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Institutions" of the Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers at the Gerald R. Ford
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FORD LIBRARY & 038400
Mr. R. S. Barry
131 1/4 North Catalina Street
Los Angeles, California 90004
Dear Mr. Barry:
Dean Kenneth Tollett called my attention to your letter.
I enclose a copy of the March-April issue of the Center
Newsletter, which explains why we sponsored a meeting on
"Steps to Survival" in Los Angeles.
I also enclose a copy of the most recent report of
Dr. Robert Hutchins, describing the Center and its program.
And I enclose a membership form, with the hope that you' 11
want to become a member.
Sincerely,
Frank K. Kelly
Frank K. Kelly
Vice President
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A Bulletin for Members and
Friends of the Center for the Study of
Democratic Institutions
Vol. I, No. 5
March-April, 1970
Discussion Groups and
engaged the rest of mankind as well as each other
in a genuine dialogue we would still be speaking
the Cry for Action
within the family, the Family of Man. Ours could be
the most exciting conversation mankind has known
History suggests that good dialogue is infectious,
As increasing numbers of Center members
if only because human being have minds; they can
form or participate in discussion groups, questions
therefore learn; when they learn, they come alive
"
about the relationships of these groups to various
Striving to carry on "a genuine dialogue" is
types of action are raised in letters and inquiries by
hard but exhilarating work. It takes tremendous pa-
telephone to the Center staff.
tience. It requires a willingness to read widely and
Center members, like all other responsible
deeply. It takes the courage to admit that there may
citizens, are concerned about the signs of chaos in
be no apparent answers to very complicated prob-
our society. Many members belong to civic organiza-
lems. It requires faith in the intellect, and finding
tions engaged in a variety of projects. Some of them
joy in the exercise of the mind - and in the flashes
ask whether the Center endorses or advocates ideas
of insight that illuminate the world.
offered through The Center Magazine or in such
John W. Gardner, head of the Urban Coalition,
books as Man V. The State, Embers of the World,
declared in a Godkin Lecture at Harvard: "My day-
and Asian Dilemma.
to-day activities center around down-to-earth ques-
Actually the Center endorses and advocates
tions: how to get adequate housing for the poor, jobs
only the ideal of dialogue. Dialogue is difficult to
for the hardcore unemployed, food for hungry chil-
maintain in an age when the clashes of groups and
dren, early schooling for the disadvantaged, equal
"crash programs" become strident. But the Fellows
opportunity for blacks. It is not easy to turn from
and staff members believe that this concept must
such preoccupations to the broad canvas of social
be steadily maintained and advanced for the future
philosophy. But it is necessary. The problems I work
of mankind.
on every day are made more difficult of solution
We believe that thinking and discussing fun-
because we lack any adequate perspective on social
damental questions may enable people to find their
action and social change."
way through the roaring currents of change. There
People at the Center are deeply aroused about
are thousands of "action groups" today. Some of
housing for the poor, jobs for the unemployed, food
them serve constructive purposes. Others add to the
for the hungry, schooling for the disadvantaged, equal
anxiety and confusion that afflicts so many people.
opportunity for blacks and all minorities, and the
The Center is not an "action group" in the
conflicts that threaten to tear the world apart. But
usual sense of that term. But there is much action at
Center people believe that their principal task is to
the Center — action of the mind and spirit, stimulat-
strive for an "adequate perspective on social action
ing thought and forward steps. That is the kind of
and social change."
action we want to see in discussion groups developed
We think that the way to a better future is the
by our members, who have wide varieties of experi-
way of understanding what is really going on - and
ence and are doing much thinking themselves.
what the possibilities for constructive change really
In a Center pamphlet entitled The Civilization
are. We believe that participants in Center discus-
of the Dialogue, Senior Fellow John Wilkinson point-
sion groups can help to develop these possibilities
ed out: "Machines already converse with one another
into realities.
