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able. Since we discussed this last, things teaches ma of the specialized sub- C. e e
have only gotten worse. Unemployment jects for the Foreign Service.
has risen, and Federal agencies have had In summary, I might say that the
to make further cuts in personnel. In theory always has been?and I think it LA k i
June 19'71, when the Foreign Relations is still a proper one?that men and worn-
Committee last had hearings on this en who enter the Foreign Service should
matter, we received data that there were have the typical broad liberal arts train-
then 50,000 eligible persons on the Civil ing in history and the humanities which
Service Register, including thousands our great universities furnish; and that ? ?
with advanced degrees. The State De- is the proper background for a Foreign c', A t. 0fi
partment added that 9,700 persons had Service officer, in contrast to the much
applied to take the Foreign Service ex- more specialized nativity of a soldier, fora
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amination the previous December for a ?1 example, In the academies they do have
total of 100 to 200 appointments in the some liberal arts courses, but they spe-
Foreign Service. There is a vast aver- cialize at an earlier age for a highly
supply of people who want to have a specialized profession. The profession of
glamorous foreign affairs career. Quite Foreign Service officer seems to me of
clearly, we do not need to spend scarce quite a different character, because their
Government funds to attract people to responsibility is to interpret our own
this field of endeavor, country to foreigners and to be able,
The program is undesirable in its ef- through their knowledge of broad sub-
feet on open competition for Federal jects, to understand foreign countries.
employment, giving an elite group an When it comes to the specialties, that is
provided for already in the language
courses, if they do not take them in
their undergraduate work, although all
our colleges of any consequence are quite
adequately prepared to offer courses in
the languages that are necessary.
I might add that several of our leading
universities have schools for Foreign
Service officers?that is, they offer, in
addition to the regular academic pro-
gram, the same type of training which is
contemplated by this scholarship pro-
gram.
So what we have here is the institution
of' an entirely new program, with its
ONVI1 board of trustees of. I believe, nine
persons. Then, as bait to the Senators
and others, it puts upon us and Repre-
sentatives and various other officials in
the Government the opportunity to
nominate people. This bill deals in quite
large numbers. I read from page 740:
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Not more than 3,500 students may be
admitted under section 1205 as new members
of the program in any academic year for
the purpose of pursuing courses of study
leading to an undergraduate degree, and
not more than 1.500 students may be ad-
mitted under section 1205 as new members
of the program in any academic year for
the purpose of ' pursuing courses of study
leading to a graduate degree.
In the past, it surely cannot be justified
now.
As an example of where we might find
ourselves going with this program, I call
attention to an article in the Nation of
October 4, 1971, entitled "The Cold War
College: Degrees in Paranoia," and ask
unanimous consent that the entire ar-
ticle be printed in the RECORD at the Con-
clusion of my remarks.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered. (See exhibit
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-Mr. FULBRIGHT. The article dis-
cusses the Freedom Studies Center at
Boston, Va., which likes to be called the
"cold war West Point." It was established
by private funds after the Congress' fail-
ure to enact the freedom academy bill. It
has big plans for the future, however,
which would require $11 million for real-
ization, "part of which the Center's or-
ganizers hope will come from the Fed-
edge on prestigious positions. This is bad _exal Government, with the help of the
Congressmen on their advisory board."
The article raises questions on the wis-
dom of putting public funds into the Cen-
ter and on other principles?
Some might question the propriety ckf fed?
eral and state government officials receiving
indoctrination on internal subversion from
lecturers who imply that liberal Senators
are Communists. Some might question the
role of the public school officials who serve
on the advisory board of an "educational"
Institution which claims many college profes-
sors are "Communist dupes." Some might
question the tax-exempt .status of an insti-
tution so aggressively devoted to political
propaganda. Some might even question the
need for a school of cold-war psycho-political
warfare.
public policy.
The program is uneconomical because
It would pay the bills of students who
would. otherwise be financing their own
education in this field. Its total cost is
completely out of line with our other
priorities. By 1965 it is estimated to cost
the taxpayer $60 million a year accord-
ing to its own sponsor. That is far more
than we spend on existing educational
exchanges with some. 50 foreign coun-
tries. .
The program is untimely since our lim-
ited resources are more urgently needed
elsewhere. With all of our financial prob-
lems and the concern over budget defi-
cits and the strength of the dollar, I
find it almost inconceivable that we
should take seriously this additional
program.
Finally, I said in August, the program
Is unrealistic. It would saddle busy Con-
gressmen and Senators and agency heads
with the nomination of students and ad-
ministration' and supervision of the pro-
gram. The students' obligations to the
Government are not spelled out and
much else is left to be decided in some
future regulations to be issued by these
busy people. The program has been com-
pared to a type of diplomatic ROTC and
considering the problems ROTC has been
having, are we sure we want to set up
another one? And if a diplomatic ROTC
then why not an agriculture ROTC, a
science?ROTC, and so on down the list?
As I mentioned, these arguments have
only gained weight with time. I find it
'unrealistic that we should be asked to
launch an expensive and unnecessary
program at this time when we cannot
provide adequate funding of existing
programs, In fact, more than token ap-
propriations for any of the ?tiler pro-
grams covered by S. 659 will be difilcult
to obtain and I do not see why we should
further endanger their prospects by tak-
ing on a Foreign Service scholarship
program. _
I repeat what I stated last year?that
this program under its different guise is
one that the Foreign Relations Commit-
tee has studied from time to time begin-
ning with its original form of a Freedom
Academy designed to train people in cold
war tactics. If this could not be justified ment, in its Foreign Service. Institute,
We all should question this. What we
need is to rid ourselves of the cold war
mentality and not to perpetuate it.
I think it particularly appropriate to
mention that in view of the President's
trip to China?of which I approve, and I
applaud his efforts. I think they were
good ones, in the right direction. To in-
stitute a program now which, originally
at least, was intended to approach the
cold war in a much more aggressive
manner seems to me to be inconsistent
with what the President has in mind.
I hope the Senate will take seriously
the significance of this program. If it
should be instituted at this time, I think
it would burden us not only with an
enormous amount of money, as it is a
very large program, as its terms provide,
but also it would raise serious doubts
about the sincerity of what I believe to
be a new attitude, a new policy, on the
part of this administration?a new atti-
tude of which I approve and of which I
believe the majority of the people in this
country approve.
So I hope that the Senate will adopt
my amendment, which simply strikes this
prc gram from the bill.
As mentioned in the one-page sum-
mary which I have had placed on the
desk of each Senator, there already is
ample opportunity for the training of
people, with the orientation and language
training that is now authorized in the
Foreign Service Act and which is now be-
ing provided to employees of some 30
Government agencies. The State Depart-
Under these scholarships, 5.000 stu-
dents will be given the opportunity to
take courses which are already avail-
able to them.
Also, there is the implication, which
I think is very important, that, having
been nominated under this scholarship
program, a feeling of elitism would grow.
that they would be given preference over
anyone else who may apply for these
positions who did not have the benefit
of a scholarship?in other words, the
graduates of our established institutioiis
who are now the applicants and the peo-
ple in the Foreign Service at present.
There are now 9,700 applicants, as re-
ported by the State Department, for
only 100 or 200 places a year.
I think it is most untimely and is con-
trarY in spirit to the present policy of
our Government, which is not to special-
ize in the pursuance of the cold war but
to try to bring about a change in the at-
titude of the people of the various coun-
tries who, during the past 25 years, have
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CULPEPER, 'Va. .--- America has its Military
Academy, its Naval. Academy and its Air Force
Academy. But to. QI1C band of alarmed censer-
i:atives that's net enough in the war against com-
munism. so they have founded a kind of cold war
acaderny. . , ? ? .
On 033 green and roiling acres here in the Blue
Ridge Mountain country 2 miles from Washing-
/ ton, stands th,2 handsome home- of :the Freedom
V Studies Center an educational establishment
that aims to.?become a graduate institute of
- "psycho-Political warfare.".
"You Must not forget," warns John M. Fisher,
. 40, the ex-FBI man who incads the center, "that
there are 0g:3 schoo's behind the Iron Curtain
teaching political warfare." And he likes to quote
. 'an epigram .from his old hosss, J. Edgar Hoover:
"We are at war with 'communism, and the
-.sooner every red-biooded _American realizes this,
the sar.ei ire he." ?
TO PEO-SalW, Tt113 SAFETY, the center has a
Variety of activities. It produces a three-day sem;
lane once a mOnih, a 1.,?, ice-monhly newsletter
and what Fisher calls "Radio Flee! America," a
commentary supplied to more than 400 stations.
It also gets out individual pulAteations, such as a
23-page pamphlet called "Tr-aching, About Com-
munism: Guidelines for Junior and Senior high
School Teachers."
Founded and partially funded by the Americau
Security Council, a .Chicago-based conservative
lobby, the center has as one of itS major goals the
, study of Communist strategies and tactics and the
training. of cold-v.'ar leadership. To accomplish
that, says Fisher, it wants "to reach people who
have influence over others, people who have
multiplier potential." . , .
The man with the Most multiplier potential on
the center's staff is Fib-ridge Durbrow, a retired
diplomat who served as U. S. Ambassador to
South Vietnam during the later joisentiower years,
Durorow. Is a director .of the center, conducts
-?':'nii-Pars and gives lectures with titles like
"Communist Plans for Action." '
OCCASION:1:1;EN, too, he .pulls in a notable
guest for one of the three-day seminars. One such
was Loy W. Henderson, the 70-year-old veteran
career diplomat who was once U. S. Ambassador
to toe
?Soo.let Union but v. to 'f ? e? IL ? line at
speaking to the seminar. . .
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"1 don't agree with everything they say here,
but I believe these are honest Men," he said..
"Still, I don't- agree that you ought to teach. hate ?
hatincf people because they're Communists. and all
that." ? ? " . ,
'Fisher has two dreams for his organization. One
is to expand ii into an accredited graduate school.:
The center expects to have 20 research fellows on
bawl later this winter .and next fall hopes - to
inaugurate a full-thne program with.40 students
working, toward graduate degrees. . ?
Ins oTitEtt :1)-;;2;A:M. is to gain recognition from,
the top universities around the country ? and this
seems difficult of achievement from. all present
indications. Fisher. names some three ? dozen
"cooperating" Schools av.I universities. but when
pressed. admits they do not recognize the center's
courses for degree credits. -
But the center is not without a
few ft-lends, ?
Par,ticipants at .011e recent sem:
filar, fur instance, included ..ad-
ministrative assistants to 11? S.
Senalors John Tower of. Texas,
James Buckley of New York and
James Allen of Alabama, as well
as aides to at least two congress-
men. And at the center's dedica-
tion, five years ago, among the
participants were two :senators, a
congressman and the U. S. Navy:
band. ? ? I
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Aecording to published figures,'
the center spent $335,CA last year,
but it expects to S'pend. consider-
ably more in the future. The mon-
ey comes not only . from the,
parent organization, but from in-
dividual contributions which range
from $5 to $100,000.
There is also an occasional
spectacular gih. One has cpme?
from a Polish-born octogenarian
an med Sol Foinstone who gave
$60,000 toward a $200,000 structure
to be called "The Sol Feinstone
Library for the Survival of Fro*
dom."
.-UNDER TI114 TEIENTS of the
gift,- "the library will cOnfine itself
to the criticism of communism
and-or bolshevism and-Or Marx-
ism-Leninism and-or, any other-
named movement -which seeks to
change our social order through
the his, subversion or Violence."
The library's alm.s should be
quite in keeping with those of the
center which, by and large, has
remained true to . its original
prospectus: To train cold \val..,
leadership, to study Commimist
strategics and to become "a
private West Point of psycho-
political warfare."
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Mr. Rice, a free-lance writei., has written many books ri,;d
tnagazine. articles. His latest hook is The C-5A
published in May by Houghton' Mifflin.
