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committee which has, to date, raised more than $2.7 million. In 

 October 1963 President Kennedy was host at a Imicheon in the White 

 House to members of the Committee, as well as other top business 

 leaders from all parts of the countiy. (As a direct result of this 

 occasion, industrial contributions amounting to approximately $1 mil- 

 lion were received within a short period of time thereafter.) 



(2) /Service hand recordings. — During the year a second royalty 

 payment was received from RCA Victor Eecords covering the sale of 

 the four military service band albums issued by RCA on behalf of 

 the Center, for a further 6-month period, September 1963 through 

 February 1964. This royalty payment amomited to $60,197.81, bring- 

 ing the total proceeds from the sale of the records to $120,039.02. 



(3) "Creative America,''^ published by Ridge Press, went on nation- 

 wide sale in February 1963. A percentage of the proceeds from the 

 sale of the book is being paid to the Center. The book traces the full 

 circle of artistic creation and contains a foreword by President Ken- 

 nedy, original articles by General Eisenhower, President Trmnan, 

 James Baldwin, Mark Van Doren, Jolin Ciardi, among others, as 

 well as more than 90 pages of color pictures by the staff of Magnum, 

 one of the world's outstanding associations of photographers. 



(4) Gifts of foreign govermnents. — During the year the Center 

 received substantial gifts from two foreign governments. In July 

 1963 President Kennedy annomiced that the Italian Government 

 through President Segni had offered a contribution of all the marble 

 required in the building of the Center. In October the Prime Minister 

 of Ireland, Mr. Sean Lemass, offered the gift of a Waterford chan- 

 delier to hang in the Center's symphony hall. Several other foreign 

 governments have also shown an interest in making donations to the 

 Center. 



(5) In October 1963 the Rockefeller Foundation made an un- 

 conditional grant to the Center of $1 million, and in December a gift 

 of $500,000 came from the Old Dominion Foundation. 



(6) Special Gifts Gom/tnittee. — Plans have been completed for the 

 formation of a national Special Gifts Committee to seek substantial 

 contributions to the Center from sources other than business and in- 

 dustry. A contract has been negotiated with the firm of Bowen & 

 Gurin, New York City, to coordinate the fund-raising efforts of this 

 committee. 



(7) Mrs. Kennedy^s Christmas cards. — During the summer of 1963 

 Mrs. Kennedy graciously offered to design two Christmas cards to be 

 sold for the benefit of the Center. The cards were published and dis- 

 tributed by Hallmark Cards and enjoyed a very considerable sale. 



