URGEfeebaie! SECRET -22. mS r As directed by the Board, the Working Group developed draft guidelines for a major domestic address by the President of the United States on the subject "The United States in the Nuclear Age", Sige nificant portions of this draft were utilized by the President in his Labor Day Speech in connection with the ground-breaking ceremonies for the first commercially-sponsored nuclear electric power plant at Shipping Port, Pennsylvania. Other significant reactions, principally those dealing with problems of nuclear disarmament, were utilized in speeches by members of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations. 3. Ona limited basis, liaison was continued with the depart- mental and agency domestic information officers who were concerned with the implementation of the peaceful application of nuclear energy outlined in the President's December Sth speech. The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor and Health and Welfare evinced the most interest in this program, and continued to utilize significant opportunities to develop public statements and events which could be cross-reported in USIA's overseas output. 4. Idaison with Non-Governmental Groups. At the suggestion of the United States Information Agency, the Atomic Industrial Forum is sponsoring a conference of representatives of national organizations (e.g., Rotary, AF of L) in New York on December 3, first REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY anniversary of the President's sreech to the United Nations, At a preliminary meeting on September 14 with the Forum, 45C and six participating organizations, the U.S. Information Agency was asked °° eStELED to see if the President would make the keynote address, as ee AANe ateoe ane teSE E set “ Oka Pe