What do West Point, Annapolis, Colorado Springs and
Boston, Virginia, have hi, 'common? The first thre.. are
the sites of the U.S. Army, Navy and Air F01:CC-. Acad
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eines. But Boston, (POP. 450)' 'Virginia? That's the
home of the Freedom Studies Center, which its organizers'
like to call the "Cold-War West. Point" (see editorial:
'Perfect Timing," The Nation, July 5). It serves as the
headquarters for a vast and varied program of propaganda
aimed at building public. :support ?for hard-line defense
policies, increasing defense spending, and alerting the
country to the menace of world communism.
? It was supposed to be the United Freedom Academy,
.but the bib1 which would have authorized its establishment
by the federal government never got through Congress.
13acked by a group of conservative Congressmen in 1965,
it reached the Muse Un-American Activities Committee,
which _approved it unanimously. The Johnson administra-
tion, however, along with the Departments of State,
Defense and Justice, opposed the idea. on the ground
that it would duplicate and conflict with the work of
-existing government schools and agencies.
Though deprived of federal funds, the project's back-
ers raised enough money from private corporations and
foundations to get the Center started in 1966. This year
they- .have launched a fund-raising campaign aimed at
turning the Center into a full-scale "Cold-War College."
A: special appeal on behalf of the Center sent out by
former Ambassador to Italy Clare Boothe Luce (whose
Longlea Farm is also located in Boston, Va.) has brought
in. contributions from thousands of patriotic Americans.
While the Center still has no official federal support, it
does have powerful friends in Washington. Its advisory
board lists Vice President Spiro Agnew, Cabinet Secre-
taries John Volpe, Rogers Morton and George Romney,
plus nine Senators (Mundt, )3oggs, Harry Byrd, DOminick,
Hansen, Hatfield, Long, Miller, Thurmond), twenty-eight
Representatives and six state governors. Relations with
the Pentagon are equally cordial. The Defense Depart-
ment was instrumental in the Center's creation, and still
provides high-ranking speakers and other forms of co-
operation. At the Center's dedication ceremonies in 1966,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent the Army's Director of
Special Studies, an admiral from the Navy's Military
Policy Division, a military color guard and a . twenty-
piece Navy band. J. Edgar Hoover sent his greetings,
and President Lyndon Johnson wired: "You have my
every \visit for success.' ?
On wonders how much. President .Johnson knew about
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Lansdale, a retired Air .Force general Who would have J
_become its director had Johnson not picked him to run
the U.S. counterinsurgency program in. Vietnam. In the
draft proposal: Lansdale described the Academy as a e
center of "psycho-political warfare," and saw its poten-
tial students as ''men .of good will who---if they just knew
how---are willing to strike a blow for liberty. . Such a
blow, struck the right way and the right moment, could
well change the course of history in favor of freedom."
Lansdale envisaged sending teams of Academy graduates
to foreign countries at the request.ofelocal political leaders,
or "acceptable third parties." These freedom. teams Would
-"assist with practical advice on how to resolve problems
of concern to freedom." Lansdale was not specific about
-v-lat such problems might be, but those familiar with
his thinking feel he meant the "liberation" of Soviet bloc
rountries, and- the suppression- of popular uprisings in
3on-Communist nations. ?
If all this sounds a bit like a private CIA, it should.
Major General .Lansdale is a former CIA official. The
Center's directors of education and special projects are
both former CIA men. One of the first go -an, speakers
at the Center was ex-CIA chief. Allen DuLs. In the Nj
words of its president, John Fisher, the Cente.-s purpose .
is "to fill the gap between what the governm,:-.n.-t can do,
and what must be done," which describes .e.(1,1..a1ly well
the aaivities of the .CIA.
Though his background in foreign intelligence is mini-
mel, Fisher has had' consideT?able -.en(penenc..-. i.e doznet,:k.:
intelligence work. A former FBI agent, he joined Sears, -
Roebuck in 1953 to run its "corporate security" pro-
ram, which in that McCarthy era meant- rooting out
suspected Communist employees, rather than anarding'
against industrial espionage. Fisher then moved on to
the staff of the American Security Council (ASC), an
industrial blacklist organization that keeps tabs on alleged
subversives for the benefit of member companies.
Since 1960 the ASC has. shifted its emphasis from the
threat of internal subversion to external military dangers.
Using its own influential newsletter and radio program, it
has become a powerful propaganda center for hard-line
defense strategists; with close ties to the Pentagon and
Congress. in recent years the House Armed Services
Committee has commissioned studies from ASC on Soviet
nuclear and Maritime power. Both reports unsurprisingly
called for sharp increases in U.S. defense spending. ASC
? also helped to mobilize nongovernmental Support for the:
Al3M, publishing its own book in defense of the system.
None of ASC's studies mention that its corporate members
include such major defense contractors as General Flee
tric, ? North American Aviation, U.S. Steel, Republic
Steel, Motorola and Honeywell. In 1269, the ASC and .
this new venture to which he gave his blessing. The draft its publishing subsidiary ASC Press, spent more than
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LONGLEA FARM
BOSTON, VIRGINIA 22713
November 18, 1970
Public Affairs Staff
P. 0. Box 1282
Washington, D. C. 20013
Dear Fellow American:
Several friends have suggested that I write you
about the expansion of the Freedom Studies Center into a
fully operating "Cold War College."
I'm sure that the Public Affairs Staff family has
as I have of how the various schools run by the Communist
Party, the Black Panthers, and other revolutionary groups
have, under the guise of "Free Speech," taught many of
our young people how to start riots, how to make bombs
and Molotov Cocktails ... in fact - how to destroy our
free society.
In addition, of Castro's 42 training centers in Cuba
for exporting revolution to all the Americas, two are
devoted exclusively to training leaders for urban
guerrilla warfare in the United States! Just one of
these has already trained 902 revolutionaries like S.D.S.
leader Mark Rudd, and Black Panther leader Stokely
Carmichael.
Unfortunately, we do not read of schools where young
men and women study Communism for the purpose of defeat-
ing it! The reason is that there are no such schools.
America desperately needs a college which trains
only those people who have evidenced leadership qualities
and who want to dedicate themselves to defeating Com-
munism and advancing the cause of Freedom.
In 1966 the first great step was made in the estab-
lishment of that special kind of college. Sixty-three
educational institutions and major organizations helped
form the Freedom Studies Center located in Boston,
Virginia.
Since the Freedom Studies Center held its first
class in September, 1966, hundreds of key free world
leaders in both the public and private sectors have
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attended seminars analyzing the Communist threat featur-
ing such outstanding men as U. S. Army Chief of Staff,
General William westmoreland, former CIA Director Allen
Dulles, Dr. Walter H. Judd, Congressman Richard Ichord,
Chairman of the House Internal Security Committee and
Senator Peter H. Dominick.
Today America is losing in its struggle with inter-
national Communism. In fact, the "revolution" has even
reached into our universities and spilled over into our
streets. Violent protests are becoming almost routine.
Bombs are exploding in our buildings and innocent people
are dying in the streets of our major cities.
Thus, it is now of the utmost importance that the
Freedom Studies Center be immediately expanded into a
fully operational "Cold War College', to meet this ser-
ious internal challenge.
My friends felt that because of your deep interest
in defending America that you would want to help this
really worthwhile program. I sincerely hope that you
will join in financially supporting this "Cold War
College."
The establishment of the Freedom Studies Center has
already given us an excellent base for expansion. A 683
acre campus has been purchased only an hour and a half
from Washington, D. C.
A completely remodeled 24 room manor already pro-
vides us with an excellent briefing room and classroom,
bedrooms for students, dining hall, film and tape library
and other research facilities.
But this is just the beginning.
The Freedom Studies Center wants to begin to enroll
40 full-time students in a pilot leadership training
program. Next year we hope to have 100 students and reach
the level of 400 students SOOD thereafter.
This leadership training will be conducted by ex-
perts who have deep personal experience with Communism,
not by people who have learned only from books. As part
of the training, students will work on actual projects
already underway at the American Security Council. the
Institute for American Strategy and the Council on
National Security. Some of the best graduates will be-
come executives of these and other cooperating private
organizations.
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The Freedom Studies Center is ready and anxious to
start the "Cold War College" but can't until it receives
a minimum of $460,000 in contributions.
Included in this figure is:
$145,000 for faculty salaries
105,000 for student fellowships
150,000 for a new vitally needed dormitory
60,000 for general administration
If you give $100.00 or more, your name will be prom-
inently listed on our "Roll Call of Sponsors" which will
be located at the main entrance of our "Cold War
College."
In addition, if you can contribute $500.00 or
$1,000.00, or more, a partial fellowship will be given
to a student in your name when the "Cold War College"
gets underway. We'll tell you who gets the partial
fellowship and he'll personally keep you up to date on
his progress.
You can play a really significant role in defeating
Communism in the United States and internationally by
sending your fully deductible contribution today.
With deep concern,
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The Hon. Clare Boothe Luce
P. S. Many students and professors wishing to partici-
pate in the "Cold War College" need to make their
final plans now, so I would appreciate hearing
from you as quickly as possible. I've enclosed
for your convenience an envelope addressed to me
at the Freedom Studies Center.
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The following are typiaal of the endorsements made when the Freedom Studies Center was dedicated:
The will to resist aggression is strengthened by our understanding of the
alternative to turning back a foe who would deny man's freedom. That under-
standing grows through education. It is a responsibility which public and private
institutions must share. I commend your commitment to this great and urgent
work of defending freedom and promoting peace. You have my every wish for
success."
Speaker, United States House of Representatives
The studies that will take place at the Freedom Studies Center will make a
great contribution towards an understanding of the peoples of the world of sound
philosophy of life based on truth and a powerful contribution towards a solution
of the intense tensions that exist in the world of today. The establishment of the
Freedom Studies Center fills a vacuum that has existed in the world of today in
the age-old struggle of mankind towards a government of laws and not of men
and for a future world of peace. I extend to you and your associates my hearty
congratulations and my very best wishes for every future success and my assur-
ances of cooperation in ever; way possible." ?
The Center has one of the finest
seminar facilities in America.
Leadership seminar in progress.
In addition to seminars at the Free-
dom Studies Center, the Institute for
American Strategyhas been conduct-
ing or sponsoring conferences, sem-
inars and schools since 1955. These
have included:
Two two-week National Strategy
Seminars for reserve officers at the
National War College.
School for Governor's aides under
sponsorship of National Governors
Conference.
Seven National Military, Industrial
and Educational Conferences.
National Conference on Cold War
Education for the National Gover-
nors Conference.
The Communist b
schools to teach n
to train leaders in
Thus, in the Cold
opposing America
The Freedom Stud'
Academy to meet
c operates a vast network of psycho-political warfare
n-military conflict. The United States has no school
on-military conflict.
ar, the Communists are well trained professionals
amateurs.
s Center will become a privately financed Freedom
is need. The Center's Advisory Board includes the
principal Congressional sponsors of the Freedom Academy Bill.
Hundreds of key adult and student leaders have attended leadership
seminars at the Freedom Studies Center. These seminars have featured
such lecturers as U.S. Army Chief of Staff, William Westmoreland, former
CIA Director, Allen Dulles, Senator Peter Dominick and Congressman
Richard lchord, Chairman, U. S. House Internal Security Committee.
The Center will be expanded into a full time Freedom Academy as soon
as the necessary additional funding becomes available. The 64 distin-
guished educators on the Institute's Educational Advisory Committee
have helped develop curriculum for the Freedom Academy.
The Institute has served as the con-
sultant to several groups. For
example:
The Institute was the sole consult-
ant to the Committee on Cold War
Education of the National Gover-
nors' Conference. Among other
services, it helped in preparation
of the report on Cold War Educa-
tion adopted unanimously by the
National Governors' Conference.
The Institute has served as the sole
consultant to the Joint Committee
of the National Education Associa-
tion and the American Legion since
1961. It hIped prepare this Com-
mittee's uidelines for Teaching
About Ccimmunism in Secondary
Schools-4the most used guideline
in this suOject.
11,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
"The national objectives of the United States can be realized only through
careful, dispassionate study of the international facts of life. Political diplomacy,
military power, economic strength, and morale are more likely to be successful
in supporting the national objectives of an educated electorate if the educational
system of our free society gives full weight to every important field. The compre-
hensive nature of the plans for the Freedom Studies Center gives promise of
a distinguished -contribution to the development of well-informed American
policies."
