World's Fair Corporation: Annual Meeting of Members and Directors Minutes

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Folder# 635
World's Fair
Corporation: Annual
Meeting of Members
and Directors Minutes
1961- 1965
MINUTES OF JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF
MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS
NOVEMBER 1, 1961
A Joint Annual Meeting of the Members and Directors of
the New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation was held at
the Administration Building, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens,
New York on Wednesday, November 1, 1961 at 11 A M.
Thomas J. Deegan, Jr. acted as Chairman of the meet-
ing and Ernestine R. Haig as Secretary of the meeting.
A notice of the meeting, with proof of service thereof, was
presented and ordered filed with the minutes of the meeting. The
Secretary reported that, of the total membership of 324 Members,
58 were present in person and 133 were present by signed proxy,
being a quorum of the Members. The proxies were ordered filed
with the records of the Secretary of the Corporation.
Present in person were the following Directors:
Peter J. Brennan
William H. Burkhart
Selig S. Burrows
L. Gary Clemente
Lloyd H. Dalzell
Mrs. Tobe C. Davis
Thomas J. Deegan, Jr.
Raymond C. Deering
Charles E. Eble
G. S. Eyssell
F. M :B'lynn
Robert D. L. Gardiner
Ira H. Genet
Bernard F. Gimbel
Thomas M Goodfellow
Peter Grimm
Wallace K. Harrlson
William R. Hearst, Jr.
George Hyam
I. Robert Kriendler
Douglas Leigh
Mrs. Oswald B. Lord
MacNeil Mitchell
Robert Moses
Richard C. Patterson, Jr.
William S. Renchard
Harold Riegelman
John A Roosevelt
James J. Rorimer
Samuel I. Rosenman
David A. Shepard
William J. Tracy
Anthony J. Travia
Harry Van Arsdale, Jr.
Present in person were the following who attended by invitation
pending their formal confirmation a.s Directors:
James J. Delaney
Kenneth B. Keating
Alan G. Kirk
Paul Miller
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.
Charles Poletti
William. E. Potter
George E. Spargo
Lief J. Sverdrup
Norman K. Winston
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Present in person were the following Members:
Peter J. Brennan
William H. Burkhart
Selig S. Burrows
L. Gary Clemente
Lloyd H. Dalzell
Mrs. Tobe C. Davis
Raymond C. Deering
James J. Delaney
Charles E. Eble
G. s. Eyssell
F. M. Flynn
Ira H. Genet
Bernard F. Gimbel
Thomas M. Goodfellow
Peter Grimm
Wallace K. Harrison
William R. Hearst, Jr.
George Hyam
Kenneth B. Keating
Alan G. Kirk
I. Robert Kriendler
Mrs. Paula Landry
Douglas Leigh
Mrs. Oswald B. Lord
Joseph Love
Thomas McEvily
Paul Miller
MacNei 1 Mitchell
Louis B. ~ ~ o r g a n
Robert Moses
Irving S. Olds
Leopold Philipp
Charles Poletti
William E. Potter
Michael Prendergast
William S. Renchard
Harold Riegelman
Mrs. Mary G. Roebling
John A. Roosevelt
James J. Rorimer
Samuel I. Rosenman
David A. Shepard
J, Edward Shugrue
George E. Spargo
Lloyd W. Stearns
Nathan Straus Ill
Lief J. Sverdrup
William J. Tracy
Anthony J. Travia
Henry Van Arsdale, Jr.
Frank Vanderlip
Norman K. Winston
Present by proxy were the following Members:
J. F. Adams
Morris P. Arnoff
Joseph L. Auer
Vincent G. Barnett
Abraham D. Beame
John J. Bergen
Malcolm K. Beyer
Saul I. Birnbaum
James B. Black
William Black
Robert E. Blum
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William T. Brady
Frederic H. Brandi
Edgar M. Bronfman
Walter J. Brownstone
Ralph J. Bunche
John L. Burns
David R. Calhoun, Jr.
Amon G. Carter, Jr.
Norman Chandler
Bradford M. Clark
Howard L. Clark
John F. Connelly
Edward Corsi
Gardner Cowles
Lou R. Crandall
RobeJt W. Cutler
Donald C. Dayton
Rene d'Harnoncourt
Morton Downey
Harold J. Drescher
Orvi.l E. Dryfoos
Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington
Horace C. Flanigan
John lVI. Franklin
Richard W. Freeman
William D. Fugazy
G. Keith Funston
Peter Gladstone
Fred M. Glass
Thomas F. Gleed
Andrew Goodman
Harry E. Gould
William G. Graham
Harold E. Gray
A. J. Greenough
Luther Gulick
Huntington Hartford
Morris W. Haft
Enid A. Haupt
Leonard D. Henry
Stanley C. Hope
Roy W. Howard
Palmer Hoyt
Jose Ibanez
Joseph Kaitz
Grayson Kirk
Morris Kirsch
Walter E. Kolb
Eleanor Lambert
Mary Lasker
Sidney P. Lipkins
Paul S. Lockwood
Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
John L. Loeb
George H. Love
Nils Lundberg
John J. Lynch
C. M Mackall
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David I. Mackie
John V. Mara
Julius Mark
Anthony J. Marsloe
Joseph A. Martino
Charles B. McCabe
Laurence J. McGinley
Gordon McLintock
Michael J. Merkin
Jan Mitchell
George S. Moore
Roy W. Moore, Jr.
William H. Moore
Thomas A Morgan
Eugene Mori
Arthur H. Motley
Norman N. Newhouse
James F. Oates, Jr.
Roderic L. O'Connor
John A. Ortiz
Frank Pace, Jr.
William S. Paley
H. Bruce Palmer
J. Anthony Panuch
Iva S. V. Patcevitch
Charles L. Patterson
RichardS. Perkins
Alfred E. Perlman
Clifton Phalen
Jacob S. Potofsky
Charles F. Preusse
Eugene C. Pulliam
Bernard B. Ramsey
Roland L. Redmond
Frederick W. Richmond
E. V. Rickenbacker
John D. Rockefeller III
John J. Rooney
Alex Rose
Stanley M. Rumbaugh, Jr.
R. J. Schaefer
M. Lincoln Schuster
Thomas .J. Shanahan
William A. Shea
E. J. Smith
John l. Snyder, Jr.
Joseph P. Spang, Jr.
Jack I. Straus
J. William Stuart
David Sull1van
Jerome Tierman
Austin J. Tobin
H. S. Turner, Jr.
Murray Vernon
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Harold A. Webster
Sidney J. Weinberg
Alexander M. White
Robert M. White II
John Hay Whitney
Paul S. Willis
John C. Wood
Joseph Zaretzki
Victor D. Ziminsky
The following were also present:
Bernard Barnes, Representing Henry R. Luce, Director
de Veaux Smith, Representing David Rockefeller, Director
Reuben Lazarus, Representing Joseph F. Carlino, Director
Arthur Levitt, Jr. , Representing Arthur Levitt, Sr. , Director
David Russell ), Representing William H. Moore, Director
Harold Seal )
Newbold Morris, Commissioner of Parks
Gilmore D. Clarke
A. K. Morgan
J. S. Hamel
Donald Oenslager
Robert Langer
David Carruth
Guy F. Tozzoli
W. Farle Andrews
John V. Thornton
and members of the staif of the Fair Corporation.
AGENDA ITEM 1. Submission Lo Members of minutes
of Annual l\!Ieeting c,f IJiembers of
November 18, 1960
unanimously
On motion duly made and seconded, it was
RESOLVED, that tl1e reading of the
minutes of the Annual Met.:ting of Members
held on November 18, 1s dispensed
with and the minutes and all acts of
Members performed at such meeting, as
set forth in the minutes, are ratified and
approved.
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AGENDA ITEM 2. Submission to Directors of minutes
of Board meeting of September 14,
1961
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the reading of the
minutes of the Directors' Meeting held
on September 14, 1961, is dispensed with
and the minutes and all acts of the Board
performed at such meeting, as set forth
in the minutes, are ratified and approved.
AGENDA ITEM 3. Submission to Members of minutes
unanimously
of Board meetings of November 18,
and December 19, 1960 and February
20, May 8 and September 14, 1961
minutes of the Directors' Meetings held
on November 18 and December 19, 1960,
and February 20, May 8 and September 14,
1961, is dispensed with and the minutes
and all acts of the Board performed at such
meetings, as set forth in the minutes, are
ratified and approved.
AGENDA ITEM 4. Submission to Directors of minutes
of Executive Committee meeting of
September 14, 1961
unanimously
minutes of the Executive Committee
meeting held on September 14, 1961, is
dispensed with and the minutes and all
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acts of the Executive Committee per-
formed at such meeting, as set forth in
the minutes, are ratified and approved.
AGENDA ITEM 5. Approval by Members of the filing
of an amendment to the certificate
of incorporation, as recommended
by the .Executive Committee
unanimously
RESOLVED, tJmt the members of
the Corporation approve the following
amendment to parw;rraph FIFTH of the
Certificate of Incorporation:
"FIFTH: The number of its directors
is to be not less than five nor more than
hvo hundred;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
President and Secretary of the Corporation
are authorized to arrange for the execution
and filing cf a certificate of increase in
maximum number of directors to effectuate
the aforesaid amendment; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President
and Secretary of the Corporation are
authorized to make any and all changes in the
by-laws required by the filing of the aforesaid
amendment.
AGENDA ITEM 6. Submission to Directors and Members
of Annual Report of Directors
unanimously
RESOL-JED, that the annual report of
the preparE'd pursuant to
Section 46 of the .lvtembr::rship Ccrporations
Law ar<d submitted to this meeting, is
ratjfied and approiJed.
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AGENDA ITEM 7. Election by Members of
Directors for ensuing year
Bernard F'. Gimbel stated that the Nominating
Committee, consisting of Gardner Cowles, G. S. Eyssell, Alfred E. Perlman,
William E. Robinson and he, as Chairman, una..'Ylimously nominated for
election as Directors for the ensuing year the persons on Lists "A" and "B",
copies of which lists were sent to all the Members with the Agenda. He
pointed out that the persons on List "A" are those who were elected at the
last Annual Meeting, November 18, 1960 and are now being nominated for
re-election. Those on List "B" are persons invited to join the Board
since the last Annual Meeting o:E Members and are now being nominated
for election to the Board, effective upon the filing of the amendment to
the certificate of incorporation approved today.
