World's Fair: Correspondence

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Box# 30

Folder# 601

Word's Fair: Correspondence

1961 - 1964

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ROBERT MOSES PRE'SIDENT

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION FLUSHING MEADOW PARK • P. 0. BOX 270 FLUSHING 52, N.Y. TELEPHONE Ol 1·7000

AREA CODE 212

THOMAS J. DEEGAN, JR.

March '1.7, 1961

CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVf: COMMITTEE

REPLY TO:

TIME AND LI~E IIUILDINO ROCKEF'ELLER PLAZA

NEW YORK 20, N.Y.

~~ t{~h Mr. Paul R. Screvane

Deputy Mayor City Hall New York, New York

Dear Paul:

On behalf of the citizens group o! bankers, John Cahill and myself, I want to thank you !or your courteous reception at the Board of Estimate meeting on Wednesday.

I assume you will let me know what further steps should be taken in connection with our discussion with the members of the Board of Estimate.

My best personal regards.

Sincerely,

TJD/ahw

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ROBERT MOSES PRESIDENf

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION FLUSHING MEADOW PARK • P.O. BOX 1964 • FLUSHING 52, N.Y.

TELEPHONE WF 4·1964-AREA CODE 212 CABLE ADDRESS 'WORLOSFAJR"

Hon. Paul R. Sc revane Deputy Mayor City Hall New York 7, N. Y.

Dear Paul:

May 15, 1961

Attached are copies of recent correspondence

with Frank Blaustein about the Lincoln Center of the Performing

Arts.

RM:VW attachments

President

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ROBERT MOSES ONE GRACIE SQUARE

New York 28, N. Y.

May 12, 1961

Hon. Francis J. Blaustein 4'700 Independence Avenue Riverdale 71, New York

Dear Frank:

Your City Center memo looks all right to me except that you do not mention willingness to appoint representatives of the City Center to an advisory coordinating board functioning for the entire Performing Arts Center. You leave out the olive branch entirely.

As matters stand the first move is to get an agreement on a joint statement by the Governor and Mayor on the State Theatre -Museum - Library program. I attach for your strictly confidential information what we are working on. The Mayor discussed this with the Board of Estimate earlier this week with no final conclusion. I am seeing Abe Stark Monday. Joe Sharkey is still sore about the I / judgeship rhubarb. The Governor feels that the City Center matter t;:::. should be held in abeyance until the main issue is settled.

I am sending a copy of this letter to Newbold.

RM:MD Enclosure

cc: Comm. N. Morris Mr. Stuart Constable Mr. Thomas J. Deegan, Jr. Mr. Charles Preusse

Cordially,

/s/ ROBERT MOSES

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·ourr OF IUOO'!STED -X>Dn' STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR ROCIC!FELU:Il AND MAYOI WAGNER ON COOPERATION or STATE AND CITY WITH

THE LINCOUf CENTER FOR THE PERFORM~ ARTS

At the inception of Lincoln Square, it waa agreed that thia

huge project, the most ambitious and imaginative under the Federal

HOUiing Lawa, would be aalti·purpoae, and that the entire aidtown

weat aide area north of the New York Coliaeum at Columbut Circle

would be cleared for educational, cultural and recreational

purpoaea as well ae housing.

To thit end Fordham University was allotted land for a

new campus to houae ecattered faculties and generous provision waa

made for parks and bandstand, a great cultural Center of the

Performing Arte, City High Schools of Music, Art and the Performing

Arts, aa well as middle income and full taxpaying housing. The

federal gove~nt helped write down high land costs; the City

contributed &lao toward land acquisition and for other purpoaea

and private contribution• were raised for Fordham, the Red Cross

and the Parfo~ing Arts. The coat of the basic featur~a of the

Performing Arts is $142,000,000, all being raised from generous

patron• and patron• and supporters.

Thia money provides an eat~ted work load of ten million

Mn bour1, a~~ploying aa or.any ae 2 ,000 men on conatruction at the

aite in a ainsle day, and amounting to a payroll of $40 to $50

million. On a lingle project, such as the PhilhanDOnic Hall, the

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- ) -We are happy ae State and City ex.cutivea to rec•: end and

.upport theae contributiona to round out thia maanlflcont

eoterprlaa and public 1pirit toward• makiD& Lincoln Square tbe

eJIIbol of Mtropolitan art, culture and education.

Neleoa A. Rockefeller Governor of the State of lew York

R.obert P. Wagner Mayor of the Clty of llw 'fork

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Dear Bob:

FRANCIS J. BLOtJSTEIN 4700 Independence Avenue Riverdale 71, New York

EJngsbridge 6-0065

May 9, 1961

In accordance with our recent conversation and at your suggestion, I enclose a draft of the kind of memorandum that the City Center should make available to the Governor concerning its status and its outlook with relation to Lincoln Center.

At this time I am not including the enclosures mentioned in this memorandum. If, in your opinion, the memorandum fits the bill I shall prepare it in final form and get it to you with the enclosures. I would be happy to get your comments.

In the meantime, thank you so much for your many suggestions, advice, sympathy and assistance.

Eon. Robert Moses One Gracie Square New York, New York

Sincerely,

/sf FRANK

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Prq>osed City Center Statement Prepared by Frank mOdte!ft

Th~ City Center of Music an~ Drama, Inc. is a non-prot1t,

membership corporation, incorporated in 1~3 under the lavs ~the State of New York, or~anized to nrovide opPras, music, symphonic

concerts, dra~s, ballets and r~latP.d educational ani cultural an­

tertainmPnt on a non-profit basis, and at a low nriee.

Annexed hereto and made oart of this memorandum are copies

or thP. C~rtificat~ of Incorporation and the By-Laws under which the

City Center of Music and Drama, Inc. operates.

The City C~nter occupi~s a buildin~ owned by thP City ot

New York for which, unrler existin~ State lPgislation, no rental is

paid and the Center enjoys certain othPr benefits by way or capital

improTements naid for by th~ City because o~ the ownership or the

building and the character of the Center's operations.

A limitation has b~en placed on the price to be charged

for admission, which does not excePd ~3.95. No dtr~ctor or officer

of the or~an1zation receives any salary or other compensation ror acting in such capacity, and no ineom~ from thP op~rations or the

corporation enures to the benefit of any individual, incorporate,

director or officer.

Alao annP.xei to this mPmorandum is a list or the names or the present officers and dtrP.etors who are responsible, wnder the

By-Lavs, for th~ opP.ration and control or the City Center. It vi11

be not&d that they constitutP an exce~in~ly r~spons1ble ~roup of

men and wo11en ·.rho are not only d~d1cate4 snn devoted to the Center,

but w~ll regarded in thP. community for th@ir ~rrorts in behalf ot

the eultural advancement of the people of the City or Rev York.

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part of CA gre8t ~~:>ttt"!rpris~, con~ id~::"et ion should re gi Vf'r. to making

such a move.

Th+> condu~1'Xt is inf!vitablP. tb.f..\t -:.r t~w move is made, the

City Center mu~t ~ontinuA to operate Rt its low-fixed price, as an

autonomou~, 1ndentmdent tt-nt-"'::-pl:'ise-, ret.'.linint,: Hs name, which has

been built up ov"'r a 17-y~ar p . .-,r1t:x1, and its publtc itaage. It must

be abl9 to c0nttnu~ it~ fr~~dom in pr~spntinr it~ attractions and

cannot b .. tnr,.,~m~ vjtl·l cost!3 or chart:•'s for which 1t itse1 f is not

reiJ)Oftl!'bl@oe Ir it lS If') }1"<\l.H~ ·-~"' r';j"~dir ~:~at l inC.,ln \'.enter, it

should do so fr·r)lll tlw City nf Nt>!W Yc•r-k. ThP ,: 1t.'l ~:~ntflr hal auff1-

ehnt d1f1"~ eu1ty in "'""'ting 1 ~;s own d~t"1d ts and doji<J! not !!Mk h~l.p

fro• anyon<A else and tt 'WOU:!.ri b,q 1mr:nvl~nt. to li.Ulertak~ d-.flelt!

ar1s1n, not rr6m its own attra~tion~ but frcm tr~ op,.,ration end Rd­

m1n1~trat1on or the l.incol.L ·::Pn':·"!' m"'rfi!Jy b(~caws"' t: ''lf&S to ot~cupy

a site within th~ Lincoln :~ntPr ~r~a.

v:'th th~tlll! co!13id~I·at~ . .:Jn~ in :n1n~, conversations 1hould

be eontinw~d 5o that I.incoln c.,ntE'·r m1ght tmj.)y th(~ tf-!nt-f'it of

havin~ City Center ~1s r. n~>tr.ht:cr ~:1(1 Cit.v C~!it.or rnilh';; continut5

to operat" but wtt'1tn R. fl""'"' <'2.71~~ t1.11<' C1J:.turli: Ct'lnter tn thfl CJty

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lob ..... bu aabd • to drop JOU a DOte 4eta111n& ... or U. •:run at the fair" tlb1ob baa been 11Md up u ot now. lt bM Men tbe ob.1eot1ve ot tbe Pair to .a the en\1N ratr •• 1a all 1ta 1eot1ou ·- tBerta1D1ns. It 11 tor that reuon tbat • have &Y01de4 •••t&nat1D& thll Lab Area, 11b1oh 11111 oontaill tbe =· ot tbe I!!! ldadaa1cm entezwtai ... nt, u !!!!. entertas.ut

Ot 00\lfte •ra• at a Pair oan •an Utterent th1Dp to UtteNat ,.ople. !be D1reotore ot tbe ft1r 4eo14ed earl7 1a the - tbat 1t wa pou1ble -- thoush auch .on 41tt1oult -- to pt full 111tbout thl uaual 1114WJ or ebeap oatoh-pmnJ pl'OJeota, atrlp­teu• bell:r-d.uloen ad h-.n treakll; that enJoJMnt wu pou1ble atb;;t ba'fiD& rour enira1la tumect upa1d.e clown in eteep r1dea and lnllpU. oarta. '!bat pol1o;r 4ec1a1on hal NMined the •- to date.

IJM seattle experience baa been tbat the c1rlie calul .. ead ptep•8hoa wre a ta1lure t1n&D01al17 U llell U art1at1oal1J. lt the lut Jew York Vorl4'1 lair tbq al1o reaultecl 1n ICM pol1oe aotlY1t1• whiob were ver:r eabu:Tua1fts to the ra1r and ita manaa•· MDt Ulll direotora.

leattle •• 1114~ o~ r1dea and 8Mll catoh-PeJ'IIQ' clrl1oea ..,. t1auao1al~ verr nooeaatul; but the area ._. quite ~l ... ut tG bebol4. A Vor14'• Ja1r need not loot like a tJP1cal COUilt~ rail' or a IUburHn ..... nt part. At ~rate, the pollc:r --with 11b1oh 1 11110~ apee -- baa beaD lalcS down apinat 1t.

With tbat polio,- and with the further detel'II1Dat1on that tbe Ja1r ooutruet no bu1ld1aca, theatrea, dance halls, etc. with

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llr. Arthur H. JlotleJ -2

1te own tuDda (in order to remain eolvent) it baa not been too ..., to baYe uuaementa oonatruottd b7 private capital tdllch have to Par out the coat or conatructlon and maintenance (and protit) 1n two au-months perioc11. and then have to be torn down.

leveswtheleea I think w are malting eome progreae toward aD attractive Pair with manr aapeota or tun.