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
"Communism is today a dire threat to the American way of life. Communism
represents the antithesis of free government. It seeks the enslavement of mind,
body and soul. The individual would become a mere cog in the tyrannical control
of the state. The freedoms which are so precious to us would be destroyed.
"Americans need today to know more about this enemy: who he is, how he
operates, what he intends to do to their country. The Freedom Studies Center, by
pointing out the evils of the enemy and encouraging our citizens to know more
about their national heritage, will render a great service to our country."
Artist's conception of new buildings for Freedom Academy.
The proceedings of several confer-
ences and schools conducted by the
Institute have been published in
book form such as:
American Strategy for the Nuclear!
Age, published by Doubleday &
Education and Freedom I
in a World of Conflict,
published by The
Regnery Co.
The U. S. Economy
in a World of Conflict,
published by The Institute
for American Strategy.
National Strategy in
an Age of RevolutiOns,
published by Praeger.
The Institute has conducted and pub-
lished studies such as:
State-by-State Survey of Teaching
About Communism in the Second-
ary Schools.
m Strengthening and Protecting Our
American Heritage Through Com-
munity Action?a handbook.
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The Institute is currently
serving as the secretariat
for a joint study with
the American Security
Council and 479 other
organizations, universities
and colleges on how
to meet the revolutionary
challenges to America.
Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R. South Dakota), Co-Chairman
Rep. Dante B. Fascell (D. Florida), Co-Chairman
Rep. Craig Hosmer (R. California), Co-Chairman
Rep. E. Ross Adair (R. Indiana)
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Rep. John M. Ashbrook (R. Ohio)
Former Gov. William H. Avery (R. Kansas)
Former Rep. James F. Battin (R. Montana)
Rep. E. Y. Berry (R. South Dakota)
Rep. Jackson E. Betts (R. Ohio)
Sen. J. Caleb Boggs (R. Delaware)
Rep. William G. Bray (R. Indiana)
Rep. Joel T. Broyhill (R. Virginia)
Rep. James A. Burke (D. Massachusetts)
Former Gov. Haydon Burns (D. Florida)
Sen. Harry Flood Byrd (D. Virginia)
Former Rep. Howard H. Callaway (R. Georgia)
Former Gov. Jack M. Campbell (D. New Mexico)
Sen. Frank Carlson (R. Kansas)
Iep. Charles E. Chamberlain (R. Michigan)
ep. Robert J. Corbett (R. Pennsylvania)
lep. Glenn C. Cunningham (R. Nebraska)
ov. Kenneth M. Curtis (D. Maine)
ov. John Dempsey (D. Connecticut)
ep. Edward J. Derwinski (R. Illinois)
Gov. Robert Docking (D. Kansas)
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D. Connecticut)
Sen. Peter H. Dominick (R. Colorado)
Rep. Harold D. Donohue (D. Massachusetts)
Rep. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D. South Carolina)
Former Sen. Paul Douglas (D. Illinois)
Rep. Thaddius J. Du!ski (D. New York)
Rep. E. Edmondson (D. Oklahoma)
Rep. Michael A. Feighan (D. Ohio)
Former Rep. Paul A. Fino (R. New York)
Rep. Daniel J. Flood (D. Pennsylvania)
Former Gov. Mills Godwin, Jr. (D. Virginia)
Sen. Clifford P. Hansen (R. Wyoming)
Sen. Mark 0. Hatfield (R. Oregon)
Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D. Louisiana)
Former Gov. Philip H. Hoff (D. Vermont)
Sen. Spessard L. Holland (D. Florida)
Rep. W. R. Hull, Jr. (D. Missouri)
Rep. Richard H. lchord (D. Missouri)
Former Rep. Edna F. Kelly (D. New York)
Gov. Warren P. Knowles (R. Wisconsin)
Sen. Russell B. Long (D. Louisiana)
Gov. John A. Love (R. Colorado)
Rep. Clark MacGregor (R. Minnesota)
Gov. Tom McCall (R. Oregon)
Rep. John 0. Marsh, Jr. (D. Virginia)
Sen. Jack Miller (R. Iowa)
Rep. Chester L. Mize (R. Kansas)
Rep. Arch Alfred Moore, Jr. (R. West Virginia)
Former Gov. Daniel K. Moore (D. North Carolina)
The Freedom Studies Center was established through the coopera-
tion of 63 educational institutions and major organizations to help
train Cold War leaders for the United States. This cooperative yen-
Aure is operated as part of the Institute for American Strategy on a
683 acre campus near Boston, Virginia
The Freedom Studies Center is one means through which the Insti-
tute for American Strategy accomplishes its purpose of working,
with other educational institutions and organizitions to improve
public understanding of:
1. the basic foundations of Americas strength and freedom.
2. the Communist and other revolutionary challenges to Amer-
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Rep. Ferdinand J. St. Germain (D. Rhode Island)
Former Rep. Armistead Inge Selden, Jr. (D. Alabama)
Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes (D. Florida)
Former Sen. Milward L. Simpson (R. Wyoming)
Rep. Burt L. Talcott (R. California)
Former Gov. Charles L. Terry, Jr. (D. Delaware)
Sen. Strom Thurmond (R. South Carolina)
Gov. Norbert T. Tiemann (R. Nebraska)
Former Rep. William M. Tuck (D. Virginia)
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Rep. Joe D. Waggoner, Jr. (D. Louisiana)
Rep. Albert W. Watson (R. South Carolina)
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Rep. Bob Wilson (R. California)
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The Freedom Studies Center now conducts leadership seminars,
and will become a full time freedom academy to train dedicated
young Americans how to meet these challenges to our freedom.
The broad bi-partisan support of the Freedom Studies Center is
illustrated by the fact that its Advisory Board is made up of 85 pres-
ent and former U. S. Senators, Congressmen and Governors repre-
,4,*senting both political parties and including liberals, moderates and
-conservatives.
The Institute for American Strategy also serves as consultant to
other organizations conducts schools and seminars prepares and
publishes studies, books and visual aids.
foe,e freedom. These programs are supported through tax deductible contribu-
how a free society can meet Communist and other revolution- tions from individuals, corporations and foundations.
You are invited to support these vital programs_
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John M. Fisher, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Robert W. Galvin
Vice President
General Howard T. Markey
Vice President
John G. Sevick
Vice President
General Lawrence H. Whiting
Vice President
Clarence Perry Oakes
Secretary
Henry Regnery
Treasurer
Charles H. G. Kimball
General Counsel
Dr. Stefan T. Possony
Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Dr. Erik J. Vesely
Director of Education
James Downs, Administrative
Assistant to President
Dr. James D. Atkinson
Special Consultant
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Asked by nx7Envoy Lute
. "Today,. America is losing in
j/its struggle with international
communism," writes Clare
Booth Luce in a letter seeking
$460,000 to establish a "Cold
War College."
Mrs. Luce, a former ambas-
sador .to Italy during the Ei-
senhower administration, said
that "revolution" already has
reached American universities
and spilled over into the
streets.
"Violent protests are becom-
ing almost routine," she said
in a letter written from her
Honolulu home. "Bombs are
exploding in our buildings and
innocent people are dying in
the streets of our major ci-
ties."
To combat this Mrs. Luce
mged contributions for the es-
tablishment of a Cold. War
College at the Freedom Stud-
ies Center in Boston, 'Va. The
Center, part of the institute
for American Strategy, spon-
sors seininars to educate
youth, community and politi-
cal leaders about communism. ?
.The letter, written at the end:
of June, said that, the .United ?
States has no counterpart to
revolutionary schools run by-
- the Communist Party, thel
Black Panthers and other rev-
olutionary groups...."
In Cuba alone, Mrs. Luce
said, a total of 902 revolution-
aries "like SI)S leader Mark
Rudd and Black Panther
leader Stokely Carmichael"
have been trained for "urban
guerrilla warfare in the
United States."
John M. Fisher, prescient of
Freedom Studies Cemer,.said
yesterday that Mrs. Luceh.
plea for funds did not yield
sufficient contributions to
open the college next month
?the target date.. But he said
funds had been raised, and
that the opening of the college
was "a matter of months in-
stead of years."
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' HONOLULU, June 29?WIth I,
other interested associates, I i
ipropose expan-
ision of the
s/ 'Freedom Stud- ,
Iles Center
'near Washing-
ton, D. C., into.
,a fully operat-
ing "Cold War
,College."
iMany have
been reading,
as I have, of i4,?4?,,,.,?.?,,,,"?,?.;?,
Ii o w various Mn. Luce
schools run by ,
the Communist Party, thel
'Black Panthers, and other rev-
olutionary groups have, under
,the guise of "free speech,"
'taught many young people how
.to start riots, make bombs and
Molotov cocktails?in fact, how
to destroy our free society. I
. Unfortunately, we do not
read of schools where young
men and women study com-
munism for the purpose of de-
feating it! The reason is that.
there are no such schools.
America desperately needs
a college 'which trains , only.
those people who have evi-
denced leadership qualities and
who want to dedicate them-1
selves to defeating communism',
and advancing the cause of,
freedom.
In 1966 the first great 'step}
was made in the establishment,
of that special kind of college.'
Sixty-three educational institu-
tions and major organizations
helped to form the Freedom
Studies Center located in Bos-
ton, Va. i
Since the Freedom Studies,
Center held its first class in;
September, 1966, hundreds of'
key free world leaders in both
the public and private sectors.'
have attended seminars analyz-.
Ing the Communist threat, fea-i
turing such outstanding mem.
as Gen. William Westmoreland,
,Army chief of staff; the former '
,CIA director, Allen Dulles;
Dr. Walter H. Judd; Rep. Rich-;
ard 'chord, chairman of the 4.
.House Internal Security Corn-
. mi ttee ; and Sen. Peter H.
Dominick.
?
Iportance that - the Freedom
Studies Center be immediately
expanded into a fully opera-
tional "Cold War College."
...
.\., The establishment of the
Freedom Studies Center has
already given us an excellent
base for expansion. A 683-
acre campus has been pur-
chased only an hour and a half
from Washington, D. C. It' in-
cludes a completely remodeled
24-room manor. But this is jiast,
the beginning.
Starting this September, the
Freedom Studies Center Wants
to begin to enroll 40 full-time
students in a pilot leadership
training program. Next year
we hope to have 100 students
and reach the level of 400 stu-
dents as soon as possible. This
leadership training will be,
conducted by experts who have
,deep personal experience with',
communism.
The Freedom Studies Center
is ready and anxious to start
the "Cold War College" this
fall but can't until it receives
a minimum of $460,000 in con-
tributi9ni to cover' faculty sal-
aries, student fellowships, 'a,
new vitally needed dormitory,
and general administration.
CLARE .BOOTHE LUCE .
,:,,,rom'of?embassatioi', te,itsly%
Today America is losing in
Its struggle , with international
communism. In fact, the "rev/
olution" has even reached into
our uniyer,sities and !spilled
over into our streets. Thus,
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Founders of the Freedom Cen- ica. A study of domestic revolu- .
By BRIAN KELLY . ter four years ago purchased the tionaries, is scheduled to be pub-
Situ. Stall Writer estate, built by the late Texas lished next year.
dressedin subdued mufti, for- Marsh in 1934, for some $285.000_
,mer Communists, student lead- Another $200,000 was spent for
iers, a Cuban who taught Fidel refurbishments, including the
Castro, educators, writers, in- 1100,000 conference room in
duStrialists, political figures ? what used to be the garage.
all have discussed revolution That facility seats 35 persons
and communist dreams of em-
. at table-desks and more than 60 direction of a training center,"
,pire in a luxurious stone man- in auditorium fashion, and. he said, ? with plans now under','
sion here in recent months, boasts an elaborate projection way for.a $12 million fimddrive.
A leftist plot? A right-wing cit - room with tape recording equip- "The way
IActually the Freedom Studies things are going
add? A secret CIA sanctuarg?
