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comma! sone" wo 10 . . Tolaon UNITED STATES GOVER* “NT fr Mohr —— Memorandum U a To ae paT#:, March 9, 1961 Te — v ‘Trotter —__ . wt _ Tele. Foon ~ svnyeer CHILD MOLESTER POSTER TION OF 170, 000 COPIES BY HIS EMINENCE a FRANCIS CARDINA ELLMAN | ~~ ARCHDIOCESE OF YORK . juaeteeieieatarttenlitalD ead hii Aaschee By letter dated 2-28-61 SAC, New York, advised that His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman was contacted in connection with the current child molest poster program. The Cardinal issued instructions to Monsignor Edward M. Connors Associate Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of New York, to coordinate the distribution of the posters to each of the 400 elementary schools in the Archdioce Upon contact, Monsignor Connors estimated 170, 000 copies of the poster would be needed to cover the enrollment of the 400 schools. Hie offered to make avaiiabie a directory of aii his eiementary schoois and ihe service of his Addressograph facilities if needed. The New York letter pointed out that Cardinal Spellman made many laudatory comments concerning the Director and the child molester poster program. In an effort to reduce the mailing problem involved in preparing and mailing at least 400 packages to the 400 different schools, New York was telephonica asked on $-6-61 if there was a possibility of shipping the entire 170, 000 posters (1,700 pounds, shipping cost $43.50) to Monsignor Connors for delivery by him to the schools. The SA who had talked with the Monsignor advised that the mer had been diplomatically broached with the Monsignor, but that he considered it problem beyond solving by his limited facilities, . ( Needless to say, the type of distribution which we can make in the New York Archdiocese fits perfectly the goals of the program. The cost af the 170,000 postere is approximately $272 and the mailing would be done under our franking privileges, The only large hurdle would be the preparation of the mailing stickers and the packaging and mailing of the posters. Through the combined efforts of the Correspondence Unit and the Supply Room in Mec! cal Section, it is believer that this problem can be handled with little difficulty. - ~< RECOMMENDATIONS: see next page q 7 WAR 281 Ensiomures (2) 122 ce s— 10O~6/ i B (2) °