AI tar u the Lake Area ltlelt 11 concerned, the recent •1&nlnc ot a leue with Ansue o. W)'nne, Jr., the president ot the GNat louth-t Corporation and the creator ot Six Plqa Over 'l'exaa and Collpaaa ft1r Inc., tor the conatruct1on -- out ot bia own tun4a -- ot a a~t1~ill1on dollar combtnatlon theat~ n1aht-club aa4 rntaurant, ie evidence that there can be quality enterta111Mnt at the J'alr. The theatre 1f111 be clevoted primarily to muelcal C~ lhoWII to be produced by Jl1". Oeor&e Schaefer or Compue Procluotlona, Ino. ·- a ve17 experienced an4 qual1t1ed producer. It 1a plumed to tranatorm the reetaurant into a night club troll 9:30P.M. to 4:00A.M. nightly, ut1liz1ns the fineat·lounge and n1aht club enterta11111ent talent. I hope he will stq open 4ur1na tbe winter 110ntha betwen the two eeuona or the Pair.

other attractions which have been actually a1gned up ud depoaita lllde tor the Lllce Area are:

1. m!itheatre -- '!'he olcl lew York State .-h1theatre aa4 lbchibit Bu1 ns (io~~et1Dta known ae the Acauaoade) will be I'Wl bJ lle,..r Davia, Leon Leon1clott and Thomu R. Rudell. 'l'he tll'lt tw are, or couree, top aho_.n moae combined talent a an a\lft to produce a IIIU81oal extravapnsa or the tirlt order. Jlr. llu4ell 11 the rtnanoial 1181!, !here will be at leaat rour show a 4q, tm or which will be in the evening. 'l'he eeat1ng cepac1tJ la &bout 11,000.

2. Ciroua -- John R1nsl1na llorth, throuah a corporation II:Dom u Cont1nentil Circus, Inc. , will preaent a one-rins oon­tlaental tJP• o1roua 1n a heated and air·oon41tioned, t1reproot, tabrlo-enoloaed. bu1ldins aeatina 5,000 persona. There will be at leut two ahoD on weekdQ'II and at leut f'our ehowa on Satul'd~Q"a, SUnUp aDd holid&Ja. In adclition, a c1rcue paracle ot an11Dala, olowna, banda, etc. will be preeented once on weekdaJa and twice on SatUJ'!Up, Sun4ap and holida¥1 over auch routea throu&h the J'a1r IJ'OUh4l u 1111 be directed b;y the fair Corporation, to lend color and exo1taent to the fair. There wre two applicant a tor tb1a tJPt ot attraction; • chose the orsanizat1on which w thouabt - beet equipped alii With the hi&beat reputation tor the preaenta­tion or tbe attraction.

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Ill'. Arthur H. Motley -3

3. Wax Museum ..... The Pair has signed a lease for a wax JIUaeum. The Wax Muaeum-at the seattle world's Fair waa extremely popular, and contained ma.n;y beautiful and moving presentations ot h1ator1cal and. legenc.tary aoenee. The same people who operated the Wax Museum in Seattle will operate the Wax Museum 1n the Lake Area. It was alao a great success at the Brussels Fair.

4. American Indian Pavilion -- For the first time 1n history-, the Aiiieri;can Indians w111 ofl'er an organized program at a World'& Fair. this will not be merely a repetition of the usual sea1·fake kind of Indian Village. Under the sponsorship of the National American Indian Youth Committee of Arrow, Inc., a pavilion will be constructed on a 35,000 square foot site in the Lake Area. The pavilion will show aspects of the background and present-day life or some 300 tribes. The focal point of the exhibit will be a ceremonial center where members ot different tribes will stage dances and other ritea, many of which will be shown fo~ the first time to the gene~al public.

5. There will be a number of smaller projects: a tower With cages which will lift visitors approximately 120 feet into the air for a view or the Pair; a number or attractive outdoor reotaurante; sightseeing boats on the Lake; a full-sized replica or Columbus • Santa Maria, now being constructed 1n Spain. The Santa Maria will be rigged with ita full complement of saila and will be bathed in light from floodlights duri~~ the evening hours. The Pair has also completed arrangements for the presentation of a t1rework8 display on Meadow Lake. In addition we are negotiating With several people With additional ideas, such as dance halls, oh1ldren•s areas, open-air spectacular shows, etc. We have about 190,000 square feet left.

Included 1n the Lake Area are two State exhibits -­Hawa11 and Florida. Both will feature entertainment. The Hawaiian exhibit will include a small amphitheatre in which native dancing and music will be presented. Florida contemplates several ehows. We could fill the area several times over with rides, small oon­cess1ona, eto., but have refrained -- I think px·operly -- from d.oins so.

As far aa the Industrial Area is conce~ned, the General Motora, Ford and Chrysler exhibits will be among the most interest­ing aa well aa the most entertaining features at the Fair. You need only recall the General Motors exhibit at the last Fair tor aaaurance tut their exhibit at this Fair will be top-rate entertain­ment. The Ford exhibit 18 being produced by Walt Disney, and they are trying to outdo General Mot ora . Included in the Transport at 1on Area will be an auto thrill show at which drivers who have very

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little N&Ud tor their cnm neokl Will prove auoh lack or repr4 to ..Se:rbain the public. We urdtr'lltanct that MlV' other 1nduatr1al uld.blt:a 11111 teat"" a1~ere, danoere and othe:r me.bera or the ,.-ronlll1q arta 1n conveyirla their reepeot1ve corporate 1ugee to the publ1o.

fOreign 10vernmenta end sroupa repreeent1ns foreign oountrS.ea oonatl'\lotins bu1.ldinsa in the lntemat1onal. Area will &110 NlJ heav117 on the pertol'ld~ arts u tma important teatur. ot their exb1b1te. ror exaaple, the operators ot the PIWloh Pavilion have announced tbat the7 wUl brill& over the Poliea lei'Pre and a replica ot llaxiM. Ma1J7 ot the bu1ld1np will laolude theatre. and other areaa auitable ro:r auoh entertainment.

1oM or the State bu1ld1np will be equipped for ahow aNI other torsa ot entertainment •

ODe·balf ot the *" Yo1'k City exhibit will be devoted to tbe preaentat1on of an ice show to be produced. by D1ck Iutton, one ot the toremoat men fiSUN skatera ot recent yeare •

'!he 11£ht and raua1o at the vatt1oua poola and tountaiM, tt tbe model• ana draW1np I have seen are accurate, will eurpaaa anrtbina that hU ever been seen.

!here Will be tun at the Pair. It will, I hope, be olean, 'llholftCIIe enterta1nment tlh1oh can be enJored by a4Ulta, Hell-asera aDd children without embarre.auent to anr ot tbefl and wltbout tllbanunent to the people of the City or~· Yortc lltl1oh will be the beet tor both national and international v1a1tora ..uta to Hew York tor the l'a1r.

You have done wondera tor the Industrial Area. It J'OU have tan~' ldeu about the Lake Area, I•4 love to a1t down with JOU and 41aouaa thea. It wuld be 11101t helptul.

1f1th ldnd.eat regards,

IDa Alii

oo a j Ibn. Robert Noaea 11r. Stuart Conetable

Youra a1ncerel;r ~

Saaluel I. RoaeiBAJl

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Dr. Schweitzer's Hospital is located near the town of Lambarene 1n the Republic of Gabon, West Africa. La~barene, itself, is situated 1n deepest bush ·country, on a large tsland in the Oqoou~ River, about 200 air mlles southeast of Gabon's seaport capital of Libreville. It is possible to fly to an air strip near Lambarene from Libreville and this I d.ld via the very efficient Trans-Gabon Airlines. In order to reach Dr. Schweitzer's Hospital, I was obliqed to cross the River by native boat.

Dr. Schweitzer had invited me to lunch but suggested that I first make a tour of the grounds. This I did under the guidance of a young SWiss nurse. The Hospital buildings are spread out over a large area. I saw, but did not enter, the leper compound.

\\' About 30 people were present at luncheon. These included all of

Dr. S1s non-African staff, among whom were an American surgeon and his wife, who is a nurse; a Japanese surgeon and his wife, also a nurse; several Swiss doctors and a hardy crew of Swiss, Dutch and German nurses. Dr. S's two chief assistants who have been with him for years and who comprise the executive backbone of the organization are a Dutch nurse and a Swiss nurse, aged about 80 to 65, who are really fabulous people in the best sense of the word.

As I see it, the situation with respect to Dr. s. is the following:

1) By our standards, the Hospital is a shambles. It is spread over numerous flimsily built houses perched on the side of a hill extending down to the River bank. More than anything else, it resembles a not too clean Gypsy camp. The families of the patients come to the Hospital with their ill members and stay there during the duration of the illnesses. The families prepare the meals for the patients. Animals roam all over the place- many monkeys, baboons, goats, and even tame pelicans. Reason: When the families leave their homes, they bring all their pets with thei'9 (and such pets!). This is why Dr. S's establishment is frequently referred to in Gabon, .and elsewhere, as The Zoo.

2) Nevertheless, you have to take your hat off to Dr. s. He and his little band of unselfish, dedicated international humanitarians are doing an enormous amount of good, and have been doing it, under most adverse circumstances for decades in an isolated, trot>ical jungle, through which

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MEMORANDUM

NEW YORK WORLO·s FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION

TO: Governor Poletti DATE: December 28, 1962

PROMs Lionel Harris

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flows the Oqoou~ River 1 a large ominous and unpredictable body of water, full of crocodiles who do not always stay in the water.

3) Many common types of diseases are treated at the Hospital and many common types of operations are performed, probably the most common being hernia. There is also an active lying-in "wing". The operating theater is limited in scope and lighting, although they have available the most modern operating instruments and equipment to take .care of the cases within the physical capability of the plant. They also have adequate supplies of all the newest "Wonder Drugs". Dr. S1s daughter Erika is in charge of the Pharmacy. Very important­the Staff knows how to direct convalescences. No question about it­this qroup renders· an almost unbelievably noble service to thousands of primitive people living in the backwash of civilization.

4) But--from the purely medical point of view, Dr. S 1 s establishment

is held in very low esteem, not only by official Gabonese health authorities, but also by the many foreign medical people who, for whatever reasons, continue to make pilgrimages to Lam~arene. One reason for the adverse attitude of the Gabonese authorities is that they deplore the almost non-existence of written records and case histories, the Gypsy camp atmosphere, the omnipresent wandering small animals (which, personally, I found fascinating) and the compara ... tively limited scope of Dr. S's surgical and medical potential. One of the chief complaints against Dr. s. is that he has no public health program, that he teaches the natives nothing about health matters, that he tells them nothing. He only assuages their pain, cures them and saves their lives! Although the establishment is held in low esteem at the technical level, it is held in high esteem at the human level.

5) In view of the above, there are four reasons why, it appears unlikely to me, that the Gabonese Government, which takes a dim official view of Dr. S's professional activities (in spite of his unquestioned good will and good deeds), would embrace with enthusiasm the idea of Dr. S's Hospital being presented as a conspicious part of an official Gabonese Exhibit:

First, because of the very primitive nature of Dr. S's entire installation.

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MEMORANDUM

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964·1965 CORPORATION

Governor Poletti DATE: December 28, 1962 ,ROM1 Lionel Harris

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Second, because the activity as a whole would present a phase of Gabonese life and custom that Gabon (a very progressive litUe country) would probably prefer not to underline.

Third, because Dr. S's activity is private and not subsidized in any way by the Gabonese Government, which has not control over it, and

Fourth, because the fate of the Hospital after Dr. S's death is extremely uncertain. No one can foresee how this activity could continue without the active, driving, inspiring presence of Dr. s., who is now over 85 years of aqe.

Attached is a photo of Dr. s. taken when I saw him on September 11, 1962.

Enc. LH:hu cc: IAE-Staff

IAE- fUe Gabon Reading General file

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•... , NEW YORK WORLD'S F'AIR 1964·1965 CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT f:'LUSHING MEADOW PARK

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ROBERT MOSES I'IIUIDli<T

ERNI:STINit A. HAICl 81C~l?4RY 0~ THI COIIIIOaA1lOH ... ,.,.liT TO TMI Hrtiiii-T

January 28, 1963

Dear Member or Director:

For your information, in the event you were

not personally present at the annual meeting of the

Members and Directors of the Fair Corporation held

on January 24, 1963, I enclose a copy of an extract

from the minutes relating to the Official World's Fair

Terrace Club.

The full minutes of the meeting will be sent ",

\ to you in due course, but, since this is a matter of

great importance, I am bringing it to your attention

immediately.

