useful and\nproductive nature available in this nation. I cannot believe that there are not\nsufficient resources among us to absorb 35 thousand new families. If that\nwere true, it would be a sad indictment of our nation as it prepares to\ncelebrate its 200th birthday. But it is not true.\nThe job can be done. The problem is one of time. It must be done\nsoon. It must be done now, so that we do not have over an extended period of\ntime large numbers of people, homeless, rootless, and bewildered in refugee\ncamps. We need action now. The President's Advisory Committee is working\non this. The President's Task Force is working on this. The Congress has set\naside the money for it.\nNow the people, the American people, must play their part.\n-3-\nMr. Speaker, I am introducing today the following resolution:\nWhereas, the United States of America has from its earliest days been\na haven and a refuge for the poor, the oppressed, the dispossessed, and those\nseeking to lead a life of independence in a land of liberty; and,\nWhereas, the United States is now host to the tragic remnants of the long\nstruggle for freedom in Indochina; and,\nWhereas, the task of assisting thos refugees is one which cannot be\nsuccessfully accomplished unless it is broadly attempted by all of our people;\nNow, therefore, be it\nResolved by the House, that it is the sense of the Congress, that every\nchurch and civic group, and governments at every level, and each citizen in their\nindividual lives be encouraged to make manifest those qualities of compassion,\ndecency, and generosity toward others which have so long distinguished us as\na people, by taking every appropriate and reasonable means at their disposal to\nassist in the rapid resettlement of the refugees of Indochina.\nR°File\nJune 11, 1975\nSenate Resolution\n3. R. FORD LIBRARY\nMr. President:\nAs-we all know in April of this year, the U.S. role in Vietnam\ncame to an end. When and under what circumstances a U.S. role in that\ntroubled area will be resumed is questionable. The U.S. obligation to the\nVietnamese and the Cambodian refugees who chose life and liberty in America,\nhowever, is not questionable.\nThis Chamber has chosen to appropriate nearly a half- billion dollars\nfor the resettlement of the refugees. But certainly our obligation in this matter\nis not discharged with a vote on a money bill. The success of the resettlement\nprogram will depend ultimately not on how much money we spend, but on how much\nof ourselves we spend. It will depend upon how much the people of this great nation\nof immigrants give of themselves in the task of assimilating the refugees into our\nnational life. The members of this Senate are uniquely placed to shape and guide\nthe attitudes of our people as we approach this task together.\n-2-\nWe hear doubts from some quarters about the wisdom and the\nrightness of bringing these refugees to our shores. There are some who\nworry that jobs will be lost to refugees. There are others who fear the influence\nof alien views and culture in this neighborhoods. And there are those who resent\nthem simply because they are Vietnamese and Cambodians, and thus a part of a\ntraumatic experience which scarred our national life for more than a decade.\nSuch doubts and fears are understandable, perhaps. But I believe that\nfinally, such doubts and fears are beneath a people who are themselves descendents\nof refugees. And I believe that when asked, Americans will respond to the need to\nmove over and make room for these people. We did not become great by being selfish,\nor by being frightened of the new and different, or by turning our backs on those\nin need. So I am confident for the future.\nFor now, however, the great task is to get the refugees out of the refugee\ncamps. This will require sponsors. It will require the assistance of government\nat the State and local levels. It will require the assistance of civic and church groups.\nIt will require the leadership and the encouragement of the members of this\nbody.\nMr. President, I am introducing today the following resolution:\nWhereas, the United States of America has from its earliest days been\na haven and a refuge for the poor, the oppressed, the dispossessed, and those\nseeking to lead a life of independence in a land of liberty; and,\n-3-\nWhereas, the United States is now host to the tragic remnants of the long\nstruggle for freedom in Indochina; and,\nWhereas, the task of assisting those refugees is one which cannot be\nsuccessfully accomplished unless it is broadly attempted by all of our people;\nNow, therefore, be it\nResolved by the Senate, that it is the sense of the Congress, that every\nchurch and civic group, and governments at every level, and each citizen in their\nindividual lives be encouraged to make manifest those qualities of compassion,\ndecency, and generosity toward others which have so long distinguished us as\na people, by taking every appropriate and reasonable means at their disposal to assist\nin the rapid resettlement of the refugees of Indochina.\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)\nFORM OF\nCORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nDOCUMENT\nLetter\nLetter from Anna Chennault to Theodore Marrs concerning Mr. and\nC. 6/13/1975\nC\nMrs. Nguyen Tan Trieu\nFile Location:\nTheodore Marrs Papers, Box 10, Indochina Refugees - General (4) / TMH / 07/17/2015\nRESTRICTION CODES\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)\nJune 16, 1975\nFORD j LIBRARY 076870\nDear\n:\nI am sure you are supportive of the resettlement of Southeast Asian\nrefugees. If we are to quickly assimilate those refugees into the\nAmerican community, our National resettlement program will require\nthe cooperation and assistance of organizations such as yours.\nWe are enclosing for your information, background papers, guidelines\nand questions and answers that the President's Adviso ry Committee\nhas prepared. Please disseminate this material as extensively as\nyour resources permit.\nYour support of this important effort is appreciated. If you wish to\nserve in a more definitive way in the resettlement effort, please contact\nthe Interagency Task Force on Vietnam, Operations Center, Department\nof State, Room 7516, Washington, D.C. 20520.\nSincerely,\nTheodore C. Marrs\nRoger D. Semerad\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nExecutive Director\nPresident's Advisory Committee\non Refugees\nName\nAddress\nAttachment\nJune 16, 1975\nFORD i GERALD LIBRARY\nDear\n:\nI am sure you are supportive of the resettlement of Southeast Asian\nrefugees. If we are to quickly assimilate those refugees into the\nAmerican community, our National resettlement program will require\nthe cooporation and assistance of organizations such as yours.\nWe are enclosing for your information, background papers, guidelines\nand questions and answers that the President's Advise ry Committee\nhas propared. Please disseminate this material as extensively as\nyour resources permit.\nYour support of this important effort is appreciated. If you wish to\nserve in a more definitive way in the resettlement effort, please contact\nthe Interagency Task Force on Vistnam, Operations Center, Department\nof State, Room 7516, Washington, D.C. 20520.\nSincerely,\nTheodore C. Marrs\nRoger D. Semerad\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nExecutive Director\nPresident's Advisory Committee\non Refugees\nName\nAddress\nAttachment\nUNITED\nUSO\nSERVICE\nORGANIZATIONS, INC.\nNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS\n237 East 52nd Street\nNew York, N.Y. 10022\n(212) 644-1550\nCable Address: USOSERV, N.Y.\nJune 17, 1975\nHonorary Chairman\nGerald R. Ford\nDr. Theodore C. Marrs\nChairman of the Corporation\nThe White House\nDr. Elvis J. Stahr, Jr.\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nGESALO FORD LIBRARY\nChairman, Executive Committee\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nJacob Goodstein\nDear Dr. Marrs:\nVice Presidents\nLt. Col. Peter M. Dawkins, USA\nThe last time we met, I discussed USO's\nMarvin E. Cardoza\ninvolvement in the Refugee Program. I\nRobert L. Adler\nthought you'd be interested in the enclosed\nMrs. Sylvester J. Carter\nComm. William E. Chamberlain\ntwo pieces of correspondence, which show\nJoseph H. Singer\nour involvement in the program in Gualing and\nthe encouragement of our staff of volunteers\nSecretary\nin one hundred thirty centers.