The Foundation assists research, community action, and training in the governing processes of a free society, the solution of urban and regional problems, and the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency.

Public Service and Leadership

Since 1956, the Foundation has helped broaden the potential of future teachers and practitioners in public affairs through internships for graduate students and faculty members in local, state, and Federal legislatures and government departments. This year, with grants totaling $1,238,028 to the universities listed on page 130, the Foundation gave further support for legislative internships it had previously assisted in California, and expanded the series to include legislatures in nine other states: Alaska, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, and Washington.

Under the new grants, over a six-year period more than 300 graduate students, young lawyers, journalists, and others will be assigned by the participating legislatures to work with standing and interim committees and research departments and in the offices of speakers, chief clerks, and other officials. Half the internship stipends will be financed by the legislatures, the remainder by the Foundation's grants. Over thirty universities are cooperating with the legislatures by screening candidates and conducting supplementary seminars and other educational activities.

Citizenship Understanding and Participation

A $600,000 grant was made to the Citizenship Clearing House, established in 1949 to improve the education of college students in state and local politics and to prepare them for participation in public life as citizens or future officials. The agency has pursued these objectives in two main ways: first, through a network of affiliates at twenty colleges and universities, which cooperate with other campus programs in their regions to broaden students' experience in the political process; second, through a national program of workshops, fellowships, and internships aimed at improving teaching in public affairs. The new grant, bringing Foundation support for these efforts to $2,275,000 since 1956, will assist the organization's work with its affiliates for another five years.

To help improve the environment for thoughtful action on local and national problems complicated by differences in religion, the