Enclosure

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Guy F. Tozzoli, representing the Port of New York Authority, agent of the Fair Corporation for the Transportation Area, reported on developments in that section of the Fair. He discussed the World's Fair Terrace Club which will be the official private club of the Fair and will be located in the World's Fair Heliport. He stated that the Board of Governors of the club was opening the membership roll initially only to persons directly associated with the Fair Corporation in order to insure that such persons will have an opportunity to join. After this very limited initial period the roll will be opened to representa· tives of exhibitors and others. Mr. Tozzoli stated that each Member and Director of the Fair Corporation would receive an invitation in the immediate future and urged that the Members and Directors act on the invitation promptly. The Governors of the club are:

Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary

Ex-officio

William E. Robinson HowardS. Cullman Richard C. Patterson, Jr. Ralph J. Btmche John J. Clancy Thomas J. Deegan, Jr. Bernard F. Gimbel James C. Kellogg m Mrs. A1 bert D. Lasker Matthias E. Lukens Joseph A. Martino Charles Poletti Bayard F. Pope Robert Moses Austin J. Tobin

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Mr. Abraham Feinberg Kayser- Roth Corporation 425 Fifth A venue New York, New York

Dear Mr. Feinberg:

ROBERT MOSES PR£SID£NT

I have been talking to Anna Rosenberg about the Israel Pavilion at the World's Fair or rather about the absence of such a bthldmg. She sug­gested that I write directly to you.

I am, of course, acquainted with the previous negotiations for such a building and for the scientific and cultural exhibits in it. A number of prominent people, in one way or another connected with the Fair, have

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been much concerned about this situation, and find it difficult to understand why Israel should be absent from the roll of foreign countries. I have heard various explanations, none of which seem to me to be very clear or persuasive.

We have been told th3t some of the representatives of Israel have been very close to the so-called BIE in Paris, and have argued that since we are not signatories, none of the countries which have joined the BIB should have anything to do with the New York World's Fair. This is ridiculous reason­ing in view of the fact we cannot join any such organization as the BIE without a message from the President and the approval of the U.S. Senate under our Constitution. No such approval could be obtained, and moreover the rules of the BIB do not apply, nor could we possibly come under the jurisdiction of this Bureau.

Ours is a two-year Fair, not directly operated by the Government and in this and other respects, we cannot ask any BIE sanction. A number of countries have ignored the BIE matter and others are coming in through various authorities and other corporate devices entirely satisfactory to us.

I can readily understand that it might be undesirable at this time for the government of Israel to appropriate money for a Pavilion at our World's Fair in the face of other and more insistent demands for local public services. This same logic applied to other countries where we were able to surmount such difficulties.

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Mr. Abraham Feinberg - 2- February 5, 1963

It seems to me that the Israel Pavilion and exhibits can get down to a very simple business proposition. An adequate showing will cost between $2, 500, 000 and $2, 800, 000. It can be done for $2, 500, 000 but it will be well to have a somewhat larger sum. This sum would include rent, design, con­struction exhibits and operation. There should be an entrance charge of 50 cents. We figure conservatively that not less than 8, 000,000 people and probably con­siderably more, would visit this Pavilion. This would bring in a minimum of $4,000,000. We have figured that even if the entrance charge were reduced to 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children, the total collected would be more than adequate. If a loan were arranged to get this project under way, it would cost the government of Israel nothing and would leave a surplus.

I am frankly unable to understand why an entrance charge should not be charged. It is being done in several instances although most of the Pavilions admit visitors free. All sorts of alternative methods which avoid government appropriations have been adopted in other instances. The Roman Catholic Church, for example, is receiving the greater part of the money it needs for the Vatican Exhibit by general collection in the churches throughout the country, and by selling artifacts, photographs, replicas, etc.

If, as I hope, you will personally take an interest in this matter, you can verify our cost figures by talking to a distinguished architect and a first-rate builder. I would suggest Max Abramovitz and Lou Crandall. Former Governor Poletti is head of our International Division and is the person best acquainted with the entire problem.

We need in this context the help of someone genuinely interested in seeing that the State of Israel is included, but at the same time one who has had the business experience to bring about the financing on a logical basis.

Cordially,

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President RM:gls

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Hon. Francis J. Bloustein Acting Chairman City Planning Commission

· 2 Lafayette Street New York 7, New York

Dear Frank:

January 18, 1963 ROBERT MOSES

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I am informed of the attitude of the City Planning Commission in executive session, as described to me by Commissioner Newbold Morris, regarding acquisition of potentially attractive land, presently a dump and junk yards, at Flushing Meadow north of Roosevelt Avenue. If correctly reported, this disposition seems to me to be unfortunate and ill-considered. Let me tell you why.

I have been identified with the establislmlent of a large centrally located park at l'lushing Meadow for many years, first as a State official in fixing the route of the Grand Central Parkway through the Meadow and Corona Dump, then as City Park Commissioner in charge of parkway extensions, land acquisition and basic im­provements :for the World's Fair of 1939 and 1940, and subsequently, as head of the 1964-1965 Fair, and as liaison ofiicer responsible for extensive expressway, park­way, shorefront and other acquisitions and improvements in thls area, including the Stadium and the corridors connecting Flushing Meadow, Kissena and Cunningham Parks.

It is a primary objective of the 1964-1965 Fair management, fore­shadowed in the agreement with the City and reflected in all Fair plans, to clear Flushing Meadow aiter the Fair, restore the landscape and deliver to the City on or about January 1, 1967 a usable park, including the improvements of certain adjacent areas such as the westerly part of the Kissena Corridor, the Marina, Stadium access, parking, etc.

The area bounded by Roosevelt Avenue, 126th Street, 34th Avenue and VanWyck Expressway, is in deplorable condition. Only acquisition of most of it for public purposes at this time without delay stands in the way of permanent disfigurement as a gasoline gully, gigantic junk yard and perpetual eyesore. I see no purpose in backbreaking efforts to obtain large Fair surplus funds to complete Flushing Meadow Park ii the City has no genuine interest in it and no desire to protect what is for all practical purposes an integral part of potentially the City 1 s finest park, at its very population and geographical center.

You have only to look at the immediate surroundings of most ball parks and stadia to see what happens when they are not in public ownership. Look at the

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Hon. Francis J. Blaustein -2- January 18, 1968

Polo Grounds and the Yankee Stadium. Only housing and recreation have improved the Polo Grounds 1 surroundings and the Yankee Stadium sits in a blighted neighbor­hood. In this case, the entire Flushing Meadow Park of 1250 acres is threatened by the mess along Flushing Creek.

If the City Planning Commission does not want 75% state aid park funds, what~ it want? What becomes of all the talk about courageous and forthright long range planning if stultifying compromises are made without full consideration, and i:f promise$ of such consideration are not kept?

It is sheer nonsense to assume that the deplorable conditions south of Northern Boulevard and north of Roosevelt Avenue will be automatically improved by :Industrial zoning. Industrial zoning does not clean up a mess nor guarantee anything better in the future. Similarly, making acquisition of the area east of Willets Point Boulevard dependent on parking needs for the stadium is no solution. Additional year round parking is in fact not needed. The parking space which I established as City Park Commissioner serves the subway-elevated railroad, is adequate for commuters and is largely available for stadium users evenings, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. There is no need of additional parking space for the Fair. We have more than enough. After the Fair, the Stadium w-ill inherit some of the Fair parking space. The acquisition of the land east of Willets Point Boulevard for park­ing is therefore entirely unnecessary. It should be acquired for park purposes.

Finally, the tennis court area south of Roosevelt Avenue should not be left 1n its present state merely because some of the owners object to acquisition. This is no way to determine public need.

I would suggest that this subject, which Mr. Felt promised me would be fully and sympathetically considered, be reconsidered promptly and a more constructive solution arrived at. Pending such action, comprehensive plans for the future Flushing Meadow Park beyond demolition and restoration, involving large possible Fair balances and surplus funds will have to remain in abeyance.

The precise terms of our agreement with the City, noteholders, etc. of course will be fully respected by the Fair, but park plans which encompass additional improvements beyond ordinary restoration will have to wait.

I suggest an early meeting of the City Planning Commission at the Fair followed by an inspection of the entire area by helicopter and car.

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WHITMAN, RANSOM & COULSON

522 FIFTH AVBNUB

NBWYORK 36, N.Y.

TELEPHONE TN 7·1700

¢0LLBY 8.WILLIAMil RICH.UD~OYCB SKITH February 13, 1963 JAKBS K.POLK PATIICII H.SVI.LIVAN CH.\R&.Ill P'. PRIIUIIlB PRAIICII T.CARKODY MillRY S. RBBDBR

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Hon. Robert Moses, President New York World 1s Fair 1964-1965 Corp. P. o. Box 1964 Flushing Meadow Park Flushing 52, N.Y.

Re: Federal Admission Tax

Dear Mr. Moses:

We are pleased to advise you that, pursuant to our request, the Internal Revenue Service has ruled that neither the printing nor excess charge requirements of the admissions tax p~ovisions of the Internal Revenue Code are applicable to tickets to the Fair. The ruling, in effect, also affirms the federal admissions tax exemption previously obtained.

Accordingly, the Fair Corporation is not re­quired to print discount prices on tickets sold at a discount. Also, persons purchasing tickets from the Fair Corporation for resale or redistribution will not be required to pay a separate tax on the excess of their selling price over their purchase price or to st~p their name and address and certain price information on the back of each·ticket.

This ruling will permit the immediate printing and sale of tickets. A copy of the ruling is enclosed for your information. We are sending a copy of this letter and a copy of the ruling to Mr. Witt.

.,

ia/tt;:.,M Very truly yours,~

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Mr. Robert B. Abel Executive Secretary

February 13, 1963

Interagency Committee on Oceanography Room 1818, Building T - 3 17th St. and Constitution Ave. N. W. Washington 25, D. C.

Dear Mr. Abel:

ROBERT MOSES

COpy

I have your letter of February 11th with reference to oceanography at the Fair.

The Fair does not finance or build pavilions and exhibits. It does, of course, invite sponsors to do so including foreign governments, states, industries and of course the U. S. government itself.

I would doubt whether the Federal building will have much, if any space, for the subject you mention. It is possible that it might somehow be included in the Space and Scientific Exhibit in the Transportation Area or under some other auspices.

All of us remember what a remarkable contribution Dr. Spilhaus made at Seattle. The U. S. Science Building and Exhibit were quite the finest thing in this Fair. My recollection is that Dr. Spilhaus started out as an oceanographer and branched out into many related fields of science.

/ Cordially,.

,./ . /

President

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INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY of the Federal Council for Science & Technology

Room 1818, Building T-3 17th Street and Constitution Ave., N. W.

Washington 25, D. C. ·

ONR: 104"RBA:c .:·:1.

11 February 1Gc3

Robert Moses, President New York World • s Fair 1964-196.5 Corporation Flushing .52, New York

Dear Sir:

Since the inception of planning for the New York World' s Fair of 1964 I have wondered whether the exhibit plans include any o£ the scientific, cultural, industrial, military, or political aspects of oceanography.

About a year ago I had effected contact with your representatives in Washington but at that time plans were apparently insufficiently crystallized that much information could be could be given me. Since that time, at least according to the newspapers, arrangements for your Fair have reached a high state o£ development.

As you are doubtless aware, the ocean has impact on nearly every phase o£ our civilization, including defense and national security, health and safety, transportation and communications, weather prediction, engineering development, and disaster protection. The possibilities £or exhibiting and presenting these forms of impact are enormous. During the last few years vehicles which have been employed for such presentations have included: Century Twenty One, U.S. National Museum, Meetings of the American Chemical Society, International Union o£ Geodesy and Geophysics, and other professional organiza­tions, and literally hundreds of schools, colleges, and state fairs across the country.

In this view I should be greatly interested in any information you can give me concerning your own plans. Please feel free to call upon me for whatever assistance I might be able to provide.

s~J:@ZJ ROBERT B. ABEL Executive Secretary Interagency Committee on Oceanography

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Mr. William J'. Tracy 1· Broadway · New York, New York

Dear Bill:

ltO.IIIT MOIII l'ttUIDI .. T

Blessinqs on you for beinq a grand friend, even if your

judgment has qone awry.

