China Theater during World War II. From 1949 to 1952 he was commanding general of the United States Army, Pacific Theater.

The papers of Pearlie and Michael J. McKeogh, consisting of photocopies of correspondence with President and Mrs. Eisenhower, photocopies of news clippings relating to the activities of Mrs. McKeogh as a Women's Army Corps driver and to those of McKeogh as an aide to Eisenhower during World War II, and photograph albums from the same period, have been opened.

The papers of Mary Pillsbury Lord, 1952-69, consisting of photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles, speeches, press releases, and a few letters from the years 1952 to 1969, have been opened. Major subject areas include the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on which Lord served from 1953 to 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eisenhower administration appointees, and women in government.

The records of the President's Commission on Migratory Labor, measuring 41 linear feet, have been opened. These consist of items relating to the administration and operation of the commission, as well as research material and background information on migrant workers. Although dated from 1938-66, most of the material originated during the Eisenhower and early Kennedy administrations.

The records of the President's Commission on Foreign Economic Policy (Randall Commission), measuring 30 linear feet, have been opened. Most of the records were generated during the period August 7, 1953, to April 23, 1954, although there are some earlier reports and studies in the collection.

Seventy-two White House Records Officer Reports to the President on pending legislation, 1953-61, consisting of recommendations from interested agencies and departments of the executive branch concerning specific bills awaiting the president's signature, have been opened.

Also available for research are portions of the Edward L. Beach papers, the Clarence Francis records, the Gabriel Hauge records, the Neil Jacoby papers on microfilm, the Walter Bedell Smith collection of World War II documents, and the Dwight D. Eisenhower papers.

The late Fred A. Seaton, secretary of the in

terior during the Eisenhower administration, bequeathed his papers to the library. Preparations are now under way for the transfer of the papers to the library.

John F. Kennedy Library

The library has accessioned the following collections: 67 linear feet of the papers of Lincoln Gordon, ambassador to Brazil during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, 193967; 39 linear feet of the papers of Harlan Cleveland, former assistant secretary of state for International Organization Affairs, 1961-65, and United States representative to NATO, 1965-69; 4 linear feet of files relating to William J. van den Heuvel's career in New York City government and politics, containing speeches, letters, notes, and schedules of Robert F. Kennedy's trips to Latin America, South Africa, and Europe, 1965-67, Kennedy's campaign speeches and materials, 1968, articles and speeches on Vietnam, and postassassination speeches and tributes; and 4 linear feet of the papers of Ira Kapenstein, including materials relating to his career as a journalist and to his role in government and politics during the 1960s.

Oral history interviews with the following persons have been opened for research: Chester Bowles, Andrew Dazzi, Frederick Dutton, John Harris, Douglas V. Johnson, Phil M. Landrum, and John J. Muccio.

Sixty-eight linear feet of the papers of John F. Kennedy have been opened for research in the President's Office Files, which were kept by the president's personal secretary for his private use. The files are divided into several series, including General Correspondence, Special Correspondence, Speech Files, Legislative Files, Press Conferences, Staff Memoranda, Departments and Agencies, Subjects, and Countries.

papers of journalist and public administrator Louis Brownlow, covering the period 1902-63, have been opened. Included are manuscript material for several books and articles, papers relating to Brownlow's service as a commissioner of the District of Columbia, records of the President's Committee on Administrative Management, and other material relating to the reorganization of the federal government, 1933-40 and 1949.

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

The library has received papers from the following persons: Joseph W. Barr, former secretary of the Treasury, 6 linear feet; Leslie Carpenter, newspaper correspondent, 12 linear feet; Ramsey Clark, former attorney general, 77 linear feet; Helen Fuller, a writer and editor, 2 linear feet; and Fred Panzer, former staff assistant to President Johnson, 8 linear feet.

Oral history interviews with the following persons have been opened: Abe Fortas, Marvin Jones, G. Gould Lincoln, Gene Latimer, Daniel Quill, Carl Vinson, Claude Wild, Alexander Trowbridge, Eugene Rostow, C. R. Smith, Leon Keyserling, and George Meany.

Four linear feet of the papers of Donald Hornig, director of the Office of Science and Technology, 1964-69, have been opened for research.

Papers from the White House Central Files have been opened in the following categories: International Organizations, 6 linear feet; Legislation, 57 linear feet; Judicial-Legal Matters, 14 linear feet; and Federal Government, 10 linear feet.

Microfilm copies of material from the Council of Economic Advisers are available for research.