more than men do with machines or with their fel-
Frank K. Kelly
lows
If human values are to be conserved, it will
be necessary to reintroduce into life what has nearly
disappeared from it - the Civilization of the Dia-
Topics and Participants in Meetings
logue." Stringfellow Barr said: "The collapse of good
on the Center Calendar -
discussion has isolated the members of this genera-
tion one from another
Out of all mankind, only
February and March, 1970
some two hundred millions of us are Americans,
The Calendar of events in February at the Center
but we enjoy one advantage that no other nation
included the following:
enjoys to a like extent: we, or our ancestors have
February 1 - Pacem in Maribus planning conference
gathered here from every continent on earth. If we
held in Rhode Island, concluded.
Tapes
242 tapes for broadcast and discussion,
offered to radio stations, discussion groups,
classrooms, etc., produced by the Center
for the Study of Democratic Institutions
On the Racial Issue 5
On Peace and War 11
On Technology and Men 18
On the Supreme Court and the Constitution 26
On the World Around Us 29
On the Ins and Outs of Modern Government 33
On Capitalism, Socialism, Communism 37
On Education, Students, and the Generation Gap 40
On America and Americans 47
A Special Series: Slightly Autobiographical 53
1969
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Box 4068
Santa Barbara, California 93103
ADDENDUM
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
1969 TAPE CATALOGUE
452 "SOLITARY, SINGING IN THE WEST
"
55:12
Although this program was prepared especially to celebrate
the birthday of the noted educator, Robert M. Hutchins,
it is an excellent sound portrait of the man, his views
and his achievements. Mr. Hutchins, formerly President of
the University of Chicago, is Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Center.
453 ABM: YES OR NO?
56:43
Excerpts from a two-day symposium on what may be the most
crucial decision for the survival of mankind. When all the
technical data is in, the debate revolves on what kind of
world shall we choose to live in. Participants include
Jerome B. Wiesner, former science adviser to President
Kennedy, now provost of Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Donald Brennan of the Hudson Institute; General Leon Johnson,
who was Director of the Net Evaluation Subcommittee of the
National Security Council from 1961 to 1965; U.S. Senator
George S. McGovern; A. A. Berle, Jr., former Assistant
Secretary of State and Ambassador to Brazil; I. I. Rabi,
Nobel Laureate, now Higgins Professor of Physics, Columbia
University; and Harry S. Ashmore and Harvey Wheeler of the
staff of the Center, which sponsored this conference.
454 FINAL WORDS OF THOMAS MERTON
42:22
In the fall of 1967, for the first time in 25 years,
Father Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk at the Abbey of
Gethsemani in Kentucky, was given leave from the
monastery to attend a meeting of Asian Catholic abbots
in Bangkok and to study oriental monasticism at close
range. Before leaving the country, he visited the Center
in Santa Barbara where he talked about- many things. A few
weeks later, Father Merton died by accidental electrocution
in Bangkok. He was 53 years old. As far as we know, this
was the last recorded conversation with Father Merton.
455 CZECHOSLOVAKIA: THE ART OF THE IMPOSSIBLE
51:32
Milton Mayer, writer-teacher, who has visited Czechoslovakia
extensively and who was a member of the Comenius University
faculty in Prague, explains the Good Soldier Schweik
technique used by the Czechs to resist and demoralize the
Russians in the invasion of August, 1968. Non-violent only
in its lack of the use of arms, it aimed to bedevil rather
than redeem the aggressor. Center Fellows join in the
discussion.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
456 SCIENTISTS: ON TOP OR ON TAP?
44:23
Ninety per cent of all the scientists who have ever lived
are still alive. The impact of their intense activity
on society and the rapidity with which industrial and
military interests seize upon their discoveries is cause
for alarm. To help quell the tempest in the bombshell,
Center Fellow Harvey Wheeler suggests the "constitutionalization
of science,' which would put science under democratic control
and rule of law geared toward the help and enlightenment of
man rather than toward his extinction. Neil Jacoby, Visiting
Center Fellow, moderates a panel discussion which includes
Mr. Wheeler, a political scientist; Lord Ritchie-Calder,
science historian; Norman Peterson, Director of Systems
Development at Victor Gruen Associates; and Helmut Krauch,
who recently worked on developing a science program for
Germany.
