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(Peggy Gallagher is a feature writer for the Elmira Star-Gazetteand Advertiser, a Gannett Newspaper. During December 6 to 9 the paper sent her to Washington, DC to attend A Seminar on Poverty, conducted by the Office of Economic Opportunity which is headed by R. Sargent Shriver.

(As soon as we realized that Peggy’s trip would furnish a good opportunity for another test, we asked her to say no more about it. By then we knew she was going to Washington, but Jane does not believe Peggy told her specifically, for instance, that Peggy was to cover a seminar on poverty. Be that as it may, we were told little in advance of the trip. Peggy herself did not know about the trip until a few days before she left.

(Peggy did attend this discussion. The talk didn’t concern the survival of our nation, but of some individuals within it; it was a seminar on poverty.)

(As stated, the title was A Seminar on Poverty. However, the discussions dealt with the survival of the hard-core poor, the deprived, on a strong, even desperate level, Peggy said. The seminar concerned the literal survival of these individuals, and methods of raising their standard of living. Much more than money was involved here.)

(Monday night Peggy attended a cocktail party in a private home in Washington. The party was held in several small crowded rooms, plus a large room. The main hostess was a woman, Judy Carlyle, who is affiliated with the poverty program. Mrs. Carlyle’s husband was present in an unofficial capacity, and was introduced to Peggy.

([Peggy:] “Yes. To wind up the seminar on poverty a press conference was held with Sargent Shriver, director of the poverty program. The disturbance occurred when an incensed group from Syracuse appeared and tried to disrupt the conference time reserved for the reporters.”

([Peggy:] “Yes, although the initials are R. D.” Peggy wanted to talk with a certain official on the poverty program; his offices were on a floor lower than that of the seminar, in the same building. Peggy went to the man’s offices on Tuesday and waited for some time there. Failing to see him, she made an appointment for Wednesday, but did not keep this appointment because of the press of other business.)

([Peggy:] “Yes.” Seeing the above word in the material caused Peggy to say that it was quite unusual. At the seminar Peggy was surprised to hear the name of Secretary of Defense McNamara brought up rather strongly in connection with Sargent Shriver and the poverty program. The connection being a comparison of the two men’s tactics in running their respective departments. Peggy said the point was hammered at more than once during the seminar.)