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Dated 6 February 1968, but encloses article from 21 January 1968, reprinted from The New York Times Magazine: "Rebels Without a Program," by George F. Kennan, 3 .

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"One of the great and persisting scandals of our day is the sad fact that in the most affluent nation of the world there are millions of people, Negros, Spanish-speaking Americans, whites, and others - such as American Indians - who are perennially, almost institutionally, condemned to a life of poverty."

Statement released on 24 April 1968.

Scope and Contents "Our honored guest and speaker this evening is a most remarkable man.""Speaking to the Spartans of the University of Southern California, our old rivals, it seemed appropriate to begin by quoting a couple of Greeks.""I would like to begin with a quotation from a famous author: "What is happening to our young people?""3 copies.Same as "In Defense of the Younger Generation" in (CPHS 142/01.08) and in (CPHS...

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"I believe that all of us are well aware of the increasing growth and complexity of the university today, here and elsewhere."

Memorandum dated 12 June 1968, not clear if it is a delivered speech.

Scope and Contents "On behalf of the University community, I should like to thank personally Mr. Philip Faccenda, Dean William Lawless, and the other member of the University administration for their attempts to prevent disturbance and maintain a spirit of civility, rationality, and good will in the University community during the past few troubled days."The text was used for immediate release by Department of Public Information of Notre Dame, James Murphy, Director, not clear if it was a...

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"I am Theodore M. Hesburgh, president, since 1952, of the University of Notre Dame. During more than seventeen years in that office one of my great preoccupations has been the financing of the University's educational, research and service programs."

Father Hesburgh refers to sections of the proposed law, H.R. 13270, expressing concern about the disastrous consequences of introducing 7.5 % foundation tax on private philanthropy.

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Same as (CPHS 142/02.04) except the first paragraph.

Enclosed is a printed copy of speech in the "College and University Development", Winter Issue 1969, University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, Vol. 1, Number 2.

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Address given at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Detroit, Michigan.

Same as in (CPHS 142/02.02) except the first introductory page.

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Same as (CPHS 142/02.07)

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Address delivered at Loyola University, Chicago, Centennial Symposium called "Higher Education: Unity or Diversity".

Same as (CPHS 142/03.02)

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Same as (CPHS 142/03.03) with an added intorduction: "Sometimes a fact is much more important than many words." 1 page.

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"There has probably been no moment in modern history when our country has been more divided regarding its priorities and policy than at present."

Remarks include: "Declaration." In this document Father Hesburgh lists the reasons why militray withrawal from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos is necessary. 2 .

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Same as (CPHS 142/03.04)

2 copies: 1st copy same as (CPHS 142/03.04). The 2nd copy same as (CPHS 142/03.04) except a separate introduction titled "Protestants and Catholics Together in Higher Education", #486, 3 , 1970. In this introduction Father Hesburgh discusses Indiana's private and public universities and colleges.

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Same as (CPHS 142/03.05). Not a speech, but an extensive interview. Enclosed is the original newspaper article referring to the edited transcript of the interview.

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"This is the third and last time that I am honored and privileged to speak to the General Conference of the International Federation of Catholic Universities as your President."

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"In the twenty-five years that I have been associated with the university, as faculty member and administrator, I can think of no period more difficult than the present."

The text also encloses a corrected copy of speech including several inserts: "Closing Remarks: Reflections of a President", Father Hesburgh stresses the importance of a more dedicated teaching to help student and faculty unrest. 10 .

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"Maybe our problems relate more deeply than we suspect to the parlous state of the world around us - to its basic malaise, to its anomie, to its frustration and rootlessness."

Universities at the Crossroads

Clipsheet from The New York Times, Saturday, October 17, 1970

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Address given at the Conference on Continuing Education and the University.

Same as (CPHS 142/04.01)

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Same as (CPHS 142/04.02)

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Same as (CPHS 142/04.04), except it contains both the unedited version, 33 , and the edited version, 5 , of the interview. Edited version appeared in ND Alumnus dated August 1971.

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"What is college for: There are just so many things going on today, in such a wide spectrum, that I think the answer is - it's for almost anything."

Clipsheet. Interview with Father Hesburgh reprited in the University of Notre Dame News. Original questions and answers published in Madamoiselle Magazin dated August 1971.

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Text of a talk by Father Hesburgh which keynoted the 54th Annual Meeting of the of the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C., October 7, 1971, and was subsequently delivered, in slightly different form, at a meeting of the Notre Dame faculty on 20 October 1971. Document appeared in "ND Report" on November 15, 1971.

Same as (CPHS 142/05.04)

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"In the 1972 Presidential campaign, I was appalled at the meager mention or consideration of what most Presidents came to see as their most pressing domestic problem: civil rights and race, or if you will, racial justice in America."

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"On March 17, 1972, the President sent to Congress a message and proposed legislation dealing with the most deeply felt and most divisive domestic issue troubling the American people today."

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"The country has had enough victory talk from Vietnam."

Press release, University of Notre Dame News. From Richard W. Conklin, Department of Information Services.