\nMrs. Andrew M. McBurney\nTreasurer\nAlso, we have been working unofficially with\nRobert A. Geib\nmany of our professional staff who served in\nNational Executive\nVietnam and have great empathy for the people\nMichael E. Menster\nthere and in sponsoring individuals who were\nemployed by USO throughout our involvement\nthere.\nBest regards,\nSincerely, Menst\nMEM:RK\nMichael E. Menster\nencs;\nYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS NATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICE NATIONAL JEWISH WELFARE BOARD\nYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION\nTHE SALVATION ARMY\nTRAVELERS AID-INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE OF AMERICA\nUSO IS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE UNITED WAY AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS\nUSO\nUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INC. BOX 21 COMNAVMAR, FPO SAN FRANCISCO 96630\nCLUB AND BEACH ON GUAM, M.I.\nJune 6, 1975\nMs. Denise Weicher\nUSO Public Relations Dept.\n237 East 52nd Street\nNew York, New York 10022\nGERALD R. FORD LIBRAMA\nDear Denise:\nThe Vietnam evacuee project \"Operation New Life\" on Guam was almost\ntotally a military project. The bulk of the real work was done by the\nmilitary, the Red Cross, and the Government of Guam. Our part was mini-\nmal, and it would be inappropriate to report otherwise. However, we were\nable to provide the following services:\nUSO provided a group of Palauan dancers that happened to be available,\nto a nearby refugee camp, and they performed for about 2000 evacuees.\nColor slides were taken of this and were sent off for developing. As\nsoon as they are returned, Marilyn Wotton will air mail them to you.\nWe offered our USO grounds as an area to set up tents for military\nsupport troops. The Navy decided against this, desiring to keep us\noperating as a recreation facility for military and dependents. We\nexperienced less usage than expected because all the military were\nworking 12 to 16 hours per day.\nWe offered our services to Navy Consolidated Recreation Office, which\nwas officially tasked with the job of providing recreation for the evacuees.\nWe made several contacts with musical groups for them, but they handled\nmost of the programming themselves, in spite of several offers. They\nhave 11 very qualified recreation staff who devoted much time and effort\nto the project.\nAt the request of the Navy, we transported one busload of evacuees\nbetween camps, due to a heavy transportation load.\nWe provided shuttlebus service to Navy ship's personnel on six occa-\nsions, when they were cut off from their normal transportation resources.\nMade eight trips to refugee camps to take clothing, toys, water con-\ntainers, and assist two families of former Vietnam employees. Mike\nMenster has the information on this.\nWe are providing twice weekly color slide recreation briefings and\ntours to Army support troops as part of our regular program. Additional\nsupport troops have begun to use our beach and facilities, as their\nheavy work load slacks off.\nHope this helps.\nSincerely,\nWilliam E. Scofield\nCCI M. Menster, A. Kassin, W.C. Garrett\nYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS\nNATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY\nSERVICE\nNATIONAL JEWISH WELFARE BOARD\nYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION\nTHE SALVATION ARMY\nTRAVELERS\nAID ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA\nuso IS SUPPORTED PRIMARILY THROUGH UNITED FUNDS AND COMMUNITY CHESTS\nUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INC.\n237 EAST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10022\nMEMORANDUM\nDATE June 5, 1975\nTO\nUSO Executive Directors - Stateside\nFROM\nAgency Advisory Council\nGERALD FORD LIBRERT\nSUBJECT\nVietnamese Refugees\nAt a recent meeting of representatives of the national voluntary\nagencies, President Ford requested the cooperation of all agencies\nto assist in the resettlement of the Vietnamese and Cambodian\nrefugees.\nSeveral of the member agencies of USO are officially designated\nto work with sponsors for the refugees and to coordinate recrea-\ntional programs for the refugees who are still in camps. Other\nmajor concerns are getting the accurate information about the\nrefugees to the general public and assisting the refugees in\nre-establishing normal lives.\nYour cooperation with agencies in your community who are actively\nengaged in the resettlement program, is encouraged.\nWe would be interested to hear if USO is involved in the Refugee\nProgram in your community and what is being done.\nPlease direct your reports to the Director of Field Services,\nNational USO Headquarters.\nUNITED\nUSO\nSERVICE\n*\nORGANIZATIONS, INC.\nNEW\nYORK\nNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS\nSomeone You Know\nSU s POSTAGE\nJUN17'75\n237 East 52nd Street . New York, N.Y. 10022\n10\nNeeds uso\nNY FD845525\nDr. Theodore C.Marrs\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nWHITE HOUSE MAIL\nSECURITY\nJUN 19 1975\nProcessed by:\nWILLIAM B. SEEBECK\nASSISTANT SECRETARY\nGRACE FOUNDATION, INC.\nGRACE PLAZA\n1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS\nNEW YORK, N.Y. 10036\n212-764-6006\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nFORD : LIBRARY GERALD\nJune 18, 1975\nDr. Marrs:\nBill Whyte (a close friend of the President's)\nfrom U. S. Steel, called Mr. Baroody to\narrange an appointment for Mr. William Seebeck\nof the Peter Grace Organization re refugees.\nLoraine asked me to have him meet with you,\nand I arranged a meeting for 4:00 p.m.\nPeter Grace is head of 91 corporate foundations.\nMr. Seebeck works for the Grace organization.\nHe wants to know what they can do to help\nresettle the refugees.\nThanks.\nVelma\nR.6.m\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nyou might describe\nStuart Rado\nw/ Pan\nVET\nAFL-CIO\nm\\ from\nVY\nmin writer from\nTHE MHILE HONSE\nJune 18, 1975\nDear Malcolm:\nFor your information.\nSincerely,\nTheodore C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nDr. Malcolm Todd\nPresident\nAmerican Medical Association\n1776 KStreet, N.W.\nWashington, D. c. 20006\nEnclosure\nJune 18, 1975\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nDear Malcolm:\nFor your information.\nSincerely,\nTheodore C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nDr. Malcolm Todd\nPresident\nAmerican Medical Association\n1776 KStreet, N.W.\nWashington, D. C. 20006\nEnclosure\nALFRED B. SWANSON, M.D., F.A.C.S.\n774-7394\n313 BLODGETT MEDICAL BUILDING\nTELEPHONES:\n456-5568\nGRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN 49506\nMay 14, 1975\nDear Dr. Marrs:\nThank you for your phone conversation.\nI do hope that we can contact our friends in Saigon at some time.\nDr. Nguyen Buu Trung who was one of our trainees in hand surgery\nis now in Camp Pendleton with his wife and four children. I\nunderstand there are forty other doctors in that camp.\nMost of the refugee physicians have the problem of certification\nof their medical training in order to take the E.C.M.F.G. Exam\nwhich is a requirement for their applying for one year of\nhospital training necessary in most states for medical licensure.\nSpecial consideration has been given medical physician refugees in\nthe past because of their medical education. This is an obvious\nneed at the present time. It seems to me the E.C.M.F.G. Exam is\ntheir big hurdle. Many of them will require language training and\ntutoring to pass it. Once they get into the hospital training\nsystem, individual effort should handle the problem as it did with\nthe Cubans. The professionals need to be identified, some of the\nordinary red tape fractionated so that they can get out of these\ncamps and into some kind of a program which will have an end-point.\nDr. Isaiah Jackson of the Indo China Disaster Relief Desk has had\nmuch to do with the Vietnamese Physicians and is very eager to\nhelp, and we who have been involved can also be depended upon to\nassist where necessary.\nVery sincerely yours,\nAlfred B. Swanson, M. D.\nChairman, American Society for\nSurgery of the Hand\nVolunteers for Vietnam\nTheodore C. Marrs, M. D.\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington, D. C.\nLE-THE-LINH, M.D.\nORTHOPEDIC SURGERY\n34, Mac dinh Chi, Saigon I.