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Even those not bedeviled by the normal stereotype of professors might be surprised to learn that many of the widely-heraided Harvard men chosen by President-elect Kennedy for important appointments come from academic realms. For among the eleven Harvardmen picked so far are a lecturer in Economics who never finished his Ph.D. thesis, a former Law School dean who co-authored a book with President Kennedy's father, and the holder of the oldest chair of Law in the country who took a leave of absence to help write TV speeches...
Besides Stevenson and Landis, another intellectual "working with" Kennedy in the new administration will be David E. Bell, the new director of the Budget Bureau. Although, like Landis, Bell is no stranger to Washington, he was not an old acquaintance of Kennedy but was suggested to the resident-elect by a former Truman aide, Clark Clifford, who introduced the two men only 24 hours before the appointment was announced...
President Pusey will act as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences until he names a permanent successor to McGeorge Bundy. President-elect Kennedy appointed Bundy special assistant to the President for national security affairs...
...completely incredible that President-elect Kennedy would name a person so completely unqualified as McGeorge Bundy. I am getting in touch with the President-elect because I do not believe he would even consider a person so lacking in qualification for any position of trust and confidence as Bundy...
...Asked the Boston Record: "Why anticipate controversy? Bob Kennedy is not a controversy until and unless he botches his duties-an eventuality that would be most un-Kennedylike." The press might still have its misgivings about Kennedy family planning, but so far is plainly determined to give the President-elect the benefit of every doubt...