Word: call
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Resounding around the U.S. and the free world since Communism's Sputniks spun out into space was the call for leadership. The call was addressed above all others to Dwight D. Eisenhower, the man judged by weight of character, prestige, experience and constitutional powers to be most capable of providing leadership. In two firm, decisive moves, the President stepped forward and provided just that. Last week, he went before a Democratic-controlled Congress and delivered a State of the Union message that marked not the least attempt to shrug off blame for past letdowns, spoke candidly but without hand...
...bill carrying $549,670,000 to improve the nation' defenses against missile attack was swiftly and unanimously passed by the House Wedneseday. The roll call vote, taken after brief debate, was 374-0. Inserted in the measure was an amendment giving Secretary of Defense McElroy authority to set up the advanced research projects agency he and President Eisenhower have proposed...
...Council may also be expected to attempt the abolition of class representative posts, and to try for a referendum, possibly in the fall, to "strengthen the Council," Leland said. Leland used as his platform the report of the Council Evaluation Committee, which he chairmans, which is reported to call for an end to class-elected Council posts...
...most important part of the planning will be conceiving ideas for the structure," Stubbins commented. Present plans call for a stage which would represent a compromise between the conventional proscenium type and the newer "apron" type used for theatre in the round...
...comparison between the speeches made by the President and the Senate Majority Leader reveals a remarkable similarity. But Johnson has the edge in the urgency and vision of his call. This vision--control of outer space by the free world--was rapidly attacked as too far-fetched for the 85th, but it is unlike Senator Johnson to go out on a limb for anything he does not deeply believe is essential. His eloquence in communicating his concern has already muted some critics and given the rest some non-partisan second thoughts...