\nReceived 29 april\n20 April 75\nDear Doctor Swanson :\nI wait until today to write to you for since the beginning of the Commu-\nnist offensive I have believed that sooner or later a political solution\ncould be found and the US will not let all SVN fall into the VC hands\nmyfamily\nand 18 millions of SVN people fall into Communist slaughtering and slavery\nBut now the communists tanks are onlyone hour drive from Saigon, the city\nis really in danger and no political settlement is yet in sight. The ar-\nmy can not stop the VC drive, the govt of SVN does not grant any passport\nLe\nto the people to leave the country, while the foreign embassies have, one\nis then Lan\nafter another, evacuated their personel including Vietnamese without autho-\nrization from SVN govt. The US/DAO has also started to evacuate their VII\n_18\nminh Chase 21 student\nTor, nu mine Hier prian, ieache\nlithiline\nemployees. Saigon could be overrun in a matter of days and we went desper-\nately to be away when the communists take over the city.\nI ask for your help. Being a refugee from North VN in 1954, being in the\narmy and having cooperated in many ways with Americans, I have BO many\nMD\nreasons to be at the first firing squad when they come to Saigon. Maybe\nI don't mind about death, but my wife and my children\nPlease help us I don't t know how but I imagine that you can write to your\nrepresentatives, your senatem or better to your Embassy at Saigon to help\nus to leave my country in case of Communist takeover You can also try\nto ask the Hand Society, the AMA to come to help. Right now I want to ask\nyou to send me a certificate of sponsorship ( a standard form should be\nobtained at the Immigration Service, I guess ) so if possible We will sell\nthe house and every thing we own to buy our departure from Saigon and try to\ngo to the US in our way to Europa where we have many relatives\nI am very ashamed to write this letter but I hope you will understand and\nwill try to help us before it is too late I Don't know how long Saigon\ncan stand against the VC offensive but if this letter should be the last\ntime you hear from us, all you can do is to pray for us\nVery sincerely,\nletheline,\nTHeodone C. 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MARRS\nFROM\nCAPTAIN KOLLMORGEN\nof\nSUBJECT\nRefugee Resettlement Centers\nVideo tapes, slides, and associated materials dealing with refugee\nresettlement may be obtained through direct coordination with the\nfollowing individuals of the Army Audio Visual Agency, phone\n697 3350 or 695 4357.\nPrimary Point of Contact - Mrs. Martha Dutcher\nAlternate Point of Contact - Major Ralph K. Anderson\nSTATES POSTA ®\nMGMWSHU HSC\n2-043761E175 06/24/75\nICS IPMBNGZ CSP\nwestern union\nMailgram\n* UNITED\nSERVICE i *\nU.S.MAIL\n4126671877 MGM TDBN PITTSBURG PA 100 06-24 0635P EST\nZIP\nTHIS MAILGRAM WAS TRANSMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BY WESTERN UNION TO A POST OFFICE NEAR YOU FOR DELIVERY\nPRESIDENT GERALD FORD\n18\nWHITE HOUSE\nApr\nWASHINGTON mans DC 20500\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nWE WERE EXTREMELY SHOCKED AND DISTURBED TO LEARN THAT ABORTION IS NOW\nTO BECOME PART OF THE so CALLED RELIEF PROGRAM FOR THE VIETNAMESE\nREFUGEES. THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE HAVE JUST ESCAPED DEATH AND\nDESTRUCTION AND NOW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT THREATENS THEM WITH\nMORE. IF WE ONLY RESCUEDVIETNAMESE CHILDREN so THAT WE COULD MURDER\nTHEM THEN WHY DID WE BOTHER AT ALL?\nSTUDENTS FOR HUMAN LIFE\nBOX 817 SCHENLEY HALL\nUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURG\nPITTSBURG PA 15260\n18:35 EST\nMGMWSHU HSC\n5241 (R2-74)\nREPLY BY MAILGRAM - SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR WESTERN UNION'S TOLL - FREE PHONE NUMBERS\nTO REPLY BY MAILGRAM, PHONE WESTERN UNION TOLL FREE ANY TIME, DAY OR NIGHT:\nALABAMA\n800 325 5300\nNEW YORK\nARIZONA\n800 648 4100\nAreas 315, 518, 607 & 716\n800 257 2221\nARKANSAS\n800 325 5100\nAreas 212, 516 & 914\n800 257 2211\nCALIFORNIA\n800 648 4100\nExcept Manhattan\n962 7111\nCOLORADO\n800 325 5400\nBronx\n962 7111\nCONNECTICUT\n800 257 2211\nQueens\n459 8100\nDELAWARE\n800 257 2211\nBrooklyn\n459 8100\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA\n800 257 2211\nNORTH CAROLINA\n800 257 2231\nFLORIDA\n800 325 5500\nNORTH DAKOTA\n800 325 5400\nGEORGIA\n800 257 2231\nOHIO\n800 325 5300\nIDAHO\n800 648 4100\nOKLAHOMA,\n800 325 5100\nILLINOIS\n800 325 5100\nOREGON\n800 648 4100\nINDIANA\n800 325 5200\nPENNSYLVANIA\nIOWA\n800 325 5100\nAreas 215 & 717\n800 257 2211\nKANSAS\n800 325 5100\nAreas 412 & 814\n800 257 2221\nKENTUCKY\n800 325 5100\nRHODE ISLAND\n800 257 2221\nLOUISIANA\n800 325 5300\nSOUTH CAROLINA\n800 257 2231\nMAINE\n800 257 2231\nSOUTH DAKOTA\n800 325 5300\nMARYLAND\n800 257 2211\nTENNESSEE\n800 325 5100\nMASSACHUSETTS\n800 257 2221\nTEXAS\n800 325 5300\nMICHIGAN\n800 325 5300\nUTAH\n800 648 4100\nMINNESOTA\n800 325 5300\nVERMONT\n800 257 2221\nMISSISSIPPI\n800 325 5200\nVIRGINIA\n800 257 2221\nMISSOURI\n800 342 5700\nWASHINGTON\n800 648 4500\nMONTANA\n800 325 5500\nWEST VIRGINIA\n800 257 2221\nNEBRASKA\n800 325 5100\nWISCONSIN\n800 325 5200\nNEVADA\n800 992 5700\nWYOMING\n800 648 4500\nNEW HAMPSHIRE\n800 257 2221\nNEW JERSEY\n800 632 2271\nNEW MEXICO\n800 325 5400\nOR DIAL WESTERN UNION'S INFOMASTER SYSTEM DIRECTLY:\nFROM TELEX\n6161\nFROM TWX\n910 420 1212\nJune 24, 1975\nFORD i LIBRARY GERALD\nDear Governor Anderson:\nPresident Ford has asked me to thank you for your letter regarding\nour men who are still missing and unaccounted for in Southeast\nAsia. The President shares your concern about this serious prob-\nlem and wishes it were in his power to account for all our missing\nmen, including the 28 from Minnesota.\nThere has been consideration in the White House of establishing a\nspecial commission on this subject, but it has not been clear what\nsuch a commission could accomplish that would go beyond the efforts\nalready being made. We are continuing to work through the United\nNations, through the International Red Cross, and through diplomatic\nchannels to press Hanol on this subject. The State and Defense\nDepartments, and the Congress, have all made known their serious\nconcern about North Vietnam's failure to account for our men, as\nrequired by the Paris Agreement and by the Geneva Conventions of\n1949.\nDespite the Communist intransigence on this subject, the President\nwants to assure you that our efforts will continue until we have obtained\nthe fullest possible accounting for all our men.\nSincerely,\nTheodore c. Marra\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nThe Honorable Wendell R. Anderson\nGovernor\nState of Minnesota\nSt. Paul\nDear Governor Anderson:\nPresident Ford has asked me to thank you for your letter\nregarding our men who are still missing and unaccounted for in\nSoutheast Asia. The President shares your concern about this\nserious problem and wishes it were in his power to account for all\nour missing men, including the 28 from Minnesota.\nThere has been consideration in the White House of establishing\na special commission on this subject, but it has not been clear what\nsuch a commission could accomplish that would go beyond the efforts\nalready being made. We are continuing to work thourgh the United\nNations, through the International Red Cross, and through diplomatic\nchannels to press Hanoi on this subject. The State and Defense\nDepartments, and the Congress, have all made known their serious\nconcern about North Vietnam's failure to account for our men, as\nrequired by the Paris Agreement and by the Geneva Conventions of 1949.\nDespite the Communist intransigence on this subject, the President\nwants to assure you that our efforts will continue until we have obtained\nthe fullest possible accounting for all our men.\nSincerely,\nHonorable Wendell R. Anderson\nGovernor\nState of Minnesota\nSt. Paul\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDate 4/5/75\nTO:\nJeanne MM FALK\nDavis\nFROM:\nFor your information\nFor your appropriate handling\nFor your review and comment\nReturn to me\nReturn to file\nReturn to central files\nComments:\nRECEIVED\nSL, Hd TO a 6 APP\nSECRETARIAT\nOSN\nFORMANY STATE\npr\nSTATE OF MINNESOTA\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSAINT PAUL\n1858.4\nMarch 27, 1975\nWENDELL R. ANDERSON\nGOVERNOR\nPresident Gerald Ford\nJones\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mr. President:\nOfficial observances are being held today in the\nMinnesota State Capitol in recognition of the fact that many\nAmericans are still in a Missing-in-Action status as a result\nof the Vietnam conflict. At least twenty-eight of these men\nare from the State of Minnesota.