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...said that he did not want to un-conditionally forbid taking sophomore standing in such situations, since this policy might deter students from enter- fields in which they had not received advanced placement...
...join them. The Rev. L.C. McHugh, an editor of the Jesuit magazine America, recently stirred the coals of the argument by declaring that people who attempt to storm their neighbors' shelters are nothing more than "unjust aggressors" and should be "repelled with whatever means will effectively deter their assault." Last week Washington's Episcopal Bishop Angus Dun answered McHugh. "I do not see how any Christian conscience can condone a policy which puts supreme emphasis on saving your own skin without regard for the plight of your neighbor," he said. "Justice, mercy and brotherly love do not cease...
Besides, the affidavit provision only discriminates against students when a university acts as Harvard has. No one who is really subversive would balk at signing the affidavit, and most other students would not let it deter them from the chance for a Harvard education. Thus, only a very few, with exceptionally heightened moral sensitivities, would be discriminated against if the NDEA were operative. But when it is not, it discriminates against all who would use it, in perfect conscience, for the advancement of their education...
...book, Taylor told how he would change the game. He urged that NATO ground forces be built up and made strong enough to deter a Soviet army attack. He argued that shallow "tripwire" forces might actually become a liability, since they could get entangled with an enemy to the point that the U.S. would be unable to use nuclear weapons for fear of killing its own troops. He advocated a "limited-war headquarters" that would cut across service lines. Wrote he: "There is no single headquarters anywhere which supervises the planning for overseas movements or verifies readiness for movement...
...double insurance of nuclear plus conventional force will by definition cost many billions more before the forces are in being. The Pentagon will get its money's worth if Secretary McNamara can indeed shape the armed forces to carry forward U.S. diplomatic aims as well as deter the enemies. But the Pentagon's success will have little meaning unless the diplomats devise policies worth implementing. And diplomatic-military success, in turn, depends on whether the Commander in Chief follows through on the doctrine to which he has subscribed: to win the cold...