Best,

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WILLIAM J. TRACY One Broadway

New York

Dear George

February twenty-first 1963

·Here are the remarks I made at the Panel Dinner last Wednesday in so far as they relate to our mutual friend.

It seemed to me a very good time and place to bring out these remarks.

Sincerely

/s/Bill

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Mr. George E. Spargo Triborough Bridge & 'funnel Authority Randall's Island, Box 3 5, New York

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"MANY IN THIS ROCM HAVE SAID IT BETTER THAN I.

ROBERT MOSES CRYSTALLIZED IT WHEN HE OBSERVED RECENTLY THAT "OUR PEOPIE

ARE NC7l' GOING TO CHANGE THEIR WAY OF LIFE, GIVE UP THEIR NCRMAL PURSUITS

AND CRAWL UNDERGROUND BECAUSE THEY ARE INTIMIDATED BY THE CCio1MUNISTS AND

ARE FEARFUL OF AN ATOMIC HOLOCAUST".

BOB MOSES IS GIVING LIVING TESTIMONY TO WHAT WE ALL FEEL AND

IN HIS OWN INIMITABLE WAY. HE IS BUILDING A WCRLD 1 S FAm BASED UPON A

THEME OF "PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING". IF YOU DRIVE PAST FLUSHING

MEADOW PARK YOU WILL SEE RISING MONUMENTS TO THAT FAITH IN THE AMERICAN

HERITAGE WHICH HAS LED EACH GENERATION TO PERFCRM S()!ETHING WCETHY TO

BE REMEMBERED.

WITHIN TWO MONTHS FOLLOWING NEXT YEAR 1 S DINNER, WE WILL ALL

HAVE AN OPPatTUNITY TO WALK WITH PRIDE AS THE HOST CITY TO THE W<ELD

THROUGH THE GATES OF THAT GREAT INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. MAKING IT

POSSIBLE IS THE SAME KIND OF VISION, CONFIDENCE AND DEDICATION WHICH

HAVE REALIZED SO MANY orHER BIG DREAMS IN THIS THE GREATEST em OF THE

WORLD."

2/20/63

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Hon. Jacob K. Javits 110 East 45th Slreet New York 17, New York

Dear Jack:

April 5, 1963

ROBERT MOSES ltiii81DCN'

I have your letter of March 29th with reference to the closing of our Washington office. We have found that all the business of the Fair is best transacted at Flushing Meadow. We have every facility for commllllication at the Fair headquarters. We decided not to have an office in Man­hattan although there was great pressure to have us operate one. The same logic applies to Washington. As to informa­tion, we are providing additional facilities at the Fair, and we can furnish answers, literature, etc. on a few hours' notice. I have found that branch offices do not expedite matters, but they merely make for confusion.

You may be sure that we will make special efforts to meet promptly any inquiries that will come from your office, and we certainly welcome your assistance.

Cordially,

President

RM:MR

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LISTER HIU.., ALA., CHAUtM.U.

rAT MCNAMAIIt'A, MICH. BAJtQOOLDWAT'Ut AMa.. WAYNE MOMIE, OfttO. JACOII tl. .IAVfftt M.Yt lto\LI'H VARIJOROUOH, TEX. WlftiTDH L. PftOUr(, vr. JOIU'H a, C&..ARK, PA, IOMff 0. 'rOWS"' TCXo JEttHINGe ltANDOU'H, W, VA, UN I.MNIDANt IOAMO HA1.,II_,. ._WILLIAM~ lit,, N.J, QUINTIN H. I)URotCK, N, DAMt CLAI- ........ M.I, IOWAftD M. KIDtHIDY, au.aa.

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!!on. Robert Hoses, President Horld 1 s Fair Corpora ti,m Administration Building Box 1964 Flushing ~-:eadm; Park Flushing 52, ::-;lew York

Dear Bob:

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WEt.FARII:

liarch 29, 1963

Jim Delaney has receritly advised mr that the Fair Corporation presently intends to close its Washinstan office sometime this year on grou:H.! s of t>conomy.

These <Jre r;rounds I can ,,,e 11 appreciate, but I \~anted you to :1:1Ve my opini.o:1 that in t:1c next t\Jo anc a half years a Fair office in Hashin~;ton would prr.Corm <Jn invaluable and constructive service \·::1ich could not be aclrq•.1atc ly dot1e from New Yorl~. There will be innumerau le matters nnd inquil.·ies here regarding the Fair from e:~llibitors, visitors <Jnd Federal offici.ols on a variety of subjects, :ucJ part:.cularly the Federal e:·:hibit. l·ihile I can speak J:no\17ledge­·3:,!y only about my mvn office, I am quite sure that no Congressional u:fice c.:Ll or should be e:,pected to ha~c:le these inquiries beyond a •;c -.:_· qui.c1: rt'ferral to some informed source here in H<Jshington.

I :wpe ver:• much t:-tat the Fair Corporation \li.ll review its L·('~!..sio:1 re;_.;ardi.ng the Washingt.o.1 office 0efore acting finally to ciose Lhe office down.

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April 15, 1963 ROBERT MOSES

PRESIDENT

MEMORANDUM TO GEN. W. E. POTTER

FROM ROBERT MOSES

In order to settle our construction program, May 11 has been fixed as the date on which there will be no further major space allotments and no more pavilions or large concessions and amusements. Minor additions and changes recommended by the Variance Committee may of course be made as needed. The remaining open spaces will be devoted to landscaping, planting, greenery, shade, benches, etc. for which provision is at best inadequate.

President RM:gls

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THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF PARKS

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CENTRAL PARK New York 21, N.Y.

April 22, 1963

The Honorable Robert Moses President The New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation Flushing Meadow Park New York 52, N. Y. ·

Dear Bob:

I have your memorandum of April 18th about plans for the scale model of the City after the Fair.

I wrote you long ago about the location we proposed in the new Municipal Building which is planned for construction at the north end of the proposed Civic Center which is to project City Hall Park as far north as Worth Street. I have discussed this with Peter Reidy and Frank Bloustein. I have also been discussing the possibility of shipping the model to every major cit in the world for a few ears assuming there will be a lag between the end of the air and the completion of the proposed Municipal Building.

Very sincerely yours,

/s/ Newbold Morris

Commissioner

MEMO TO NEWBOLD MORRIS

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Dear Mr. Deegan:

Governor Rockefeller has asked me to thank you for your letter of April twenty-second, reminding him of the opening of the New York 1964-65 World's Fair on April 22, 1964. The Governor is very much aware of this date since the State will be having ceremonies in connection with the Fair both at Flushing Meadow and Lincoln Center that week. The Governor very much appreciated your thoughtfulness in writing him about the opening,

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STATE OF NEW YORK DEPART1\I£NT OF PUBLIC WORKS

BABYLON, L. I., N.Y.

June 4, 1963

Mr. Arthur s. Hodgkiss Assistant General Manager Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Triborough Station, Box 35 New York 35, N. Y.

Dear Arthur:

Your suggestion set forth in your letter of May 24 re­commending a meeting with the principals of the various consulting firms supervising the work around the World's Fair is excellent and I have taken steps to hold these suggested meetings.

I want to meet with the members of the respective firms who are most active in the supervision but it was impossible to arrange a meeting at which all could be present. However, I have already met with some and have scheduled meetings in the immediate future for the remainder.

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/s/ AUSTThl

A. M. SARR District Engineer

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Mr. Mil ward W. Martin Pepsi-Cola Company 600 Park Avenue New York 22, New York

Dear Mr. Martin:

Thank you for your letter of April 30th.

ROBERT MOSES I' .. lSI DENT

All of us at Flushing Meadow are delighted with the result. I believe that this will be one of the great things at the Fair and that it represents the very finest kind of advertising and public relations on your part. We couldn't be more pleased.

I need hardly add that we think very highly of Martin Stone around here.

Cordially,

President

357 DAYS TO OPENING DAY

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Mr. Robert Moses, President New York World's Fair 1964-1965, Corporation Flushing 52, New York

Dear Mr. Moses:

Apri: 30, 1833

We seem at last to be straightened away with Walt :Jisney and UNICEF -­thanks in very large part to you,. Oral understandings have been reached all around, and final signings should follow by tomorrow or Thursday.

It was your help that did it. For when you made concessions, Disney did likewise - but not until you had moved first. With those moves, our com­mitments were reduced to the level where our Directors could ap;_)rove and

yesterday they did.

Everyone in Pepsi-Cola is deeply appreciative, J~dging fro:::-1 ::1o r::.odel Disney has made we feel we may steal the show, and certainly, t:::.e success should be great enough to guarantee, far more than guarantee, that the Fair's risk is a safe one.

Thank you again -and thank you not only for your r;enerous concessions but for the use you let us have of Mr. Martin Stone, who was certainly a tower of strength. I wish we could steal him for Pepsi.

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May 15, 1963

Hon. Lewis W. Douglas 17 40 Broadway New York 19, N. Y.

Dear Mr. Douglas:

In Commissioner Moses' absence from the country, I wish to express his appreciation and the appreciation of the Executive Committee and the Finance Committee of the World's Fair Corporation for your efforts on behalf of the Fair, and to extend to you and all of the Trustees of Mutual of New York our thanks for your expression of confidence by the subscription to $200,000 in World's Fair Notes.

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I have also written to Mr. Roger Hull.

Sincerely,

/s/ GEORGE E. SPARGO

Chairman, Finance Committee

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Mr. Roger Hull President Mutual of New York 17 40 Broadway New York 19, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Hull:

May 15, 1963

I was extremely pleased to learn that your Finance Committee had today approved the purchase of $200,000 in World's Fair Notes. I speak for the Executive Committee, the Finance Committee and the President of the Fair Corporation when I say that we all appreciate the expression of confidence shown by the Trustees of Mutual of New York, and we assure you that the Fair will be a success financially and other­wise.

Enclosed is a copy of the latest progress report on the Fair, which I am sure will be of interest. I£ you wish, I can arrange to send copies to all of your Trustees.

I am also enclosing copy of subscription agreement and two copies of the subscription form, which should be signed and returned to Erwin Witt, Comptroller of the Fair. It would be helpful if 80% of the amount could be paid now, or as many of the subscribers have done, you may pay the entire amount.

call me.

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If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to

Sincerely,

/s/ GEORGE E. SPARGO

Chairman, Finance Committee

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Mr. Norman Newhouse Long Island Daily Press 92-24 168th Street Jamaica, L. I. , N. Y.

Dear Norman:

June 13, 1963 ROI£RT MOSC& PRES I DEN'

Needless to say, I was greatly pleased with your editorial about renaming Flushing Meadow Park and am most grate­ful to you and to our editorial friend.

I am apprehensive, however, about it. Flushing Meadow is an old, simple, established, appropriate local name with genuine World's Fair and other associations. There will be opposition in Flushing and no doubt in Corona. It all adds up to criticism and con­troversy.

The suggestion made by other friends, whose hearts, if not judgment, are in the right place, was to rename the Throg1 s Neck Bridge and approaches. If this were pursued, I doubt whether there would be any serious opposition. It would have to have the com­plete approval of my Triborough associates. Throg, of course, was Throckmorton and the name has little significance, although there may be residents of the Neck who know little of Throckmorton but naturally like their small community mentioned. This would be an approach to Flushing Meadow Park and a nice, if undeserved, compli­ment.

All this has a touch of retirement and the morgue. As to the future Flushing Meadow Park, in which I am deeply and vitally interested, we h,.ave plenty of problems before us on which we count on your active support, for example amending the lease with the city so that an earned Fair surplus, if large enough, can be used to complete the park with many new recreation facilities as distinguished from merely restoring it, rounding it out by the acquisition of the

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Creek frontage and dumping ground east of the Stadium, adding a Zoo or nature trail, insv.ring proper long range management of the Bo­tanical Garden and Science Museum, etc. , etc.

It would be a great mistake to jeopardize these objectives at Flushing Meadow py an argument over names.

