the Council created, which it
controls, and which exist in 30 cities: Albuquerque, Atlanta,
Birmingham, Boise, Boston, Casper, Charlottesville, Denver, Des Moines,
Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville,
Nashville, Omaha, Philadelphia, Portland (Maine), Portland (Oregon),
Providence, St. Louis, St. Paul-Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, San
Francisco, Seattle, Tucson, Tulsa, Wichita, Worcester.
A booklet entitled _Committees on Foreign Relations: Directory of
Members, January, 1961_, published by the Council on Foreign Relations,
contains a roster of members of all the Committees on Foreign Relations,
except the one at Casper, Wyoming, which was not organized until later
in 1961. The booklet also gives a brief history of the Committees:
"In 1938, with the financial assistance of the Carnegie Corporation
of New York, the Council began to organize affiliated discussion
groups in a few American cities....
"Each Committee is composed of forty or more men who are leaders in
the professions and occupations of their area--representatives of
business, the law, universities and schools, the press, and so on.
About once a month, from October through May, members come together
for dinner and an evening of discussion with a guest speaker of
special competence.... Since the beginning in 1938, the Carnegie
Corporation of New York has continued to make annual grants in
support of the Committee program."
The following information about the Committees on Foreign Relations is
from the 1960-61 Annual Report of the Council on Foreign Relations:
"During the past season the Foreign Relations Committees carried on
their customary programs of private dinner meetings. In all, 206
meetings were held....
"The Council arranged or figured in the arrangement of about
three-quarters of the meetings held, the other sessions being
undertaken upon the initiative of the Committees. Attendance at the
discussions averaged 28 persons, slightly more than in previous
years and about the maximum number for good discussion. There was
little change in membership--the total being just under 1800. It
will be recalled that this membership consists of men who are
leaders in the various professions and occupations....
"On June 2 and 3, the 23rd annual conference of Committee
representatives was held at the Haro
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