People-to-People News, Volume 1, Number 2

People to People NEWS VOL. . 1 NO. 2 October 1956 The People=tomPeople Program is rolling. Committee organizational work more than a third done. Most of 41 committee chairmen have completed their membership rosters, and 16 committees have held their organizational meetings. Seven committees already shaping "hospitality" plans. . ,each in own field. Idea is to give overseas visitors warmer U.S. welcome. . a more meaningful 1ook at American life at home and at work. More overseas names. names with U.S. ties. . this is one of first undertakings of Letter-writing Committee. Naturalized citizens will be encouraged to supply names of overseas friends, relatives, How to get better books .No. 1 problem of book collection drives. Books Committee's first step now is printed circular. to tell what kind of books do most good overseas. Guide for travelers abroad is in Public Relations mill. Theme: "When you go, make a friend for yourself, your industry, your country. These are starters. examples of what some committees are doing, now. Committee blueprints for future go much further. Many are now busy translating ideas to action. . Veterans with 18-point program. Armed Forces with world-wide activities. Pilgrimages. ,publications. letter-writing included in Veteran approach. Topped by evaluation of results. Americans across the country are learning about "People-to-People." More than 200 papers, in big cities and small towns alike, have carried stories. Most papers front-paged White House Conference. Wire services dispatched complete accounts---Marvin L. Arrowsmith for AP, Merriman Smith for UP, and Robert H. Clark for INS. A11 major newsreel companies carried portions of President's talk. Many chairmen made additional publicity for program upon return home. Example: Eugeme Ormandy, conductor of Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Committee, featured in column-long interviews by Philadelphia papers. Sample headline: "Ormandy Group Plans Closer Ties with Other Countries." Hobbies Committee chairman, H. L. Lindquist, authored two pages in STAMPS describing how hobbies can help in the program. Said Mr. Lindquist about program, "Successfully carried out, it could be means of changing world history " Others, like Lewis K. Gough, used People=to-People as speech themes.