Again1 with many thanks,

Cordially,

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President

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LONG ISLAND SUNDAY PRESS

JUNE 9, 1963

EDITORIAL

Let's Call It Robert Mos~s Park

Once upon a time-about 30 odd years ago-there was a swampy wasteland and

__ garbage dump in the geographical center ot New York City.

Thanks almost excluslv~ly to the vision and the ca t'alytic powers of a. ~Ingle man -Robert Moses-that sn1elly bog has been transformed into t.he World's Fair of to·.· morrow and a magn!tlce~;tt park for the day after tha,t tomorrow.

The hundreds of thou,sands of young motorists who drive by all the contusion and excitement of the fair construction today little realize that back in the 30& there was nothing ou~ there, no bu!ld· · ings, no roads (no, junior. Grand Central Parkway didn't come fr~m the Incllans) but garbage and .rats T.HAT big.

, Largely through the vision of Bob Moses this land was filled in and by 1939 Lon~ Island had Its first great World's Fair. After the fair, plans for the full development of the grounds lagged because of the war and lack of funds. But thanks to that. fair, we had

.parkways and the groundwork for what will eventually be one of the finest parks 1n the c1ty.

And n(>W, literally thousands of work· men are deployed over the area preparing tor a. new World's Fair. '

If we suf~er through the awful road jams on the way n~e each night be­cause of the construction, perhaps lt will help to bear the inconvenience if we con­template that when the job is done we wlll have wider and better· roads to make traveling to and from work easier than It was before the work began.

In addition to a vastly Improved net­work of roads, we are also to inherit an enlarged Botanical Gardens, the city's first Museum of Science and Industry, an enlarged marina, that too-top long de­layed children's zoo and hundreds of acres ot park facUlties !or the most rapidly growing area of Queens.

And along with all this there ·wm be a baseball stadium, the home ot our Mets.

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as Flushing Meadow Park, it was known·. as the Corona Dump. Now the good people ot Corona want the name changed to Corona Meadow .. Park. It the !ilame of Corona could be invoked when it was a dump, they say, it's only right that the name of Corona . .be used when it's a glori­ous park.

We would say the Corona folk have a good case If their agitation' for a change 1n name didn't stimulate us tp think Qf suggesting a truly significant name.

Let's call that park-to-b~: ROBERT MOSES PARK. .

Let's not walt for some dismal day in the future when he's gone before we thank him. Let's do it now, while he's .still a young and vigorous 74, while he's still in there making nice things !happen for us.

There are those who could write ~ cat­alogue of grievances about things Bob Moses has done. But when the balance sheet Is totted up, not even his most venomous critic could deny the magnitude of his accomplishments In providing places in the sun and roads to get to these places ; tor our proliferating millions. His critics tend to blame Bob Moses for all the sins ot the auto age rather than see him as a man who has done his extraordinary best to make that age just a bit more livable.

Be that as It may, a park is a living, vibrant thing, a place of }'epose, a place of play, a place of grass and trees in a world Increasingly encrusting itself in de­humanizing steel and concrete. What. more fitting m?nument than to give the name of Robert Moses to one o! the many parks he gave to this Long Island he loves so much?

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Mr. Hugo Gellert, Chairman Committee of Artists' Societies 150 Fifth Avenue Room 842 New York 11, New York

Dear M:r. Gellert:

I have your letter of June 13th.

ROBERT MOSE:S PRESIDENT

To be quite frank about it, I see no useful purpose which can be served by a meeting of the kind you suggest, unless you know some source of funds for a Fine Arts Pavilion of Contemporary American Art such as you suggest. We have stated repeatedly that the Fair has no money for such an objec­tive. Much as we admire it and would welcome a contribution from other sources, it is futile to make gestures in this direc­tion. Incidentally, the hour is very late to accomplish anything of this kind. What I mean is that there are not enough normal working days left to design, build and equip another structure with­out heavy overtime expenses.

All I can suggest to you at the moment is that you discuss this matter with Norman Winston, Commissioner of the United states Pavilion, and with Lt. Governor Malcolm Wilson, who is Chairman of the New York State World's Fair Com­mission.

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Dear Mr. Moses:

I am greatly honored by your in­vitation to become a member of the Board of Directors of the New York World's Fair 1964-1965, and I am delighted to accept.

I look forward to seeing you shortly. With all best wishes.

The Hon. Robert Moses President New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation Flushing 52, New York

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July 17' 1963

Hon. Edward F. Cavanagh, Jr. Deputy Mayor Office of the Mayor City Hall New York 7, N.Y.

Dear Eddie:

RO.EI" MOSES IIIIIDIDIUif

The Department of Parks is still proceeding on the theory that about $400,000.00 will be spent unnecessarily on the exterior of the City Building before the Fair opens. This money is in the Park Department's 1963-1964 Capital Budget and the work is proposed to be charged against the $24,000,000.00 which the .City has advanced for permanent improvements in Flushing Meadow Park. In considerable part this so called improvement is not very permanent.

The work proposed, as shown on the model prepared by the architects the Department of Parks has retained does nof seem to us to be either attractive, necessary, appropriate or permanent. The money which may be available within the $24, 000, 000. 00 City advance for permanent park improvements could be used to much better advantage for the development of park areas which will be of permanent value. The City has an excellent exhibit and a first-rate ice show within the building and Newbold is installati.ng these features admirably.

We therefore urge that the amount of mon~y spent on the exterior of the City Building be limited to $50, 000. 00.' .

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Mr. VIUllam E. Robinson Quaker Lane Greenwich, Connecticut

Dear Bill:

Auoust 6, 1963

I have taken up with Guy Tozzoll questions which have been raised concerning The Terrace Club. I am certain that the solutions which have been worked out will be satisfactory.

It is impossible at this time to predict the exact usage of the Club. v~·e believe that, during the Fair operating period, at least half of the area of the Club-public restaurant floor will be required for the exclusive use of the Club. This will mean a minimum of over 500 seats for the exclusive use of Club members.

The decor for the Club-public restaurant floor--which has been fully approved by Mary Lasker--is so designed that one half of the floor can be readily used for the Club, with the possibility of even further expansion 1f needed.

In the period before the Fair opens, there must, of course, be some degree of flexibility, so that part of the half of the :floor which will ultimately be used exclusively for the Club can be used for public functions as well. Guy Tozzoli and stuart Constable are cooperating closely in this matter and are checkinq all reservations for space to make sure there are no conflicts.

With respect to Club management, I don 1t think it is practicable to separate the Club manager from the over-all operation. lvir. \Villlam Foley, whom you have met, had been designated as the manager of the Club and pubUc restaurant operation. He seems to be quite acceptable for the job but you have my assurance and that of Austin Tobin that, if Mr. Foley proves in the sUghtest bit unsatifactory to the Board of Governors, he will be replaced.

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Provision has been made for a reservation desk in the Club which will assure the membership prompt and adequate seating. Of course, the House Committee will have to have some rules con­cerning reservations as in any club. I would think the membership should be advised to make reservations in advance for any group larqer than eiqht and that, dur1nq the operating period ot the Fair, no reservations ~hoqld be ~e by a Club member in excess of some limited nu.mJ:)~;r 91 ~J3fj, IDJt ~tlD,;lber to be determined by the experience of the Houaa Committee.

I made an inspection of the Heliport, Club and publ1c areas last Friday and was de11qhted with the progress made to date and the promise which the bu1ld1nq holds for an exc1Unq view of the Fair. I think the next tlme you're in town you should make arrangements with au, 'I'o~zoll to make a personal inspection.

cc: Mr. Constable Mr. Deegan Mr. Preusse Mr. Thornton * Mr. Tobin Mr. Tozzoli Mr. Stone Judge Rosenman Gen. W. E. Potter Mr. Gimbel Mr. Screvane ./"' Mr. Cavanagh Mr. Patterson Miss Tappan Library File

Cordially,

/s/ Robert Moses

President

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MEMORANDUM TO ROBERT MOSES

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Ron. Adlai E. Stevenson United States Representative

To The United Nations 799 United Nations Plaza New York 17, N. Y.

Dear Adlai:

Thanks for your candid note. We know

you did everything possible and are most grateful.

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RM:amh

257 DAYS TO OPENING DAY

ROBERT MOSES PRESIDENT

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UNITED STATES REPRESENT AT~~E , 'l'o''THE UNITED NATIONS j

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799 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA

N&w YoRK 17, N.Y.

YUkon .. 14U

Dear Bob::

While in Moscow, I had no opportunity to discuss personally the possibility of Russian participation in the Fair. However, I asked our Ambassador to take it up with the proper people, and to let me know if there was any point in attempting to follow it up myself.

Ambassador Kohler reported to me, just as I was leaving Moscow, that the Russian reaction was emphatic -- that under no circumstances could they consider participation in the Fair. They even went further than has been usual lately in acknowledging their extreme foreign exchange difficulties. Ambassador Kohler asked me to tell you that he was sure from his previous experience with this question that there was literally no hope of reconsideration in Moscow and that we should be guided accordingly.

I am distressed to bring you such bad news. Next time please give me an easier assignment!

Cordially yours, /

G_JJ4..., Adlai E. Stevenson

Mr. Robert Moses, President, New York World's Fair Corpor

Flushing 52, New York.

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.. FIRST NATIONAL CITY ~K

CIRANVILL• 8. CAitltKL VICC PR.81r»CN't

llr. Robert 11011e1, Prelident He• York World'• Pair COrporation J'luablog lleadow Park l'luab1DC II, Jfew York

Dear llr. 11011e1 :

' \

You are aware of our project to continue tbe Ttae-Llle World'• ra1r aodel pre•1ew 1a our Park Ayeaue lobble• lor a period of 11x weeki followlaa lt8 c1011111 at the Ttae lac. Bxhlbltlon Center. To keep JOU 1afoi'lied, I thoucbt JOU would be 1ntere1ted to ••• tbe ••­cl08ed ~ of a letter wb1cb bu IOH to eacb of tbe 41 exblbl tore •

8111 Beru bal bleD extraely belpful 1D our undertak1DI to broaden public UDderlt&Dd1QI of the dlaenalona of tbe J'alr aad I bope JOU w111 expree1 ORr apprec1at1oD to hla IDd h11 1tafl.

BllclOIIUft

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FIRST NATIONAL CITY B.ANK

GttANYILL.J II eAIUtrL VICC , .. I.IDINT

1_,., Chules P., ('orctlrn.n, Vice Pres1t'!ent Equl table t.11"e AR!1UrMC13 Boelet:.r of TI,R, 1285 Avenui- of Ar.e:rieM Nev Ynrk • liPV Vork

Denr Mr, CoroorAnl

Au~t. 20, 1963

'l'htn letter tn to thlllnk you for your cnoperllttrn flnd to keeJI you infnrrned concemtn,. th~t etntu" t>f the .rhJI to 111nvo the T1Jre Inc,-World1R l"atr model prevtev'to our lobbies nt 399 Pam Avenue for a rertod of' approldr:fttel,v ·'t.:­veeks rollO'.rtntt. the close of the rHs'OhV' on ~cpte111her. 8th fit the Tbe-Ufe E:lthi··· bttion Cnnter,

F.vert exhibitor, wit.h one or tvo cxeeptinns, hes n.~reed to leave their r.:nterlal on dieplny thrnueh No\ll!mher let, Our pbn 1a to install the ex• h1Mt, a.-. it 1R prl'!"ently constitut~d, in our 1obbteo in or,er to rive an ··irnror. tnnt aer,...,nt or NP.v YorkerA Anfl vhttorrJ rm,., out-nf'.town o.nd obroafl an extended n:rnortunf tv tn vil"v t.h,. !'!Xhfht t,

, Removnl of the dlAplay !"rol" the Tlr.'fl•r.ife F.xhlhitlon renter Md lnstA.llJrnnt h our qurtrt'!rs vi 11 be hnndlcd by 't'ht> lllllbnrk ~'odel C'o!!!pon~ 11ho put the shQ\1 torether for Time Inc, llall.Jrnrlt will alAn _,lsmiiJitlll! the exhll:lt on oorr.­pletlcn or the shCJ~.T on Nover.ber let end with our asnistence recrate and return the rr.ottela end/or renderin~ to each emtbitor, Ae our or1F.inal wire stated, thh will be l'lc:onr.plhhed n:t no co!Jt to :vou "f.th th!! c~oeption of' the c,o,n. charree t.o return the exhibit,·

It 1s assui!'(Hl your pre11~~tnt insurance will cover the r.:aterial flur­inp the period it is removed f'rom the Ttme-T.ife bulldinll', shipped to and lnotall~d ,in our lob bien, nnrl tlurlnr its return, F.verv nondble caro vill bo tnken by both tlnllmRrt. nnd ,ur utnff fiCI'IDle. Jfo\roveJ' 1 we mtk you to confirm thl\t ve are vt thotlt. UnH llty for nny nncl ol 1 lonR l)l" dnrrn, t.o our.h pro,erty anrl thllt no r1t:ht or Atlllror.ntlf.\11 wtU he nvn.Unbll" 11pn.lnst uo in' the ewnt of lose or dMII\J"f!e 'nlla may be done bv 111 mini'. IU'Id l"f:'turnln~ the Attftched duplicAte of thh letter, .