BOSTON, Va ? Generals newspaper publisher Charles
Fisher said that lack of money
and demands of such projects as
the revolutionary study have'
kept the Cold War college from :
getting , "as high off the ground
as we would like."
"BM we're still headed in the
,
ment .and audio-visual projectors . now, '.:there should be in five
Center here is none of these. for visiting lecturers. .
I
i years. a private version of the:
\-
Freedom ACaderny, as ws sat,;
3 Years old . Fanancial backers of the proj- oat ta do it.'"1,
Now three years old and still known amog the nation's social i
'Freedom
only short seminars, the and corporate registres.
:Freedom Center remains the
More than 1,300 'persons at.!
'base for what may be America's tended the center's dedication in '
? "West Point" of the Cold War. 1966, where they were addressed
It is operated in a 24-room ga?by some 30 speakers, including
bled and chimneyed fieldstone Sen. Harry F. Byrd r., D-Va.
mansion in this gently, rolling Since that time, nearly 1,000
countryside. ?? persons have 'studied commu-
John M. Fisher, 47, a former nism and related subjects at the
FBI agent and World War "center in brief seminars, usually
bomber pilot Who directg the of three days.
center, said it fills a critical Fisher said the participants
in ? need. come from all walks of life, but
"Political Warfare" . the objective is to reach "those
eel include many names well!
1
VI
? with some position of responsi-
Noting that the Communist bility.,, '
world has an estimated 6,000 po- In one of the'seminars, he not-
litical warfare schools, he said,
"Nowhere do we have a school ed,"We found that three of
to teach how to fight what we
call the Cold War. Nowhere do
we teach experts for what they
(the Communists) call political
warfare."
But to the extent that any such
program is being carried out in
the United States, he added,
"This is It."
Fisher, an Ohio native, iS pres-
ident and chief executive officer
for both the broad-based Amen- dent named Fidel Castro at the
University of Havana some
can Security Council and the
more scholarly Institute for, years ago.
"We will not accept anyone'
American Strategy. The insti-
tute operates the Freedom who's active in an extremist or-
Studies Center. ganization," Fisher said. "We
represent the middle 95 percent'
While the center is the closest in America."
approximation in the country to He noted the center has been
a "Cold War college." its foun- ?blasted" by both liberal and
ders still aspire to a full campus conservative spokesmen and.
.'here with classrboms, a library added with obvious pride, it
and research building and dor-
mitories for some 400 graduate
students.
The center's present facilities
are concentrated in the mansion
which 'adorns a 683-acre estate,
nine miles west of Culpeper and
a short distance from Boston, a
tiny village whose landmarks'
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them (participants) previously
had been Members of the Com-
munist party."
Lecturers have included mem-
bers of Congress; a civilian-clad
Gen. William C. Westmoreland,
Army chief of staff and former
U.S. commander in Vietnam;
and Professor Hermino Porten-
Vila, who flunked a history stu-
has drawn sharp criticism from
writers for lzvestia and Pravada
In Moscow. ,
Currently, Fisher' said, the
center is focusing its attention
oa.gavotutionary trends ill Amerl
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This program outline is typical of the eleven three-day briefing sem-
inars co-sponsored by the Institute for American Strategy and Amer-
ican Security Council in 196.). The lecturers have been selected as
outstanding experts in their fields. Each seminar begins at 3:02 P. M.
on Wednesday and terminates at 3:30 P. M. on Friday..
? REPORT FROM VIETNAM
DR. WALTER H. JUDD, Editor, American Security Council Washington Report of the Air;
Board Member, Institute for American Strategy?Often described as America's best-known
expert on Communism.
? SYSTEMIC CONFLICT: The Communist View of the Cold War
COLONEL RAYMOND SLEEPER, USAF (Ret.), Director of Research,
Institute for American Strategy; former Commander, Foreign Technology Division,
U. S. Air Force; one of America's most knowledgeable experts on the military and
technological balance between the USA and the USSR.
? THE POLITICS OF STRUGGLE
DR. JAMES D. ATKINSON, Senior Consultant, Institute for American Strategy;
author and Professor of Government, Georgetown University; Member. National Strategy
? Committee. American Security Council.
? COLD WAR HOT SPOTS
FRANK J. JOHNSON, Foreign Editor, American Security Council Washington Report;
author, lecturer.
STRATEGIC MILITARY POLICY GAP
BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT C. RICHARDSON, USAF (Ret.), Member,
American Security Council National Strategy Committee; Strategist and one of
foremost defense management experts.
? COMMUNIST PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
DR. STEFAN T. POSSONY, Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Freedom Studies Center;
Director of International Studies Program, The Hoover Institute, Stanford University.
One of the world's top scholars on Communism and psycho-political warfare.
? SEMANTIC WARFARE
DR. ERIK J. VESELY, Director of Education, Freedom Studies Center; Eastern Affairs Specialist,
School of Government, American University; compiler of the only comprehensive lexicon
of Communist semantic usage (2,200 pages)..
? INTERNAL WARFARE IN AMERICA
WILLIAM K. LAMBIE, JR., Administrative Director, American Security Council; One of the
nation's most informed men on Communist and other revolutionary activity
on campuses and on the streets.
? COMMUNIST CONQUEST IN THE AMERICAS
DR. HERMINIO PORTELL-VILg , Editor, Radio Free Americas, American Security Council.
Cuban patriot exiled by both Batista and Castro, author (34 scholarly books): Professor
(who flunked Fidel Castro in history course).
? WHAT MUST BE DONE
JOHN M. FISHER, President, Institute for American Strategy; President,
American Se_curity Council.
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of John O'Hara's novels. "Any son of a bitch who wants to
be President," says this character, "should first try being
governor of Pennsylvania." As he becomes enmeshed in
the realities of California problems and California politics,
Ronnie may wish he were back on the Into show?and the
voters may wish it too.
721::113 Ne.oczzzrey?
Public Law 87-186, already passed by:the Congress, sets
up a National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board as
a branch of the Smithsonian Institution. A 'general plan for
the project has been approved and all that remains is for
the Congress to appropriate $40 million (which may be
only a down payment) to acquire the 100 acres still needed
to round out the 610-acre site in Washington, and start
building.
As presently conceived, the plan calls' for a complex
of indoor and outdoor exhibits, including, according to The
Washington Post, a military aviation section on about 30
acres, containing pavilions housing military aircraft from
World War I to the current models; a ship basin illustrating
naval history; a beachhead displaying amphibious attack
vessels and wartime beach defenses; a replica of, a World
War I trench system (the wire specially fabricated with
rubber barbs to protect the kiddies); a cut-away model of
an ICBM in its underground silo; and such intellectual
treats as a study center for research into the meaning of
war and its contributions to civilization:
Col. John H. Magruder, USMC, director of the project;
emphasizes that the proposed museum will be angled to-
ward visitor participation and a "dynamic educational" goal.
The constructive achievements of the 'armed forces will be
featured,, such as the building of the Panama Canal, the
conquest of yellow fever, the opening of the West, the ex-
ploration of Antarctica, and the contributions of the U.S.
military to the establishment of a peaceful world, by which
is meant, presumably, a world in which the United States
has so far been spared the ravages of war on its own ter-
ritory.
MILITARY SEMINARS
?
STAT
Something might be said for an armed forces museum
and exhibition park if the idea were carried out with rigor-
ous candor and honesty. About half of the Major conflicts
in which the United States hag engaged could qualify as
"just wars." Others, like the Mexican war, of which Gen.
U. S. Grant said that a' more wicked war had never been
waged, are shameful chapters in our history and should be
displayed for the young ivith due-Contrition and all possible? .
prophylaxis against the dciously immoral doctrine of "my'
country, right or wrong." But the mere ? statement of any? ? ,
such expectation exposes its absurdity. In the eyes of the
military all wars are glorious. '
? If the objective is to: be 'the. 'deification of the armed
forces, just because this' nation Still retains a residue of
coolness toward the idea of huge standing armies, or be-
cause our professional soldiers feel the need for arresting ?
the deterioration of their image, then true patriots will op-
pose the idea. We do not need what some of the mothers
of Washington are calling a Disneyland 'of Death.
Freasta (2,309-1s07) ?
Robert Frost. liked to describe himself as having "a
' lover's quarrel with the world." Waldo Frank tried to sus-
tain the same sort of relationship with the United States,
, but it wouldn't love back, refusing to quarrel on his terms.
Frank died last week after a writing career that endured
for nearly sixty years and included fame in the thirties and
near oblivion for the past decade. Such recognition as he
had here in his later years was usually reflected from those
,
he had been credited with discovering: Sherwood Ander-,
son, Hart Crane, and even?a curious tribute to Frank's ,
unique personal evangelism?the people of Latin America.
A man of letters in an old-fashioned sense, 'Frank often
moved beyond letters in a way that is highly contemporary.
The social protest of his books was directed to action, and
? he frequently and dangerously found himself where the
action was. Now that he is past all action, there are only.
the books. But every one of them is out oft print today,
still waiting as he did for a new audience.,
c2E-717-7 Drz
GEED,
1.71:C:-.7ATIL9 Duzi-Yiluz ?
Mr. Dudnzan is a Washington correspondent for the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch. lie is the author of Men of the Far Right (Pyramid
Publications).
mc2un:,\.7
Those cold-war seminars, institutes and workshops that
caused a stir five' years ago are 'not dead after all. They
just went underground long enough for the controversy to '
simmer down and for people to forget their concern that
high-ranking military officers, active or retired on pen-
sions, were getting into politics by way of alerting the
country to the danger of communism at home and abroad.
[Sec "The Ultras" by Fred J. Cook, Nation special issue,
2= NATION / January 23, 1967, '
STAT.
June 30, 1962; pp. 594-596.] Certain changed circumstances,
suggest that the self-appointed cold-war strategists may be
more successful this time.
Chief among the new operations is the Freedom Studies
Center taking shape on a hillside estate near Culpeper,
Va., as a private enterprise substitute for the old right- ?
wing dream of a government-financed "freedom academy."
Two generals and an admiral flew out there by heli-
copter from the Pentagon to take part in dedication cere-
monies last September. A military color guard and a
section of the Navy band also helped set the tone of official
approval. Speakers included National Commander John E.
Davis of the American Legion; Admiral Arleigh A. Burke,
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, ? Facilities at U k.r are now capable
.r. t? of handling senshrirs of from a few days to
e several weeks for hr t, 25 people, Fisher,:
said. He anziou:1 -1 h .t the rirrt seminar
!,t was successfully ( .,..1p1e,ed Saturday. Fac- .
%Illty members included Allen Dulles, former ?
CIA director, anciVrET?Ausa. ./ .LLet4
? c. commandant of the National War College.,
'In addition to facilities for feeding and .
-housing the seminar participants, the for-
rner residence on the property includea a'
conference room equipped with advanced'
aUdio-visual and other training devices.
quickly as funds become available, :I ?
;..' r?'work will go forward on a multi-million-
t.
. " ? '
dollar complex of dormitory, class-room,
brary and administrative buildings. All
ipt.Indswill be from private sources, , ? .;
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, They listened to he advice and doin.-
ynents of an impressive array of cold-war
experts which included Edgar Ansel: ? ?
Mowrer, Pulitzer Prize winning foreign .
correspondent; Dr. William Yandell
El-
liott, Williams.. professor history and,,
_ . _
politics at Harvard Univexsity;
, Eleanor Dulles, Professor of government '1
,at Georgetown University; Vice Adm. .1
'Fitzhugh Lee, commandant of the Na-
.;tional War College; Dr. Victor A. Fediay.
? 'senior research analyst of the Library of .1
? , ;Congress; former Congre:;:iman Walter ;
_Judd; Arthur Meyerhoff, author of the
?1ideflnitive book on the use of public rela-
' ? tions techniques in the cold war; Allen ; ?? ?
former head of the CIA ? Joseplrl
'Gwyer, Library of Congress Sov1et'1
.,,:specialist; Dr. Frederick C. Barghoorn,j
:Vale professor of political science; and a "
-"team from the National Maritime Union.