The records of the President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke, 1964-65, are available for research with special written permission, information about which may be obtained by writing to the library. The records include minutes of meetings, transcripts of hearings, drafts of the commission's report, staff memorandums, personal correspondence concerning commission members, resource papers, and general correspondence.

DECLASSIFIED RECORDS

The Records Declassification Division was

established in the National Archives in October 1972. The division's primary responsibility is the systematic review of security-classified documents accessioned by the National Archives and currently at least thirty years old. The division emphasizes review for declassification of World War II records in the custody of the Military and the Civil Archives Divisions in the National Archives Building and the General Archives Division in the Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland.

The following is a brief description of the most significant records that have been declassified since November 1973 or that are undergoing review. Questions concerning records reported here as declassified or under review should be addressed to the appropriate custodial division and branch. Researchers should remember that other general and specific restrictions on records in the National Archives may preclude the release of certain types of information even though declassification is authorized and completed.

MILITARY ARCHIVES DIVISION

Modern Military Branch

Army Air Forces, various classified correspondence files, 1917-44, totaling about 45 cubic feet. Among those files reviewed and declassified are the Bureau of Aircraft Production, the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps, and the Office of the Chief of Air Services. Review of other Army Air Forces files is continuing.

Adjutant General's Office, all pre-1946 classified files series, totaling 1,200 cubic feet, have been reviewed and for the most part declassified. Among the series reviewed is the decimal file.

United States Army Continental Commands, various series, 1920-42, totaling 2,445 cubic feet. Among the files reviewed and for the most part declassified are corps area and field installation files.

Declassification is in progress on the records of the War Production Board, the Office of the Secretary of War, the Office of the Provost Marshal General, and various War Department General and Special Staff offices, including Military Intelligence Division files, 1917-41.

CIVIL ARCHIVES DIVISION

Natural Resources Branch

Petroleum Administration for War, Foreign Division and other division files, 1,000 cubic feet. Approximately 75 percent of the Petroleum Administration for War records have been reviewed and declassified. Review of these files continues.

Industrial and Social Branch

War Shipping Administration, various office files, 1942-45, 32 cubic feet. Classified files accumulated by Administrators Lewis W. Douglas, Granville Conway, George E. Talmadge, Jr., Frank J. Mahoney, Fred Searls, Jr.,

NEWS AND NOTICES

The National Archives Advisory Council held its spring meeting, March 21-23, 1974, at the National Archives. Members of the council present were Louis Morton and Norman Graebner, representing the American Historical Association, Vernon Carstensen and W. D. Aeschbacher for the Organization of American Historians, Richard Erney of the American Association for State and Local History, Clement E. Vose for the American Political Science Association, Robert Gallman for the American Economic Association, Jerome M. Clubb for the Social Science Research Council, Bell I. Wiley for the Southern Historical Association, Herman Kahn for the Society of American Archivists, Jean Stephenson for the National Genealogical Society, Rodman W. Paul for the Western History Association, ex officio member Robert H. Bahmer, and public members Charles E. Reid, Jere A. Chase, and George Elsey. Newly elected members John Toland and John S. D. Eisenhower were unable to attend.

The council discussed the opening of the 1900 census, the theft of records and manuscripts from archives and libraries, declassification of security-classified records, machinereadable government records and their use by researchers, proposals for a National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and plans for a second Archives building north of Pennsylvania Avenue. The council devoted a special session to investigating career oppor

tunities in the National Archives and Records Service and met directly with a number of Archives personnel. The council will meet again in Washington in December.

The National Historical Publications Commission has awarded four fellowships in Advanced Editing of Documentary Sources for American History for 1974-75. Richard A. Bland will serve with LeRoy P. Graf and Ralph W. Haskins, editors of the papers of Andrew Johnson at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Joseph J. Casino with E. James Ferguson, editor of the papers of Robert Morris at the City University of New York; Lynwood M. Dent, Jr., with Mary Wilma Hargreaves, project director of the papers of Henry Clay at the University of Kentucky; and Richard E. Wood with James T. McIntosh, editor of the papers of Jefferson Davis at Rice University.

The commission has recommended grants for the following letterpress projects: the Adams family papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society; the Samuel Gompers papers at the University of Maryland; the James Madison papers and the George Washington papers at the University of Virginia; and the Daniel Webster papers at Dartmouth College. Microfilm projects recommended for grants include: the Afro-American newspaper clipping file, 190166, and the George Washington Carver papers