457 CREATIVE NON-VIOLENCE
19:47
Grapes represent the fifth largest crop in California,
but though grape workers have contracts with the wine
makers, table grape growers have refused union recognition.
Cesar Chavez, charismatic non-violent leader of the farm
workers, talks informally with Fellows at the Center about
the major labor conflict that may be developing if the
dispute between growers and workers is not soon settled.
458 PROPOSAL FOR A BLACK COLLEGE
27:38
Current black studies curricula are insufficient for black
students' needs today, says W. H. Ferry, who proposes a
two-year black college. His colleagues at the Center
suggest the proposal is about politics, not education.
459 "THE RICH PAY A FINE, THE POOR GO TO JAIL":
A SOCIOLOGY OF THE LAW
27:18
Studies show that our legal system deals primarily with
the poor, who fail at crime and cannot obtain the legal
services available to more affluent lawbreakers. A program
of "preventive law," such as domestic counselling clinics
and classes in consumer buying, could prevent ghetto legal
problems from falling under police jurisdiction. Participating
in the discussion are Brownlee Hayden of RAND Corporation;
Justice Warren E. Burger, then of the U.S. Court of Appeals
in Washington, D.C., now Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme Court; Judge Walter Schaefer of the Illinois Superior
Court; Sam Dash of the Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure
in Washington, D.C.; Gresham Sykes, sociologist at the
University of Denver Law Center; and Hallock Hoffman
of the Center.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
460 THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM
58:16
In contrast to European criminal procedure, Anglo Saxon
law uses an adversary court system. After a survey of
courts abroad, Judge Warren E. Burger, now Chief Justice
of the United States Supreme Court, suggests that both
the alternate European system and the more highly profes-
sionalized British adversary system function better than
the adversary system in American courts. Participating in
the discussion with Judge Burger are Sam Dash, director
of the Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure; Gresham M.
Sykes, sociologist and director of the administration
of justice program at the University of Denver Law Center;
Robert M. Hutchins, Chairman of the Center; and Center
Fellows Harry S. Ashmore, Rexford Tugwell, Gerald Gottlieb,
William Gorman, C. Edward Crowther and Hallock Hoffman.
461 IDEAS IN THE MARKETPLACE
26:05
"The truth will win out in a debate in the marketplace," says
Morris Ernst, internationally famous lawyer and civil
liberties defender. In a conversation with Hallock Hoffman
at the Center, Mr. Ernst talks about censorship and the need
to enlarge the channels for truthful dissemination of news
and ideas.
462 YOU MUST GO HOME AGAIN
53:48
A highly personal and deeply moving story of one young black
teacher who decided to return to his Southern rural home to
initiate a program to change the life experiences of his
people. Norris Hart talks with John Cogley at the Center.
463 RURAL DEVELOPMENT: RICH LAND FOR POOR
47:45
Slater King, Southern real estate and rural development
expert, at a meeting at the Center, presents his land trust
idea as a means of encouraging poor blacks and whites to
come back to the farm from congested urban areas and to even
the odds of those who are struggling to hold onto their land.
The land trust would be privately organized as a non-profit
corporation and would be adaptable to community needs.
Participating in the discussion are Robert Choate, Fellow of
the National Institute of Public Affairs; Eleanor Eaton,
Coordinator of the AFSC Rural Programs; Gar Alperovitz of
the Institute for Policy Studies; Don Devereux, Consultant
for HELP in Santa Fe; Robert Swann of the International
Independence Institute; and Center Fellows.
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
464 THE ROLE OF THE JURY IN POLITICAL CRIMES
28:50
Harrop A. Freeman, Professor of Law at Cornell University,
argues that in certain kinds of criminal trials in the
federal courts, the jury need not be bound by the judge's
instructions as to the law. The argument is particularly
relevant to trials of war resisters. Center Fellows
join in the discussion.
