Nomination. Hearing, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, on Nancy Hanks, of New York: To be Chairman of the National Council on the Arts. October 1, 1969

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - 33 pages

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Page 4 - In the administration of this Act, no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States shall exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the personnel, curriculum, or program of instruction of any school or school system of any local or State educational agency.
Page 4 - The Endowment shall be headed by a chairman, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Chairman shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for the Director of the National Science Foundation.
Page 4 - States — (1) productions which have substantial artistic and cultural significance, giving emphasis to American creativity and the maintenance and encouragement of professional excellence...
Page 4 - Chairman with respect to policies, programs, and procedures for carrying out his functions, duties, or responsibilities pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and (2) review applications for financial assistance made under this Act and make recommendations thereon to the Chairman. The...
Page 3 - Foundation"), which shall be composed of a National Endowment for the Arts, a National Endowment for the Humanities, and a Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities...
Page 10 - Art, as a member of the founding conmittee of the Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind at the North Carolina Museum of Art, as a Trustee of Duke University who played an active role in the establishment of the University's museum and was elected as a member of the American Association of Museums
Page 4 - Arts. (c) The Chairman, with the advice of the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities and the National Council on the Arts, is authorized to establish and carry out a program of contracts with, or...
Page 4 - American creativity and the maintenance and encouragement of professional excellence; (2) productions meeting professional standards or standards of authenticity, irrespective of origin, which are of significant merit and which, without such assistance, would otherwise be unavailable to our citizens in many areas of the country. (3) projects that will encourage and assist artists and enable them to achieve standards of professional excellence. (4) workshops that will encourage and develop the appreciation...
Page 2 - OTHER ACTIVITIES President, Associated Councils of the Arts. Member, Council, American Association of Museums. Trustee, Museum of Primitive Art. Member, Advisory Board, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Trustee, Duke University. Trustee, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey. Former member, Executive Committee, The Radcliffe Institute. MEMBERSHIPS Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Kappa Delta. Kappa Alpha Theta. CLUBS The Capitol Hill, Washington, DC The Rockefeller Center...
Page 5 - One of the important goals of my Administration is the further advance in our cultural development." These words are also important because they place the question of the Nation's cultural development above partisan considerations. The President has not only pledged to support a three-year extension of the Foundation, but he has proposed a substantially enlarged Federal...

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