FELLOW BOHEMIANS, GOOD AFTERNOON I am Ed Littlefield and privileged to be your sire at this luncheon honoring George Shultz. We gather here for two purposes. First, to let George know how delighted we are to welcome him back in our midst. Second, to tell George how immensely proud and grateful we are to him for what he did for all of us while he was away. Custom requires that I introduce those at the head table, each of whom has been carefully chosen because in the Halls of Bohemia none requires an introduction. As a group - unlike our honored guest - they can be distinguished because each of them has held an elective office. As present and past presidents they have reached the pinnacle of the democratic process as practiced in Bohemia. They in turn fall into two sub-groups: first, those that had the advantage of name recognition at the polls - the talented sons of talented Bohemian fathers; and second, those that had to rely on sheer talent alone to get to the top. In the first group - on my right, your left - William Parmer Fuller III. Droppping down to juniors, Charlie Bulotti, Jr. Proceeding in order - Ray Folger, Jr. Finishing off the first group, Pat O'Melvaney. Now to my left - your right - Carl "Sam" Arnold, Jr. Then, Princeton classmate of our honored guest, Bill Matthews. Next, immediate past president Harry Scott. And now our incumbent president George Elliott. You will note that the first sub-group tend to be raconteurs, masters of the spoken word. The second lean more to music, drama, and the theater - a villainous bass, a clown, a piano player in the key of C, and a saxophonist. All are proven sires - both in and out of Bohemia. All are strong evidence that the democratic process - as practiced in Bohemia - works. Just how it works may not be precisely what our honored guest had in mind in his never-ending championship of democratic principles the world over. Here we start with some 2200 members. Regular meetings are held quarterly in the main dining room with 50 constituting a quorum. The keen interest in these meetings is such that on occasion we attain a quorum only by counting those still enjoying cocktails in the Cartoon Room. This same intense level of interest carries over to the elections where by holdng the polls open for three days we may get one hundred fifty members to cast their ballots for the officers and directors. There really is more interest but fewer votes for the election of members of the Nominating Committe. The politically sophisticated Bohemians believe that the Nominating Committee is 1.