one or more alternates. The representative of the Department of State shall serve as chairman of the Committee. (b) As deemed necessary to facilitate its work, the Committee may request any executive department or agency whose activities have significant implications for the work of the Committee to designate a liaison officer to consult with and advise the Committee. (c) The departments and agencies represented on the Committee shall, in accordance with law, furnish such assistance as may be required for the work of the Committee, in conformity with section 214 of the Act of May 3, 1945 (59 Stat. 134, 31 U.S.C. 691). SEC. 2. To facilitate the collection, coordination, and review of information by the Committee, the Committee may request information and views from Federal departments and agencies and from such organizations and individuals as may be willing and able to provide information pertaining to its work. The Committee shall, from time to time, submit reports and recommendations, as appropriate, to the President and to the Secretary of State, and shall keep officials of the departments and agencies represented on the Committee currently informed of its activities. SEC. 3. The representative of the Department of State, in addition to serving as chairman, shall have primary responsibility for the collection of comprehensive information on current and impending developments pertaining to amateur athletics, and he shall make such information available to the Committee. THE WHITE HOUSE, August 13, 1963. JOHN F. KENNEDY, [F. R. Doc. 63-8837; Filed, Aug. 14, 1963; 1:44 p.m.] LETTER FROM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY, OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Washington, D.C., August 24, 1966. Hon. EDWARD V. LONG, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. LONG: In reply to your letter of August 11. 1966, I wish to advise that the Interagency Committee on Oceanography (ICO) is a standing Committee of the Federal Council for Science and Technology. The personnel making up the Committee's staff are furnished to the Chairman of the ICO by the various Government bureaus which support their billets. Information on each staff member is carried in the central personnel files of the supporting agency to which we make reference when appropriate. The exact nature of the information carried on our staff members would be obtained from the Naval Research Laboratory, the National Oceanographic Data Center, the Naval Oceanographic Office, and the U.S. Coast Guard. In the event you desire further amplification or have additional questions, we will be most pleased to supply whatever you desire. Sincerely yours, ROBERT B. ABEL, LETTER FROM INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Hon. EDWARD V. LONG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, DEAR SENATOR LONG: I am writing to acknowledge your letter of August 11, 1966, to Mr. Francis J. Colligan concerning the study which the Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure is initiating. The purpose and functions of the Interagency Council on Inter national Education and Cultural Affairs are described in the enclosed Foreign Affairs Manual Circular No. 165A dated January 20, 1964. The Executive secretariat does not maintain information on Council members, or members of the Council's committees, except their names and titles. We will furnish you with an up-to-date list of the members if such information will be useful to your subcommittee. If we can help in any other way, please let us know. Sincerely, DAVID L. OSBORN, Acting. [Circular No. 165A, Jan. 20, 1964] FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL CIRCULAR Subject: Formation of Interagency Council on International Educational and Cultural Affairs. 1. Purpose: The purpose of this circular is to inform personnel of the Department of State and the Foreign Service of the formation of the Council on International Educational and Cultural Affairs (hereafter referred to as the Council) which meets for the first time on January 30, 1964. 2. Functions: a. The Council will focus on strengthening the coordination of educational and cultural policies for Government programs which are essentially international in purpose and impact. Priority attention will be given to better communication among the agencies with programs of this kind and to more effective use of resources through the elimination of any existing overlaps or gaps. b. In addition, the Council hopes to provide a forum for discussion of problems which affect other Government agencies with domestic programs having international implications. From time to time, representatives of these agencies will be asked to meet with the Council. 3. Membership and Staffing: As the Secretary of State's special representative in this undertaking, Assistant Secretary Battle will act as Chairman of the Council. The complete roster of members is as follows: Chairman: Lucius D. Battle, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. Dr. Leona Baumgartner, Assistant Administrator for Human Resources and Social Development, Agency for International Development. (Alternate: Dr. Harold Enarson) Francis Keppel, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Edward R. Murrow, Director, U.S. Information Agency. (Alterante: James R. Echols) Staff: Edward L. Katzenbach, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Education), Department of Defense. Sargent Shriver, Director, Peace Corps. (Alternate: Dr. J. Norman Parmer) Irving J. Lewis, Deputy Chief, International Division, Bureau of the Budget (Observer). Francis J. Colligan, Executive Secretary (CU/PRS-Ext. 6881). Mrs. Elinor P. Reams, Assistant Executive Secretary (CU/PRS--Ext. 5902). (NOTE: Number of last circular issued: FAMC No. 165.) LETTER FROM CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS' Hon. EDWARD V. LONG, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1966. Chairman, Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR LONG: In response to your letter of August 11, 1966, asking for the nature and use of information maintained by this office about individuals, the Secretary of Labor is directed by Executive Order 11126 to furnish staff for the Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women. I am, therefore, an employee of the Department of Labor, and the Secretary of Labor's report will cover the secretariat of the Council, which consists of two employees. Sincerely yours, (s) Catherine East |