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Mrs. Lasker, I think that you wanted to follow through today, and say something about the first meeting of the committee in the national capital for the beautification of the city.

Yes. On the 11th of February, 1965, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson held a meeting in the White House, at 4 o'clock, which was the first meeting of her committee for a more beautiful capital. She and Stuart Udell, the Secretary of the Interior, acted as co-chairmen.

Tell me about the complexion of the committee.

Among other people present was Tagrina (?), one of the commissioners of the District of Columbia; Mr. Nat Owings, the architect, a partner in Skidmore and Owings; a man called Victor Gruen; Laurence Rockefeller was present as an observer; Sutton Jett, head of the National Parks Service; and various other people, including Mrs. Lockheim, who are connected with Federal agencies. With the exception of Laurence Rockefeller and myself, nobody whom I recall as outside interested citizens without official capacity. Laurence Rockefeller was there, as he is to