"I would like to consider the possibility of our academic institutions to shape the future and I would presume to speak particularly of the moral dimensions of higher education and some of the impending ethical questions that attend such a consideration."

Universities and the Nuclear Threat

With the address a copy of Father Hesburgh's review of the book: "The Bishops and Nuclear Weapons: The Catholic Pastoral Letter on War and Peace" by James E. Dougherty. Published in association with the Institute of Policy Analysis, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Archon Books, 1984. 3 pages. Not a speech.

Also enclosed 2 copies of the summary of the first, joint endeavor of scientists and religious leaders worldwide to combat nuclear terror, by Father Hesburgh and Thomas Malone, Foreign Secretary of National Academies of Sciences. Details the meetings, participants, and statements on nuclear threat. Actual statements, released by the participants after deliberations, are missing. Not a speech. 3 pages.

Also enclosed an address given by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, at the American Bar Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August 4, 1984, entitled "Role of the Religious Leader in the Development of Public Policy" 18 pages, together with his remarks at the End of the 50th Anniversary Red Mass, Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago, September 30, 1984, 3 pages.