dignifying their participation through news media, awards, programs, medals, trophies, and other forms of public recognition.

He planned indoor picnics, parades, field day exercises, talent shows, and various other forms of recreational activities that involved the entire community.

Although goals for service, to his friends and neighbors in Anacostia were, as yet, unmet, Mr. Anderson accepted the challenge of an assignment to another troubled area with the same vigor and enthusiasm that had carried him to the brink of success in Anacostia.

Here in his own way he continued his own war on poverty, by counseling youths with problems; by visiting the parents; by getting jobs; by bringing about understanding between the police and the youth and by getting the youth rerouted on constructive courses. Clear proof of the effectiveness of his methods is more than evidenced by the fact that a hard-core, criminally inclined gang of 70 youths were influenced, with possibly one exception, to change their directions. The list of rehabilitations that can be attributed to Mr. Anderson's work is long and impressive.

One former member of the gang is now on the payroll of the buildings and ground staff for the Capitol.

As supervisor of the roving leader program, Mr. Anderson has trained and coached a force that is dedicated to helping youth with problems to enter the mainstream and become useful citizens. Mr. Anderson has personally secured scholarships from several colleges and in other ways has interceded to get a number of young men enrolled in college.

It is reassuring to the people of Anacostia, in particular, and the Nation's Capital in general, that Stanley Anderson has been selected to share his experiences and understanding of city problems with the governing body of our city.

We respectfully urge approval of Mr. Anderson as a member of the District of Columbia City Council. Thank you very much. The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much.

Are there questions of the witness?

Thank you very much.

Our next witness appears for the Thompson nomination, Mr. H. Carl Moultrie III, of Washington, D.C.

STATEMENT OF H. CARL MOULTRIE, MEMBER OF THE BAR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND NATIONAL EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC., WASHINGTON, D.C.

Mr. MOULTRIE. Mr. Chairman. I am H. Carl Moultrie, a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and associated with the firm of Cobb, Howard, Hayes & Windsor. I am also the national executive secretary of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., with national headquarters in Washington, D.C.

I am here today to present a statement on behalf of William Sylvester Thompson nominee to the City Council under the President's Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 to provide a better government for for the citizens of the Nation's Capital.

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First, may I unhesitatingly state that I am one hundred percent in favor of the new form of government in that I see it as a forerunner of home rule.

Secondly, I am particularly concerned with the principle that the new form of government needs the support of each citizen in order for it to achieve the ultimate goal of giving Washington the best city government and making the city a better place in which all citizens may live.

The President, in his sincere desire to select persons of know-how to serve in the new form of government, searched long and hard and is to be congratulated for his selections.

William Sylvester Thompson brings to this position the peculiar kind of know-how which eminently qualifies him to serve in this capacity. He has been a resident of the District of Columbia since 1929, more than 30 years. He is a graduate of St. Augustine's High School, received a B.Š. degree in Commerce and Finance from Howard University in 1934 and an LL.B. degree from Robert H. Terrell Law School, June 1939.

In continuing his legal educational work he had done further work at City College in New York. Mr. Thompson was on order to serve his country in the Army for a period of 2 years. He is a member of the bar of Kentucky and the District of Columbia and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1958. He is in the active practice of law with offices at 824 Victor Building.

Working with people and organizations has been a specialty with Mr. Thompson. He is a past president of the Washington Bar Association, member of the American Bar Association, member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and national committeeman for years 1966-67, member of Association of Plaintiff's Trial Attorneys, member of National Bar Association and president of the organization from 1957 to 1959, member of trustees of Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia from its organization to date, former member of President's Committee on Government Contracts, member of World Peace Through Law Center, and secretary-general of the organization from 1961 to present.

He has traveled in both this country and abroad. He is a member of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, and he had the distinction of serving as a member of the board of directors. Not only has he given his time and energy to legal organizations, he is the past vice president and legal adviser to Petworth Parent-Teacher Association, past legal adviser to Northwest Boundary Civic Association, member of Draft Board No. 10, 1945 to present, member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, and he is more popularly known as the ubiquitous president of the Washington Urban League.

Mr. Thompson is a family man. He is married and has one son, and is a member of St. George Episcopal Church.

Mr. Chairman and members, I personally deem it an honor to endorse William S. Thompson to serve as a member of this Council, and I hope you will confirm him immediately, and if when you do I predict that he will serve with dignity and honor.

The CHAIRMAN. A very fine statement, Mr. Moultrie. I appreciate having it.

Questions?

Our next witness appearing for the Shackleton nomination. Mrs. Katie Louchheim, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Mrs. Louchheim, it is always a real pleasure to see you.

We will be glad to hear from you.

STATEMENT OF MRS. KATIE LOUCHHEIM, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Mrs. LOUCHHEIM. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I would like to read my statement.

Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is my great privilege and pleasure this morning to speak on behalf of my long-time friend and associate Polly Shackleton, a Presidential nominee for the District of Columbia City Council.

In our 32 years of residence in the Nation's Capital, my husband Walter Louchheim and I have quite naturally developed very strong ties with this exceptional and beautiful city. We consider ourselves most fortunate to have Washington as our home. We, therefore, doubly appreciate the efforts and accomplishments of Polly Shackleton on behalf of our city.

For the past 6 years Polly Shackleton has devoted virtually almost all of her time to community affairs ranging all the way from beautification to zoning to Project Pride in 1966 and Project Trail Blazers in 1967. As a member along with Polly Shackleton of the First Lady's Committee for a More Beautiful National Capital, I have observed Polly's imaginatively designed plans take shape and grow to meaningful operations here in the city-meaningful in that citizens, business and private enterprise have cooperated and contributed to their

success.