\nTheir fate is of the deepest concern to our people.\nI respectfully urge that you respond immediately to\nthe many expressions of support you have had for the estab-\nlishment of a special Commission to investigate matters re-\nlating to men missing in action, or prisoners of war, in\nSoutheast Asia.\nSuch a Commission, Mr. President, is urgently needed.\nIt would help to allay the anguish of so many families who\nhave lived through long years of uncertainty concerning the\nfate of their loved ones. It could also help our government\nto explore other avenues of obtaining information on America's\nPOWs and MIAs.\nI recognize the grave difficulties involved in\nsecuring such information. But I also believe we must remain\nsteadfast in our commitment to ascertain whatever facts may\nbe available on every American serviceman, still unaccounted\nfor, who loyally served his country in that tragic war.\nWith my warmest personal regards,\nSincerely,\nWendue R. anderson\nWendell R. Anderson\nWRA:jah\nNational Federation of\nSettlements and Neighborhood Centers\nOF NEIGHBORS\n232 MADISON AVENUE\nNEW YORK. N.Y. 10016\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS\nPresident\nCharles T. Grigsby\nJune 25, 1975\nVice-Presidents\nVelning (212) antile 679-6110\nPaul A. Unger\nThad Brown\nRuben E. Dominguez\nTreasurer\nHenry B. Roth\nSecretary\nMrs. Robert Childers\nHonorary Presidents\nInteragency Task Force on Vietnam\nHelen Hall\nLIBRARY GERALD R. FORD\nLea D. Taylor\nOperations Center\nMembers-at-Large\nAlwin Aigner\nDepartment of State\nJohn P. Austin\nRoom 7516\nJames S. Banks\nBertram M. Beck\nWashington, D. C. 20520\nGeorge M. Bishop\nDr. Jerome E. Bartow\nHoward H. Carey\nAlfonso Castillon\nGentlemen:\nMrs. Henry E. I. duPont\nDr. Ivor J. Echols\nBosanka B. Evosevic\nJohn E. Hansan\nAt the suggestion of Mr. Theodore C. Marrs, Special\nJames H. Hom\nPaul A. Kurzman\nAssistant to the President, and Mr. Roger Semerad, Executive\nMrs. Mildred Madison\nDean McNeal\nDirector, President's Advisory Committee on Refugees, I am\nDr. S. Garry Oniki\nEllsworth P. Pryor, Jr.\ncontacting you with an offer to serve in the resettlement\nMilton J. Robinson\nMrs. Albert Sacks\neffort of Southeast Asian refugees.\nHoward J. Samuels\nDr. Halloway C. Sells, Jr.\nPhilip E. Silberberg\nJames Soler\nThe National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood\nMrs. Martin-Alexandra Sternberg\nMercer C. Tate\nCenters has member agencies in 80 cities and 30 states which\nWilbert Tom\nJoseph F. Turley\noperate 360 centers. Our agencies, however, serve the poor\nBailey W. Turner\nDavid E. Ushio\nand near poor and are seriously under-funded. The national\nJose A. Vargas, Jr.\nCharles T. Williams\noffice, likewise, has operated under a deficit for the past\nNortheast\nsix years. Consequently, while there is no hesitancy in our\nHarmon R. Carey\nDavid Edwards\nwillingness to be of service, we are forced, however, to\nMrs. Jules Mayer\nask whether or not funds are available to support such efforts\nCentral Lakes\nCarole Y. King\nthrough settlements and neighborhood centers.\nJames L. Mason\nMrs. Frances Welch\nMidwest\nRichard H. Bancroft, Jr.\nI would be most pleased to discuss the matter with you at a\nRonald A. Edwards\nLeonard Wrice\nmutually convenient time.\nSoutheast\nMrs. Ralph G. Roop\nMrs. Mary Walker\nSincerely yours,\nMrs. Mamie Bostic\nSouthwest\nMike Hernandez, Jr.\nWillard Jackson\nMrs. Annetta Ornelas\nWest\nMrs. B. V. Low-Beer\nWalter L. Smart\nMrs. Judy Jasso\nBennie James Magee\nExecutive Director\nImmediate Past President\nFrederick B. Taylor\nExecutive Director\nWLS:mcg\nWalter L. Smart\nCCS: Mr. Theodore C. Marrs\nMr. Roger D. Semerad\nNational Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers\n232 Madison Avenue\nNew York, N. Y. 10016\nNEW YORK\nHU.S.POSTAGH\nJUN25'75\nNY\nMr. Theodore C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\npefuger\nJune 26, 1975\nFORD & GERALD LIBRARY\nDear George and Louise:\nIt was a delightful surprise to see young George and\nan honor to hear from you two wonderful people.\nThe national response to refugee needs - despite super-\nficial media comments - has been an outpouring of humane\nconsideration. This and many other exciting areas fall\nin my range.\nSaw Willard and Mary a couple of weeks ago. Except for\na \"tic\" he is doing well.\nAnnette is past five years following the mastectomy -\nnow working with Anna Chennault. By the way, we are\nplanning a trip to Brazil this summer as tourists.\nFinally, I will try to find a way to support Mrs. Coker.\nShe sounds like quite a person.\nSincerely,\nx\nTheodore C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nhave to you both.\nMr. & Mrs. George Leiby\n907 Honeysuckle Lane\nAlbermarle, North Carolina 28001\nWear Ted.\n20 June 1975\nwritten card. I was threlled K\nGeorge brought by your hand\nlearn f your current assign- -\nment.\nOther than this expression\nof affreciation of a M.S. citizen for\nyour accepting this resp usibilities\nI would like to call your attenture\nto a remarhable south Carolina\nlady who deserves some 8 your\nsuffort. she, Mrs\nWaird R. Coker, is the daughter of\nVarid Roper, Secretary $ commence\nduring Roorevelts administration\nIwellrecall Howard Reesk description\nfyrer oretstanding management of\nalabamas Criffle childrens Program.\n\"miss mae \"is currently heroically\nrehabilitating herself following\ncebral vascular accident. with\naphasia - her challenge.\nYou may know that her\nfather gave Ctrarleston, S.C. Roper\nHospetal and her Coher family\nhave been generous with\nCoker College of which Bonnie\nCone and Lauist are 1928 class-\nmates. The Cohes certified\ncotton seed production without\ndrubt\nthe rehabilitation (economic) following\nthe Cirit war.\nStanly County n.c., with\nwrit by when you can.\nAlbemarle as its County\nSeat, would be h mored of\nhave you visit- and as you\nwell know- there is always a\nspare soorn in ares home.\nLouise joins me in extending\nms best wishes - Cordially George\nfile\nAAMHRC\nBULLETIN\nFORD & GERALD LIBRARY\n2400 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CÀ 90018\nJuly 1975\n(213) 731-8861\nRefugees\nDR. WILLIAM T. LIU - NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR\nHEADING VIETNAMESE REFUGEE RESEARCH CENTER EFFORTS\nDr. William T. Liu has been appointed the Director of the Asian American Mental\nHealth Research Center (AAMHRC) by the AAMHRC Community Advisory Board. Dr. Liu,\nProfessor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Study of Man in Comtemporary\nSociety at the University of Notre Dame, is also the Associate Dean of the College of\nArts and Letters. Dr. Liu has conducted numerous sociological studies among Asian\nAmericans and Asians in China and the Philippines.\nDr. Liu, will be involved in providing administrative leadership to meet the objec-\ntives of the Research Center as Director of Research and Development. The Center is\na five-year research and development project funded since July, 1974 by the Center\nfor Minority Group Mental Health Programs of the National Institute of Mental Health\nto establish a national center for community-based research for Pacific Islanders and\nAsian Americans.\nThe first year objectives of the Asian American Mental Health Research Center are the\nfollowing: 1) Under the direction of Candace Yamagawa, Regional Research Assistants\nand Associates will conduct systematic review and document regional research needs;\nassess the availability of research personnel, and make contacts with regional\nfunding sources; 2) Under the direction of Dr. Liu, a national research design will\nbe developed involving four priority areas, namely Aging, Employment Discrimination\nDuring Recession, Effect of the Perpetuation of Negative Stercotypes, and New\nImmigration; 3) Under the direction of Carolyn Yee, Operation Resource and Develop-\nment will attempt to identify funding sources at the local, state, regional, and\nfederal levels. Information will be collected and placed in the R & D clearinghouse;\nand 4) Under the direction of Dan Watanabe, mini-contracts of $3,000 - $5,000 will be\nlet against acceptable proposals related to local research priorities.