Word: gaither
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Battle by Leak. Some of Hilsman's criticisms of the policymaking process are illuminating, such as his discussion of leaks, the "first and most blatant signs of battle" within the Government. He recounts how the crucial struggle over the 1957 Gaither Report on civil defense turned on whether to print 200 secret copies of the report or only two. Proponents of the report figured that if President Eisenhower rejected the findings, one of the 200 "secret" copies would surely be leaked to the press, carrying the battle to the public. They were correct: the larger printing was made...
...long wait. Since 1940, he has held several influential posts, notably as chief of policy planning for the State Department and as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. He contributed to two historic, prescient documents-National Security Council No. 68 in 1950 and the Gaither Report in 1957-that pointed up serious weaknesses in the nation's defense posture...
Rabbits & Guns. By trade, Hayes is a halfback, not a sprinter. He earns his keep at A. & M. (room, board, tuition and free laundry) toiling autumns for Gaither's padded legions; he scored eleven touchdowns, leading the team to an 8-2 season last year, and he might already belong to some pro football club if 1964 were not an Olympic year (he has been drafted by both the Denver Broncos and the Dallas Cowboys). Even in track skivvies, Hayes still runs as though he had a football tucked under his arm-head bobbing, shoulders rolling, elbows flailing. Unlike...
Pigeon-Toed & Knock-Kneed. Bob Hayes's mother remembers that he was a late walker and the slowest dishwasher in the family. Jake Gaither, Florida A. & M.'s football coach, recalls the first time he saw Hayes run: "I had to smile a little. He was pigeon-toed and knock-kneed, and he sort of wobbled. 'Jake,' they told me, 'you've got to teach that boy how to run.' But then I saw how he left those defensive backs behind, and I said, 'Let him alone...
Presidents, in fact, have only made official groups of private citizens when there seemed some extraordinary reason to do so. Mr. Eisenhower used the committee system rather erratically: his study groups varied from the Gaither Committee on Defense, whose controversial report he classified, to the Draper Committee on foreign aid, whose superbly thorough report he ignored, to the transcendental Committee on National Goals, whose virtually worthless report he applauded. The Clay Report has presented still another style of investigation, and still another sort of reception from those who sired...