. :Military experts?Col. Raymond Sleeper,
-'-Vcommander of the Foreign Technology .:
? -Division of the U.S. Air Force, and Brig.)
?:"Gen. Edwin Black, Office of the Assist- -1
ant Secretary- of Defense?gave an ac-
cunt of the ? conflict in -Vietnam amt.!. e
rogress in ?Sovlat Military technolo
. . ? .
'11.-?'X'llie" :coil grev.strinr.1 ', I,: cr: ...whi)'. en In6 ' Ilete.7.??
'..lor the shakedown seminar heard a clooen.-.1,!?'...
war experts--P,ozAr a n,enct ow-F(77m -,,
!..l'hey heard Dr. Pr,,cieflo-k-13;??qiio-Orn, 01
ii,?on "Soviet Prop and, with F3pecial Iterer-.
nce. to Peace an --T 0i;;;.1,010hivoi: Themes."ii.
7.11'wo spokesmen f'r,li the Am,. CID's. Nixtionn11:' ?
%.'Maritime Urtir,? ;:,.;-e 1.?eirt ht,ig',tt oh. the.';'':
. ?..
i. :.,.eold war at s,n. P.,, ,I,,, time the i.emitsar...,:. '
" ended, their head.; \-..,,-c inn.ting whit
..
'!:..understanding of the pivotal fo:iliggle of this.
,,,,.COritory. A
I'. Vot_vle niekei ,,r: -CI A mone.v?...." _or nny,j
:'other govern en mmley, hi.; Km...? into the ,, ?
1.'reedoln SLIROVS l.Cill cr. V. Ag"TritiAICIOU US.), '
,. ' be tile voluntary colir.F.71 maon. of a voluntary ?;
.:i? ,f, society toward its Own kilirvival, The Bohol- .0?
,..'. ,Ust's and Officials who are Invited to come.:t.'
:?;Iterc will coins at their own expense, or on:;:.
!r?Foundation grants. And because the Centeri ,
18, not an agency of government, it will ber.
?'.fige to pUratie the study of freedom and corn-;A
? trtunism untroubled by. the inhibitions "Of4
,
,diplome.ey.. It is a great concept in terms of.'
'' the total struggle between West and East, asi .0
molid u-the distant Mousitaitis,'as clear ?and .'
4jol4 es e strpo.m.. iii i...;,..'k....!.... :;.,,,....:???.:1....i-....!'..i.L.',;!ti
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EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. DANTE B. FASCELL
OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, October 3, 1966
Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, a few
days ago, I had the privilege of partici-
pating in the dedication of the Freedom
Studies Center: a novel and important
educational institution being established
near Boston, Va.
Sponsored by more than 50 leading
educational and other organizations, the
center is an embodiment of an imagina-
tive private response to an urgent pub-
lic need.
The purpose of the center, its goals and
its program, are described eloquently in
Mr. James J. Kilpatrick's column yester-
day in Washington's Sunday Star.
Mr. Speaker, I belieVe that Mr. Kil-
patrick's article will prove of consider-
able interest to other. Members of
Congress:
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A GREAT CONCEPT: FREEDOM STUDIES CENTER
(By James J. Kilpatrick)
BOSTON, Va.?The tiny community or
Boston, Va., Ilea some 80 miles southwest ar
"Big Washington." It is 10 miles up the re.
from Culpeper. On to the west lie Scrab-
ble, Woodville, Sperryville, and "Little West- -
ington," and beyond them lie the Blue Ridge
Mountains. Boston thus is situated in the
midst of the most beautiful 200 square miles
in the world, if not in the universe, but until
last Sunday this wide space on Route 522
had no other distinction.
Now Boston, Va., is on the map. If plans
of the Institute for American Strategy come
to fulfillment?and these plans already are
far along?the Institute's new "Freedom
Studies Center" at Boston one day may be-
come as well known in its field as the Naval
Academy at Annapolis or the military acad-
emy at West Point. The Center, dedicated a
week ago, has but a single purpose: It is to
turn out graduates who know as much of the
tactics and strategy of communism as pros-
pective admirals know of the tactics and
strategy of naval warfare.
_ Toward this end, the Institute for Amer-
ican Strategy some months ago acquired a
671-acre tract of land in Culpeper County,
a mile or so from the wide _Space known as
Beaton. The property includes an impres-
sive stone mansion that rises out of the hills
as naturally as a granite boulder. From its
courtyard, one may look to the Hazel River,
plunging over rapids far below. In the
middle distance, Black Angus cattle graze on
green mountain meadows. On beyond are
the soft and silent mountains, slate blue and
dark blue, and still shirker blue. Here the
students will come.
It is important to touch on the setting,
for the leaders of the Institute for American
Strategy chose this lovely stillness as delib-
erately as any Thoreau at Walden Pond.
They could have established their Freedom
Studies Center smack in the middle of Big
Washington or in some glass hutch on the
Hudson. But their conviction is that men
who would master great ideas need Some
measure of great tranquility to grasp them
in. The small community of scholars they
envision is not to be distracted by a jangling
urbanism, pressing in.
The name of the "Freedom Studies Center"
is a model of precision. The idea is to bring
In small groups at first-25 or 30 at a time--
for seminars of a few days or a few weeks.
Twenty-eight congressional aides came as a
vanguard to Boston on September 21 for
four days of intensive studies. The next ;
such group may be chosen from industrial
leaders, then from professors of history and
political science. In time, as a prospective .
building program moves ahead, most of the ?
full-time students (about 400 in all) will b-r
graduate students chosen from participating
universities. They wilt study freedom, what
it is, why the West must preserve it, how the
East would twist freedom into slavery.
This is training in psycho-political war...!
fare. For those closest to the project, it is,
a dream coming true.
More than eight years ago, a group in
Orlando, Fla., headed by Alan G. Grant, Jr.,
perceived the need for an academy that
would train key men in government, in the
armed services, in academia, and In private
life in certain non-military aspects of Com-
munist aggression. They envisioned a gov-'
ern.ment-flnanoed academy, patterned gener-
ally after West Point and Annapolis.
The idea was embodied in various House
and Senate bills, sponsored by members of
Congress from across the political spectrum:
Senators row% Keating, Dormas, Paoxivaar,
Lauscns, DODD, HimnewtooPra, Goldwater,
MUNDT. The range was as wide in the House.
But under the wet blankets of the State
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!' went to seep In committee.
Then the idea developed?and it was a
better idea in every way?for the proposed
Academy to be brought into being with
private funds. 'The Institute for American
Strategy, founded In 1058, took the lead.
Fifty-five educational institutions and major
organizations offered their support. To date,
nearly $800,000 has been donated or pledged
by leading foundations, corporations and in-
dividuals. A long-range goal has been set
of $11 million. The land and the manor
house are bought and paid for. The Center
is now an institution in being.
The congressional aides who came here for
the shaked win seminar heard a dozen cold
war experts?Edgar Ansel Mowrer, Dr. Eleanor
Dulles, Walter Judd, Allen Dulles. They
heard Dr. Frederick Barghoorn, of Yale, on
"Soviet Propaganda with Special Reference
to Peace and Disarmament Themes." Two
spokesmen from the AFL-CIO's National
Maritime Union gave them insight on the ?
cold war at sea. By the time the seminar ?
ended, their heads were bursting with new
understanding of the pivotal struggle of this
century.
Not one nickel of "CIA money," or any ,
Other government money, has gone into the
Freedom Studies Center. It is Intended to
be the voluntary contribution of a voluntary ?
society toward its own survival. The scholars
and officials who are invited to come here will
? come at their own expense, or on Founda-
gion grants. And because the Center Is not
an agency of government, it will be free to
? pursue the study of freedom and communism
Untroubled by the Inhibitions of diplomacy.
It is a great concept in terms of the total
struggle between West and East, as solid as
the distant mountains, as clear' and cold as
'the stream. . ,
. ?
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; JAMES J.. KILPATRICK
A Great Concept: Freedom Studies Center
I
BOSTON, Va. ? The tiny
; community of Boston, Va.,
lies some 130 miles southwest
of "Big Washington." It is 10
miles up the road from Cul-
. men On to the west lie
Scrabble, Woodville, Sperry-
yule, and "Little Washington,"
and beyond them lie the Blue'
Ridge Mountains. Boston thus
is situated in the midst of the
- most beautiful 200 square
miles in the world, if not in
the universe, but until last
6 Sunday this wide space on
. Route 522 had no other
? Unction:
Now Boston, Va:, is on the
'.: map. If plans of the Institute
r for American Strategy come
. to fulfillment?and these plans
already are far along ? the been donated or pledged by will come at their own ex- i
Institute's new "Freedom Twenty-eight congressional
leading foundations, corpora- pense, or on Foundation )
Studies Center" at Boston one aides came as a vanguard to
Lions and individuals. A long- ? grants. And because the
? day may become as well' Bost n Se t be 21 f
known in its field as the Naval
Academy at Annapolis or the
military academy at West
, Strategy chose this lovely of Congress from across the They heard Dr. Frederick
stillness as deliberately as any political spectrum: Senators Barghoorn, of Yale, on "Soviet)
Thoreau at Walden Pond. , Fong, Keating, Douglas, Propaganda with Special
' They could have established Proxmire, Lausche, Dodd, Reference to Peace and ;
their Freedom Studies Center Hickenlooper, Goldwater, Disarmament Themes." Two
smack in the middle of Big - Mundt. The range was as wide spokesmen .from the AFL-
Washington or in some glass in the House. But under the CIO's National Maritime
? hutch on the Hudson. But their wet blankets of the State Union gave them insight on.
, -conviction is that men who Department's opposition, the the cold war at sea. By the
would master great ideas need ,. bills regularly went to sleep in time the seminar ended, their,
some measure of great tran- committee. ? ? heads were bursting with new
quility to grasp them in. The Then the idea developed?:, understanding of the pivotal .,
small community of scholars and it was a better idea in . struggle of this century.
? they envision is not to be every way?for the proposed Not one nickel of "CIAA
. distracted by a jangling Academy to be brought into money," or any other jovern-
? urbanism, pressing in. being with private funds. The. meat money, has gone Into the
The name of the "FreedomInstitute for American Strate- Hriaom Studies Center. It is
' Studies Center" is a model of gY, founded in 1958, took the Fit-ended to be MT voluntary
, precision. The idea is to bring lead. Fifty-five educational contribution of a voluntary
? in small groups at first-25 or
30 at a time?for seminars of a
few days or a few weklts.
Institutions and major organ!- society toward Its own surviv-;
zations offered their support. .? al. The scholars and officials
To date, nearly $800,000 has ., who are invited to come here
, four days of intensive studies. .range goal has been set of $11 Center Is not an agency of.
The next such group may be million. The land and the government, it will be free to
chosen from industrial lead- - manor house are bought and . pursue the study of freedom
ers, then from professors of . aid for. The Center is now an and communism untroubled
history and political science. institution in being. by the inhibitions of diploma-
The congressional aides who cy. It is a great concept In.
building program moves ahead,
In time, as a prospective ? ',came here for the shakedown terms of the total struggle
most of the full-time students ; seminar heard a dozen cold between West and East, as
(about 900 in all) will be war. experts?Edgar Ansel:solid as the distant mountains,
graduate students chosen from Mowrer, Dr. Eleanor Dulles, as clear and . cold as the.'
participating universities. TheyWalterJudd,?.. Allen44 Dulles., ? stream. . 4 ? ?.' ?
will study freedom, what it is 11"."'''11":1'Iti "11'4'11'6' .""6"1"-"d".?
why the West must preserve
it, how the East would twist
freedom into slavery.
This is training in psycho-
political warfare. For those.)
closest to the project, it is
dream coming true. ,
More than eight years ago, a ?
group in Orlando, Fla., headed
by Alan G. Grant, Jr., per- *,
ceived the need for an acade-
my that would train key men ni
in government, in the armed
services, in academia, and in:,
private ,life in certain non- ?,.1
military aspects of Communist,..,,
aggression. They envisioned a
government-financed acade-,1
my, patterned generally after 4
Point. The Center, dedicated a
I week ago, has but a single
purpose: It is to turn out
graduates who know as much
of the tactics and strategy of
communism as prospective
admirals know of the tactics
and strategy of naval warfare.
