This report of the Carnegie Commission on Educational Television is addressed to The American people.

What a week this has been in Washington - a whirling collage of culture and current events, poets and politics, patrons and performing artists, astronauts and architects. This is the week, surely, of the ultimate fulfillment of Jacques Barzun's apostrophe, in The House of Intellect on conferences: Take, he said, at any instant, a census of the great talents of the world and you will find a large portion preparing, attending or recovering from a conference.

Mr. Harrington introduced me as a management consultant, which I am, but let me say at the outset that no one realizes better than I the hazards of trying to run cultural and art operations as if they were business organizations. That is something you cannot do, and we never advise our clients that they should. Sound principles of management are, however, applicable to nonprofit organizations, and good management is of the utmost importance to them. Experience has shown that much can be done to improve management in the performing arts without impairing the cultural or artistic ends to be

We have the honor to submit the survey of the New York State cultural institutions are required by Chapter 313, Laws of 1960, and our recommendations for encouraging participation in and appreciation of the arts. Our survey covers the financial status of the professional, non-profit and hence tax-example institutions that deal with the performing arts, the visual arts, and history. The survey also lists the theatres and auditoriums outside of New York City which by their size and present condition, can house performances of opera, ballet, drama, and symphonic music.