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$10,000
Staff Assistant at $11,600
5,300
Secretary at $5,400
2,700
Secretary at $4,000
2,000
5,000
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The initial effort would be directed at enlisting, the participation and support of non-governmental leaders.
It is considered vital to the success of the program that it repre sent 4
true partnership of csovernmental and non--,overnmental asencles,
The program itself must not be vulnerable to attaci on the
srounds that it represents either a partisan undertak] ns or @
"thought-control" or "propaganda" effort.
It would be very desirable to have an important part a f the
program supported by private foundation funds, and tne special
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Assistant would explore possibilities of such support.
would probably want to be in touch witn leaders of the American
Assembly, with leaders of adult education efforts, wit hl) mempers
of the Panel that initlated the suszestion, and with a thers in
order to develop the structure of a pro:ran.
Among the devices to be explored in searchinzs for a fo ra of
cooperative sponsorship would certainly be a President tal
Commission.
This would have the advantazve of being a faniliar
institution,
Another element might be an interdeparti ental.
committee to stimulate and channel participation by _o vernnent
agepartments and azencies,
Both sroups wisht be tied ¢ o.etner
in their functioning through the office of the nepouifeie that
These are, of course, sus.estions.
The important poin is that
responsibility be assizned within the Executive Office to
develop a recommended structure as a first step toward putting
the prozrai into effect.
It will then be possible to prepare
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