465 THE WILD GOOSE CHASE FOR REALITY
25:55
"The basic quality. necessary to genuine art is coming to
grips with the world of chaotic events and finding an
order in it," says painter Howard Warshaw. In an informal
interview, Mr. Warshaw expounds on this "wild-goose chase
for reality. " A knowledgeable commentary on the roles
of art and the artist in a democratic society. John
Cogley, Editor of The Center Magazine, poses the questions.
466 THE EARTH KILLERS
28:20
Physicists can blow up the world; bacteriologists can destroy
it by disease; pollution can suffocate it; and a population
explosion can starve it to death. Lord Ritchie-Calder,
noted science historian, tells John Cogley in a conversation
at the Center, that the world will continue "mucking things
up" beyond repair unless, science comes under public control
while time still remains.
467 TO HELL WITH POSTERITY
29:13
"Hèll is a city much like London, a populous and smoky
city," Shelley wrote years ago. Today, science and technology
seem Hell-bent on creating bigger and smokier cities;
on defiling the waters with waste product; on indulging in
atom-foolery until we all become victims of slow but
insidious smothering and radiation. Lord Ritchie-Calder,
Consultant to the Center and noted science historian,
makes a case for the need to apply social responsibility
to scientific discovery instead of racing pell-mell to
a finish line that may spell the end of civilization as
we know it.
468 THE STRUGGLE IS THE MESSAGE
27:15
"Violence is an equation. A certain amount of authority,
a certain amount of weapons, a certain amount of hardware
can prevent the free exercise of violence. " The delicate
balance lies in the degree that one wants to curb violence.
Irving Louis Horowitz, sociologist, analyzes the use of
violence by anti-war demonstrators, blacks, students and
police, and points out that where there is organization there
is usually no violence. Center Fellows participate in the
discussion.
469 THE YOUTH CLASS
42:1 BERATE FORD LIBRARY
Youth is no longer a marginal factor in American life.
By the end of the 20th Century, going to college may be as
routine as going to high school. Irving Louis Horowitz,
sociologist, entertains the notion that the young in the
university-knowledge-factory environment may well
constitute a new social class. Center Fellows join in
the discussion.
470 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE UNITED NATIONS?
29:45
The United Nations is ailing as an effective instrument
of peace but it is alive and functioning and holding its
own in international social and economic spheres. It has,
in fact, the strength to evolve into a world government.
An examination of the health of the U.N. is conducted at
the Center by Donald McDonald, Stringfellow Barr,
Elisabeth Borgese and Hallock Hoffman.
471 THE CHOICE: SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION OR SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT
28:30
A desperate plea to put a halt to the destruction of the
ecological balance before we reach the imminent point of
no return. W. H. Ferry reads the text of his remarks before
the Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Affairs.
472 A VISION OF ATHENS
52:45
Can education revitalize society? Robert Hutchins, Chairman
of the Center, thinks that society must first revitalize
itself. Taking into account the enormous and recent changes
in an education-seeking constituency, the urban, communications
and technological revolutions, and the degeneration of the
university into a training-school-conglomerate, Mr. Hutchins
nonetheless holds forth hope that we may yet become a
learning society. A provocative question and answer
period follows this talk to the Westside Community Center
in Los Angeles.