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We n~ delightod t.het you Rre ahnrtng with ~" ln. this efff)rt to fUrther puhli c underAtondinr or tho· broad dilll!nRims of' the 19~~-F.r; Nev Yorlc World's 'F'B.lr. ~le 11pprecie.te your intereated help,

In DOn! ease a f!:lChibt tor!l hnve riven ua a~dal instructions tf'r the return or their MOc5cb, Thnne vill be rollmted tn en.cli aase. tt vould be appree1 nted if thOAe vhn luwe nnt as yet riven WI .return inatruetima voul.d do so at t'hh time ln or&!r thnt ve r.rw rrftke our plMs ft8 far ln advnnee 11..'1 poutble.

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UNISPHERE CIQ61

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT FLUSHING MEADOW PARK

FLUSHING 52, N.Y. • TELEPHONE -AREA CODE 212 · WF 4·1964 ' CAB I.E ADDRESs"WORLDSFAIR"

PI!:ACE THAOUOH UNDERSTANDING

ROBERT MOSES PRESIDENT

To the Holders of 6% Promissory Notes of

September 9, 1963

New York World's Fair 1964~1965 Corporation

ERWIN WITT COMPTROLLER

The consent of the holders of more than 66-2/3% in principal amount of the 6% Promissory Notes of the Corporation has been received to Amendatory Agreement No. 4 to the Sub­scription Agreement.

Accordingly, Amendatory Agreement No. 4 has been executed by the Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Agent under the Subscription Agreement. Enclosed herewith for your information is a copy thereof as executed.

attachment

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Very truly yours,

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION

~~ Comptroller

DAYS TO OPENING DAY

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AMENDATORY AGREEMENT NO.4

Amendatory Agreement No. 4 to the Agreement dated as of December 1, 1960 (as amended b,y Amendatory Agreements Nos. 1, 2 and 3, dated as of April '1, May 8 and August 1, 1961, respectively) between New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation, ].lllrty of the first part, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Agent, party of the second part, and all subscrabers to the Promissory Notes issued' and to be issued thereunder, parties of the third part (said agreement as so amended bting hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) :

WITNESSETH:

The parties do hereby consent and agree that said Agreement be and the same hereby is chan~ed and amended pursuant to Section 12 thereof so as to permit the Corporation to borrow from time to tame amounts in lieu of but not exceeding the balance of the $40,000,000 principal amount of Notes presently authorized under Sections 1 and 2 of said Agreement but not issued or subscribed for thereunder and to secure and evidence such borrowings by notes or other evidences of indebtedness payable prior to the maturity of the Notes under the Agreement or otherwise havin~ priority over said Notes as the Corpo­ration may determine to be necessary or advisable, notwithstandmg the provisions of subparagraphs (b), (k) or (I) of Section 9 of said Agreement which are hereby amended as follows:

(1) The words "Except as provided in subparagraph (k) of this Section 9," shall be inserted at the beginning of subparagraph (b) of Section 9 of the Agreement.

(2) Subparagraph (k) of Section 9 is amended so that clause (i) thereof shall hereafter read as follows:

"(i) the Notes issued hereunder or bank or other loans in lieu of but not ~ceeding the balance of the aggregate/rincipal amount of Notes authorized under Sections 1 an_d 2 of this Agreement but not issue or subscribed for hereunder, which bank or other loans ~y mature and be payable prior to the Notes or otherwise have priority over the Notes as determined by the Corporation,".

( 3) Subparagraph (I) of Section 9 is amended so that clause ( i) thereof shall hereafter read as follows:

"{i) as authorized under Section 8 of this Agreement or permitted under subparagraph (k) of this Section 9,".

The Corporation's Official Statement dated April 10, 1961, shalt be revised or supplemented to describe and reflect the changes effected by this Amendatory Agreement No. 4 and the references in the Agreement to the aforesaid Official Statement shalt hereafter be deemed to mean and include the aforesaid Official Statement as so revised and/or supplemented. The Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the Official Statement.

The form of subscription, Exhibit "A" to the Agreement, shall be modified to reflect the changes effected by this Amendatory Agreement No. 4.

This Amendatory Agreemeut No. 4 may be executed in several counterparts, each of which so executed :~hall, irrespective of the date of its execution and delivery, be deemed to be an original and such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank have caused their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and to be attested by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, and this Amendatory Agreement No.4 to be signed in their respective corporate names by their respective offirers thereunto duly authorized, as of the 3rd day of September, 1963.

[SEAL}

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965

n,c~;;-~~~~~ Prrsidr.11t

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK. as Agent

~ '- ;;' .# , By . . . . . . . . . . . . . -;-;-_,.:;.~: :~. -:· .1!:"!.~·-:t--.J .. Vice President

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION

SUBJECT: ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

FROM: N. Y. JOURNAL-AMERICAN

DATE: SEPTEMBER 8, 1963

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FROM•

SUBJECT,

MEMORANDUM

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION

Mr. Robert Moses

Mr. John Thornton

PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN F AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX GR.EEK-CA AMERICA, INC.

. . Submitted here for your approv 1

between the Fair Corporation and the a

This agreement will grant to th feet, rent-free, on a site in the Industrial Scouts.

roposed agreement n oned Church.

rc 15, 591 square e adjacent to the Boy

We are informed by Mr. Ottley that e Church proposes to erect a replica of the Russian Orthodox Cha 1 at Fort Ross, California, first Russian Orthodox Church i the United States, using already-existing plans prepared by the Depa trnent of the Interior· some years ago when the original Chapel wa restored as a national historical monument. Within the replica of e Chapel will be displayed the Miraculous Ikon of the Virgin of Kazan, a Russian Orthodox religious relic valued at $500, 000.

We are further informed that the Church also proposes a very small structure (about 400 square feet) for the sale and distribution of religious articles. The Archdiocese of New York has no objection to this proposed exhibit and sale of religious articles.

The terms of the agreement contain these deadlines which have been determined to be realistic, and which have been approved by the Construction Permit office, Mr. William Denny, and General William Potter:

Preliminary plans filed: October 1, 1963 Construction schedule bar-graph filed: October 15, 1963 Start of construction: October 15, 1963 Final plans: November 1, 1963 Construction completed: March 15, 1964 Exhibit ready for operation: April 1, UJ64

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TO,

FROM,

SUB.JECT,

MEMORANDUM

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION

Mr. Robert Moses DATE, September 11, 1963

Mr. John Thornton Page two

PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN FAIR CORPORATION AND RUSSIAN ORTHODOX GREEK-CATHOIJC CHURCH OF AMERICA, INC.

Mr. Erwin Witt has reviewed and approved the financial provisions and guarantees in tbis agreement, especially paragraph 4 of the Rider and Article 13 of the Agreement of Participation.

Your approval is requested.

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UNIIII'>IItfiE 011161 ORPORATION NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT FLUSHING MEADOW PARK.

FLUSHING 52. N.Y. • TEL.EPHONt·AREA Coot 212 • WF 4·1964 • CABLE ADDRESS "WORLOSFAIR"

Hon. Newbold Morris Commissioner Department of Parks Arsenal-Central Park New York 21, N.Y.

Dear Newbold:

September 12, 1963

ROBERT MOSES PRtSID£NT

I have your memorandum of September 11th with reference to Emil Praeger's fee. Of course, I am fully aware of the events leading up to the arrangements with the Praeger firm. I know that these arrangements were made before you took office. This is far from the point. I asked you for the precise figures which I do not carry in mind, simply because I want to fix your attention on the responsibilities of this firm for supervision.

In the broad sense, supervision does not consist merely of assuring conformity of plans and inspection of work. It includes production, expediting and getting work done on time. There is no excuse for paying three percent or more for supervision if nobody supervises and we must

constantly watch the watchman.

If you want the sole responsibility for getting this job done completely before April 22 next, in spite of the confusion and criticism to the entire Fair as the result of failure to open at that time, you can have it. If you want our help as part of the Fair job, please let me know as soon as you can. That's all there is to this subject.

_,_,.... .. @--""' 223 DAY S T 0 0 PEN I N G DAY

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NEWBOl-D MORRIS C:Or.IMIBIIONI!R

THE CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT Or=' PARKS

ARSENAL 64TH ST~EET AND FIFTH AVENUE

CENTRAL PAKY. NEW YORK 2.1, N.Y.

September 11, 1833

MEMORANDIDv1 TO ROBERT MOSES

FROM NEWBOLD MORRIS

COPY JOHN. A. 1,1UI.CM!Y

EX£CUiiV" OFI'ICCR

AI.EXANOE:R \VIRIN AGSlSTAN]' O:ltCUTJVt: OI'F,ICZ:F\

cr-; .. :..rl:...t::.: H. r:"i.ARl~!.:

l:)j,1ECIO:\ OF ;t~C;l~A";, .. ,-:

I have your memorandum of September 9th and in reply I will address myself to the one question you asked in the last paragraph.

You certainly save a :right to 1-:now "***just how much is being paid to Emil Praege:r ia fees, for design, inspection, supervision and everything else. 11 As you say, you ca;1 of course get these figures elsewhere. You should know all about it because before I came here, a preliminary contract with the firm of Praeger, Kavanagh and Waterbury for the design of the stadium at Flushing Meadow Park was entered into on December 31, 1959. The final service contract with that firm was signed on May 10, 1960, thirteen days before I succeeded you in this office.

Enumerated below are the desig-n a.l'J.d supervision fees on the Shea Stadium, paid or due to be paid to Praeger, Kavanagh and Waterbury:

Preliminary Plans and Specifications (1% of original estimated cost of $15,000, 000)

Final PlMs 8.!1d Specifications (approxir:::lately 3% of origi.r1al estimate)

Supervision 3% of Construction Costs - not to exct:ed

Ar~ Additional sum authorized for First :LV.:ajor Cna;1c;c: orders in the ar:.ount of $814, 600

Plus a.:1 Additior.al Sum for Change Order No. 2 in the: arnount of $1, 700, 000

Total

$150,000

442,500

450,000

19,150

120,000

$1,181,650

S:LJ.ce yo~ entered into this ag:reer44e;nt with Captain Praeger 1 s firm before I a:rrived, I wo.nder why you address this L:qdry to r.c..e at tds time.

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UN I a .. H E It E 0 11l61

.. &ACE THIItOUOH UNOC .. 8TAMOING

NEW YORK WORLD'S F'AIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION .INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT FLUSHING MEADOW PARK.

FLUSHING 152, N.Y. • TELEPHONE·AREA CODE 212 • WF 4·1964 • CABLE ADDIU:ss "WORLOSFAIR" ! .

. September 13, 1963 ROBERT MOSES •

1\\~ MEMORANDUM TO STUART CONSTABLE

FROM ROBERT MOSES

Has Tom Goodfellow made an adequate recheck

of L. I. R. R, service to the Fair? Has be checked on previous

figures, cars, schedules, labor etc., niqht and weekend trains

etc. ? This service should be well advertised. It will be one

of the best ways of getting to Flushing Meadow. It was in 1939

and 1940 and should be very much better in 1964 and 1965.

