Summary of Report from the Veterans Committee of People-to-People

TO PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROGRAM 1608 K STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON 6, D. C. PROCRAR VETERANS COMMITTEE Co-Chairmen: CAPTAIN EDWARD v. RICKENBACKER LEWIS K. GOUGH SUMMARY OF REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT RELATIVE TO VISIT BY VETERANS' COMMITTEE (PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROGRAM) TO EUROPE AND ISRAEL, JULY 8 TO 23, 1957, TO MEET WITH VETERANS' LEADERS ABROAD OBJECTIVE The purpose of the tour by the Veterans Committee of PPP was to further the general objectives of the PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROGRAM, as expressed by the President last fall, and particularly to further friendship, good will, unity and understanding between the Veterans of the respective countries visited and the Veterans of this country. THE COMMITTEE Those making the trip were the National Commanders of six major Veterans' Organizations of the United States representing over six million members in their combined membership and indirectly representing our country's twenty-three million living Veterans more than any other six citizens to day, Their meeting together and working together to implement this program is an innovation in itself as the leaders of these organizations have never endeavored such a thing collectively before. The personnel of the Committee follows: LEWIS K. GOUGH, Pasadena, California - Co-Chairman Veterans' Committee, PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROGRAM W. C. "DAN" DANIEL, Danville, Virginia - National Commander, The American Legion in DOMINICK L. STRADA, West New York, New Jersey - National Com- mander, AMVETS WILLIAM J. GILL, Cleveland, Ohio - National Commander, Catholic War Veterans JOSEPH F. BURKE, Bayonne, New Jersey - National Commander, DAV COOPER T. HOLT, Chattanooga, Tennessee - National Commander, VFW HERBERT BLOCK, Boston, Massachusetts - National Chief of Staff, Jewish War Veterans These National Commanders form the permanent Committee for Veterans (PPP) and will continue to work for the implementation of the program after they have left office as Commander of their respective organizations. - 1 -