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GEORGE A. GOODLING 19TH DISTRICT, PENNSYLVANIA ROOM 1714, LONGWORTH BUILDING TEL. CODE 202-225-5836 YORK, PA., OFFICE: FEDERAL BUILDING TEL. 717-843-8887 Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 March 21, 1969 COMMITTEES: AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEES: CONSERVATION AND CREDIT DOMESTIC MARKETING AND CONSUMER RELATIONS FAMILY FARMS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES SUBCOMMITTEES: FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION OCEANOGRAPHY Mr. John Zampelli President Junior Chamber of Commerce Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 Dear Mr. Zampelli: Knowing of your organization's keen interest in obtaining the trophies that had been earned by Jim Thorpe and returned to Lucerne, Switzerland, I wrote to the United States Department of State and urged that this Department implement United States-Switzerland negotiations toward the end of recovering the pertinent trophies. I have today received a response from Mr. William B. Macomber of the Department of State, and I am enclosing the original of this correspondence for your convenience. The letter sent by Mr. Macomber is self-explanatory, and it appears that the orthodox method of dealing with this matter would be for the private organization of the United States Olympic Committee to take up the matter with the International Olympic Committee. In the light of this, I am today communicating with the United States Olympic Committee, urging this Committee to institute negotiations with the International Olympic Committee to effect the return of the Jim Thorpe trophies. You, too, might want to send a similar letter, thereby lending strength to the request. I sincerely hope the enclosure proves helpful. Sincerely yours, Geo. A. Goodling GEORGE A. GOODLING Member of Congress GAG:prw Enclosure