RM:vr

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UN IS PH IE R E •) lOft I

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT FLUSHING MEADOW PARK

FLUSHING !52, N.Y. • TELEPHONE ·AREA CODE 212 • WF 4·1964 • CABLE ADDRESS "WORLOSF'AIR"

.. ~ACE TH~OUOH YHOC,.a1'A .. OtNO September 27, 1963 R081t"T MOSES

l'ltCSIDI:NT

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MEMORANDUM TO GILMORE CLARKE EARLE ANDREWS

FROM ROBERT MOSES

I find that you have not discussed with Mr. Lester a post Fair Flushing Meadow Park Model. I wish you would do so. There is no great rush because we do not need a model for City Park and Board of Estimate discussion and the model should not be made until all the main features are agreed on. I realize that scale is quite a question. The model should not be very large but it must be ready for the Fair opening and transportable later. Meanwhile the location with reference to the Fair model presumably in the American Express building should be determined.

RM:amh President

208 DAYS TO OPENING DAY

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION

INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT FLUSHING MEADOW PARK

FLUSHING 52. N.Y. • T£ltPHONt ·AREA CoDE 212 • WF 4-1964 • CABLE AooRtss"WORLOSFAtR"

~IEACC: TNAOUOH UNOE•aT&NOINO

October 28, 1963

Mr. Wheeler Williams, President The American Artists Professional

League, Inc. 112 East 19th Street New York 3, New York

Dear Mr. Williams:

ROBERT MOSES I'IUIIDtNT

I have your letter of October 24th with reference to displays at the New York State Pavilion at the World's Fair. It must be quite obvious to you that regardless of personal opinions, the World's Fair has no control over the architecture and exhibits on the New York State plot. Your letter should of course have been ad­dressed to the Lieutenant Governor, Malcolm Wilson, who is Chair­man of the State Commission, and not to me. It happens that I personally think that the State Pavilion is a distinguished, interesting and arresting structure, but the Fair had nothing to do with the design, nor has the Fair anything whatever to do with the exhibits inside.

I may say in passing that while I was Chairman of the State Power Authority I arranged for the Power exhibit which my succes­sors have carried out, and which I believe is an asset to the program of this building. As to what you term the "Avant Garde art com­missioned for the New York State Pavilion", I have no opinion and express none, except to remark in passing that your letter seems to be just a bit intemperate. In any event, I am sending it on to Malcolm Wilson.

RM:MR

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THE AMERICAN ARTISTS PROFESSIONAL lEAGUE INC.

,.,,;J,,,t WHEELER WILLIAMS, N.A.

First Vlt~ Pmitl1nt PRED!RICK WHITAKER, N.A.

SeeonJ Viti Pr~tidlnl {, Ch•i'"'"" of Ch11PIIr Commitlll MIRIAM Y. BURRILL

ThirJ VI" p,,;J,,I HERBERT IOHN!RT

Fourth Vi" Prtnid~r~l 6 Etlitor of I!ull1tin fRANK C. WRIGHT

T'"''~''' GEORGE GRAY

R•cnrJin~ S"'"''' MARION STODDARD

Co,spontlin~ S"'''"'l' 6 Amslflnl T ,.,,,, KATHERINE THAYER HOBSON

Cht.lrm•n of Art 6 Memb1rship CHARLES HENRY NORMAN

N •tion11l Dirtctor of Am1ric11n Art IY'11k ANNE McCLURE HELLMANN

Ch11irmtt>l t1f Artilll lll•tt•i•/1 MARGARET FERNALD DOLE

Ch11irmttt1 i\luuum Commillll OR. ARNOLD lAHEE

Dirertors ROSETTA BOHNERT ALLYN CQX, N.A. CHARLOTTE OUNWIOOIE KATHLEEN MACY FINN ROBERT HUNTER CHARLES HENRY NORMAN EDMONOC QUATTROCCHI, N.A.

Add1nry I!ru,d MURIAl BARBER PAUl BRANSOM JOSEPH CUMMINGS CHASE MARGARET FRENCH CRESSON, N A. RODERT HOMER CUMMING ROGER DEERING DONAlD D•lUE, N.A. BOYLAN fllZ.QERAlO HENRY GASSER. N.A. JOHN GOUlD EDWARD FENNO HOFFMAN, Ill ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON, N.A. JOHN C. JOHANSEN, N.A. THOMAS C. lEIGHTON NAT LEVY RICHARD SEYFFERT VICTOR SAl VA TORE, N.A. MAXWELL STEWART SIMPSON JACK SKINNER GEORGE SNOWDEN, N.A. STANlEY TURNBUll JOHN SCbTT WilliAMS, N.A. CliFF YOUNG ElEANOR MEllON, N.A. NEll IOAROMAN

NATIONAL HEAOQUARTERSr 112 EAST 19th nREET, NEW YORK 3, N.Y.

Telephone • GRamercy 5-6650

October 2 , 1963

Mr. 'Robert. Moses New York World's Fair Flushing Meadow Park, 52, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Moses:

The officers and directors of the American Artists Professional League, Inc. at A meeting on October 14th, voted unanimously to protest the use of the Avent Garde art commissioned for the New York State Pavilion at the World's Fair.

This Fair is not a circus or jahrmarket, and such a presentation is unworthy of the ideals and accomplish­ments of the citizens of this great State. It cannot possibly enhance the American image in the eyes of any foreign or native vistt-.or; and one can only hope that the entrance fees for childrert will not be reduced, so that as few as possible will see it.

Reading the description of the various displays described in the New York Times of October 7th, one wonders what they were intended to mean.

In 19)2 Joseph StAlin published a detailed plan for the destruction of America. In connection with the aesthetic he advocated: "Cultivation of the ugly, futuristic end aberrant in art, literature, the drama end music; the practice of crude orientalism, modernism and degenerate perversion"; for as Winston Churchill wrote in his Defini­tion of Communism (National Republic Magazine Nov. 1957): "The anatomy of discontent and revolution has been stud­ied in every pbPse and aspect, end a veritable drill book prepared in a scientific spirit for subverting ell exist-ing institutions.

What more subtle phase of perversion is there then ugliness end ridicule'?

Yours truly, The Officers end Directors Qf The American Artists Professional

• League, Inc. c · l.~,__._l,""- / · ~~, ,\ \',ccc... ~ ~

Wheeler Williams, President Copies to: Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Moyor 'Robert A. Wagner and the Press

FOUNDER AND SPONSOR OF AMERICAN ART WEEK

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ROSENMAN COLIN KAY! PETBCHEK & f"REUND

SAMUEL I,~OSENMAN ~ALJOM ~. COLIN S'I'DNEV M, IIAVE WALTE" J, JOETSCHEII MAll ~"EUND .1Uo!S~08E DOSIIOW 81:'1'140U~ D, LEWIS LAW"ENOE ~.I:NO MU .. ~A'I' CONEN AND~EW J, SCHOEN .lti: .. OMI: L.SINOLE" ASA D.80KOLOW HOWA"O WEINSTEIN STUA"T .. O.INOWITI

!5715 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK 22

Honorable Robert Moses, President~ New York WOrld's Pair 1964-1965 Corporation~ J'lushing Meadow Park, ~luahing 52, N. Y.

Dear Mr. Moses:

000,.~1:'1' OOLONA"" ceuw••~

MURRAY HILL 8•'7100 ""II:" coat 111

CA8LII: ADD"t81

"ROCOMAY NEWYOPfK"

You have requested our opinion as to whether the City has the _power to impose its amusement tax on the New York World's Jair 1964-1965 Corporation. It is our opinion that it does not have . such power.

The Legislature of the State of New York in 1960 enacted a statute (L. 1960~ Oh. 872) which prohibita the City from imposing such tax on your Corporation. Section 1 or that statute provides:

"The property, both real and personal~ income and gross receipts of, and sales to and by any non­profit membership corporation organized tor the purpose of holding a world 1s fair and confining ita operations solely to preparing for and conducting such fair shall be exempt from taxes or contributions imposed by the state, any civil or political division or subdivision thereof~ or by any municipality."

The City has no power to override this statute or to lev.r any tax in violation thereof. Article 9, §12 or the Constitution or this State thus provides that cities may adopt local laws "not inconsistent" with the laws or the State.

In view or the foregoing, it is our opinion that, unless and until the 1960 statute quoted above is repealed or declared invalid, the City cannot levy any. tax on your Corporation.

Ver(Vru11 'fOUrr. di.W.u.{# ~« n• ••

SIR:AHS Samuel I. Rosenman w64o

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MUNICIPAL REFERENCE LIBRARY------

A BRANCH OF

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

2230 MUNICIPAL BUILDING

NEW YORK 7, N.Y.

October 30, 1963

M . I In the 19J9 World's Fair and in the Golden Jwbilee of New York City (held at the Grand Central Palace) the Municipal Reference · Library, at the request of Mayors La Guaraia and O'D~yer maintained and operated a New York City In~ormation Center. At these Centers information, brochures and pamphlets on New York city government, administration anu services, were given to all visitors. Both routine and exotic questions on New York City were answered.

I've given the aforementioned facta because two events will take place in 1964 and very little information seems available about both or them.

1) What are the plans for the New York City Exhibit at the J World's Fair? Will you need a New York City Information Center ot the kind I mentioned? Is this Public Events domain? An electronic reference library using UNIVAC is being set up in the Federal Building, Do we want a New York City Reference Librar·y ) on UNIVAC there? W.ha t are our plans? 2) The Tr1oentenary of the founding of New York City is being celebrated next year, Looking over the records of similar celebrations in the past, I find that the Municipal Reference Librarian is always appointed to those commissions. When w~11 the Tricentenary Commission be appointed ~d charged?

I 1m planning to publish in June 1964 a Tricentenary edition of the Functional Directory of New York City. Shouldn't the Green Book come out in a special edition? WhQf...does one speak to about these things, especial~y now, since no Tricentenary Commdssion has been appointed?

I know President Screvane is on the Corrmission for the New York City Exhibit at the World's Fair, so I hope you can answer some of my questions.

S~cerely,

Eug~~ Librarian

EJB:gsk

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~~ ~ .. u,~ MEMORANDUM

! 1~ WNEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 19~·1965 CORPORATION

"''Mr. Robert Moses :(,~~ Novembei.o 4, 1963

~PRoM. Mr. Erwin Witt \.Y W \J " \1\ ~ 1\

SUBJECT! ~\J V V

The order of payment in accordance with the Note Subscription Agreement is as follows:

1. Repayment of Loans coming ahead of notes like the $5,000,000. we are borrowing now.

2. $6, 000, 000. for restoration.

3. Notes maturing August 1, 1966.

4. $24, 000, 000. to City representing advances for permanent improvements.

5. Up to $12, 000, 000. to complete park.

6. Educational purposes to be determined by the City.

However, the chronological order in which payments will actually occur is in accordance with the schedule outlined in your memorandum of October 30, 1963 as follows: -

1. Repayment of loans coming ahead of notes like the $5, 000, 000. we are borrowing now. -

2. Prepayment of Notes.

3. $6, 000, 000. for restoration.

4. $24, 000,000. to City representing advances for permanent improvements.

5. Up to $12, 000, 000. to complete park.

6. Educational purposes to be determined by the City.

I have checked the above with John Thornton. •

~~ EW/jh File

Comptroller

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MAatAto •. DtiYPD08 OtwcctOtt OP' a"CIAL ACftYITtCI

«4t )Ttbt fttrlt 1timta i:imte .t.quan

Nowmb6r U, 1963

Dear Mr. Moaea:

Tbank you ao much for aendlng me the re110lutlon whlcb the Board of Directors of tbe New York World'• Falr paaaed at tbelr laat meeting bonorlng Onll. It baa meant a peat deal to me and I am moat appreotatl ve.

Kind regards,

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Mra. Orvll B. Dryfooa

Mr. Robert Moaea Pl'ealdent The New York World'• Falr Fluabtng52, New York

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NIEWIIOLD MORRIS CC111111MIOIID

THE CITY OF NEW .YORK DEPARTMENT OF PARKS

ARSENAL t4TM STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE

CENTRAL PARK NllW YORK 21, N.Y.