He stated that since mailing these lists to the
Members, Paul R. Hays had resigned due to his appointment to the Federal
Bench and his name had been deleted from List "A". Further, that on
the unanimous recommendation of the Nominating Committee, two names
have been added to List "B" - Richard L. Maloney, Jr., President of
the New York Savings Bank, and Stanley M. Rumbaugh, Jr.
The repo:rt of the Nominating Committee was
ordered filed with the minutes of the meeting.
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unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Members of the
Corporation elect as members of the
Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing
year, effective immediately, the persons
named on the list submitted to this meeting,
entitled List "A", as modified by the change
referred to by the Chairman of the Nomina-
ting Committee;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Members
of the Corporation elect as additional directors
to serve for the ensuing year, effective upon
the filing of the amendment to the Certificate
of Incorporation authorizing the increase of the
Board to two hundred members, the persons
named on the list submitted to this meeting,
entitled List "B", as modified by the changes
referred to by the Chairman of the Nominating
Committee; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of
List "A" and a copy of List "B", together
with the report of the Chairman of the
Nominating Committee, be filed with the minutes
of this meeting.
AGENDA ITEM 8. Election by Direetors of Officers
unanimously
On motion duly l[lade and seconded, it was
RESOLVED, that thC? following persons
are elected to the ()ffices set opposite their
names, to serve for the ensuing
year and ur1til their successnrs are elected
and qualH'y:
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Chairman of the
Executive Committee Thomas J. Deegan, Jr.
President Robert Moses
Executive Vice President William E. Potter
Vice President- Operations Stuart. Constable
Vice President - International
P.ifairs and Exhibits Charles Poletti
Vice President - Industrial,
Federal and Special
Exhibits J. Anthony Panuch
Vice President - Communica-
tions and Public
Relations William Berns
Comptroller Erwin Witt
Secretary Ernestine R. Haig
AGENDA ITEM Sa. Fountains presentation
There were presented to the meeting
renderings of the Astral, Lunar and Solar fountains and the large Pool
of Industry fountain. With the aid of a "shadow box" the fountain effects
were visualized by day and night.
Messrs. Gilmore D. Clarke, A. K. Morgan,
J. S. Hamel and Donald Oenslager, consultants to the Fair on fountains
and lighting, explained the operation of the fountains and their proposed
size and site.
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At the conclusion of the presentation, on
motion duly made and seconded, it wa..s unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Members and the
Board of Directors approve the fountain
program for the Fair, in ;reneral accordance
with the presentation of the program made at
this meeting; and
is authorized and directed to develop and
approve the details of such program.
AGENDA ITEM 9. Report on Progress
.:. Opening statement
Mr. Thomas J. Deegan, Jr. stated that the
progress made s1nce the last Annual Meeting of November 18, 1960,
had been recorded in detail in the Progress Reports which had been
released. He stated that, since tl1e latest Progress Report, which
was sent to all Members, reported the progress to September 14th, the
reports made to the meeting by the staff ar1d consultants of the Fair
Corporation would cover the progress made since September 14th.
b. Financial status
Jvlr. Spargo, Chairman of the Finance
Committee, stated t.hat as of this date subscriptions and pledges totalled
about three-quarters of the Fair's $4.0, 000, 000 issue of 6% Notes.
Mr. Spargo submitted w the meeting a
financial report of total receipts and disbursements from 1\ugust 18, 1959
to October 26, 1961, including cash on hand and Dills payable. He
further projected the financial picture to the end of 1961, as well as
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the financial outlook to the opening date of the Fair. A copy of
Mr. Spargo's report was ordered filed with the minutes.
. United States Exhibit
Representative Delaney reviewed the legislative
history bf the United States ExhibH and reported on the meeting which
he, Mayor Wagner, Mr. Moses and Mr. Deegan had wiL"I-1 President Kennedy
at the White House on October 27th. Representative Delaney stated that
as a result of this meeting the President had appointed a committee of
representatives from the Departments of State, Commerce anq Health
Welfare and Education which would visit the Fair in the near future and
would prepare a report, with recommendations, to be presented to
Congress when it reconvenes in January.
g. Allocation of space
L"ldustrial and Special
Mr. John Young, Assistant to Mr. Panuch,
Vice President of Industrial and Special Exhibits, reported that leases
with Eastman Kodak Company, General Electric Company, The World
of Food, Inc. and the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. had been recently
executed and that he had been authorized by the duPont Company to
report that a lease with that company would be executed shortly.
Mr. Young further reported on other leases
in negotiation, both industrial and special.
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. Allocation of space
Transporlation area
and heliport
Mr. Guy Tozzoli of the Port of New York
Authority presented to the meeting a large model of the heliport pro-
posed to be built in the transportalion area by The Port of New York
Authority and explained its operation. He also reported on progress
being made in negotiations for additional exhibits in the transportation
area and presented renderings of a proposed boat show exhibit, in-
eluding a model marina and an air line exhibit. A study is also under
way for a possible multiple exhibit to be known as the Transportation
Pavilion.
t Foreign participation
Gov. Poletti reported on his recent trip to
several countries in Western Europe. ThOL1gh their membership in the
B. L E. precluded their participation in t.he New York World's Fair, he
was impressed by the interest shown by industrial and other non-govern-
mental groups. Tentative sites have been selected by representatives
of such groups for an Itallan and a French pa1ilion. Influential
representatives of similar groups in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany
and Norway are actively engaged in W<'J::Oking out ways and means for
having their countri12s represented.
I-\ussia has agreed lo participate. A special
Russian delegation will visa the Fair ln late :November and sign the
participation a.;reement..
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The Mrican countries have reserved more
space than anticipated along the Avenue of African Nations. The
League of Arab States has selected a large site adjacent to the Avenue
of African Nations. The Latin American countries are selecting
their sites on the Avenue of the .Americas.
Every effort is being made to obtain the
execution of participation agreements.
g. State exhibits
Gen. Potter reported that to date the lease
with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico had been executed; firm intent
to participate had been expressed by 22 states and confirmation from
6 other states was expected in the near future.
,h. Report on concessions
and operations
Gen. Meyers, representing :Mr. Constable,
Vice President-Operations, reported that since September 14th, an
agreement had been executed with Time, Inc. for the World's Fair
souvenir booklet, guide book and other related publications, and with
the New York Telephone Company for telephone services for the Fair
and exhibitors.
L Lake area
Judge Rosenman stated that negotiations were
nearing completion for a theatre which would feature noted theatrical
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personalities. Negotiations are in process for a unique one-ring
circus (European style); for a replica of the famous Bourbon Street
in New Orleans; for a Las Vegas East exhibit, and several other
miscellaneous smaller shows. In a 12 acre area, just north of the
Lake area, negotiations are being carried em for a wild west - Old
Frontier Tovm eoncession. In addition, the Florida and Hawaiian
exhibits will be located in the Lake area.
1 Fair Corporation construction
contracts - 1961
k. Department of Parks
- construction contracts-1961
W. Earle Andrews, Engineering Consultant
to the Fair, reported that to date two-thirds of the contracts scheduled
for letting in 19':31, had been let. The total contracts let were
$1,000,000 under the Engineers' estimates. Work is progressing on
schedule.
1 Stadium
Botanical Gardens
City exhibit
Newbold Mor.cis, Conunissioner of Parks,
reported that the lease between the Cj ty and the lv1etropolitan Baseball
Club, Inc. for the Stadium had been s;gned. The groundbreaking
ceremonies for Lhe Stadiur:-, will ta1u'! place on October 28th and it is
expected that the Stadium will be reacty for t h ~ ? 19tl::> baseball and football
seasons.
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He further reported that bids have been taJten
for the Administration Building at the new Queens Botanical Gardens,
and that the landscaping contract therefor has been awarded.
Commissioner Morris stated that, in addition
to the model of the City of New York, which will be housed in the City
Building as part of the City Exhibit, it is proposed to have an Ice
Show.
.ill: Arterial program
Mr. Arthur Hodgkiss, Asst. General Manager
of the Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, reported that $80,000,000
in contracts for the proposed arterial program which will facilitate
access to the Fair had been let and work is underway. The 3 remaining
contracts under this program will be let on November 16th, December 21st
and the last one in January 1962.
g. Flushing Bay
program and marina
Gen. Potter stated that a public hearing, con-
ducted by the Corps of Engineers, will be held at the Administration
Building, Flushing Meadow Park, on November 15th, in 'connection with
the proposed deepening of the channel to provide for improvements
planned for the Flushing Bay boat basin, including a marina and
berthing of excursion boats bringing visitors to the Fair.
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.Q. Public Relations program
William Berns, Vice President-Communications
and Public Relations, reported on plans for keeping the Fair ir1 the
public eye through newspapers, magazines and Radio-TV media.
AGENDA ITEM 11. Other business
Mr. Deegan stated that the Fctir Corporation
was planning two dinners in November, one for publishers and broad-
casters and one for present and potential industrial and special exhibitors.
Mr. Deegan requested a moment of silence
in memory of Frank W. Kridel, Chester A. Allen and Cedric A Major,
3 Members of the Fair Corporation who died since the last Annual
Meeting.
unanimously
On mot'ton duly made and seconded, it was
RESOLVED, that the Members and
Board of D:rectors of this Corporation,
having heard with profotmd regret of the
dr.::ath of Mr. Frank W. Kridel, a Member
of the Corporation, hereby expresses to his
family their sorrow and sense of loss, and
their appreciation for the services rendered
to the corporation by Mr. Kridel; and
and the Secretary of the Corporation are
authorized and directed to so inform his be-
reaved family.
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unanimously
unanimously
RESOLVED, Lltat the and
Board of Directors of this Corporation,
having heard with profound of the
death of Mr. Chester A. Allen, a Member
of the CorrJoration, hereby expresses to
his family their sorrow and sense of loss,
and their appreciation for llie services
rendered to the Corpotation by Mr. Allen;
and
President and the Secretary of the
are authorized and directed to so inform his
bereaved family.
On motion duly made &'1d seconded, it was
Board of Directors of this Corporation,
havin9 heard with profound regret of the
death of Mr. Cedric A. Major, a Member
of the Corporation, hereby expresses to
his family their sorrow and sense of loss,
and their appreciation for the services
rendered to the Corporation by Ivrr. Major;
and
FURTHER RESOU!ED, that the
Presidfmt and trJe Secretary of the Corpora-
tion are authorized and directed to so inform
his bereaved family.