Toward this end, the Insti-
tute for American Strategy
some months ago acquired a
671-acre tract of land in
Culpeper County, a mile or
1.1 so from the wide space known
=
as Boston. The property
r, includes an impressive stone
,.' mansion that rises out of the
t. hills as naturally at a granite
e- boulder. From its courtyard,
i one may look to the Hazel
t. River, plunging over rapids
1 far below. In the middle dis-
tance, Black Angus cattle
graze on green mountain
: meadows. On beyond are the .
: soft and silent mountains, ,
.,`? slate blue and dark blue, and '
'? still darker blue.' Here the ,
students will come. . West point and Annapolis. t-
i
, It \is important to touch on : ? , The idea was embodied in .i
i the setting, for the leaders of ' various 'House and Senate.,
1
the Institute for American' bills, sponsored by; memizers i
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'Freedom Academy dedicated
to advance study of cold war
BOSTON, pa. ? More than a
score of high government offi-
cials and national organizations'
representatives joined Sunday in
the dedication of the rcedo
Studies Center, the first e uca-
tvrarratratrawlrme United
States devoted exclusively to the
study of how to fight the cold
, war being waged by the Corn-i John E. Davis of The American
? John M. Fisher, president of
? the Institute for American Stra-
, tea_ Whi
ler, told lrie 1,000 persons at-
tending the ceremonies that the
first seminar has just been suc-
cessfully completed at the Ma-
nor House on the 671-acre site
here. Experts in various aspects
of the cold war, or psycho-politi-
cal warfare, lectured and direct-
ed discussions for the congres-
sional aides 'participating in the
seminar.
Fisher also announced that the
dedication marked the beginning
of a $11,000,000 development pro-
gram necessary to permit con-
struction and initial operation of
a "new campus" which will ena-
? ble the Institute to initiate long
? term graduate studies by as
many as 400 students a year.
Construction of a new confer-
ence wing in the Manor House
and renovation of the manor it.
self was completed a week ass
I at a cost, including purchase of
the site, of over $500,000. Al-
ready nearly $300,000 has been
donated or pledged by leading
foundations, corporations and
individuals.
The faculty for the first semi-
nar included Allen Dulles, fOni-
er head of the C:11,striti Vice Ad-
miral Fitzhugh ?Lee, Comman-
dant, the National War College.
Speakers at the dedication in-
cluded National Commander
Legion., Admiral Arleigil Burke,
Director of the Center for Stra-
tegic Studies, Dr. . Walter H.
Judd, Admiral Felixi' B. Stump,
former Commanders in Chief,
Pacific, Senator OOMBS J.
Dodd and personal irepresenta-
lives of the chiefs of all the
armed services.
Speakers, as well as those
sending messages congratulat-
ing the major complex of uni-
versities and organizations for
undertaking the establishment
of the Freedom Studies ,Center,
stressed the dangers that Com-
munist plans contain for the
United "States and other free na-
tions, and commended the Joy-
_
ward step taken by the Institute
in the study of how to fight the
kind of war we are in.
General Earle G, Wheeler,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of ,
Staff, wrote that "the national ;
objectives ? the United States ,
can be realized only through ,
careful, dispassionate study of
the international facts of life"
and that the "comprehensive na-
ture of the plans for the Flee- ,
dom Studies Center gives prom-
ise of a distinguished contribu-
tion to the development or well-
informed American policies."
Director J. Edgar Hoover of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, in a Message, said that by
pointing out the evils of the ene-
my and encouraging our citizens
to know more about their nation-
al heritage, the Freedom Studies '
Center "will render a great.
service to our country," and
added: "Only by an informed:
citizenry, conscious of its
responsibilities in this giant!
ideological battle, can we hope
to keep alive the flame of free-
dom."
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The tiny community of Boston,
; Va., lies some 80 miles southeast of
: ?"Big Washington." ItAr3.0 miles up
the road from Culpeper. On to the
west lie Scrabble, Woodville, Sper-
: syville, and "Little 'Washington,"
and beyond them lie the Blue Ridge
Mountains. Boston thus is situated
? in the midst of the most beautiful
200 square miles in the world, if not
. in the universe, but until last Sun-
day this wide space on Route 322
had no other distinction.
Now Boston, Va., is on the map. If
e plans of the Institute for American '
Strategy come to fulfillment?and
these plans already are far along?
.
? the institute's new "Freedom Stu-
dies Center" at Boston one day may
become as well known in its field as
the Naval Academy at Annapolis or
' the military academy at West Point.
The center, dedicated a week ago,
has but a single purpose: It is to turn
?? out graduates who knew as much of
, the tactics and ? strategy of commu-
?e: ? nism as prospective admirals know
of the tactics and strategy of naval
? warfare.
?
. Toward this end, the Institute for
American Strategy some months
ago acquired a 671-acre tract of land
in Culpeper County, a mile or so
from the wide space known as Bos-
ton.
It. is important to touch on the set-
ting, for the leaders of the Institute
for American Strategy chose this
lovely stillnese as deliberately as
any Thoreau at Walden Pond.
The name of the "Freedom Stu-
dies Center" is a model of precision.
The idea is to bring in small groupe
at first-23 or 30 at a time?for se-
minars of a few days or a few weeks.
Tw ent y-eight congressional aides
: came as a vanguard to Boston on
; Sept. 21. for four days of intensive
studies. The next such group may be
chosen from industrial leaders, then
; from professors of history and
cal science. In time, as a prospective
;building program moves ahead,
most of the full-time students (about
{.400 in all) will be graduate students
? chosen from, participating universi-
ties. They will study freedom, what..
It is, why the West must preserve it,
how the 'East would twist :freedom
;into. slavery.! ? :?.
?
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project, it is a dream coming true. r.
More than eight years ago, a group - -
In Orlando, Fla., headed by Alan G. '
Grant Jr., perceived the need for an ? ? ?? ?
academy that would train key men .3.???? .
in governntent, in the armed send- , . ?
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in certain non-military aspects of ?? ??
Communist aggression. They envi-
sioned a g o v. er nment-financed .
academy, patterned generally after ? . ? .
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House and Senate bills, sponsored e
by members of Congress from across ? ? ,
the political spectrum: Sens. Fong.
Keating, Douglas, Proxmire, Lau-
sche, Dodd, la ickenlooper, Goldwa-
ter, Mundt. The range was as wide e, , ,t eee,
in the House. But under the wet ;????,??4-
blankets of the State Department's,:
opposition, the bills regularly went !, ;?,:? '??????;
to sleep in committee. '
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Then the idea developed?and it ;. e e ? ? ? ?
was a better idea in every way?for ,
the proposed academy to be brought .3''? ? ??
Into being with private funds. The '..::?? -'?'j ?
Institute for American Strategy, :.; -; ? ,
founded in 1958, took the lead. Fifty- .? ;
five educational institutions and ma-
? jor organizations offered their sup-
port. To date, nearly $800,000 hart -
been donated or pledged by leading
foundations, -::porations and indivi-
duals. A lot. eeange goal ha! been
set at $11 reibion. The land and the
manor house are bought and paid
for. The center is now an institution
In being.
Not one nickel of "CIA money,' or
any other government money, has
gone into the Freedom Studies Cen-
ter. It is intended to be the voluntary
contribution of a voluntary society
toward its own survival. The scho-
lars and officials who are Invited to
come here will come at their own ex.'
pense, or on foundation grants. And
? because the center is not an agency
of government, it will be free to pur.
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minim untroubled by the inhibi.
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For years, a lot of us have been urging Congress to set
up what might be called a Freedom Academy?a school for- .
_teaching young men and women how to fight in cold wars
as members of our diplomatic service. The big cold-war
enemy noW, and probably for along time to come, is Corn-
Jnunism.
Congress has sat firmly on its hands in this matter; so
now a group of private citi-
Now, How About zens has launched such a 1
Freedom Academy? school.
? It is called the Freedon-i
. Studies Center of the Institute for American Strategy.
? Lo-Cated at Boston, Va. (not Mass.), it has as its President
Dr. John M. Fisher. Dr. -Fisher is assisted and advised by)
several well-known and brilliant anti-Communists, includ-
ing Maj. Gen. Edward G. Lansdale, retired; Clarenee Perry'
Oakes, and Dr. Brutus Coste.
? Eventually, the 'Freedom-Studies Center hopes to be.:
teaching the techniques, tactics and stratagems of cold
war to-as many, as 400 students each academic year.
It is shooting for an $11 million development fund, of
which nearly $800,000 has already been promised by patri-
otic foundations, corporations and persons. -
? We wish the Freedom Studies Center a world of sue-
cess. And we hope its coming into existence may spur Con?.
? greSs to create that Freedom Academy?a sort of diplo-
matic West Point, Annapolis and Air Force Academy all,
rolled into one?before-much longer. The, need for plenty,.1
of such instruction Is great and growing.:, .?
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The Freedom Studies Center
Senators Dodd, Mundt, Douglas and Proxmire are among many congressional advo-
cates of a U. S. sponsorelarz?.Acad=a,.who also encourage private citizen initia-
tive in the same area. "Since governments move so .slowly, " says Senator Thomas
Dodd, "it is my conviction that an effort should be made on a private basis to make
serious cold war education more generally available than it is today, to all those who.
can make use of it."
? Forty-two senior members of the Congress and ten state governors serve on the
Advisory Board for the Freedom Studies Center, a privately financed "freedom academy'
soon to be launched. The Center recently acquired a 671-acre estate-campus near
Culpeper, Virginia, one and one-half hours from Washington, D. C. Some initi-1 courses
for members of congressional staffs are scheduled for late summer 1966.
The Freedom Studies Center is administered by the Institute for American Strategy,
Chicago, with the cooperation of forty other organizations, many of which are univer-
sities. It is 100% privately financed by foundations, corporations and individuals.
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Pro and Con Voices
Whether privately or officially sponsored, any move by the American people to
seriously challenge the Lenin Institute pattern for global political warfare training
will trigger characteristic Sino-Soviet reactions. After denouncing such an Academy
Qas "a provocative cold war aggression," th2?;c4rnmunist world will probably find it as
handy a permanent propaunslp..Ar.get,a_Lth614cIAN That possibility has struck some
administration worriers as stifficient 'reason for opposing the idea. However, it is
, anticipated that the legislation proposing a government-operated academy will get
serious consideration from President Johnson, despite long-standing State Depart-. ?
ment resistance. Secretary of State Dean Rusk is not himself responsible for that
resistance. In a 1963 conference with this reporter, he revealed an open-minded
' unawareness of the scope and purpose of the legislation his department had been
officially opposing for years.
Many individuals in the Department quietly endorse the Freedom Academy
concept. Among those emphatically advocating it before congressional committees
were such foreign Service veterans as Adolf A. Berle and Robert C. Hill, former
ambassador to three Latin American nations. A total of 59 witnesses familiar with
cold war problems have testified in favor of the bill at congressional hearings. The
only opposition voices were those of Walt W. Rostow and W. Averill Harriman, both
of whom revealed a misunderstanding of the purpose and scope of the bills under
,consideration.
? Whatever the outcome of the pending legislation, it becomes increasingly clear
that the American people must begin to build a more adequate political defense
structure for the Free World. A substantial part of the foundation for such a
structure can be provided by a "freedom academy," official or private.
HENRY MAYERS
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WASIIINGTON ? Fourteen years after the
idea was born, a Freedom Academy is open
?nd operating. The new school, located on a
Virginia hill top 79 miles
southwest of here, con-
ducted its first seminar
last week, for Senate
and House staff assist-
ants. 00-? ?
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The name ? the Free- ? a'
dom Studies Center ? is
slightly different from_
the one originally pro-
posed. But there has '
been no change in the
purpose ? ?.0 educate
and train Americans and
other free citizens in
how to fight the non-
military part of the Cold
War.