\nWhile all objectives continue to be pursued without let up, on May 1, with the\nVietnamese Refugee issue becoming a reality, the AAMHRC initiated exploration to\ndetermine how the Research Center could assist in the resettlement program.\nA letter was sent to President Gerald M. Ford, informing him of the AAMHRC concern on\nMay 6. Excerpt of letter:\n\"Fully recognizing the complex philosophical and political issues relative\nto the process by which thousands of Southeast Asians have come to our\nnation, the Asian American Mental Health Research Center assumes the\nposition that the people now here face monumental barriers to readjustment\ntowards securing the basic needs of food, clothing and shelter, and\nspecialized needs in the areas of education, health and mental health care,\nemployment and full participation in our democratic society.\nААМИКС\n-2-\nLocal and national organizations and citizen groups in the public and\nvoluntary sectors have begun to work together towards a peaceful resolution\nof these problems, understanding that this process, not unknown to our\ncountry, will not be resolved in a matter of days, weeks or even months,\nbut in reality will take a process of many years to come.\nImportant policy deliberations, we believe, must be based on the very best\ninformation available. The basis of delivering effective material, medical\nand social services is predicated upon good information, preferably deter-\nmined and provided by the Southeast Asians themselves. It would appear\nincumbent, therefore, that the Asian American Mental Health Research Center,\nwith its national multi-ethnic Community Advisory Board composed of broadly\nrepresented Pacific and Asian Americans, and a national core staff\nstrategically based currently in the Southern California area and with its\nnational research priorities\ncan do no less than to extend and to begin\nwith our limited resources to assist in a program of sound information\ngathering, requesting and making known that additional resource will be\nneeded immediately to maintain the kind of sustained effort and viability\nto the issue which we have initiated\nStaff specialists are currently being recruited to gather pertinent\ninformation which will hopefully enhance and assist local officials and\norganizations and national policymakers who will have the difficult\ndecision-making responsibilities regarding this issue for our nation.\nThe Center for Minority Group Mental Health Programs, the National Institute\nof Mental Health, and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Mental Health Administration\nare to be commended for their foresight in conceptualizing and establishing\nresearch and development centers of national significance, for one, in the\nPacific/Asian communities so that at times like this, it can help in effec-\ntively mounting programs of research and community development. We will\ncontinue to work towards carrying out our responsibilities and stand ready\nto assist in whatever appröpriate manner relative to the current situation.\nKnowing that the tasks ahead are difficult and will be especially difficult\nfor the refugees themselves who must, ultimately as individuals and groups,\ncope with the many adversities foremost amongst which is being victims of\nan unpopular war, we do ask for and count on your support.'\nLetters were also sent to Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State; James T.\nSchlesinger, Secretary of Defense; Edward H. Levi, Attorney General of the United\nStates; Casper Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; and\nlegislators who had expressed concern over the Vietnamese Refugee issue.\nSince San Diego and Los Angeles are in proximity to Camp Pendleton, individuals and\norganizations concerned with the refugee issue were contacted within the first week\nin both areas as well as across the country. On May 4, Research Center staff con-\ntacted Asian groups, including Vietnamese students, concerned with the refugee issue\nin San Diego. The Vietnamese Refugee issue being a national issue with refugee camps\nin Florida, Arkansas, California, and Guam, it was agreed that the San Diego group\nconcerned primarily with the Vietnamese in Camp Pendleton would continue to work\ntoward establishing an Asian Resource Center within Camp Pendleton. In turn, the\nResearch Center would continue to try and get entry into all camps by working at the\nААМИКС\n-3-\nnational level. It was agreed that each group would try to aid the other,\ncooperatively, but separately, to get an official entry on an ongoing basis so that\nmore community groups could assist in the refugee programs.\nIt was learned that Dr. Bertrand Brown, Director of the National Institute of Mental\nHealth was attending the May 4 American Psychiatric Association Conference in\nAnaheim, California. Research Center staff, on their return trip to Los Angeles from\nSan Diego, took the opportunity to meet and discuss the Vietnamese Refugee issue with\nhim. Dr. Brown concurred with the Research Center's concern and extended his help.\nMr. Patrick Okura, of NIMH, was also supportive of the Center's concern in taking the\ninitiative to provide Asian input.\nOn May 6-8, the Community Advisory Board met in San Francisco. The Board approved\nthe initiative taken by the Research Center regarding the Vietnamese Refugee issue\nand affirmed its action as in keeping with the first-year program objectives.\nDr. Liu was able to obtain an authorization from Dean Brown of the State Department\nto enter Camp Pendleton. On May 12, a site visit was made to Camp Pendleton by\nDr. William Liu, George Nishinaka, and Beverly Yip. During the site visit, contacts\nwere primarily made with the personnel involved with the sponsorship programs.\nOn May 15, George Nishinaka met with Joe Maldonado, HEW Director of Region IX, which\ncovers Guam and California. HEW had 120 staff members at Camp Pendleton and was in\nthe process of hiring 30 additional staff persons. A recommendation was made re-\ngarding the importance of hiring as many Asians as possible, especially Southeast\nAsians. Information was provided relative to the availability of Vietnamese students.\nIt was further noted that the involvement of these students would provide an\nimportant critical contribution which they alone could make at this time. They have\nthe cultural background, the bilingual capability, and the experience gained from the\nopportunity they have had of acculturating to our American institutions and way of\nlife which they uniquely can convey to the Vietnamese Refugees.\nOn May 21, a group composed of Dr. William Liu, George Nishinaka, Tuan Pham, Faye\nMunoz, Kathy Do, and Elena Yu met in Bethesda, Maryland to discuss the Vietnamese\nRefugee situation and to brainstorm alternative plans for consideration as to how the\nResearch Center could assist in planning and information gathering which could ulti-\nmately enable effective delivery of services by public, private, national and local\nagencies and organizations.\nOn May 30, Dr. William Liu, George Nishinaka, Tuan Pham, Elena Yu met with the\nNational Institute of Mental Health staff, namely Dr. Bertrand Brown, Dr. Julius\nSegal, Lee Dickson, Dr. Tom Plaut, Pat Okura, and Dr. Ford Kuramoto, who provided\ntechnical assistance relative to preliminary conceptualization of an effort that the\nResearch Center could undertake to enhance the effectiveness of the Vietnamese\nRefugee program.\nOn June 16, Dr. William Liu, George Nishinaka, Elena Yu, Daniel Le, Kathy Do, Dr. Tom\nSasaki, Shinya Ono, Lieu Ngoc Kien, Do Thai Huong, Tuan Quang Pham, Jerry Adams,\nTruong Van Luu, and Candace Yamagawa met in Los Angeles. It was reported that under\nthe direction of Dr. William Liu, a National Research Design to explore the relation-\nship between the Vietnamese Refugee experience of stress and their health condition,\nwhich includes mental health and adjustment, was being developed and tested. Clinical\nAAMHRC\n-4-\ninterviews will examine the Vietnamese Refugees' immediate experience prior, during,\nand after their arrival to Camp Pendleton. The detailed interview areas are:\n1) Changes of family relations and their attitude of relocation and camp life;\n2) Inventory of physical and mental health; 3) Specific emotional problems of\nadolescents ranging in age from 9 - 16 years old; and 4) Inventory of life change.