AGENDA ITEM 12. Next meeting of Board of
- January 17, 1862
It was unan:mously &]Teed that the next
meeting of the Board of Directors will te heLi on Wednesday,
.. <to
January 17, 1962 at L'le Administration Building, Flushing Meadow
Park, Queens, New York.
There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned.
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MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING OF
JANUARY 24, 1963
The Annual Meeting of the Members and Directors of New
York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation was held at the
Administration Building, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, New
York, on Thursday, January 24, 1963 at 11 A. M.
Thomas J. Deegan, Jr. acted as Chairman of the meeting
and Ernestine R. Haig as Secretary of the meeting.
A notice of the meeting, with proof of service thereof, was
presented and ordered filed with the minutes of the meeting. The
Secretary reported that, of the total number of Members of the
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Corporation, 62 were present in person and 117 were represented
by signed proxy, being a quorum of the Members. The proxies
were ordered filed with the records of the Secretary of the
Corporation.
Present in person were the following Directors, being a quorum:
Robert E. Blum
Benjamin Botwinick
Peter J. Brennan
William H. Burkhart
Selig S. Burrows
L. Gary Clemente
Lou R. Crandall
Raymond C. Deering
James J. Delaney
Charles E. Eble
G. s. Eyssell
James A. Farley
Bernard F. Gimbel
Peter Grimm
Wallace K. Harrison
Huntington Hartford
Enid A. Haupt
Stanley C. Hope
George Hyam
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Arthur Levitt
Kuo Ching Li, Jr.
Mrs. Oswald B. Lord
Thomas Jefferson Miley
George S. Moore
Robert Moses
Arthur H. Motley
Clifton W. Phalen
William E. Potter
Charles F. Preusse
Harold Riegelman
John A. Roosevelt
James J. Rorimer
Arma M. Rosenberg
Stanley M. Rum bough, Jr.
William A. Shea
William J. Tracy
Mrs. Marietta Tree
Present in person were the following who attended by invitation
pending their formal confirmation as Directors:
Joseph P. Addabbo
R. Frank Brooks
Charles P. Buckley, Jr.
Miss Jean Dalrymple
Vincent deRoulet
Sidney A. Edwards
Arlene Francis
William D. Fugazy
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Mrs. Denny Griswold
Miss Dorothy Liebes
Lewis A. McMurran, Jr.
Mrs. William B. Meyer
Jarvis J. Slade
Ralph I. Straus
David Tishman
Ezra K. Zilkha
Present in person were tbe following Members:
Morris P. Arnoff
Bertram Barr
Robert E. Blwn
Benjamin Botwinick
Peter J. Brennan
William H. Burkhart
Selig S. Burrows
Bradford N. Clark
L. Gary Clemente
Lou R. Crandall
Raymond C. Deering
James J. Delaney
Charles E. Eble
G. S. Eyssell
James A. Farley
Bernard F. Gimbel
Peter Gladstone
Peter Grimm
Luther Gulick
Wall ace K. Harrison
Huntington Hartford
Enid A. Haupt
Stanley C. Hope
George Hyam
Jose Ibanez
Morris Kirsch
Paula B. Landry
Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
Arthur Levitt
Kuo Ching Li, Jr.
Mrs. Oswald B. Lord
Thomas F. McEvily
GeorgeS. Moore
Louis B. Morgan
Robert Moses
Arthur H. Motley
Clifton W. Phalen
Leopold Philipp
William E. Potter
Michael Prendergast
Charles F. Preusse
Harold Riegelman
John A. Roosevelt
James J. Rorimer
AnnaM. Rosenberg
Rudolph J. Schaefer
William A. Shea
Nathan Straus ill
Jerome Tier man
William J. Tracy
Mrs. Marietta Tree
Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr.
Norman K. Winston
J. F. Adams
J. L. Auer
Bernard Berger
Charles A. Berns
Joseph P. Binns
James B. Black
William T. Brady
Frederic H. Brandi
Edgar M. Bronfman
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Ralph J. Bunche
John L. Burns
John P. Carey
Lucius D. Clay
Ted Cott
Gardiner Cowles
Howard S. Cullman
Lloyd H. Dalzell
James V. Demarest
Rene d'Harnoncourt
Lowell S. Dillingham
Morton Downey
Orville E. Dryfoos
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Frederic W. Ecker
Elizabeth P. Farrington
Harold A. Felix
Horace C. Flanigan
F. M. Flynn
John M. Franklin
Paolino Ger li
Fred M. Glass
Thomas F. Gleed
Andrew Goodman
Harry E. Gould
A. J. Greenough
Alicia Patterson Guggenheim
John W. Hanes
Houston Harte
Leonard D. Henry
Lester Holtzman
Roy W. Howard
Benjamin A. Javits
Howard Johnson
DevereuxC. Josephs
John M. Joyce, Jr.
Joseph Kaitz
Kenneth B. Keating
Arthur R. Kennedy
Joseph H. King
Grayson Kirk
John S. Kh.ight
Walter E. Kolb
I. Robert Kriendler
Robert Lehman
Douglas Leigh
Paul S. Lockwood
John L. Loeb
George H. Love
Joseph Love
Nils A. Lundberg
John J. Lynch
C. M. Mackall
David I. Mackie
Louis J. Marion
Anthony J. MarslOrc"
Joseph A. Martino
Charles B. McCabe
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LalU'ence J. McGinley, S.J.
Michael J. Merkin
Paul Miller
William H. Moore
Thomas A. Morgan
Eugene Mori
Norman N. Newhouse
James F. Oates, Jr.
R. L. O'Connor
Irving S. Olds
John A. Ortiz
Frank Pace, Jr.
William S. Paley
H. Bruce Palmer
Anthony J. Panuch
Iva S. V. Patcevi tch
Herbert H. Pensig
Richard S. Perkins
Alfred E. Perlman
Fortune Pope
Jacob S. Potofsky
Roland L. Redmond
Ralph T. Reed
William S. Renchard
Edward V. Rickenbacker
John D. Rockefeller ill
John J. Rooney
Samuel I. Rosenman
Thomas J. Shanahan
Dale E. Sharp
David A. Shepherd
J. Edward Shugrue
C. R. Smith
George E. Spargo
Lloyd W. Stearns
William C. Stolk
Jack I. Straus
David Sullivan
Lief J. Sverdrup
H. C. Turner, Jr.
Murray Vernon
Harold A. Webster
Alexander M. White
Robert M. White II
Mrs. Wendell Willi<ie
John C. Woo:l
William L. You:1;r
Victor D. Ziminsky
Hon. Robert F. Wagner, Mayor, City of New York
Norman K. Winston, United States Commissioner for
tbe New York World's Fair
George J. Rothwell, Deputy Commissioner for the
New York World's Fair
Lt. Gen. W. K. Wilson, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army
Bon. John T. Clancy, Surrogate, Queens County
Newbold Morris, Commissioner of Parks
Armand D'Angelo, Commissioner Water Supply Gas
and Electricity
Peter J. Reidy, Commissioner of Public Works
John A. Blum, representing Jack I. Straus, Director
V. J. Brosnahan, representing Henry R. Luce, Director
John H. Clifton, representing William T. Brady, Member
Reuben A. Lazarus, representing Joseph F. Carlino, Director
R. P. Marshall, Jr. , representing H. C. Turner, Jr., Director
Robert R. Mathews, representing Howard L. Clark, Director
Leo J. M. Pierre, representing David Rockefeller, Director
Arthur G. Whyte, representing Harry Gould, Director
as well as m.embers of the Staff and Consultants of the Fair Corporation and
other invited guests.
AGENDA ITEM 1. Submission of minutes of Annual
Meeting of Members and Directors,
November 1, .1961
unanimously
R.ESOLVED, that the reading of the minutes oi
the Annual Meeting of Members and Directors held on
November 1, 1961, is dispensed with and the minutes
and all acts of the Members and Directors performed
at such meeting, as set forth in the minutes, axe
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AGENDA ITEM 2. Submission of minutes of
Board of Directors meetings
of January 17, May 17 and
September 12, 1962
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the reading of
the minutes of the Directors' meetings held
on January 17, May 17 and September 12,
1962 is dispensed with and the minutes and
all acts of the Board performed at such
meetings, as set forth in the minutes, are
Executive Committee meet-
ings of September 12,
October 10, November 13
and December 20, 1962
unanimously
minutes of the Executive Committee meetings
held on September 12, October 10, November
13 and December 20, 1962 is dispensed with
and the minutes and all acts of the Executive
Committee performed at such meetings, as
set forth in the minutes, are ratified and
approved.
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AGENDA ITEM 4. Approval of the filing of an
amendment to Paragraph
unanimously
FIFTH of the Certificate of
Incorporation, as recommended
by the Executive Committee
RESOLVED, that the members of the
Corporation approve the following amendment
to paragraph FIFTH of the Certificate of Incor-
poration:
"FIFTH: The number of its directors
is to be not less than five nor more than two
hWldred and fifty. "
President and Secretary of the Corporation
are authorized to arrange for the execution
and filing of a certificate of increase in
maximum number of directors to effectuate
the aforesaid amendment; and
President and Secretary ~ f the Corporation
are authorized to make any and all changes
in the by-laws required by the filing of the
aforesaid amendment.
AGENDA ITEM 4a. Approval of the filing of an
amendment to the Certifi-
cate of Incorporation, con-
cerning the purposes of the
Corporation
Mr. Preusse reported that, in connection wi t.h
the tax status of the Fair Corporation, it might become necessary to he.ve
a more explicit statement of the intent of the Fair Corporation in entering
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into the lease of Flushing Meadow Park, and that it was likewise de-
dirable to give authority to the President to take such action, includ-
ing the filing of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation,
clarifying the purposes of the Corporation, as might be necessary to
give effect to this intent. Such action may not in fact prove necessary,
but, to avoid the need of a special meeting later on, Mr. Preusse
recommended granting the requisite authority to the President and the
other officers.