Over the years, many
attempts were made to have the federal gov-
ernment launch the Freedom Academy, but
Congress declined to pass the legislation, large-
ly because of State Department fear of com-
petition from a rival agency and official faint-
heartedness over irritating the Kremlin. Final-
ly, sponsors of the idea decided that if some-
thing was to be done, it would have to be
through private organizers and money.
Now, almost $860,000 has been donated or
pledged by foundations, corporations, and in-
dividuals. A 671-acre-farm-estate was pur-
chased at a bargain price, refurbished, and
on last Sunday was dedicated with the best
, wishes of President Johnson and an imposing
, array of other officials and private citizens.
The Academy is the first educational institu-
don in the United States giving all of its en- ,
ergy to the study of how to win the struggle
with Communism. '
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ing in 'Vietnam, the building of a German steel
mill in Red China, the murder of anti-Com-
munist labor union leader in Latin America,
the arrival of a new Communist diplomat
the United Nations, and a seemingly innocu-.;
ous .talk on a Midwestern college campus by c.
? Communist party boss Gus Hall.
A brochure by the new center explains: "The ;
fronts of the Cold War are everywhere. Froin
time to time it becomes a hot war, as it is.,
now in 'Vietnam, and as it will become else-
? where on the globe when and if the Commu-,
? nists decide on still another hot test of the will
of free peoples to resist them.
"Communist Cold War tactics are as deadly'
and. carry as much threat to free peoples as r
any military operation. Only through a clear.
understanding of Communist goals and tech-''
niques can a free people act in concert or in-;!
dividuatly to deny the Communists their goal::
of world domination.
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Mr. O'Brien
Not many Americans iundistand.th? Cold
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War ie see little tohneetion between the, fight
"The cold war tactics of the Communists
are as varied as they are insidious. They
range from diplomatic maneuvers, economic
sorties, and propaganda, to intimidadons,
sabotage, terrorism, support of revolutions In t
free countries, and the driving of wedges of d
misunderstanding and mistrust between WI-
viduais and between nations.
"The Communists in short have 'mastered ,
the art of psycho-political warfare. The Com-
munist bloc operates more than 6,000 psycho-1
political warfare schools. The United States has
nothing comparable. We are dependent upon",.
those who have had to learn on the job." ??.
The new center hopes to grow enough to be;',
able to accommodate as many as 400 long-term
graduate students a year, in' addition to many-
others who will come for brief periods. With- ;
out government financing, it will have to strug-.;
gle, but many believe :it Will ,be better in the
long run for the center to :stand on its own:i
. feet, set its own policies; 'and- rely on privatel
citizens, who are sufficientir concerned, about c
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The Freedom Studies Center is located near Boston, Virginia in surroundings
unsurpassed for scenic beauty yet only 11/2 hours from Washington, D. C.
The everchanging panorama of color presented by the great Blue Ridge
Mountains is in close view from the 671 acre campus.
The present campus is ideal for seminars and week-end retreats. It has a
23 room manor, 2 smaller houses, 4 barns, swimming pool, tennis courts,
miles of bridle paths and 3 miles of bass fishing on the Hazel River.
Plans for the campus include building a library, classrooms and dormitories
for year-round use.
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John M. Fisher, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. A. L. Schilling
Vice President
John G. Sevcik
Vice President
General Lawrence H. Whiting
Vice President
OFFI
BOARD OF
Dr. James E. Allen, Jr.
Commissioner of Education
State of New York
Admiral Rawson Bennett
Retired Senior Vice President
Sangamo Electric Company
Dr. Myron Biee, President
Florida Institute for Continuing
University Studies
Willard W. Brown, President
University Circle Research Center
Senator Thomas J. Dodd
United States Senate
Harold F. Falk, President
The Falk Corporation
John M. Fisher, President
Institute for American Strategy
Patrick J. Frawley, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Eversharp, Inc.
Fred M. Gillies
Retired Chairman of the Board
Acme Steel Company
Dr. Walter H. Judd
Former Member of Congress
Ambassador James S. Kemper
Chairman of the Board
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company
and Affiliated Companies
Governor Otto Kerner
Governor of Illinois
John B. Kilroy
John B. Kilroy Co.
Charles H. G, Kimball, Partner
Ashcroft, Olson, Beach,
Alexander & Edmonds
Allan B. Kline
Former President
American Farm Bureau
The Reverend Daniel W. Kucera, O.S.B.
Abbott, St. Procopius College
Lenox R. Lohr, President
Museum of Science & Industry
The Very Rev, James F. Maguire, S. J.
President, Loyola University
General Howard T. Markey
Partner, Parker & Carter
Merrill C. Meigs
Former Vice President
The Hearst Corporation
The Very Rev. Comerford J. O'Malley, C.M.
Chancellor, DePaul University
CERS
Lenox R. Lohr
Secretary
Clarence Perry Oakes
Assistant Secretary
Henry Regnery
Treasurer
Charles H. G. Kimball
General Counsel
DIRECTORS
Captain Clarence Perry Oakes, USNR (Ret.)
Special Projects Director
Institute for American Strategy
Ray Page
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State of Illinois
Dr. Noble J. Puffer
Superintendent of Schools
Cook County, Illinois
Gordon W. Reed
Former Chairman of the Board
Texas Gulf Producing Co.
Henry Regnery, President
Henry Regnery Company
Henry Salvatori
Chairman of the Board
Western Geophysical
Company of America
Dr. Carl A. Sauer, President
American Institute for Foreign Trade
Richard M. Scaife
Vice President
T. Mellon and Sons
Dr. A. L. Schilling, President
North Central College
John G, Sevcik, President
Burton-Dixie Corporation
John Slezak
Chairman of the Board
Kable Printing Company
Leonard Spacek
Managing Partner
Arthur Andersen & Co.
General Delmar T. Spivey
Superintendent
Culver Military Academy
D. A. Sullivan
Retired Conference Chairman
Institute for American Strategy
Orville Taylor, Partner
Taylor, Miller, Magner, Sprowl and Hutchings
General Douglas L. Weart
U.S. Army (Ret.)
General Lawrence H. Whiting
Vice Chairman of the Board
American Furniture Mart
Benjamin C. Willis
General Superintendent of
Chicago Schools
General Robert E. Wood
Retired Chairman of the Board
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
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INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN STRATEGY
Senate
Hon. Thomas J. Dodd (D. Connecticut)
Hon. Karl E. Mundt (R. South Dakota)
Hon. J. Caleb Boggs (R. Delaware)
Hon. Peter H. Dominick (R. Colorado)
Hon. Paul Douglas (D. Illinois
Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (D. Hawaii)
Hon. Jack Miller (R. Iowa)
Hon. William Proxmire (D. Wisconsin)
Hon. Milward L. Simpson (R. Wyoming)
House of Representatives
Co-Chairman
Hon. Dante B. Fascell (D. Florida) Co-Chairman
Hon. Craig Hosmer (R. California)
Hon. E. Ross Adair (R. Indiana)
Hon. John M. Ashbrook (R. Ohio)
Hon. James F. Battin (R. Montana)
Hon. James A. Burke (D. Massachusetts)
Hon. William G. Bray (R. Indiana)
Hon. Glenn Cunningham (R. Nebraska)
Hon. Edward J. Derwinski (R. Illinois)
Hon. William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D. South Carolina)
Hon. Michael A. Feighan (D. Ohio)
Hon. Paul A. Fino (R. New York)
Hon. Daniel J. Flood (D. Pennsylvania)
Hon. W. R. Hull, Jr. (D. Missouri)
Hon. Richard H. Ichord (D. Missouri)
Hon. Edna F. Kelly (D. New York)
Hon. Clark MacGregor (R. Minnesota)
Hon. John 0. Marsh, Jr. (D. Virginia)
Hon. Arch Alfred Moore, Jr. (R. West Virginia)
Hon. Thomas G. Morris (D. New Mexico)
Hon. Rogers C. B. Morton (R. Maryland)
Hon. Robert N. C. Nix (D. Pennsylvania)
Hon. Roman C. Pucinski (D. Illinois)
Hon. Dan Rostenkowski (D. Illinois)
Hon. Fernand J. St. Germain (ID. Rhode Island)
Hon. Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (D. Alabama)
Hon. Robert L. F. Sikes (D. Florida)
Hon. Burt L. Talcott (R. California)
Hon. Edwin E. Willis (D. Louisiana)
Hon. Clement J. Zablocki (D. Wisconsin)
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EDUCATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chairman
Dr. Myron Blee, President
Florida Institute for Continuing
University Studies
Dr. James E. Allen, Jr.
Commissioner of Education
State of New York
Professor Bower Aly
University of Oregon
Dr. James D. Atkinson
Professor of International Politics
Georgetown University
Thomas D. Bailey
Supt. of Public Instruction
State of Florida
Professor Frederick C. Barghoorn
Department of Government
Yale University
Lynn M. Bartlett
Supt. of Public Instruction
State of Michigan
Dr. Frederick Bellinger
Engineering Experiment Station
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. George C. S. Beason
President
Claremont Men's College
Dr. Anthony T. Bouscaren
Department of History
LeMoyne College
Francis X. Bradley, Jr.
Asst. Dean, Graduate School
University of Notre Dame
Dr. Samuel M. Brownell
Superintendent of Public Schools
Detroit, Michigan
Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski
Director
Research Institute on
Communist Affairs
Columbia University
Dr. Kenneth D. Colegrove
Professor of Political Science
Long Island University
G. E. Cornwell
Director of Instruction
Danville, Ill., School System
Dr. Glenn S. Dumke
Chancellor
California State Colleges
Dr. J. W. Edgar
Commissioner of Education
Texas Education Agency
Professor R. Barry Farrell
Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
Dr. John H. Fischer, Pres.
Teachers College
Columbia University
Professor Ralph T. Fisher, Jr.
Director of Russian Language
and Area Studies
University of Illinois
Dr. John S. Gibson
Lincoln Filene Center
Tufts University
Lewis W. Gilfoy, Director
Secondary Schools Service
Indianapolis Public Schools
Dr. Richard P. Gousha
Supt. of Public Instruction
State of Delaware
Dr. M. H. Groves
Acting Dean, Graduate School
Illinois Institute of Technology
Dr. Ernest van den Haag
New York University
Dr. Harold F. Harding
Department of Speech
University of California
Dr. James R. Hayden
Asst. Supt. of Schools
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Reverend Cletus Healy, S. J.
Marquette University H. S.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dr. E. E. Holt
Supt. of Public Instruction
State of Ohio
Dr. Erling M. Hunt, Chairman
Teaching of Social Studies Dept.
Teachers College
Columbia University
Dr. Owen B. Kiernan
Commissioner of Education
State of Massachusetts
Dr. Evron Kirkpatrick
Executive Director
American Political Science Assn.
Dr. Joseph Leese
Professor of Education
State University of New York
Dr. Kurt L. London, Director
Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies
George Washington University
Thaddeus J. Lubera
Associate Superintendent
Chicago Public Schools
Dr. Jack Mears, President
Cerritos College
Norwalk, California
The Reverend Brian McGrath, S.J.
Academic V.P.
Georgetown University
Rt. Rev. Msgr. William R.
McManus, Superintendent
Archdiocese of Chicago
School Board
Chicago, Illinois
L. S. Michael, Superintendent
Evanston Township High School
Evanston, Illinois
Dr. Floyd A. Miller
Commissioner of Education
State of Nebraska
Dr. Leon P. Minear
Supt. of Public Instruction
State of Oregon
Dr. Gerhart Niemeyer
Department of Political Science
University of Notre Dame
The Very Rev. Comerford
J. O'Malley, C. M. Chancellor
DePaul ?University
Dr. Stefan T. Possony
Hoover Institution on War,
Revolution, and Peace
Stanford University
Noble J. Puffer
Superintendent
Cook County, Illinois Schools
Dr. Max Rafferty
Supt. of Public Instruction
and Director of Education
State of California
Dr. William J. Reid
Coordinator of Civic Education
School Committee, Boston
Professor Julius Rezler
Graduate School
Loyola University
Dr. Angus B. Rothwell
Supt. of Public Instruction
State of Wisconsin
Dr. Edwin P. Shahan, Director
Institute on Communism and
Constitutional Democracy
Vanderbilt University
Dr. James H. Smith
Deputy Superintendent
Chicago Public Schools
Dr. Paul E. Smith, Secretary
International Relations Com.
