1964-65 New York World's Fair Groundbreaking and Dedication Booklets

GROUND BREAKING AT THE

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965

Robert Moses, Fair presi-
dent, and J. Doyle DeWitt,
president of The Travelers
Insurance Companies, raise
world' s largest umbrella at
June 21 ceremony.

Remarks by J. Doyle DeWitt, President, The Travelers
Insurance Companies, at The Travelers exhibit ground-
breaking ceremonies, New York World's Fair, Wednes-
day, June 27, 1962.

On April 1, 1964 The Travelers Insurance Companies
will celebrate its 100th Anniversary. In this same month,
the New York World's Fair will open its gates to mil-
lions of visitors from all corners of the world. We hope
that a great many of these people will visit The Travelers
exhibit which will stand on this site and take away with
them a deeper understanding of the meaning of insurance
in their lives. We realize we wrill be competing for atten-
tion with some of the most glamorous of the world's
industries- — communication, transportation, automation.
We know that there will be sights to dazzle the eye and
stagger the imagination. But we feel that our story . . .
which is nothing less than man's developing capacity to
triumph over the hazards of living . . . has a depth and
significance completely appropriate to the Fair's great

theme of man's achievements on a shrinking globe in an
expanding universe.

The World's Fair of 1964 will be a showcase of free-
. and an inspiring symbol of the accomplishment

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of a free society. Insurance is a method by which free
people protect the values of the present and the future;
and enable themselves to take necessary risks without suf-
fering catastrophe. Insurance also provides huge reservoirs
of capital, through the voluntary savings of millions of
people, by which the economy of a free nation can grow
and prosper.

Our exhibit building will be roofed with a symbolic
representation of the red umbrella which stands for pro-
tection through The Travelers. We sincerely hope that for
those who come within its shelter it will provide inspira-
tion and enlightenment. For almost a century, The Trav-
elers has been a partner to the dream and aspirations of
millions of people. We are proud to be a part of the vision
which is creating this great World's Fair. And with the
breaking of ground here today, we dedicate ourselves not
to a celebration of our past . . . but to our will and deter-
mination to meet the responsibilities of the future. •

Remarks by Robert Moses, President, The New York
World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation, Wednesday, June
27, 1962.

I am a middle of the road man, a pragmatist. I believe
in public authorities half way between government and
business with the virtues of both. I believe in the great
insurance companies which are also middle of the road
institutions, providing for millions of families, the
cushion against time and chance which individually and
separately would be quite beyond them. By the force of
numbers and the common sharing of risks the great mass
of people acting together can achieve additional security
beyond what the government gives them. Travelers cele-
brates its centenary with the breaking of ground for a
splendid, imaginative exhibit at the World's Fair. I con-
gratulate Travelers and am happy to raise its sheltering
red umbrella at Flushing Meadow. #

Robert Moses, /. Doyle DeWitt, and Martin Stone, Fair
director for Industrial Exhibits, view Travelers model.

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964-1965

Flushing 52, N. Y. ■ Tel:. 212-WF 4-1964

ROBERT MOSES, President

THOMAS J. DEEGAN, JR., Chairman of the Executive Committee

WILLIAM E. POTTER, Executive Vice President

STUART CONSTABLE, Vice President, Operations

CHARLES POLETTI, Vice President, International Affairs and Exhibits

WILLIAM A. BERNS, Vice President, Communications and
Public Relations

ERWIN WITT, Comptroller

ERNESTINE R. HAIG, Secretary of the Corporation and
Assistant to the President

MARTIN STONE, Director of Industrial Section

GUY F. TOZZOLI, (Port of New York Authority) Transportation Section

THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANIES

J. DOYLE DeWITT, President

MILLARD BARTELS, Chairman, Insurance Executive Committee

STERLING T- TOOKER, Executive Vice President

LYTTLETON M. BALDWIN, Vice President

GEORGE H. SHACKELFORD, Vice President

VIRGIL V. ROBY, Vice President

WILLIAM N. SEERY, Vice President

ROGER C. W1LKINS, Vice President

HERBERT J. KRAMER, Director, Public Information and
Advertising Department