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors
of the New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Cor-
poration states that, in approving the agreement
of lease between the City of New York and New
York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation by its
resolution adopted on May 24, 1960, it under-
stood the provisions of Article 16 of said lease,
in their reference to the balance of the net revenue
derived by the Fair Corporation (after full pay-
ment of Fair Corporation note holders and the dis-
charge of all other obligations arising out of the
conduct of the Fair, including restoration and im-
provement of Flushing Meadow Park) being "used
by the City of New York for educational purposes"
to mean that such balance would inure exclusively
to the benefit of the Board of Education of the
City of New York for purposes of the public school
system; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Membe!'s
of the Fair Corporation and the Board of Directors
thereof authorize and direct the President, the
Secretary and the other proper officers of the Fair
Corporation to take such action, including the
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making and filing of an amendment to
the Certificate of Incorporati. on approved
as to substance by the President and as to
form by counsel, as may be necessary or
desirable to carry out the aforesaid Wlder-
standing of the Board and give full force and
effect thereto.
AGENDA ITEM 5. Submission of Annual
Report of Directors
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the annual report
of the Directors, prepared pursuant to
Section 46 of the Membership Corporations
Law and submitted to this meeting, is ratified
and approved.
There was also submitted to the meeting a
summary of receipts and disbursements from August 18, 1959 to
January 14, 1963, including cash on hand, bills payable and the status
of the sale of Fair Notes.
AGENDA TI'EM 6. Election of Directors for
the ensuing year
Bernard F. Gimbel stated that the Nominating
Committee, consisting of Gardner Cowles, G. s. Eyssell, Alired E.
Perlman, William E. Robinson and he, as Chairman, unanimously
nominated for election as Directors for the ensuing year the persons on
Lists "A" and "B", copies of which lists were sent to all the Members
with the Agenda. He pointed out that the persons on List "A" are
those who were elected at the last Annual Meeting, November 1, 1961
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and are now being nominated for re-election. Those on List "B"
are persons invited to join the Board since the last Annual Meeting
of Members and are now being nominated for election to the Board,
effective upon the filing of the amendment to the Certificate of Incor-
poration approved today.
He stated that since mailing these lists to
the Members, the following persons had been added to List
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B", with
the unanimous approval of the Nominating Committee:
Mario J. Cariello
Floyd Odlwn
RichardS. Reynolds, Jr.
Robert W. Sarnoff
The report of the Nominating Committee was
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Members of the
Corporation elect as Members of the Board of
Directors to serve for the ensuing year, effec-
tive immediately, the persons named on the list
submitted to this meeting, entitled List
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A";
Members of the Corporation elect as additional
directors to serve for the ensuing year, effec-
tive upon the filing of the amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation authorizing the in-
crease of the Board to two hundred and fifty
:nembers, the persons named on the list sub-
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mitted to this meeting, enti tied List "B
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including the additions to List "B" referred
to by the Chairman of the Nominating Com
mittee; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy
of List "A" and a copy of List
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B", together
with tile report of the Chairman of the Nomina-
ting Committee, be filed with the minutes of
this meeting.
AGENDA ITEM 7. Election of Members
Bernard F. Gimbel stated that tile Organiza-
tion Committee, consisting of Gardner Cowles, G. S. Eyssell, Alfred
E. Perlman, William E. Robinson and he, as Chairman, unanimousl:-l
nominated for election as Members of the Corporation tile persons or.
List "C", a copy of which list was sent to all Directors with the Age::-! cia.
He stated that since mailing List
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C" the
following persons had been added, with the unanimous approval of t:-.e
Organization Committee:
Mario Cariello
Floyd B. Odlum
Robert W. Sarnoff
The report of the Organization Comrr.i ttee :;8.3
unanimously
that the Board of Directors
elects as Members of the Corporation, effective
immediately, the persons named on List "C"
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submitted to this meeting, entitled "Persons
Nominated by Organization Committee for
election as Members", including the addi-
tions to List "C" referred to by the Chairman
of the Nominating Committee; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy
of the aforesaid list be filed with the minutes
of this meeting.
AGENDA ITEM 8. Election of Officers
Bernard F. Gimbel, Chairman of the Organiza-
tion Committee, moved the re-election of the following Officers of the
Corporation. The motion being seconded, it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that the following
persons are elected to the offices set oppo-
site their respective names, to serve for
the ensuing year and until their successors
. are elected and qualify:
Chairman of the Executive Committee Thomas J. Deegan, Jr.
President
Executive Vice President
Vice President - Operations
Vice President - International
Affairs and Exhibits
Vice President - Communications
and Public Relations
Comptroller
Secretary
Assistant Secretary
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Robert Moses
William E. Potter
Stuart Constable
Charles Poletti
William Berns
Erwin Witt
Ernestine R. Haig
John v. Thornton
AGENDA ITEM 9. Progress Report
The President of the corporation made the
following statement:
"On the way to this meeting you have seen
evidences of substantial physical progress. It is our ambition to achieve
the stated objectives of the Fair - worldwide friendship and peace through
healthy, free competition in the arts, sciences and industries. We shall
also offer agreeable entertainment and a look backward at what New York
City has d o r i ~ in three hundred years.
On the financial side we expect to realize a
sufficient balance to pay all our obligations to noteholders, remove tempor-
ary structures 'and clear the ground, repay certain advances to the City,
restore Flushing Meadow Park and make it usable for the enjoyment of the
people.
We do not expect to accomplish these objecti:;e.s
merely by conventional slogans, airy gestures and circus superlatives, but
by the application of all the imagination and ingenuity we can muster, and
the sustained efforts of builders and labor, supported by an enthusiastic
directorate' and citizenry.
The heads of our staff are here to summarize
briefly what you can read at leisure in our current report. Mr. Beach
will represent Governor Poletti, who is abroad. Not even the fa.'11ous
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Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech found out as alarmingly as Charlie
Poletti that it takes all kinds of people to make a world.
Before I call upon the staif, I am pleased to
introduce to you Norman Winston, Commissioner of the United States
Commission for the World's Fair."
Norman K. Winston, Commissioner for the
United States Pavilion at the Fair, submitted a model and rendering of
the proposed United States Pavilion.
A motion picture of the groundoreaking cere-
monies for the United States Pavilion, held at the Fair site on January
13, 1963, with President Kennedy in attendance, W8J5 shown, as Has a
motion picture of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Vatican Pavilion
on October 31, 1962. The film on the Vatican groundbreaking showed
Pope John XXIII participating from Rome in the ceremonies.
A copy of Progress Report #7 was distributed
to those present at the meeting.
Staff members and consultants of the Fair
Corporation reported on the status of negotiations and developments since
the report went to press.
Those reporting, in addition to the persons
hereafter mentioned, were:
Martin Stone - Director Industrial Section
Allen Beach - Assistant to Vice President-
International Affairs and Exhibits
William E. Potter - Executive Vice President
Stuart Constable - Vice President-Operations
W. Earle Andrews - Engineering Consultant
Arthur S. Hodgkiss - Consultant on Arterial program
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Guy F. Tozzoli, representing the Port of New
York Authority, agent of the Fair Corporation for tile Transportation
Area, reported on developments in that section of the Fair. He dis-
cussed 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 member-
ship roll initially only to persons directly associated with the Fair
Corporation in order to insure that such persons will have an opportun-
ity to join. After this very limited initial period tile roll will be opened
to representatives of exhibitors and others. Mr. Tozzoli stated that
each Member and Director of the Fair Corporation would receive ar1
invitation in. the immediate future and urged that the Members and
Directors act on the invitation promptly.
The consultant to the Fair Corporation C:.e
Flushing Bay development, Sidney M. reported that the agree-
ment with Marinas of the Future, Inc. for a modern marina at the Fair
site, had been executed on January 23, 1963 in connection with tile
launching of tile first float unit.
Ron. Newbold Morris, Commissioner of Parks,
reported on tile status of the Stadium, the New York City exhibit and the
Queens Botanical Gardens. He stated that plans are nearing .::ompletion
for the World's Fair open air Assembly Pavilion, which will be a perman-
ent feature of Flushing Meadow Park, and that the Fair Corporation and
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his department are working on plans for the restoration of the Park by
the Fair Corporation at the close of the Fair.
William Berns, Vice President-Communica-
tions and Public Relations, reviewed the program for publicizing the
Fair. This will include a preview day on April 22, 1963, marking one
year to opening day.
At this point Hon. Robert F. Wagner, Mayor
of The City of New York, addressed the meeting. He expressed his
satisfaction with, and appreciation of, the progress made to date under
Mr. Moses' leadership.
AGENDA ITEM 10. Resolutions re deceased
Members and Directors
Mr. Bernard F. Gimbel stated that, since t"'le
last Annual Meeting, the following Members and Directors of the Corpora-
tion had died:
Chester Dale
Tobe Coller Davis
Richard L. Maloney, Jr.
Murray Cohen
J. Spencer Love
Charles L. Patterson
Director and Member
Director and Member
Director and Member
Member
Member
Member
He moved resolutions expressing the sorrow of
the Members and the Directors and their appreciation for the services
rendered by the deceased Members and Directors to the Corporation,
and that the President and Secretary be authorized and directed to send a
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copy of the resolution to the family concerned.
mously
The motion being seconded, it was unani-
Board of Directors of this Corporation, having
heard with profound regret of the death of
Chester Dale, a Member and Director of the
Corporation, hereby express to his family their
sorrow and sense of loss, and their appreciation
for the services rendered to the Corporation by
Mr. Dale.
Tobe Coller Davis, a Member and Director of
the Corporation, hereby express to her family
their sorrow and sense of loss, and their apprecia-
tion for the services rendered to the Corporation
by rs. Davis.
RESOLVED, that the Members anci
Richard L. Maloney, Jr., a Member and Director
of the Corporation, hereby express to his family
their sorrow and sense of loss,' and their apprecia-
tion for the services rendered to the Corporation
by Mr. Maloney.
RESOLVED, that the Members anci
Murray Cohen, a Member of the Corporation,
hereby express to his family their sorrow and
sense of loss, and their appreciation for the
services rendered to the Corporation by
Mr. Cohen.
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J. Spencer Love, a Member of the Corporation,
hereby express to his family their sorrow and
sense of loss, and their appreciation for the
services rendered to the Corporation by Mr. Love.
Charles L. Patterson, a Member of the Corpora-
tion, hereby express to his family their sorrow
and sense of loss, and their appreciation for the
services rendered to the Corporation by Mr. Patterson;
and
and Secretary of the Corporation are authorized
and directed to so inform the bereaved families.