473 SCOTT BUCHANAN, TEACHER
31:24
Through reminiscences of his life's work as a Socratic
teacher, Scott Buchanan explains his view of teaching and
the teacher's role in the learning process. He discusses
the New Program he created at St. John's College in
Annapolis, Maryland. This all-required program of study
was conceived as a step in the restoration of the American
Liberal Arts College after its virtual destruction by the
elective system. Talking with Mr. Buchanan are his friends
Stringfellow Barr, co-founder of the St.. John's Program, and
Harris Wofford, now President of Old Westbury College in
New York.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
474 TRAGEDY AND POLITICS
27:32
Scott Buchanan spent his life as a Socratic teacher. His
attempt to discard the illusory in pursuit of the truth
freed him to study the developing world without being
blinded by the explosive events that comprise it. This
conversation opens with recourse to the Greeks: to the
interrelatedness of tragic and comic outlooks. Mr. Buchanan
discusses the tension between education and political action;
and Socratic dialectic itself, its essentially democratic
and liberating nature, and its use in the ongoing creation
of world society. Talking with Mr. Buchanan is his friend
Harris Wofford, now President of Old Westbury College in
New York.
475 THERE USED TO BE NEGROES
43:50
Talking to the students at the University of California
at Santa Barbara, Milton Mayer, writer, lecturer and
teacher, evaluates the long overdue revolution now in the
hands of young America. He suggests that only intelligence
can make the revolution "stick"; that the guide lines of
education for human freedom and acceptance of all cultures,
whether black, white or mongrel, be used to dignify their
cause.
477 HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
39:00
"We can kill each other nationally at least once now, so
why bother arming enough to do it two or three times?"
At a Center staff meeting, Charles Bolte of the Carnegie
Endowment of International Peace poses this and other
questions concerning the control of strategic weapons.
478 THE FAMILY IN CRISIS
38:24
Like every other institution, the family is today in a
state of crisis. Discussion of the history, literature
and quality of family life leads to speculation about
whether the family is disintegrating or only in transition
and what its future form and strengths may be. Stewart
Sutton, Canadian social worker, joins Center Fellows for
this discussion.
:
FORD
GERALD
LIBRARY
ASIAN DILEMMA
At the instigation of prominent members of the Japanese Diet
who belong to a special study group of the majority Liberal
Democratic Party, the Center arranged a three-day conference
to consider a New Policy for China. The following four tapes
are excerpted from those proceedings. The participants include:
Muenori Akagi, former Japanese Minister of Agriculture and
Forestry; John Sherman Cooper, U.S. Senator from Kentucky; Alan
Cranston, U.S. Senator from California; William O. Douglas,
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; Don Edwards, Con-
gressman from California; Masumi Ezaki, former Japanese Minister
of Defense; Aiichiro Fujiyama, former Japanese Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Liberal
Democratic Party; J. W. Fulbright, U.S. Senator from Arkansas;
Arthur Goldberg, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
and former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; Mark 0.
Hatfield, U.S. Senator from Washington; Edwin 0. Reischauer,
former Ambassador to Japan and now Professor of Far Eastern
History at Harvard University; Chester Ronning, formerly Canadian
Ambassador and High Commissioner to India and Director for
Eastern Affairs; Tokuma Utsunomiya, Vice President of the
Association for the Promotion of World Trade; and Center members
Harry S. Ashmore, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Robert M. Hutchins,
Fred Warner Neal, and Stanley K. Sheinbaum.
479 CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
28:53
If we cannot break free from the 19th Century myths under-
lying our foreign policy, we may not survive the 20th
Century to enter the 21st. Nowhere is the danger more
serious than in the foreign policies of the United States
and Japan toward China. Pulitzer Prize-winner Harry S.
Ashmore is in good form as he summarizes the three-day
conference in which Japanese leaders and United States
legislators considered the steps necessary for a rapproche-
ment with China. Masumi Ezaki, former Japanese Minister
of Defense, adds a charming footnote.
480 THE MYTH OF THE CHINA MENACE
44:37
Edwin O. Reischauer, former Ambassador to Japan and now
Professor of Far Eastern History at Harvard University,
reviews the troublesome questions that will need attention
with regard to China and some that might require less
attention later if we attend well to them now. Although
all participants agreed in general that Asian policy must
be reappraised, there were sharp clashes with Reischauer
on detail.