\nThe purpose of the collection of data is: 1) To pretest the schedule; and 2) To\nfollowup in the community after discharge. Dr. William Liu and Neil Tashima are\nacting as Social Science Consultants to Navy Health Officers under Dr. Tran Minh\nTung, a volunteer Vietnamese psychiatrist at Camp Pendleton.\nUnder the supervision of Tuan Pham, Research Assistant, there are six interviewers,\nnamely Huong Thu Tran, Thi Minh Chau Tran, Th1 Thanh Thuy Nguyen, Long Son Nguyen,\nKim Viet An, and Vy Quang Pham; and two translators, namely Thuat Thien Vu and Vuong\nMinh Quoc; and four volunteers, namely Kien Ngoc Lieu, Trung Duy Lieu, Hung Quy Phan,\nand Huong Thai Do, involved in the process of interviewing and translating which\nbegan on June 15 and will continue until August 15.\nIt is hoped that during the month of July a proposal regarding the Vietnamese\nRefugees can be developed and reviewed by the Community Advisory Board taking into\naccount regional input, and then be submitted to appropriate funding sources for\ntheir consideration.\nAAMHRC\nBULLETIN\nASIAN\nAMERICAN\nMENTAL\nHEALTH\nRESEARCH\nCENTER\n2400 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90018\nAugust 1975\nVol.\n1.\nNo.\n2\n(213) 731-8861\nAAMHRC ENTERS SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION WITH FULL-TIME DIRECTOR\nNATIONAL ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO RESOLVE ASIAN CONCERNS IN MENTAL HEALTH\nAsian American Mental Health Research Center (AAMHRC) completed the first quarter\nof its second year of operation as this bulletin goes to press. Although barely a\nyear old the Research Center has a historical genesis traceable to: (1) Develop-\nment of the Asian American National Mental Health Coalition, renamed Pacific/Asian\nCoalition (PAC); (2) Implementation of the first National Conference on Asian\nAmerican Mental Health, held in San Francisco April, 1972; (3) Creation of the\nAsian American Social Workers (AASW), the first national Asian organization of its\nkind; and (4) Manifestation of the many previous endeavors of organizations and\nindividuals dedicated to the resolution of Asian concerns in the broad field of\nmental health.\nAAMHRC has a nationally active Community Advisory Board (CAB). It consists of\ntwelve Asians bringing together input from the varied ethnic and geographical areas\nembracing the more than two million Asians in the United States. Following a con-\ncerted nationwide canvas, CAB selected Dr. William T. Liu to take over full\ndirectorship on September 1 of the Research Center (AAMHRC Bulletin, July, 1975).\nCAB's ongoing program includes: (1) Operation Resource and Development (R & D);\n(2) Regional Technical Assistance; (3) Mini-Contract; and (4) National Research\nDesign. The latter program includes the four priorities of (a) aging, (b) immigra-\ntion, (c) stereotype, and (d) economic recession. Because of the implications of\nthe current Southeast Asian refugee situation, as it relates to the aforementioned,\nDr. Liu, on a part-time basis, took on the development of a Southeast Asian\nRefugee proposal as his initial program.\nAs for myself, in closing out the initial shakedown phase of the Research Center,\nand as outgoing Acting Principal Investigator, I wish to express my sincere appre-\nciation to the interim staff and CAB Members. During this most difficult\norganizational period, their support and assistance in the development of the\nResearch Center has been invaluable. I wish to extend my continued support to\nDr. Liu and the Board and look forward to the future when AAMHRC will become an\neffective and viable ongoing national research center for the Asian American\ncommunity - George M. Nishinaka.\n- 2 -\nREGIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES/ASSISTANTS - Thirteen regional research associates and\nassistants have been employed on a temporary basis. Their areas of responsibility\nincluded: (1) A systematic review and summary of regional research needs; (2)\nSurvey and assessment of available research personnel in their respective regions;\n(3) Identification and contact of possible funding sources; and (4) Assistance in\norganizing mini-conferences between community and research personnel for research\ndevelopment. Based on Progress Reports submitted by the regional associates and\nassistants, the following is a review of the programs conducted/completed to date -\nCandace Yamagawa.\nRegion IV (Southern California) - An \"Asian Immigrant 8 Handbook\" is being developed,\ndesigned to be a practical guide for all Asian immigrants in the area. The publica-\ntion will be geared toward providing a general, informative orientation to life in\nSouthern California. It will cover the important areas of employment, housing and\neducation as well as availability of social services, counseling and geographic\nlocation of specific ethnic groups. The handbook, which could be translated into\nthe various Asian and Pacific Island languages, should prove to be invaluable to\npublic and private agencies - Adrienne Cedro Hament.\nBarriers and obstacles to the organization of a viable coalition of Pacific and\nAsian Americans in the Los Angeles area are also being identified and analyzed.\nThe feasibility and objective necessary for a coalition are being examined as well\nas what the community would gain. The initial preliminary findings incorporate\npast experiences, present conditions, and foreseeable developments, and can be\nutilized by community groups and individuals seeking to organize around a variety\nof actions - Lillian Fabros.\nAn inquiry into the institutional barriers encountered by Pacific/Asian students\nresulting in drop outs is being conducted at San Diego State University. The\nre-\nsearch deals primarily with the nature and extent of inadequate teaching, poor\ncounseling, lack of resource information and financial drawbacks. The collected\ndata will be used to develop guidelines to assist Pilipino/Guamanian Education\n(S)\nCenter and the Educational Opportunity Program as well as improving the counseling\nand recruitment efforts for Pacific/Asian students - Ronald Joseph Cepeda.\nRegion VI (Midwest) - Research needs of the Midwest region will be discussed\nSeptember 12-14 by the North Central Research Committee in conjunction with the\nMidwest Asians for Unity (MAFU). Funding sources are being identified and can-\nvassed in the area as well as providing technical assistance to community groups or\nindividuals regarding mini-contracts. A manual on funding sources for programs and\ncommunity-based research is also being compiled - Pattie Tom.\nRegion VII (Mountain States) - The population characteristics and problem areas\naffecting Asian American groups is being researched in Mountain and South West\nCentral regions. An outreach project identifying regional funding sources,\nregional research/resource personnel and assessment of social needs is being\nconducted - Judy Kawamoto, Jeanne Nozawa, Shirley Fujikawa.\nRegion I (Pacific Northwest) - Socio-demographic and client-descriptive information\nregarding the nature and severity of behavioral problems among Northwest Region\nAsian Americans is being researched. An intensive study of 164 interviews con-\nducted by the Asian Counseling and Referral Service of Seattle is being analyzed\nand classified - Doris Lock.\n-3-\nRegion IX (New England) - A research design has been established to assess the\nneeds of Asians in the New England:area and to identify areas of research priori-\nties. The project is also involved in identifying and coordinating individuals\nand organizations associated with research on Asians and Pacific Islanders. This\nresearch information and other available resource material will be collected and\nmaintained in a central resource center - Doris Y. Chin and April Y. Tang.\nMINI-CONTRACTS - The Mini-Contract program is one of several special programs\nestablished by the AAMHRC Community Advisory Board. Awards of up to $5,000 will\nbe made from a current $50,000 budget. A total of 105 proposals have been\nreceived nationwide dealing with issues of regional concern.