AGENDA ITEM 11. Next meeting of the
Board of Directors
It was illlanimously agreed that the next meet-
ing of the Board of Directors will be held on Monday, April 22, 1963,
11 A. M. at the Fair site, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens.
AGENDA ITEM 12. Advance Ticket Sale Program
Thomas J. Deegan, Jr. outlined the program
for the advance sale of admission tickets. He stated that the program will
help to stimulate interest of individuals and organizations in the Fair and
encourage people to make early vacation plans to visit the Fair. He esti-
mated that by opening day 10, 000, 000 admission tickets will be sold.
There being no fW'ther business the meeting
adjourned.
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MINUTES OF JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF
JANUARY 22, 1964
The Joint Annual Meeting of the Members and Directors
of New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation was held at
the Top of the Fair, Port Authority Heliport, Queens, New York,
on Wednesday, January 22, 1964 at 11 A. M.
Thomas J. Deegan, Jr. acted as Chairman of the meet-
ing. Ernestine R. Haig acted as Secretary.
A notice of the meeting, with proof of service thereof,
was presented and ordered filed with the minutes of the meeting.
The Secretary reported that, of the total number of Members of
the Corporation, 73 were present in person and 133 were represen-
ted by signed proxy, being a quorum of the Members. The proxies
were ordered filed with the records of the Secretary of the
Corporation.
Present in person were the following Directors, being a
quorum:
John J. Bergen
Benjamin Botwinick
Frederic H. Br'andi
Peter J. Brennan
William H. Burkhart
Selig S. Burrows
Myron M. Cowen
Lou R. Crandall
Jean Dalrymple
Lloyd H. Dalzell
Vincent deRoulet
Harold ~ Drescher
Robert D.L. Gardiner
Bernard F. Gimbel
Alan J. Gould
Peter Grimm
Mrs. Denny Griswold
Stanley C. Hope
George Hyam
I. Robert Kriendler
Douglas Leigh
Dorothy Liebes
Charles B. McCabe
Laurence J. McGinley, s. J.
George S. Moore
Robert Moses
Arthur H. Motley
Carroll V. Newsom
C. Elmer Nolte, Jr.
Samuel R. Pierce
William E. Potter
Roland Redmond
John A. Roosevelt
James J. Rorimer
Paul R. Screvane
Joseph T. Sharkey
William A. Shea
Dr.Ralph W. Seckman
George E. Spargo
Ralph I. Straus
David Tishman
William J. Tracy
Mrs. Wendell Willkie
Present in person were the following- who attended by invitation
pending their formal confirmation as Directors:
Samuel A. Berger
James Bruce
Sylvia Porter Collins
John Elliott, Sr.
Jesse Freidin
Edwin S. Friendly
Gabriel Hauge
Dorothy I. Height
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Louis J. Marion
Vincent T. O'Keefe, S.J.
Ernesta. G. Procope
Charles H. Silver
Nathan Straus ID
S. Joseph Tankoos
Landon K. Thorne, Sr.
Everett T. Winter
Herbert Zelenko
Morris P. Arnoff
John J. Bergen
Bernard Berger
Charles A. Berns
Malcolm K. Beyer
Benjamin Botwinick
Frederic H. Brandi
Peter J. Brennan
A, N. Brion
William H. Burkhart
Selig S. Burrows
Ted Cott
Myron M. Cowen
Lou R. Crandall
Jean Dalrymple
H. Lloyd Dalzell
Vincent deRoulet
Harold J. Drescher
Bernard J. Englander
Bernard F. Gimbel
Harry Goldsmith
Alan J. Gould
Peter Grimm
Mrs. Dermy Griswold
Luther Gulick
Stanley C. Hope
George Hya.m
Gabriel Kirschenbaum
I. Robert Kriendler
Paula Landry
Douglas Leigh
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Dorothy Li ebes
Joseph Love
Charles B. McCabe
Thomas F. Me Evily
Laurence J. McGinley, S. J.
Lewis A. McMurran
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George S. Moore
Louis B. Morgan
Robert Moses
Arthur H. Motley
Carroll V. Newsom
C. Elmer Nolte, Jr.
Leopold Philipp
Samuel R. Pierce
William E. Potter
Michael Prendergast
Roland Redman
John A. Roosevelt
James J. Rorimer
R. J. Schaefer
Paul R. Screvane
Joseph T. Sharkey
William A. Shea
Dr. Ralph W. Sackman
George E. Spargo
Lloyd W. Stearns
Ralph I. Straus
Jerome Tierman
David Tishman
William J. Tracy
Harold A. Webster
Norman K. Winston
Joseph P. Addabbo
Mrs. Dexter Otis Arnold
Joseph F. Adams
Vincent G. Barnett
Bertram Barr
Joseph P. Binns
James B. Black
Robert E. Blum
William T. Brady
Edgar M. Bronfman
Charles H. Brower
Ralph J. Bunche
John L. Burns
John P. Carey
Mario J. Cariello
Elmer A. Carter
Edward R ~ Cavanagh, Jr.
Norman Chandler
Howard L. Clark
L. Gary Clemente
Clark M. Clifford
Edward Corsi
Gardner Cowles
Howard S. Cullman
Donald C. Dayton
Raymond C. Deering
Rene d' Harnoncourt
James J. Delaney
Morton Downey
Joseph C. Duke
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Charles E. Eble
Frederic W. Ecker
Elmer W. Engstrom
G. s. Eyssell
James A. Farley
Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington
Harold A. Felix
Horace C. Flanigan
F. M. Flynn
John M. Franklin
Richard W. Freeman
Paolino Gerli
Fred M. Glass
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Thomas F. Gleed
LeonardH. Goldenson
Mortimer S. Gordon
Harold E. Gray
All en J. Greenough
Ralph C. Gross
Morris W. Haft
John W. Hanes
Enid A. Haupt
Leonard D. Henry
James M. Hester
Roy W. Howard
Palmer Hoyt
Jose T. Ibanez
Jacob K. Javits
Richard L. Jones, Jr.
Deveraux C. Josephs
Joseph Kaitz
Eugene J. Keogh
Grayson Kirk
Eleanor Lambert
Jacob Landau
Robert Lehman
Kuo Ching Li, Jr.
Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
Edgar F. Luckenbach, Jr.
Nils A. Lundberg
John J. Lynch
George V. McLaughlin
Charles M. Mackall
David I. Mackie
John V. Mara
Julius Mark
Joseph A. Martino
Michael J. Merkin
Paul Miller
Roy W. Moore, Jr.
William H. Moore
Thomas A. Morgan
Eugene Mori
William H. Morton
George L. Murphy
Julian S. Myrick
William I. Nichols
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James F. Oates, Jr.
Roderic L. O'Connor
Floyd B. Odlum
John A. Ortiz
H. Bruce Palmer
Frank Pace, Jr.
WilliamS. Paley
J. Anthony Panuch
Herbert H. Pensig
Alfred E. Perlman
Clifton W. Phalen
Fortune R. Pope
Ralph T. Reed
William S. Renchard
Harold Riegelman
William E. -Robinson
Samuel I. Rosenman
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Robert W. Sarnoff
J. Edward Shugrue
Jarvis J. Slade
C. R. Smith
Hulett C. Smith
John J. Smith
J. William Stuart
Lief J. Sverdrup
Benjamin H. Swig
George C. Textor
Juan T. Trippe
H. C. Turner, Jr.
Sidney J. Weinberg
Alexander M. White
Robert M. White II
John Hay Whitney
John M. Will
John C. Wood
William L. Young
Victor D. Ziminsky
Edgar B. Young, Executive Vice President of
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Royal W. Ryan
Hon. Newbold Morris, Commissioner of Parks
Lyle Brookover, representing Mary G. Roebling, Member
John B. Goodman, representing Ralph C. Gross, Director
J. T. Horris, representing Clifton W. Phalen, Director
Reuben A. Lazarus, representing Joseph F. Carlino, Director
F. L. Redpath, representing Henry R. Luce, Director
as well as John V. Thornton, Esq., members of the staff and consultants
of the Fair Corporation and other invited guests.
The Chairman introduced Honorable Paul R. Screvane, President
of the Council of The City of New York. Honorable Screvane's remarks
were as follows:
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Chairman Deegan, President Moses, Ladies and
Gentlemen:
Three months from today the New York World's Fair,
the greatest in our history, will welcome the first of
70, 000, 000 visitors. Almost simultaneously President
Johnson will deliver his dedication speech, thus, officially
marking the opening of this hugh complex of exhibitions.
The signifigance of our theme - Peace Through
Underst::mding - is dramatically brought home when we run
down the list of exhibitors; foreign nations, many states of
the Union, religious, cultural and educational groups,
industry, manufacturers and other representatives of tl1e
economic world. They are an outstanding example of what
can be accomplished through cooperative efforts.
Out at Flushing Meadow we have seen grow, in a
short time and with a speed that is perhaps lmprecedented
in any other undertaking in the world, an entire city of
buildings and a comprehensive network of highways, inter-
changes and other' facilities. Some of what we see now
from these windows will disappear when the Fair ends but
much that is of value to the people of New York will remain.
We can all be proud of the part we have played in developing
this vast and fruitful enterprise but I do not believe that now
is the time for us to rest on our laurels. True, the Fair
is well on the road to completion but the time is upon us
when we have to look beyond the end of the Fair.
One of the permanent structures that will remain is
the Hall of Science. Plans are being developed calling for
the expansion of this Hall into a fullfledged musuem of
science that will not only serve the people of the City of New
York but will provide a dynamic presentation of scientific
progress that will be viewed by visitors from all over the
world. The expansion of this Hall must follow immediately
upon the heels of the closing of the Fair and I am certain
that all of you here today will aid in every way possible to
develop this kind of museum that New York City has too long
been without.
Bob Moses and all the others interested in malting
the area of the Fair a garden spot for the enjoyment of the
people of our city have already outlined firm plans to
restore the Flushing Meadows area and to create a first
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rate park on the site. This project, too, demands that
there be no delay between the end of the Fair and the
development of the Park. Again I lmow that all of you if
called upon to assist in this undertaking will respond with
the speed and graciousness that have marked your efforts
as members of the Board of Directors of the Fair.