Project Pride which I mentioned earlier involved coordination of neighborhood and public resources to eradicate rats, clean streets and alleys and other basic beautification activities while providing jobs for neighborhood youths.

Project Trail Blazers, funded by Laurance Rockefeller through the Society for a More Beautiful National Capital, was an experimental summer work and recreation program for 100 13- to 15-year-old youths from east of the Anacostia River. The program was such a success that Mr. Rockefeller added some funds to continue it for weekends over the winter. I want also to mention that I have heard Mr. Rockefeller praise Polly Shackleton's work with a genuine warmth of feeling that bespoke his admiration for her achievements.

Mrs. Shackleton now serves with distinction as a board member of the Family and Child Services, of the National Capital Day Care Association, and a council member of the District of Columbia Health and Welfare Council, and is active in many other associations. Formerly she served on the board of the Georgetown Children's House; she was secretary to the Pennsylvania Avenue Advisory Council, she was a member of the Urban League, a board member, and other civicminded groups.

I would like also to call to the committee's attention the fact that Mrs. Shackleton had a successful and a distinguished career as a pro

fessional staff executive for the American Institute of Architects where she served for 12 years.

It is with genuine conviction and sincerity that I commend Mrs. Shackleton to the committee's approval, and may I say, Mr. Chairman, I wish we had many more citizens like her.

Thank you.

The CHAIRMAN. A very fine statement, Mrs. Louchheim. I have no questions.

Are there any questions from any of the members?

Thank you very much. We appreciate your appearance here this morning.

Has Mr. Alexander L. Benton, president of the Washington Bar Association, appearing on behalf of the Haywood nomination, arrived? STATEMENT OF ALEXANDER L. BENTON, PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON BAR ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Mr. BENTON. First of all, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I would like to apologize for being late. I was unavoidably detained.

The CHAIRMAN. We understand. That is perfectly all right, Mr. Benton.

Mr. BENTON. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, on behalf of the Washington Bar Association I wish to express appreciation to the committee for the opportunity to appear and give testimony in support of the nomination of Mrs. Margaret A. Haywood for the position of member of the Council of the District of Columbia Government.

As has been disclosed, I am sure, by the investigations of both the President's agents and this committee's staff during its private screening before scheduling the public hearing, Mrs. Haywood is eminently qualified to serve in the position for which she has been nominated.

She is now, and has been since 1942, in the private practice of law in the District of Columbia. During this wide expanse of years she has handled numerous cases covering the spectrum of general practice, including administrative law, probate practice, and conservatorships, which experience will undoubtedly prove to be invaluable in resolving the problems and meeting the tasks with which she will be confronted in her capacity of member of the Council.

Moreover, her activities in other fields of business and professions such as real estate and public accounting over a protracted period serve to supplement her legal talents and broaden the scope of the areas in which she can be particularly helpful to the Government and the community.

Her most impressive biographic sketch suggests that her affiliation with numerous civic and religious organizations and active participation in their operation gives her the added qualification of being able to understand and be sympathetic towards the problems of her constituents and to create a rapport and serve as a good connecting link and conduit between her constituents and the Government. My personal knowledge of her affable and personable characteristics gives credence and support and forms a backdrop to this observation.

We are proud to be able to state to the public in general, and to this committee in particular, that Mrs. Haywood has been a member of the Washington Bar Association for many years, and for the record, I might add, a dues paying member. To the extent that her law practice and the myria nonpaying activities permitted over the years she has given freely of her time in serving on committees and giving the association the benefit of her thinking in the shaping of important decisions affecting the association.

And while we cannot claim full credit for her nomination we should call to the attention of this committee that the Washington Bar Association did send a special telegram to the President urging him to appoint Negro attorneys to the Council and reminding him that the Washington Bar Association had previously submitted a list of endorsees. Moreover, while we are grateful that Mrs. Haywood was nominated we are saddened by the fact that her nomination is for such a short period; we think it should have been for the full 3-year

term.

Personally, it has been my pleasure and good fortune to be involved as counsel in several legal matters in both the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in which Mrs. Haywood was also legal counsel and representing an adverse party. I was highly impressed with the manner in which she performed her duties. She was industrious and conscientious and deeply dedicated and vitally concerned about the interest of her client.

Another trait which is enmeshed with these qualities and which embellishes them and without which they pale into insignificance is that of independent thinking. It would appear to this speaker that the Council, if it is to serve the purpose for which it was conceived, and if it is to be strong and forceful and sensitive to the wishes of the community, must be composed of members who are not only capable of independent thinking but who are not afraid to voice their opinions and who, although are always willing to listen to reason, will decide for themselves what should be the best interest of all the people and not the special interests group.

We think that Mrs. Haywood is possessed of this trait and because of it and the other qualifications heretofore mentioned will be an asset to both the District of Columbia government and the community. Accordingly, Mr. Chairman, we think the President has made a wise choice and we respectfully urge this committee to confirm the nomination.

The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much, Mr. Benton.

Do we have questions of Mr. Benton?

Mr. BENTON. Mr. Chairman, if I may ask your indulgence, while I am here, as you may recall, the association previously did submit a letter in behalf of Mr. William S. Thompson. I think the record will

show that.

The CHAIRMAN. It will show that.

Mr. BENTON. At this time I would like to make just the additional comment in support of what has already been said. The Washington Bar Association did submit Mr. Thompson's name to the President. We are also asking that his nomination be confirmed.

The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much, Mr. Benton.