National Education Association
Major General Delmar T. Spivey
Superintendent
Culver Military Academy
Adel F. Throckmorton
Supt. of Public Instruction
State of Kansas
Dr. D. W. Tieszen
Dean of Instruction
Central Missouri State College
Dr. Richard L. Walker, Chairman
Dept. of International Studies
University of South Carolina
Dr. Kenneth R. Whiting
Research Studies Institute
Air University
Dr. Lee Wilborn
Asst. Commissioner of Instruction
Texas Education Agency
Dr. Benjamin C. Willis
General Supt. of Schools
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. A. M. Woodruff, Dean
George Washington University
School of Government
R. Burl Yarberry
Supt. of Public Instruction
State of Hawaii
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The Private Freedom Academy
Administered by
Institute for American Strategy
"Recent events in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic
again drive home the need for the expansion, on the
most urgent possible basis, of our cold war training
program. As I have said over and over again, the com-
munists have scored so many cold war victories since
the close of World War II, because in the field of
political warfare they have been professionals opposed
only by amateurs.
"Ultimately, it is to be hoped, the Government itself
will set up some kind of training program for private
citizens as well as employees of the Executive Branch
concerned with the conduct of foreign policy. But since
governments move slowly, it is my conviction that an
effort should be made on a private basis to make serious
cold war education more generally available than it is
today to all those who can make use of it."
Senator Thomas J. Dodd
Co-Chairman
Advisory Board
The Educational Gap
Communist Cold War successes in the face of western military supremacy
can be traced in large measure to a serious gap in our own educational
programs. The Communist Bloc operates over 6,000 schools which teach
political warfare. The United States has not even one comparable school.
Thus in the Cold War struggle many, many thousands of specially trained
Communist professionals are ranged against amateurs (and a few qualified
professionals who have learned on the job).
Since 1959 every session of Congress has considered establishing a Free-
dom Academy to turn out finished professionals in political warfare just
as the United States Military Academy provides the nation with professionals
in military warfare. There has also been growing non-partisan under-
standing of the need for the private sector to help close this educational gap.
A Private Freedom Academy
Senator Dodd and a number of non-partisan sources have suggested that the
Institute for American Strategy establish a private freedom academy as the
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joint venture of several colleges and universities which have cooperated
with the Institute in the past. (Over fifty colleges and universities have
formally cooperated in Institute projects?many of which are represented
on its board or educational advisory committee.)
The Institute for American Strategy has risen to the challenge and is
setting up a Freedom Studies Center for this purpose. The Freedom
Studies Center will be located on a major estate-campus near Washington,
D. C. It will be administered by the Institute but other outstanding in-
stitutions will participate in the Center's work. Several will be invited
to locate in the Center.
Schools
Senator Thomas J. Dodd has asked that the Institute first conduct schools
for top congressional staffers, governors' aides, State Department em-
ployees and others in government. These schools would be similar to
the pilot school for governors' aides conducted by the Institute under the
auspices of the National Governors' Conference with the cooperation and
assistance of the White House.
The first of these schools will be conducted during the 1966 Easter recess
of Congress. In addition, there will be week-end seminars for leaders
from both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government.
Other schools will be conducted for leaders in other fields. These will be
men who are able to help the cause of freedom from their present positions,
men of good will who are desirous of learning how to make their efforts
count most in this cause. Instruction will be open to foreign students as
well as Americans. The students will include journalists, businessmen,
executives of voluntary organizations, government officials, educators
(especially those associated with cooperating educational institutions) and
community leaders.
The schools will be tailored to the needs and interests of the students. For
example, the HOMEBASE program of the Joint Committee of The American
Legion and the National Education Association will be covered in detail for
community leaders. This HOMEBASE program establishes the broad con-
cepts for community efforts to strengthen and protect our American heritage.
As the consultant to this Joint Committee, the Institute for American Strategy
has published a handbook called "Strengthening and Protecting Our American
Heritage through Community Action" on how to initiate a HOMEBASE program.
The tuition for these schools will be scaled to cover as much of the out-of-
pocket expenses as practical. However, many students will require scholar-
ships if they are to attend.
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Curriculum
The curriculum will present a positive, constructive approach to Cold War
problems based on the principles of American freedom. Just as the Lenin
Institute and other Communist schools devote their primary concern to the
cause of Communism and to expanding its place in the world, so also will
the Freedom Studies Center devote its primary attention to the cause of
freedom and to expanding its place in the world.
People in the emerging nations seek a practical alternative to Communism
for themselves. The Center will help export the one home grown product
which can provide the basis for this needed alternative to Communism: The
political idealism embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution.
The Freedom Studies Center will give practical, realistic instruction in three
areas of study:
1. The dynamics of freedom.
2. The Communist challenge to freedom.
3. Defending and extending freedom.
The Curriculum Sub-committee of the Institute's Planning and Development
Committee is developing an imaginative curriculum for the best teaching of
these blocks of instruction.
This Sub-committee is chaired by Dr. James D. Atkinson of Georgetown
University. Dr. Atkinson, an internationally recognized expert in psycho-
logical warfare, headed the School on Psychological Warfare conducted
for the Department of Defense by the Graduate School of Georgetown
University.
As part of its work the Curriculum Sub-committee is considering extensive
papers on curriculum requirements for this Center which have been prepared
over the past two years by experts such as Dr. Lev Dobriansky, Georgetown
University professor who heads the Captive Nations Committee; Major
General Edward Lansdale, USAF (Ret.), former special assistant on counter-
insurgency to the Secretary of Defense; and Bogoljub Jovanovic, former
Communist member of and political advisor to the Yugoslov delegation to
the United Nations.
For greatest practicality, the schools will draw upon the knowledge and
experience of men who have been effective leaders in meeting the Communist
challenge.
For example, Major General Edward G. Lansdale, USAF (Ret.), who as
advisor to Phillipine leader Ramon Magsaysay developed the now classic
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plan for winning over the Huks, serves as the Center's Administrative
Director. He is currently on leave of absence as a special assistant
to Ambassador Lodge in South Vietnam.
Advisory and Research Center
The Freedom Studies Center is planned as a continuing source of expert
advice and counsel to graduates, and to institutions and leaders in the
ranks of freedom throughout the world. This will include the organiza-
tion of advisory teams upon request for the governments of other free
world countries.
The Center will conduct research under contract for government agencies
and private corporations. It will also, within the limits of available funds,
prepare research papers upon request for senators, congressmen, govern-
ment officials, participating educational institutions and the mass media.
Experience Toward A Private Freedom Academy
The Institute for American Strategy has an outstanding record which
qualifies it for the administration of a private freedom academy in co-
operation with other major institutions. Its previous efforts toward closing
the educational gap in the Cold War have included:
Conducting seven National Military Industrial and Edu-
cational Conferences and one National Conference on
Cold War Education where top leaders from all seg-
ments of society came together to discuss what needed
to be done in meeting the Communist challenge to
American freedom.
Serving as the consultant to the Joint Committee of the
National Education Association and The American Legion.
This included participation in the development and dis-
tribution of the Joint Committee's Guidelines for Teaching
about Communism which is the most widely used guide in
the high schools of America.
Acting as the consultant in developing the sound filmstrip
series Communism: Challenge to Freedom produced by
the Society for Visual Education-- one of the largest pro-
ducers of visual aids for secondary schools. This film-
strip is now in use in secondary schools in every state.
Publishing a basic text on Cold War education, Education
and Freedom in a World of Conflict. The editorial board for
this book consisted of Dr. Samuel M. Brownell, Superintendent
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of Schools, Detroit; Dr. William Y. Elliott, Professor of
Government, Harvard University; and Benjamin C. Willis,
General Superintendent of Schools, Chicago.
? Publishing with Doubleday & Co. the basic reference book,
American Strategy for the Nuclear Age with sales of over
80,000 copies. Over 10,000 of these copies were distribu-
ted by the National Committee on Discussion and Debate to
its participating high schools.
^ Acting as the consultant to the chairman of the National
Governors' Conference Committee on Cold War Education
and assisting in the preparation of Committee reports.
? Conducting comprehensive national surveys on the nature
and extent of instruction about Communism in secondary
schools, in cooperation with the chief state school officers.
The 1964-65 edition of the Institute's State-by-State Survey
of Teaching about Communism in the Secondary Schools is
the only comprehensive survey of its kind.
? Sponsoring the first National Strategy Seminar for Reserve
officers held at the National War College, Washington, D. C.
in July 1959. The Institute also sponsored the July 1960
National Strategy Seminar for Reserve Officers. The
Department of Defense has continued this school as a per-
manent part of its educational program.
^ Conducting the December 1964 School for Gubernatorial Aides
(on Cold War education) under the sponsorship of the National
Governors' Conference. This school was conducted with the
cooperation and assistance of the White House which provided
a lecture team of top Cold War experts for two of the ten days
of school.
? President Johnson's message to the students at this school
was described by the National Governor's Conference Committee
on Cold War Education as "the strongest endorsement ever
given any program in the broad field of Cold War Education by
a United States President".
Perhaps of equal importance for the success of the Freedom Studies Center
is the fact that the principal proponents of a United States Freedom Academy
also serve on the Institute's Advisory Board, Planning and Development
Committee, Educational Advisory Committee or Board of Directors.
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Contributions for Phase I of Physical Development
FREEDOM STUDIES CENTER
The Institute for American Strategy has entered into an agreement to purchase
the Longlea Estate near Boston, Virginia, on February 25, 1966 or earlier if
the necessary funds are raised before then.
Because of the great importance of this step, the Executive Committee has
decided to honor and commemorate those individuals, foundations and companies
whose gifts make possible the acquisition, remodeling and furnishing of the
initial land and buildings of the Freedom Studies Center.
The names of contributors of $10,000 or more will be inscribed in bronze in the
FOUNDERS Section of a FREEDOM HONOR ROLL in the Manor Reception Hall.
The names of contributors of $1,000 to $10,000 will be inscribed in bronze in
the PATRONS Section of the FREEDOM HONOR ROLL.
A contributor of $400,000 or more will be honored by naming the entire campus
for him or his designee if:
1) the contribution is made before February 15, 1966 and
2) the contributor or his designee is an outstanding citizen.
The Executive Committee will also honor other outstanding contributors as
follows:
To be named for contributor
Contribution
Manor
$200,000.00
Dormitory Wing of Manor
75,000.00
Seminar Wing of Manor
50,000.00
Manor Drawing Room
40,000.00
Manor Library
25,000.00
Manor Dining Room
25,000.00
Manor Reception Hall
25,000.00
Auditorium and Administrative Offices
100,000.00
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Estimated Cost of First Two Phases of Physical Development
FREEDOM STUDIES CENTER
PHASE I
? Acquisition of Property
(The purchase agreement requires the full
purchase price to be paid at closing on
February 25, 1966)
$285,000.00
? Furnishing, decorating and equipping Manor
for live-in seminars including remodeling of
kitchen 50,000.00
? Remodeling and equipping garage and apart-
ment wing of Manor as a Seminar Hall 30, OCO. 00
Construction and furnishing of Dormitory
Wing of Manor 75,000.00
Remodeling and equipping 60 x 75 barn as an
auditorium, administrative offices, class-
room and temporary library
85,000.00
? Remodeling and furnishing two smaller houses
for maintenance and kitchen staff quarters 10,000.00
Maintenance equipment and tools including
tractor, mowers and jeep station wagon 7,500.00
Maintenance costs for first ten years 200,000.00
COST OF PHASE I $742,500.00
PHASE II
Dormitory including dining room and kitchen
facilities $300,000.00
Classroom and Seminar Hall 150,000.00
COST OF PHASE II $450,000.00
TOTAL $1,192,500.00
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