On behalf of Mayor Wagner, who is presently in
Washington, and on my own behalf, I want to thank you for
the fine cooperation you have shown thus far and I want to
express the confident hope of this administration that your
interest in working for the benefit of the people of our city
will be a continuing interest. Thank you very much. "
AGENDA ITEM 1. Submission of minutes of Joint
Annual Meeting of Members and
Directors, January 24, 1963
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the reading of the minutes
of the Joint Annual Meeting of Members and
Directors held on January 24, 1963 is dispensed
with and the minutes and all acts of the Members
and Directors performed at such meeting, as
set forth in the minutes, are ratified and approved.
unanimously
Board of Directors meetings of
April 22 and September 26, 1963
of the Directors meetings held on April 22 and
September 26, 1963 is dispensed with and the
minutes and all acts of the Board performed at
such meetings, as set forth in the minutes, are
ratified and approved.-
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Executive Committee meetings
of August 15, September 26,
October 15, November 15 and
December 3, 1963
unanimously
of the Executive Committee meetings held on
August 15, September 26, October 15, November
15 and December 3, 1963 is dispensed with and
the minutes and all acts of the Executive Committee
performed at such meetings,as set forth in the
minutes, are ratified and approved.
AGENDA ITEM 4. Approval of the filing of an
Amendment to Paragraph
FIFTH of the Certificate of
Incorporation, and Amendment
to ARTICLE SEVEN, Section 1
of the By-Laws, as recommended
by the Executive Committee
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the members of the Corpora-
tion approve the following amendment to paragraph
FIFTH of the Certificate of Incorporation:
"FIFTH: The number of its directors is to
be not less than five nor more than three
htmdred."
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and
Secretary of the Corporation are authorized to
arrange for the execution and filing of a certifi-
cate of increase in maximum number of directors
to effectuate the aforesaid amendment; and
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and Secretary of the Corporation are authorized
to make any and all changes in the By-laws re-
quired by the filing of the aforesaid amendment.
AGENDA ITEM 5. Submission of Annual Report
of Directors
There was submitted to the meeting the
Directors Annual Report to Members showing cash receipts and disburse-
ments from August 18, 1959 to December 31, 1963, a copy of which was
sent tO all Members with the Agenda.
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Annual Report of the
Directors, prepared pursuant to Section 46 of
the Membership Corporations Law and submitted
to this meeting, is ratified and approved.
Mr. George E. Spargo, Chairman of the
Finance Committee, stated that, based on estimates drawn up three years
ago, the Fair Corporation had originally planned to sell $40, 000, 000 of
6% Notes for pre-Fair financing needs. To date approximately only
$30, 000, 000 of Notes have been sold for the reason that in September
1963 it became apparent that the $40, 000, 000 would not be required and,
on the recommendation of the Finance Committee, the Executive Committee
approved short term bank borrowings, i.f and when needed, in the amount
of $6, 000, 000, in lieu of the further sale of notes. This action has
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resulted in a substantial saving in interest and to date only $3, 000, 000
of this authorized amount has been borrowed.
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Mr. Spargo further stated that, based on a
cash flow chart prepared by the Comptroller, it was the well considered
opinion of Fair management that, after operating costs, the Fair Corpora-
tion will be able to pay off its bank indebtedness and the Fair Notes prior
to the end of 1964 and will go into the 1965 operating season with a sub-
stantial cash balance, and that by the close of the Fair the $24, 000, 000
advanced by the City for permanent improvements will have been re-
paid and there will be a sufficient balance available for the restoration
and improvement of Flushing Meadow Park described in a detailed report
released by the Fair Corporation earlier this week.
AGENDA ITEM 6. Election of Directors
for the ensuing year
Bernard F. Gimbel stated that the Nominating
Committee, consisting of Gardner Cowles, G. s. Eyssell, Very Rev.
Laurence J. McGinley, s. J., Alfred E. Perlman and he, as Chairman,
unanimously nominated for election as Directors for the ensuing year
the persons on Lists "A" and" B", copies of which lists were sent to
all the Members with the Agenda. He pointed out that the persons on
List" A" are those who were elected at the last Annual Meeting, January
24, 1963, and are now being nominated for re-election. Those on List
"B" are persons invited to join the Board since the last Annual Meeting
of Members and are now being nominated for election to the Board,
effective upon the filing of the amendment to the Certificate of Incorpora-
tion approved today.
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He stated that since mailing these lists to the
Members, the following persons had been added to List "B", with the
unanimous approval of the Nominating Committee:
C. Michael Paul
Samuel F. Pryor
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Members of the Corpora-
tion elect as Members of the Board of Directors
to serve for the ensuing year, effective immediate-
ly, the persons named on the list submitted to this
meeting, entitled List "A";
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Members
of the Corporation elect as additional directors to
serve for the ensuing year, effective upon the
filing of the amendment to the Certificate of Incor-
poration authorizing the increase of the Board to
three hundred members, the persons named on the
list submitted to this meeting, entitled List "B",
including the additions to List B" referred to by
the Chairman of the Nominating Committee; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of List
"A
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and a copy of List "B", together with the
report of the Chairman of the Nominating Com-
mittee, be filed with the minutes of this meeting.
AGENDA ITEM 7. Election of Members
Bernard F. Gimbel stated that the Organiza-
tion Committee, consisting of Gardner Cowles, G. s. Eyssell, Very Rev.
Laurence J. McGinley, s. J., Alfred E. Perlman and he, as Chairman,
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unanimously nominated for election as Members of the Corporation the
persons on List
11
C", a copy of which list was sent to all Directors with
the Agenda.
He stated that since mailing List
11
C
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the
following persons had been added to the list, with the unanimous approval
of the Organization Committee:
C. Michael Paul
Samuel F. Pryor
The report of the Organization Committee was
unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors
elects as Members of the Corporation, effec-
tive immediately, the persons named on
List
11
C" submitted to this meeting, entitled
11
Persons Nominated by Organization Committee
for election as Members
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, including the ad-
ditions to List
11
C" referred to by the Chairman
of the Nominating Committee; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of the
aforesaid list be filed with the minutes of this
meeting.
AGENDA ITEM 8. Election of Officers
Bernard F. Gimbel, Chairman of the Organi-
zation Committee, moved the re-election of the Chairman of the
Executive Committee and the effie ers of the Corporation. The
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motion being seconded, it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that the following persons
are elected to the offices set opposite their
respective names, to serve for the ensuing
year and until their successors are elected
and qualify:
Chairman of the Executive Committee Thomas J.Deegan,Jr.
Executive Vi.:!e President William E. Potter
Vice President - Operations Stuart Constable
Vice President- International Charles Poletti
Vice President - Communications William Berns
and Public Relations
Assistant Secretary John V. Thornton
.:. Opening statement
Mr. Deegan stated that the Fair will be ready
and will open as scheduled on April 22, 1964. He further stated that
the Fair will run for two years as scheduled and will not be extended
for a third year.
Mr. Deegan reported that, as of the close
of business on the previous evening 4, 412, 000 advance tickets had been
sold, representing proceeds of over $5, 000, 000. He reminded the
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meeting that the closing date for the purchase of tickets at a 32-1/2%
discount is February 29, 1964 and reaffirmed his confidence that by
opening date, April 22, 1964, 10, 000, 000 advance tickets will be
sold, a figure never before reached in world history for any event.
b. Industrial Area
Mr. Stone stated that construction of the
36 Pavilions in the Industrial area, representing a total investment of
approximately $1?5, 000, 000, is proceeding substantially on schedule.
All pavilions will be ready by Opening Day.
Mr. Stone also stated that the United States
Steel Corporation will sponsor a 90 minute television program on
Opening Night which will bring the Opening Day ceremonies to approxi-
mately fifty million people via 198 stations i.n the United States and
Canada.
. Transportation Area
Guy F. Tozzoli stated that all major exhibits
in the Transportation area, without exception, on or ahead of schedule.
d. International Area
Allen E. Beach stated he was representing
Gov. Poletti who at the moment was flying between New Delhi and
Bankok on a mission to expedite completion of exhibits within the
various international pavilions.
Mr. Beach further stated that international
pavilions will have restaurants or snack bars and native entertainment
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to meet the taste of all visitors to the Fair.
To the question whether the pavilions in the
International area will be ready on time, Mr. Beach's answer was
emphatically yes.
e. Operations and Concessions
- including the Lake Amusement Area
Mr. Constable, Vice President-Operations,
stated that the Operations Division, in addition to concessions and
licenses, has within its jurisdiction maintenance and security, personnel,
public health, special exhibits and special events. It will be ready to
welcome the visitors to the Fair when the gates open on April 22nd.
Mr. Constable further stated that, of the 35
concessions which are under contract, 15 are in the Lake Amusement
area. Among the major attractions there will be the Amphitheatre show,
the Angus Wynne Music Hall, the Continental Circus, the Monorail
sponsored by American Machine and Foundry Cbmpany, and the Hawaii
and Florida Exhibits.
f: United States Pavilion
and State Area
William E. Potter, Executive Vice President,
stated that the exterior of the United States Pavilion was about completed
and initial work on installation of exhibits has started.
Gen. Potter also reported on the status of
construction of State exhibits. They will be ready by Opening Day.
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g. Fair Corporation pre-Fair
construction program
Gen. Potter stated that the Fair Corporation's
pre-Fair construction program, including roads, streets, curbs, etc.,
is in good shape and that some 50 exhibitors are worldng overtime to
expedite completion of their pavilions.
,h. Department of Parks
Pre-Fair construction program
W. Earle Andrews, Engineering Consultant,
stated that, of the $24, 000, 000 advanced by the City for permanent im-
provements at Flushing Meadow Park, contracts totaling $12, 133, 000
have been completed, and other contracts totalling $9, 287, 000 are now
rmder construction. Roads and basic improvements are practically
completed and will be ready by Opening Day.
l World's Fair Program
Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts
Edgar B. Young, Executive Vice President,
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, stated that Lincoln Center is
planning to do its part to achieve the objective of the World's Fair --
Peace Through Understanding. It will present an international festival
program of the performing arts. The New York State Theatre, built
with financial participation by the state and city, will be the home during
the Fair of the New York City ballet which will open the Theatre on
April 23rd.
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Royal W. Ryan, Executive Vice President
of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, reported on prepara-
tions by the World's Fair Housing Bureau, a special unit of the
Convention and Visitors Bureau, to serve as the Fair's official hous-
ing agency. It will assist in the provision of hotel and motel accommo-
dations at reasonable prices within a 35 mile radius of the Fair. The
Bureau will function as a clearing house for reservations for visitors
and a source of information for the travel industry and visitors.