\nThe Proposal Review Committee of AAMHRC CAB met June 28 to review and study the\nvaried proposals. Six of the nine regions were represented when the initial recom-\nmendations were made. (The remaining three areas were considered at a later date).\nThe Committee, guided by recommendations from regional research committees, based\nits review according to the following criteria: (1) Express community need -\nregional considerations; (2) Generative capacity - demonstration project and \"seed\nmoney\" concepts; (3) Equity - distribution of resources by region, ethnicity,\nproblem area; (4) Technological soundness - feasibility, capability, appropriate-\nness of goals; (5) Utility - community improvement. The Community Advisory Board\nis currently engaged in final review of recommended proposals. Notices of\nselection will be sent to successful applicants - Dan Watanabe.\nThe Asian American Mental Health Research Center\nsubmitted on August 11, 1975, its Southeast\nAsian Refugee Proposal to the National Institute\nof Mental Health.\nOPERATION RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT - Information from more than 125 individuals\nand 90 departments and agencies in Washington, D.C. is being analyzed and collated\ninto a funding resource clearinghouse for use by Pacific and Asian American commu-\nnities. Nine technical assistants were temporarily hired by AAMHRC during the\nweek of June 9 - 13 to obtain information regarding: (1) Possible resource agency\ncontacts; (2) Funding history of resource; (3) Timetable for grants and applica-\ntions; and (4) Procedure for securing funds; and (5) Review processes. Assisting\nin the wide and varied research were Huldan T. But; Region I, Robert W. S. Chang;\nRegion II, Charles William Cheng; Region IX, Mukul K. Dey; Region VIII, George K.\nIgi; Region IV, Yoon H. Kim; Region V, Patricio R. Mamot; Region VI, Stanley Sue;\nRegion I, and Terushi Tomita; Region V - Carolyn M. Yee.\n- 4 -\nDATA BANK - The AAMHRC Data Bank is a nationwide compilation of professional Asian\nand Pacific researchers and persons interested in research. With more than 600 30-8bsen\ncurrently listed, field of endeavor and disciplines include: Anthropologists; 22, .0013\nCommunity Workers; 41, Doctors; 22, Psychiatric Nurses; 5, Psychiatrists; 11, Insgro bas\nPsychologists; 189; Public Health Workers; 24, Social Workers; 121, Sociologists;\n125, and Others; 195. Of the total, 164 are women. noo Issunoo 8 ni\nIf you would like to be placed in the Data Bank and included on the mailing list,\nplease contact Ms. Bernadette Tanita, 2400 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles,\nCalifornia 90018, or call 213/731-8861. 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(1) :golbrages 018360 03 EI P smit 30 New\n-soklags bas streets tol (€) 100300897 10 protein galbows (S) 183033000\nvalvell (2) bas ;abnot guiruose not (4) Das ;anoid\n180ad .8 .77 375008 I подной :Ju8 .I nabloH slow believ bns obtv aria ni\n.X syrood ,IIIV nolges iyea X fusluit XI nolgas :sned) makilly relind ,II noigal\n:sua ,IV nolgan Я ,9 noiger .H nooY .VI noigel :ISI\n.eef .11 nylors) V notger :solmol interveT bas I nolget\nAsian American Mental Health Research Center\n2400 South Western Avenue, Suite 207\nLos Angeles, California 90018\nLOS ANGEL\nU.S. POSTAGE\nAUG15'75\n26\n*************\nCALIF\n1723*00\nKD830807\nDr. Ted Marrs\nSpecial Asst. to the President\nWHITE HOUSE MAIL\nThe White House Office\nRECEPTION & SECURITY\n1600 Pennsylvania Ave.\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nAUG 19 1075\nProcessed by:\nw.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJuly 3, 1975\nFORD i GERALD LIBRARY\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nROLAND ELLIOTT\nFROM:\nTED MARRS hydrs\nSUBJECT:\nResponse to Letter\nAttached is a draft letter for your editing, Presedential\nsignature (autopen) and dispatch.\nThank you.\nTentoy or not\nEnclosure\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDear Mr. Spoor:\nI have recently learned the details of The Pillsbury Company\nRefugee Aid program. I am very pleased that you and your\ncompany have undertaken such a worthy task. The generosity\nand determination that have been displayed are examples of\nthe \"greatness of spirit\" that still thrives in the United\nStates.\nI understand that your free food plan, your bonus plan for\nemployees who sponsor a refugee and your employment oppor-\ntunity program for refugees have enjoyed marked success.\nI am happy to congratulate you and all the five men and\nwomen at Pillsbury for a fine contribution to the resettle-\nment program. I would urge even greater efforts and trust\nthat your example will be a model for others.\nSincerely,\nGRF\nMr. William S. Spoor\nChairman of the Board\nThe Pillsbury Company\n608 2nd Avenue South\nMinneapolis, Minnesota 55402\nTHE PILLSBURY COMPANY\n608 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH\nMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402\nEARLE G. BROOKS\nVICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS/PUBLIC RELATIONS\nJune 3, 1975\nDr. Theodore Marrs\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Dr. Marrs:\nI am greatful to Roy Popkin, Assistant National Director of\nDisaster Services for the Red Cross, for delivering to you back-\nground materials describing The Pillsbury Company Refugee Aid\nprogram. I hope this material will be helpful to you in the\ndevelopment of a letter of recognition from the President.\nThe response thus far to our assistance program has been\noverwhelming. The story has been used by major media across the\ncountry. Because of this exposure, we have become a focal point\nfor many who have wanted to respond to the needs of the refugees\nbut were not certain of the action they should take. In addition,\nwe have answered hundreds of calls concerning sponsorship of\nrefugees or aid to refugees already located. We have had a most\nheartwarming response from Pillsbury employees across the country\nwho have expressed interest in sponsoring a family.\nWe have also received a number of letters from members of\nCongress thanking us for taking a leadership role during this\ndifficult time. It is for this reason that we feel it would be\nof great encouragement and satisfaction to the 26,000 Pillsbury\nemployees to receive recognition from the President himself for\ntheir part in support of the Company's refugee aid program. This\nproject has drawn together our employees on a national issue in\na most positive way and recognition of this cooperation now, we\nbelieve, would encourage future response to the President's call\nfor help from the American public. The President's letter will\nbe used in our employee publications which are circulated to\napproximately 26,000 employees across the country.\nDr. Marrs\nPage Two\nBecause of the most difficult schedule under which you\noperate, we will honor whatever time schedule fits your needs.\nIt must be said in ending that it was clearly the President's\ncall for help and his original disappointment in the public's\nresponse that led to the initiation of the Pillsbury program.\nThank you again for your cooperation and help.\nSincerely,\nSaik Baok\nEarle G. Brooks\nEGB:gs\n1\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nFORD i LIBRARY GERALD\nDate\nTO:\nFROM: DR. THEODORE C. MARRS\nFor your signature\nFor your coordination\nFor your information\nPer our conversation\nOther:\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\n7.3.75\nTO: Icd Mans\nFor Your Information:\nFor Appropriate Handling:\nOriginal sent to\nJim Falk.\nnor.\nRobert D. Linder\n352\n*******U NCL ASSIFIED*******S\nCOPY\nyou\nTP IMMED\nDE RUEHCR #0705Q 1840735\n0 0327277 JUL 75\nFM COMCEN SECSTATE WASHDC\nTO COMCEN WHITE HOUSE\nUNCLAS\nFOLLOWING MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT FORD FROM GOVERNOR\nOF GUAN RECEIVED THISSTA VIA COMMERCIAL MEANS.