November 13, 1963

The Honorable Robert Moses President New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation Flushing Meadow Park Flushing 52, New York

Dear Bob:

JOHN A. MULCAMY UICtiTift OI'I'ICml

ALDANDh WIIIIN AIIIITAN1' -tn'IW Omlla

8AMUD. M. WHift Dl!h!c:YOR IIAnrnJIANCia OI'IIA'nOII

CHARLD H. rtARICI DmiC'I'QII cw -'IIOJI

I am writing to ac.lalowledge your memorandum dated November 12 to which is attached a nice letter from Dick Lee of New Haven. The memorandum was primarily about the heliport and was dictated in re;:;ponse to my letter dated November 7 to which I attached a copy of a letter from the Queens Borough Superintendent of the Department of Buildings addressed to the Chief Engineer of the Port of New York Authority. I do remember a meeting held at your office at which Guy Tozzoli did most of the talldng. I inquired who would be responsible for maintenance and operation of this structure after the Fair and after some shoulder shrugging, I got the impression that as long as it stands the Port of New York Authority would be responsible.

When I read the communication from the Department of Buildings, I thought I ought to bring it to your attention because since the heliport doesn't meet the requirements of the New York Building Code, I do not see how it can remain as a permanent structure. Your memorandum is not addressed to this problem.

Very sincerely yours,

Commissioner

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FLuSHING !52. N.Y. • TELEPHONE ·AREA CoDE 212 • WF 4·1984 • CAlLE ADDRESs uWORLDSFAIR"

I'UCC THIIOUOH UNOEitST.t.NDINO

Mr. Arthur H. Motley, President, Parade Publications, Inc., 733 Third Avenue, New York 17, N. Y.

Dear Red:

December 5, 1963

I very much appreciate your interest and comments as outlined in your letter concerning the special events programs being set up for the 1964 Fair season.

We have been working for more than a year on scheduling many events of great variety which we hope will be of special interest to many different groups of people. For example, Opening Day, with the President in attendance and an Opening Day Parade. We have booked many of the top performing bands, and choral groups from all parts of the country, which have very carefully been screened for excellence of performance. The exhibitors will provide many of our Special Days, i.e., a four day Spanish Fiesta, sponsored by the Spanish Pavilion and appearances of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir through the Mormon Church Group. The Fair itself will sponsor a Nationality Folk Day Festival, which will occur on a regular basis every Sunday, with different ethnic groups performing in native costume. Where possible, we will have at the Fair the Olympics tryouts in conjunction with New York City sponsorship for 1964. There will, of course, be a Special Day for every state; a National Day for each foreign exhibitor and we are working with the Armed Services for an 11 Armed Services Week11

, as well as a Special Day for each of the Departments.

Starting with an Opening Day special 90 minute TV show, we expect to have a great deal of TV ooverage at the Fair including top TV stars and shows directly from the l<'air site.

For Special Events the Fair is building an 18, 000 seat Arena and a 2, 000 seat covered Pavilion, and will have four band shell areas, which we hope will be in use most of the time during each day.

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Mr. Arthur H. Motley President Parade Publications, Inc.

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December 5, 1963

For your information, I am enclosing an outline of the procedures which have been set up to produce and control these special events as well as the latest schedule which, of course, is not yet complete.

Cordially,

/s/ ROBERT MOSES

President

Attch.

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NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT FLUSHING MEADOW PARK

FLUSHING 52, N.Y. • TELEPHONE· AREA CODE 212 • WF 4·1964 • CABLE ADDRESs"WORLOSF'AIR"

PEACE TH-.OUOH UND£.R9TANDINO

MEMORANDUM TO .MARTIN STONE

FROM ROBERT MOSES

All hands seem to a.qree that the beat poat­F air use of the DuPont PaVilion, 1f we can qet lt, and It lt la permanent or can be made so at reasonable coat to DuPont, 1a for the City Park marionettea, that la the two theatres and revolvinq stave below and the second•atorey for manufacturinq and repair of the marionettes. Th1a would be the aubaUtute for the old inadequate Swedish Cottage 1n Central Park. I bave talked, among others, to Newbold Morris abGut tbJa. The Marionette Theatre could be called the DuPont Theatre 1f they wW donate, Pleue talk to Gen. w • .r. Potter. 1 don't llke Gen. Whipple's off-the· cuff rem.rka about tbe durab1l1t7 of the structure. Tb1B needs some relllnvestlgatlon. Gen. Whipple knowa bow to make the studJ. 1 don't want offhand estimates. Please see the Swedlah Cotta91 With Newbold Morrla and Gen. 'J/hipple.

/s; ROBERT MOSES

President

R.M:MR

135 DAYS TO OPENING DAY

ROBERT MOSES PAUlO£ NT

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MEMORANDUM TO GEN. GEN.

FROM ROBERT MOSES

December 9, 1963

W. E. POTTER/' WILLIAM WHIPPLE

The Unisphere is distinctly buoyant by day. It is not inert, but at night as of now seems to lack motion.

Would a revolving disc of light allow the Unisphere, perhaps within the tripod that holds it up, give the illusion of movement at night we originally sought when we wanted the globe itself to revolve? I know we shall have considerable flood and spotlighting on the globe and orbits, but this, if practical, would be different.

ROBERT MOSI\!:!1 6~i:$1D£NT

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President

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TO:

FROM;

eUBJECT:

MEMORANDUM ~

NEW YORK WORLo·s F"AIR 1964 -1965 CORPOR1!~

Mr. &bert Moses

The garbage strike by Local 813 of the teamsters does not affect the Fair.

Under an oral agreement we made with Local 813, Allied continues to remove the garbage from the Administration Building, cafeteria, Terrace Club, etc. It now also picks up the garbage from the Interplant Food Service Inc. that caters to the workmen on the site since its garbage company is affected.

The same union has jurisdiction over the removal of construction debris if it is loaded in containers. Allied has the right from Local 813 to render this service if required by the contractors. If the debris is chute or mechanically loaded, it may be taken out by 282 trucks and most contractors are resort­ing to this method.

ECM:cc cc - S. C. Constable

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HOM.t\3 .J. DEEGAN COMPANY. INC

TIME & LIFE BUILDING

i-JF:w YOR1'4' _. 0

THOMAS J DEEGI'N, .J~ CIIAIFIMAN

Rear Adm1ral1obn 1. Beryen (Ret.) President Amphitheatre, Inc. 100 East 42nd street New York, New York

Dear Admiral Bergen

PLAZA,. /070

March 9, 1964

OUr flrm ls not interested in handling the publlc1ty for tbe Wonderworld Company which is t1le show for the Amphitheatre during the two years of the Fair. For one tbinq, 1.t 1s required that publicity representaUves working for the show company must be me.u1bers of the Press .Aqents Union. Our firm has no. relatlol3sbtps wltb union press agents inasmuch as we are primarily cotmselors to corporations on public policy.

It 1s lD thls corporate context that. our firm bas served your ma11a.9eJnent ln a broad, general corporate public relations W&'f as reported by me to tbe Executive Committee of the Fa1r Corporation on September 12, 1962, 1n accordance wlth the full disclosure pollcy of the Fa1r Corporation.

Inasmuch as there are several items currenUy before the Falr .m.anage· ment and board affecting' Amphitheatre, Inc. , as the owner of the Wonderworld Cornpany,and because of my role as chalrman of the Executive Committee of the J:i'alr Corporation, I think 1t would be better U I disqualified myself and The Deegan Company of which I am chalriD&I'l,from servlnq Amphitheatre. Inc., durlnq this period.

Althouqh we have very llttle contact with show press at]ents and. there· fore, our knowledge of the competent ones 1n tbe fleld ls obviously lllnlted, we wW be glad, simply as a courtesy, to make every effort to check wlth the Presn Agents Unlon and other responsible .flgures 1n the entertainment field to see 1f we can find a candidate for you to h1re for the Wonderworld Company.

Slncerely. JBO~I,DE~O.\M, nL

TlD:jfc bee: Mr. Moses: At the Executive Committee meetintJ on September 12, 1962, I stated that "I wish llie minutes to show that the Thoma;~ .T. DeelJan Company has been r·ctained by Amphitheatre, Inc. 1 as public relations cmm:::;el. Amphitheatre, Inc., is the CQrporation which has leased the Amphitheatre on tht: Fair tJround:o: from the Fair Corporation. " ,.-

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TO:

FROM:

SUB.JECT:

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Hon. Paul R. Screvane

MEMORANDUM

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION

MR. ROBERT MOSES

MR. GEORGE E. SPARGO GENERAL W. E. POTTER

DATE:

ermessey and others representing the :F'air, it

~r r(c~mmen · n that you authorize reimbursement for extra

~~rk in g premium time on the electrical contract. '

..--, ·, ~ Before Ope 1 'ng Day it is the opinion of all concerned ~~

that the ~nal work will cost approximately $150,000.

We also recommend that the Executive Committee be

polled by telephone today to obtain informal approval of this

$150,000 item and that the item be put on the next Executive

Committee Agenda for formal approval.

Telephone approval received from:

Dr. R. Bunche Gov. C. Poletti Mr. R. Moses Mr. J. Elliot Mrs. A. Lasker Mr. T. Deegan Rev. L. J. McGinley Mr. L. Thorne Mr. G. Spargo Gen. W. E. Potter Mr. P. Screvaue Hon. E. Cavanagh, Jr. Mr. C. Preusse

Other members were called, but could not be reached.

1-xEF.o 1coPY

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MEMORANDUM

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965 CORPORATION

TO: Mr. Robert Moses DATE: March 12, 1964

FROM: William Whipple, Jr •.

suBJEcT: Electrical Contract

Our electrical contractor, Johnson Electrical Corp~, under his Park Department contract and special agreement on expediting with us, has now completed approximately 97o/c of his work. The balance consists of widely scattered items throughout the Fair site, including the final trouble-shooting for about two-thirds of his lighting circuits. Our agreement with him on expediting called for us to assume portions of his cost for expediting through the winter season; and it terminates now that !rost is out of the ground. However, despite the better weather, the congestion on the site is now so serious that he is encountering :increasing difficulty :in checking out the system, repair:ing damages caused by exhibitors, and activating the completed circuits.

I met yesterday with Wlr. Sverdlove, President of Johnson Electrical Corporation, and with Mr. Windman of Syska & Hennessy to attempt to work out a solution to this problem. On a realistic evaluation, it is go:ing to cost approximately $275,000. to complete and finally check out these systems under existing conditions, with a force of 85 electricians, working at least a 48 hour week, and all agree that the final completion will be about 15 April. Payment under the Park Department contract for work yet to be done probably will not exceed $125, 000.; and as you lmow, this contract cannot require expedit:ing. Mr. Sverdlove claims to have lost $500, 000. on the contract to date, which is unquestionably exaggerated and logically irrelevant. Nonetheless, he is unwilling to continue the expediting of this contract unless some way is found to avoid further losses. He will expedite the completion of all systems, with maximum forces and continued overtime until complete, provided that we assume his direct field costs, plus 10% for overhead, and accept from him as offset, the entire amount of his compensation for this work from the Park Department. 'Ihis continuation of expediting will probably cost us an additional $150, 000.

WW/hc

I recommend that you approve.

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INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT FLUSHING MEADOW PARK

WORLD's FAIR, N. Y.ll380 AREA CODE 212- WF 4-1964 CABLE WORLDSFAIR "''"'""'"'" w """"'""'"' ~~/ \{ \' March 18, 1964

To all editors and staffs:-

We are pleased to report that the New York World's Fair will open on Wednesday, April 22nd, with a record-breaking advance sale of 28,000,000 tickets, amounting to more than $35,000,000.

This sale of tickets indicates public approval of the Fair and confidence in Mr. Robert Moses, President of the Fair Corporation and his associates. We feel that this is due in large measure to the splendid cooperation and assistance given to the Fair by every segment of the communications industry -newspapers, magazines, radio, television, press associations, supplements, house organs and other periodicals.

To all these media, to the men and women who direct them and to the staffs who make them function, Mr. Moses send his warm and hearty appreciation. I am happy to convey his sentiments and to add my expression of appreciation.

/{fdially'/L

(/!~(~-William Berns

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