Mr. Ryan expressed confidence that there will
be no shortage of hotel and motel rooms even at peak periods .
.!f. New York City Exhibit
William A. Shea Stadium
Hon. Newbold Morris, Commissioner of Parks,
stated that the fabrication of the model of The City of New York, the
highspot of the City exhibit, is complete and installation is now in
progress. Dick Button is abroad signing up international talent for
his Ice Extravaganza, another major attraction of the City exhibit.
The Commissioner also reported that the re-
furbishing of the exterior of the City Pavilion will be completed by
Opening Day and that the William A. Shea Stadium will be ready for
the opening of the 1964 baseball season.
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l. World's Fair Marina
J. P. Groenendyke, Jr., Director of
Waterfront Development, reported' on the status of construction of the
World's Fair Marina. The administration and restaurant building will
be more than double the size originally contemplated. Mr. Groenendyke
further stated that requests for boat space at the Marina are increasing
daily and as of this date there are more than 1, 000 firm reservations.
m. Arterial Program
Arthur S. Hodgkiss, Consultant on the arterial
program, stated that as of today all the main highways that serve the
Fair are open to traffic with the exception of one which is scheduled to
open February 1st. Directional signs, landscaping and clean up work
will be completed in advance of Opening Day. The Narrows Bridge is
scheduled to open in November 1964 and will provide another approach to the
Fair during the 1965 season.
!! Public Relations Program
William Berns, Vice President-Communications
and Public Relations, reported on plans for publicizing the Fair and stated
that those in attendance at the meeting would receive a kit containing
current issues of magazines devoted in whole or in part to the Fair.
At this point in the meeting Dr. Gabriel
Kirschenbaum, a Member of the Fair Corporation, was recognized by the
Chairman. Dr. Kirschenbaum moved that Members and Directors be
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provided with appropriate identification such as car stickers and
personal admission identification. The motion was seconded.
The Chairman suggested that it might be more
appropriate to refer the matter embraced within the motion to manage-
ment for consideration rather than attempting to resolve it at this
meeting.
GeorgeS. Moore, Member and Director, moved
an amendment to Dr. Kirschenbaum's motion to the effect that
Dr. Kirschenbaum's proposal be referred to the Executive Committee
of the Board of Directors for consideration. This motion was seconded
and approved by voice vote. The Chairman thereupon announced that
Dr. Kirschenbaum's motion, as amended by Mr. Moore's amendment,
was adopted.
AGENDA ITEM 10. Resolutions re deceased
Members and Directors
Mr. Bernard F. Gimbel stated that, since the
last Directors' meeting, the following Members and Directors of the
Corporation had died:
Joseph L. Auer
Irving S. Olds
Alan G. Kirk
Member
Member
Director and Member
He moved resolutions expressing the sorrow
of the Members and the Directors and their appreciation for the services
rendered by the deceased Members and Directors and that the President
and Secretary be authorized and directed to send a copy of the resolution
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to the family concerned.
The motion being seconded, it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Members and Board
of Directors of this Corporation, having heard
with profound regret of the death of Joseph L.
Auer, a Member of the Corporation, hereby
express to his family their sorrow and sense of
loss, and their appreciation for the services
rendered to the Corporation by Mr. Auer.
RESOLVED, that the Members and Board of
Directors of this Corporation, having heard
with profound regret of the death of Irving S. Olds,
a Member of the Corporation, hereby express to
his family their sorrow and sense of loss, and
their appreciation for the services rendered to the
Corporation by Mr. Olds.
RESOLVED, that the Members and Board
of Directors of this Corporation, having heard
with profound regret of the death of Alan G. Kirk,
a Member and Director of the Corporation, hereby
express to his family their sorrow and sense of
loss, and their appreciation for the services render-
ed to the Corporation by Admiral Kirk; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and
Secretary of the Corporation are authorized and
directed to so inform the bereaved families.
AGENDA ITEM 11. Next meeting of
Board of Directors
It was decided that the next meeting of the
Board of Directors will be held in June 1964.
AGENDA ITEM 12. Closing statement, including
Preliminary Report on
Post- Fair Park Plan
There had been distributed to the Members
and Directors prior to the meeting a printed Report on the Post-Fair
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Plan prepared by the Fair Corporation and entitled "Flushing Meadow and
Beyond" -"Preliminary Report on a proposed Post World's Fair Program."
The business of the meeting thereupon closed
with a report by the President dealing with this Plan and other subjects.
The remarks of the President were as follows:
"In this final interim report I am content to ride along,
to add little to what my associates have said, to thank them
again, to bide the result and trust to hard work, continued
vigilance and good luck to see us through.
The last minute problems, crises and tempests in
teapots in the building of a fair are the supreme test of the
effectiveness of an organization. Our staff is functioning
smoothly. It is in high gear. Those in charge of engineer-
ing and contracts, the building trades and the sponsors of
pavilions, exhibits, concessions and amusements are work-
ing harmoniously with our executives. We shall have a
tremendous show. Unless we meet extraordinary obstacles
which can not be anticipated, we shall open fully equipped
on schedule.
It has been necessary to explain repeatedly that we
have no single centrally controlled physical concep:t to
implement our theme. We aim at variety, not uniformity,
at freedom of experiment and expression, not at tradition,
integration and the cohesion which draws all elements to-
gether. This principle applies of course most conspicuous-
ly to design.
Years ago there was an old guj.de at a State Capitol
who used to point dramatically upward in the rotunda and
say, 'The Ceiling, my friends, is embololical.' Well,
our ceiling at the Fair too is 'embololical', and those who
hoped we would have either a classical revival or a revolu-
tion will have to be satisfied with extraordinary shapes and
forms selected independently by our participants and not
by us.
In design liberal mindedness is what we aim at.
Many an architect builds monuments to himself, and
exhibitors at the Fair naturally go for easily recognizable
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symbols of their own products. Maybe Brendan Behan
was right when he said that good architecture is invisible.
As to operation, we aim at an orderly, safe, re-
spectable, properly policed and controlled Fair. Ninety-nine
percent of the patrons want it that way and their expectations
will prevail. The other one percent will not be allowed to
interfere with the comfort of the ninety-nine. A Fair can
be fun without license, disorder and offense.
Considerable forethought and ingenuity have gone
into Flushing Meadow. The ideal Fair is not planned as
Wren or L' Enfant or Hauss mann would build a city. It is
fashioned temporarily within a permanent framework and
pattern which will accommodate a large urban park later.
Every tree and shrub which fit the ultimate pattern on
public avenues and squares and on the lots of exhibitors, are
salvaged, and every utility above and below ground is built
to last and serve the park or to be removed or abandoned
when the Fair closes. These lhings are not left to chance.
You have received the Post-Fair Preliminary Park
Report and the proposal for a modified agreement with the
City under which the Fair offers to complete a unique
Queens park system, including Flushing Meadow and the
Corridor beyond. This proposal is of course contingent
upon a sufficient earned Fair balance to pay the cost. The
financial assumptions back of it are outlined. This is a
prospectus. No guarantee goes with it, but it is our honest
belief that the actual results will fully sustain our hopes.
We therefore ask that our objectives, with such modifica-
tions as may be required, be determined in advance so that
we can proceed in an orderly, constructive fashion to insure
that this Fair at least will live in usefulness as well as
memory long after 19r'c=j,
say."
Thank you for your patience. That's all I have to
The President's report was unanimously
endorsed by voice vote of tl1e meeting, and he was authorized and directed
to take all actions necessary or desirable to implement and carry out the
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Post-Fair Plan as described in the aforesaid printed Report.
AGENDA ITEM 13.
A short film on the Pool of Industry Fountain
Show was shown.,
ereupon adjourned.
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MINU':'ES OF JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF
JANUARY 26, 1965
The Joint Annual Meeting of the Members and Directors
of New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation was held in
the Terrace Club on the Fair site, Tuesday, January 26, 1965
at 11:00 A. M.
Thomas J. Deegan, Jr., acted as Chairman of the
meeting. Ernestine R. Haig acted as Secretary.
The notice of the meeting was ordered filed with the
minutes of the meeting. The Secretary reported that a quorum
was present. The Chairman directed that the Secretary enter in
the minutes the names of the persons present in person or by proxy
and file the proxies with her records.
Present in person were the following Directors, being a quorum:
John J. Bergen
Robert E. Blum
Benjamin Botwinick
Frederic H. Brandi
Detlev W. Bronk
James Bruce
William H. Burkhart
Selig S. Burrows
Mario T. Cariello
Joseph F. Carlino
Elmer A. Carter
Edward F. Cavanagh, Jr.
L. Gary Clemente
Lou R. Crandall
Jean Dalrymple
Harold J. Drescher
Charles E. Eble
John Elliott
G. S. Eyssell
James A. Farley
Edwin S. Friendly
Robert D. L. Gardner
Peter Grimm
Mrs. Denny Griswold
Ralph C. Gross
John E. Heyke, Jr.
Stanley C. Hope
George Hyam
Jacob K. Javits
Dorothy Liebes
Louis J. Marion
Rev. Julius Mark
Charles B. McCabe
John J. McCloy
Michael J. Merkin
William H. Morton
Robert Moses
Arthur H. Motley
William I. Nichols
C. Elmer Nolte, Jr.
Iva s. V.Patcevitch
Charles Poletti
William E. Potter
Charles F. Preusse
Samuel F. Pryor
John A. Roosevelt
James J. Rorimer
Samuel I. Rosenman
William A. Shea
C. R. Smith
Ralph W. Seckman
George E. Spargo
S. Joseph Tankoos, Jr.
Austin .T. Tobin
William J. Tracy
Everitt T. Winter
William Zeckendorf
Present in person pending his formal confirmation as a Director
was Charles W. Froessel.
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Morris P. Arnoff
John J. Bergen
Malcolm K. Beyer
Robert E. Blum
Benjamin Botwinick
Frederic H. Brandi
A. N. Brion
James Bruce
William H. Burkhart
Selig S. Burrows
Detlev W. Bronk
John P. Carey
Mario T. Cariello
Joseph F. Carlino
Elmer A. Carter
Edward F. Cavanagh, Jr.
Bradford N. Clark
L. Gary Clemente
Ted Cott
Lou R. Crandall
Jean Dalrymple
Harold J. Drescher
Charles E. Eble
John Elliott
G. s. Eyssell
James A. Farley
Edwin S. Friendly
Robert D. L. Gardner
Peter Gladstone
Thomas M. Goodiellow
Peter Grimm
Mrs. Denny Griswold
Ralph C. Gross
Luther Gulick
John E. Heyke, Jr.
