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...Timing. New York's Charles E. Goodell, chairman of the committee that produced the white paper, described it as "a work of scholarship" rather than a political document. He was right: it stated the history of the war dispassionately-if selectively-but as a vote getter or reputation smircher it was a dud. Ike declined to support the Republican paper, as did Everett Dirksen, who, like Eisenhower, has backed L.B.J. all the way on Viet...
...Giver-Getter Pattern...
Simple Uncle Sap-ism? No; other new attitudes, drawn from two decades of experience, have clarified the giver-getter relationship. Only the naive among the givers expect lavish thanks; only the naive among the getters darkly suspect concealed U.S. motives. The U.S. now knows that arm twisting by withdrawing aid rarely works-and it usually knows better than to let foreign governments attempt aid-or-else blackmail. Moreover, the U.S. has backed away from any grandiose dreams of remaking the world; receiving nations nonetheless candidly want a large helping of U.S. machines, techniques and comforts...
...California Republican gubernatorial campaign is described. My comments both to businessmen and to many other groups, public and private, have been to this effect: As of today I believe that Ronald Reagan is the strongest candidate for the party nomination, while Senator Kuchel would be the best vote getter against Governor Brown. This view represents my interpretation of various polls and is a judgment widely held in California. Neither Reagan nor Kuchel are announced candidates. It would, therefore, be premature for me to endorse either man at this point. On the contrary, without reference to all other contenders, I have...
...richest heiress on the Continent,* picked a fiance with no private fortune. Son of an impoverished Prussian Junker, Von Amsberg worked his way through the University of Hamburg and up through the German Foreign Service to an administrative post in Bonn. Known to fellow diplomats as a Streber (go-getter), he is fond of fast cars-though an aging Porsche is all he can afford on a $400-a-month government salary. Thus, in many ways he resembles the penniless German princeling and junior executive who married Juliana in 1937 and became Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands. Besides, as Bernhard...