\nQUOTE\n7/3/75\nPRESIDENT GERALD FORD\nWHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\nURGENT\nIT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT ABOUT 152 VIETNAMESE REPATRIATES\nWILL SOON BE MOVED FROM U. S. MAINLAND CAMPS TO GUAM. FROM THE\nBEGINNING, THE PEOPLE OF GUAM HAVE ACCEPTED WITH PRIDE THEIR SHARE\nAND CONTRIBUTION TO OPERATION NEW LIFE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT\nHUMANITARIAN PROGRAM DESPITE CRITICALLY LIMITED AND FAST DEPLETING\nRESOURCES. TO PERMIT, HOWEVER, TRANSFER OF THESE REPATRIATES TO\nGUAM WILL DO GREAT INJUSTICE AND DISSERVICE TO OUR PEOPLE AND A\nRETRAYAL OF THAT SPIRIT OF HOSPITALITY AND GENEROSITY WHICH THE\nPEOPLE OF GUAM HAVE UNSELFISHLY DISPLAYED TOWARDS VIETNAMESE\nEVACUATION EFFORT. I MUST, THEREPORE, REGISTER STRONG AND\nUNQUALIFIED OBJECTION TO THE PRESENCE OF THESE REPATRIATES IN OUR\nTERRITORY. IN ADDITION, SUCH A MOVE WOULD DESTROY THE ONLY VIABLE\nECONOMIC ACTIVITY CURRENTLY SUSTAINING OUR ISLAND, OUR TOURIST\nINDUSTRY. GUAM CANNOT AFFORD SUCH NEGATIVE IMAGE. GUAM STILL\nACCOMMODATES ABOUT NINE THOUSAND BONA FIDE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AT\nTHIS TIME AND WE LEARN THAT THOUSANDS MORE MAY STILL COME FROM\nOTHER AREAS IN THE PACIFIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE WILL CONTINUE\nTO EXTEND OUR FULLEST COOPERATION AND SUPPORT TO THIS PROGRAM.\n#923734, I SUGGEST THAT REPATRIATES BEING RECOMMENDED FOR GUAM\nBE RELOCATED AT WAKE ISLAND OR ANY OTHER AREA WHERE THE IMPACT OR\nCONSEQUENCE IS MINIMAL AS A RESULT OF ANY LOUD PROTEST OR\nDEMONSTRATION BY THE REPATRIATES. AGAIN, I ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER\nANY EARLIER DECISION TO RELOCATE THESE UNWELCOMED REFUGEES IN OUR\nTERRITORY.\nRICARDO J. BORDALLO\nGOVERNOR OF GUAM\nUNQUOTE\nWHSR COMMENT\nSCOWCROFT, MCFARLANE, SMYSER, STEARMAN\nPSN:038883\nPAGE 01\nTOR:184/37:44Z DTG:0307272 JUL 75\n*******UNCL ASSIFIED*******S COPY\nJune 27, 1975\nFORD i LIBRARY 03RALD\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nBOB WOLTHUIS\nFROM:\nTED MARRS\nSUBJECT:\nPaper by Le Thi Anh\nBob, thanks for the memo on Mrs. Anh. She is\nan impressive woman and I have benefited from\ntalking with her and reading her paper. In\nfact, we had her in for visits with the staff\nof the President's Advisory Committee.\nFele\nOF DEFENSY\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20301\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nMilitary Air\n9 July 1975\nTransportation\nMEMORANDUM FOR Dr. Theodore C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nThe White House\nRS\nLIBRARY GERALD R. 0801\nTHRU: Captain Leland S. Kollmorgen, USN\nMilitary Assistant to the President\nSUBJECT: Request for Military Air Transportation to Fort Indiantown Gap,\nPennsylvania\nIn accordance with established procedures for processing requests for Presi-\ndentially directed missions, the DoD receives direction to provide such flights\nfrom the Office of the Military Assistant to the President.\nWhile the attached request was forwarded through the Military Assistant's\noffice, we have yet to receive notification from that office that the President has\ndirected these flights. In order to comply with the request, this office needs such\na notification from the Military Assistant's office.\nThomasK. Latime\nThomas K. Latimer\nThe Special Assistant\nAttachment\nRund juld we will from Rovide\nTed As approved by\nthis\nwhite House\nBell gulby AMERICAN\nREVOLUTION WEENTENNING\n1776-1976\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMEMORANDUM FOR\nMR. THOMAS K. LATIMER\nTHRU: CAPTAIN LELAND S. KOLLMORGEN\nSPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY BP. AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE\nSubject: Request for Military Air Transportation to Fort Indiantown\nGap, Pennsylvania\nThe President is asking the Governors of the several States for their\nassistance in resettling refugees in communities throughout the country,\nand will inform the Governors that representatives of the Federal\nRegional Councils will assist them in the development of new resettle-\nment programs.\nThe Chairmen of the ten Federal Regional Councils must be briefed on\ntheir new responsibilities in Washington, D. C. and at Fort Indiantown\nGap, Pennsylvania. In recognition of the importance of the briefings,\nthe President requests the Department of Defense to provide military\nair transportation from Washington, D. C. to Fort Indiantown Gap and\nreturn to Washington, D. C. on July 11. There will be sixteen people\nin the party, which should leave from the Pentagon at 11:00 AM and\nreturn at 4:30 PM.\nTheodore C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant to the President\ncc: John Marsh\nPaul O'Neill\nB'NAI B'RITH\nCOMMUNITY\nVOLUNTEER\nSERVICES\n1640 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE NORTHWEST. WASHINGTON D C. 20036\n(202) 393-5284\nJuly 10, 1975\nGERALO, FORD LIBRARY\nHonorable Donald Rumsfeld\nAsst. to President\nWhite House\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear Mr. Rumsfeld:\nEarly in May of this year, B'nai B'rith pledged its support of the President's\nefforts to resettle Vietnamese refugees. We are enclosing for your information\ncopy of a letter sent by the President of B'nai B'rith to that effect.\nAs a follow through of that commitment, our agency has been involved in trying\nto be helpful. We have channelled our efforts through the Inter Agency Task\nForce, the President's Advisory Committee and HIAS, plugging into local\ncommunity efforts.\nWhile we have been able to offer a number of related services, our experience\nand observations seem to point to the need for additional sponsors as the most\npressing problem. With that in mind, we are puzzled that we have seen no public\nrelations effort to bring this need to the attention of the American public.\nWould it not be desirable and possible for a crash program to be instituted\nthrough the media of television to call attention to the need for sponsors,\nprovide local and/or free nationwide phones to call in order to help motivate\npotential sponsors and get them over the initial hurdle of acting on their\ninitial motivation?\nWe do hope something can be done. Meanwhile, we shall continue our efforts\nand stand ready to be helpful.\nSSC:dg\nSincerely,\ncc: Hon. Theodore C. Maris\nMrs. Julia Taft\nRoger Semerad\nSE MOUR S. COHEN\nDirector\nenc.\n\"It is not incumbent upon thee to finish the work, neither art thou free to desist from it.\" Ethics of the Fathers\n1640 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N. W.\nWASHINGTON, D. C. 20036\nWASHINGT JUL 10'75\nwe\nU.S.POSTAGE\n10 :\n5.0\nPB 375465\nHonorable Theodore C. Maris\nSpecial Asst. to President\nfor Human Resources\nWhite House\nWashington, D.C. 20500\ngond you STATE N.S.C\nCALIFORNIA STATE University, FULLERTON\nCALIFORNIA\nFULLERTON, CALIFORNIA 92634\n19\nSU\n=\nFULLERTON\nDEPARTMENT OF HISTORY\nJuly 10, 1975\nMr. -Ted C. Marrs\nSpecial Assistant to the President\nFORD i LIBRARY GERALD\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mr. Marrs:\nThank you for your recent letter in response to mine before the fall of Saigon.\nIt seems difficult even now to believe that the collapse of South Vietnam hap-\npened so swiftly as it did. In any case, it did occur.\nEnclosed is Feiffer's most recent trenchant cartoon (LA Times, July 5). Some-\ntimes I feel like the \"professor of history\" in Feiffer's piece.\nRespect to the Philippines, I do hope that State will send some really know-\nledgable people out to Manila to negotiate over the bases, etc. But I am dis-\ncouraged when one desk officer asked me for the best books to read on US-Philip-\npine relations. It was flattering considering my several dozen articles and\nfour studies on the subject but annoying to think that State has people less\nthan expert on duty. Marcos is going to squeeze the last ounce of juice from\nus.\nAgain, may I urge restoration of relations with Cambodia? Continuation of re-\nlations with Laos is a must if we are to keep Indochina from becoming a solid\nHanoi bloc.\nFinally, as a Republican, I wish the President well in his campaigning.\nSincerely,\nMicheelPan Chersto\nMichael Paul Onorato\nProfessor of History\nThe CALIFORNIA STATE University And COLLEGES\nFER\nJULES FEIFFER\nSH A\nIN 1954 I WARNED\nAT STATE?\nAGAINST OUR\nIST YOUR\nFINANCING FRENCH\nQUALIFICA-\nCOLONIALISM IN\nTIONS. /\nINDO-CHINA.\nIN 1962 I PREDICTED THAT\nGERALD FORD LIBRARY\nCOMMITTING U.S. ADVISORS\nTO SOUTH VIETNAM WOULD\nLEAD TO AN AMERICAN\nWAR.\n&\nIN 1965 I DENOUNCED\nTHE BOMBING OF NORTH\nVIETNAM AS COUNTER-\nPRODUCTIVE\nINS\nIN 1970 I PROTESTED THAT\nINVADING CAMBODIA COULD\nONLY LEAD TO DISASTER.\nTOT\nIM SORRY. YOU\nBUT I'VE\nARE NOT\nBEEN RIGHT\nQUALIFIED FOR\nSINCE 1954!\nTHE STATE DEPT.\nRIGHT AND WRONG\nis FOR HISTORIANS.\nYOU DO NOT FIT IN\nWITH THE TEAM."
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