Stanley C. Hope
William R. Hudgins
George Hyam
Jose T. Ibanez
Jacob K. Javits
John M. Joyce
Joseph Kaitz
Gabriel Kirschenbaum
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Morris Kirsch
Paula Landry
Joseph Love
Dorothy Liebes
Louis J. Marion
Rev. Julius Mark
Charles P. McCabe
John J. McCloy
Thomas F. Me Evily
Lewis A. McMurran
Michael J. Merkin
Louis B. Morgan
William H. Morton
Robert Moses
Arthur H. Motley
William I. Nichols
C. Elmer Nolte, Jr.
Leopold Philipp
Charles Poletti
William E. Potter
Michael H. Prendergast
Charles F. Preusse
Samuel F. Pryor
Iva s. V. Patcevitch
Bernard B. Ramsey
Harold Riegelman
John A. Roosevelt
James J. Rorimer
Samuel I. Rosenman
William A. Shea
C. R. Smith
Ralph W. Seckman
Hope R. Stevens
George E. Spargo
Jerome Tierman
A us tin J. To bin
William J. Tracy
S. Joseph Tankoos,Jr.
Harold A. Webster
Everitt T. Winter
William Zeckendorf
Victor D. Ziminsky
Joseph F. Adams
Lloyd K. Allen
Herbert L. Barnet
Bertram Barr
Bernard Berger
Charles A. Berns
Robert S. Benjamin
Joseph P. Binns
Eugene R. Black
James B. Black
William T. Brady
Edgar M. Bronfman
Charles H. Brower
Ralph J. Btmche
Louis Broido
John L. Burns
David R. Calhoun, Jr.
Norman Chandler
Lucius D. Clay
Clark M. Clifford
John F. Connelly
Edward Corsi
Gardner Cowles
Henry Crown
Howa1'd S. Cullman
William J. Curtis
Robert W. Cutler
Raymond C. Deering
Rene d'Harnoncourt
Lowell S. Dillingham
Joseph C. Duke
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Joseph L. Eckhouse
Elizabeth P. Farrington
Harold A. Felix
William D. Fugazy
Richard W. Freeman
F. M. Flynn
John M. Franklin
C. Keith Funston
Paolino Gerli
Thomas F. Gleed
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Nathaniel L. Goldstein
Allen J. Greenough
John W. Hanes
Huntington Hartford
Gabriel Hauge
Enid A. Haupt
Eldon E. Hazlet
Daniel P. Higgins, Jr.
Richard L. Jones, Jr.
James M. Kemper, Jr.
Arthur R. Kennedy
Eugene J. Keogh
Grayson Kirk
I. Robert Kriendler
Maxwell Lehman
Robert Lehman
David M. Levitt
Kuo Ching Li, Jr.
Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
George H. Love
Henry R. Luce
Edgar F. Luckenbach, Jr.
Nils A. Lundberg
Charles M. Mackall
Joseph A. Martino
Herbert A. May
Very Rev. Laurence J. McGinley, S.J.
Paul Miller
MacNeill Mitchell
Thomas A. Morgan
William H. Moore
Julian H. Moore
Norman N. Newhouse
Carroll V. Newsom
Ruderic L. 0' Connor
Floyd B. Odlum
VincentT. O'Keefe,S.J,
John A. Ortiz
William S. Paley
J. Anthony Panuch
C. Michael Paul
Herbert H. Pensig
More
Richard S. Perkins
Clifton W. Phalen
Fortune R. Pope
Jacob S. Potofsky
Ralph T. Reed
AndrewS. Roscoe
WilliamS. Renchard
Richard S. Reynolds, Jr.
John T. Rooney
Rudolph J. Schaefer
Jack W. Sewell
Charles H. Silver
Edgar J. Smith
Marshall G. Staub
Jack I. Straus
J. William Stuart
David Sullivan
Benjamin H. Swig
George C. Textor
Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr.
David Tishman
Gene Tunney
Samuel Wager
David A. Werblin
Alexander M. White
William L. Young
Joseph Zaretzki
Ezra K. Zilkha
Each of said Members had appointed Messrs. Robert Moses,
Thomas J. Deegan, Jr., Charles F. Preusse, and each of them, proxies.
The following Members mailed in proxies also designating the afore-
said persons but said proxies arrived too late to be voted at the meeting:
Kenneth B. Keating
Jacob Landau
Milton A. Marks
Lief J. Sverdrup
Two proxies were illegible and were not voted.
A telegraphic message was received prior to the meeting from Dona
Felisa Rincon deGautier, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Member and
Director, regretting her inability to attend the meeting and offering her full
cooperation.
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John Blum, representing Jack I. Straus, Director
Clay Buckhout, representing Harry R. Luce, Director
Alfred Ei.senstaedt, representing MacNeill Mitchell, Director
James T. Horris, representing Clifton W. Phalen, Director
Robert C. Lindsay, representing Dale E. Sharp, Director
E.F.Sullivan, representing Thomas Jefferson Miley, Director
Robert W. Watt, representing Louis Broido, Director
Robert B. Cooke, representing R.J .Schaefer, Member
Thomas Hardart, representing William J. Curtis, Member
as well as John V. Thornton, Esq. and members of the staff and consultants
of the Fair Corporation.
AGENDA ITEM 1. Submission of minutes
a. Minutes of Joint Annual
- Meeting of Members and
Directors of January 22, 1964
b. Minutes of Board of Directors
- Meeting of June 22, 1964
c. Minutes of Executive Committee
- Meetings of June 1, July 14,
August 13, September 9,
October 13, November 18 and
December 15, 1964
The Chairman stated that the first order of
business was the submission of the aforesaid minutes, copies of which had
previously been received by the Members and Directors.
The Chairman asked if there were any questions
or suggestions on, or deletions or additions to, such minutes. There
were none.
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Accordingly, on motion duly made and
seconded, it was llllanimously
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the Joint
Annual Meeting of Members and Directors held on
January 22, 1964, the minutes of the Directors
meeting of June 22, 1964, and the minutes of the
Executive Committee meetings of June 1, July 14,
August 13, September 9, October 13, November 18
and December 15, 1964 are accepted and approved.
AGENDA ITEM 2. Directors' Report
There WaJ3 submitted to the meeting the Directors'
Annual Report to Members for the year ending December 31, 1964, a copy
of which had been included in the material previously received by the Members
and Directors.
on the Directors' Annual Report. There were none.
Accordingly, on motion duly made and seconded,
it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Annual Report of the Directors,
for the year ending December 31, 1964, is accepted and
approved.
AGENDA ITEM 3. Resolutions on deaths
The Chairman stated that since the l813t meeting
three of our Directors had died, the former President of the United States,
Herbert Hoover, and Messrs. Roy W. Howard and Landon K. Thorne, He
asked all present to rise for a moment of silence to recognize the memory of
these men who had supported the Fair and its leadership.
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AGENDA ITEM: 4. Election of Directors
for ensuing year
The Chairman stated that, in the absence of
and at the request of Bernard F. Gimbel, Chairman of the Organization
Committee (which also acts as the Nominating Committee), he was presenting
the recommendation of the Nominating Committee that there be elected as
Directors for the ensuing year the persons named on Lists "A" and "B",
copies of which had been previously distributed to all Members and Directors.
or suggestions or any deletions or additions to the lists. There were none.
it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Members of the Corporation
elect as Members of the Board of Directors to serve
for the ensuing year, effective immediately, the
persons named on lists submitted to this meeting,
entitled List "A" and List "B".
filed with the minutes of the meeting, as were copies of Lists "A" and "B".
The Nominating Committee consisted of
Bernard F. Gimbel, Chairman
Gardner Cowles
G. s. Eyssell
Very Rev. Laurence J. McGinley, s. J.
Alfred E. Perlman
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AGENDA ITEM 5, Election of Members
The Chairman stated that, in the absence of
and at the request of Mr. Gimbel, he was likewise presenting the
recommendation of the Nominating Committee that there be elected as
Members of the Corporation the persons on List "C", a copy of which had
previously been distributed to the Members and Directors.
or any additions or deletions to the list. There were none.
it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors elects
as Members of the Corporation, effective immediately,
the persons named on List "C" submitted to this
meeting.
AGENDA ITEM 6. Election of Chairman of
Executive Committee
and Officers
Mr. G. s. Eyssell, a member of the Organization
and Nominating Committee, stated that he was reporting for the Chairman of
the Committee, Bernard F. Gimbel. He moved the reelection of the
Chairman of the Executive Committee and the officers of the Corporation.
or any additions or deletions. There were none.
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Accordingly, Mr. Eyssell's motion having
been seconded, it was unanimously
RESOLVED, that the following persons are
elected to the offices set opposite their respective
names, to serve for the ensuing year and until
their successors are elected and qualify:
Chairman of the Executive Committee Thomas J. Deegan, Jr.
Executive Vice President William E. Potter
Vice President-Operations Stuart Constable
Vice President-International Charles Poletti
Assistant Secretary John V. Thornton
The President stated that he had nothing to add
to his introduction to the Progress Report, "The Fair in 1965", a copy
of which had been distributed to each Member and Director.
concerning the Progress Report. There were none.
AGENDA ITEM 8. Next meeting of the
Board of Directors
The Chairman stated that the next meeting of the
Board of Directors would be held in June 1965, at a date to be fixed.
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The Chairman asked if there was any new
business to come before the meeting.
Senator Javi ts asked what the procedure was if
the situation required a special meeting of the Board of Directors.
Counsel stated that such a meeting could be
called by the President or by fifty of the Directors.
The Chairman asked Senator Javits if that
answered his question and the Senator replied "yes".
The Chairman reported that, at the meeting of
the Executive Committee this morning, prior to this meeting, it was
unanimously resolved to accept the resignations of the five members of the
Finance Committee and that it was further unanimously resolved that the
management be authorized to negotiate a short term loan of $4,000, 000,
as needed.
The Chairman asked whether there were
questions as to either of these actions. There were none.
The Chairman stated that, since there were no
questions, he believed all the business of the meeting had been covered
and would entertain a motion to adjourn.
Thereupon, on motion duly made and seconded,
the meeting adjourned to witness the premiere showing of the new promotional
film, "To the Fair".
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