GERALD FORD LIBHARY
481
"A SIMPLE HUMAN PREFERENCE FOR LIFE":
AN ARGUMENT FOR THE RECOGNITION OF RED CHINA
41:49
Conference participants struggle with questions which must
first be raised before solutions can come: How to educate
a public raised in fear of China to trust her? Can the
China question be resolved before the issue of Taiwan is
settled? Would Japan and other nations feel secure if
the U.S. removed naval bases from the Pacific?
482
"SUPPOSE THEY GAVE A WAR AND NO ONE CAME?"
29:46
Japan, which has a constitutional prohibition against
war, stands in a unique position to usher in the warless
world. William O. Douglas, Associate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court, interrupted the conference with an
impatient plea that we break with our bankrupt political
policies and seek innovative paths to peace under law.
He is joined by Senators Fulbright and Hatfield and their
Japanese opposite numbers in a moving montage that demands
respect for all living things -- including man.
FORD
GERALD
483 A PRIVILEGED PLACE
21:20
"I see an increasing demand put on any Christian to be,
during his whole life, a politically significant person.
This does not mean the Church itself becomes politically
significant, says Ivan Illich, an ordained priest who has
chosen to work outside the Church as Director of the Centro
Intercultural de Documentacion in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
A segment from a long conversation recorded at the Center
where Dr. Illich talked with Donald McDonald and Denis
Goulet about the role of the Church in Latin America, how
it functions and how it should function.
484 ELECTORAL REFORM: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN EVERYONE LOSES? 53:42
Although the 1968 election aroused fears that a President
might be chosen by the archaic Electoral College, once
the crisis passed, so did public anxiety. Not so for
Harry S. Ashmore, President of the Center, who explores
some reforms for national elections. The pros who argue
his proposals include Joe Napolitan, Herbert Kaplow, Steve
Mitchell, Frank Mankiewicz, Charles Guggenheim, Arthur
Schlesinger, Blair Clark, Walter De Vrie, Ann Wexler and
Eli Siegel.
485 WHERE HAVE ALL THE LIBERALS GONE?
28:56
A search for the liberals in the current scene of political
action leads Harry S. Ashmore, President of the Center,
to find that liberals have been in the rearguard of politics
indulging in reason rather than confrontation; functioning
as critics; maintaining a code of conduct and a balance
between individual liberty and social justice. Center
Fellows join in the discussion.
486 THE PREGNANT GHETTO
40:43
Ghetto action is the motive behind the newly formed
Economic Resources Corporation, and Richard Allen is the
man behind the corporation. His plan is to put life into
depressed urban areas by bringing in industry, jobs and
low-cost housing. Mr. Allen's ghetto origin allows him to
view the problems with both passion and practicality. At
a meeting at the Center, he discusses these views with
Leon Sager, businessman, Jay Jackson, executive director
of the Economic Resources Corporation, and Center Fellows.
487 THE CAPTIVE CHILD
40:55
"We must rethink our ideas of childhood and schooling,"
says Peter Marin. His experience as Director of the
experimental Pacific High School in Palo Alto has exposed
him to the depth of adolescent problems. He does some
of his "rethinking" at the Center and pleads the cause
of the adolescent who must be released from the bonds of
childhood, must be accepted in and by an adult community
where he can learn according to his needs.
488 A MATTER OF GENES
29:10
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Arthur Jensen, educational psychologist, stirs up more
controversy than genes when he suggests that "genetic
factors are strongly implicated in the average Negro-
white intelligence difference. " Donald McDonald of the
Center interviews Mr. Jensen, who elaborates on his
hypothesis and presents some ideas on methods of
education.
489 POPULATION CONTROL BEGINS AT HOME
29:07
Every year, 70 million people are added to the population
of the world. There are now more undernourished people
than there were people in 1875. The story of the rising
population combined with the avaricious consumption of
non-renewable resources gives cause for alarm, and Paul
Ehrlich, biologist at Stanford University and Center
Associate, suggests a plan which, despite utopian
overtones, is in fact a realistic solution to this
progressive destruction of life on earth.