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...have read your article on the castle builder and fence-sitting theologian, Paul Tillich, and I must say that you did an excellent job about this man of whom I have a slight knowledge. It is astonishing how much material you brought in, partly by direct, partly by indirect communication. I think your presentation of his system was as clear as it could be, and the personal sections are as rich and warm as they could be. I heard that Mr. Tillich has received many congratulations about the article...
...Pakistan. Essentially the new agreement, which is not a treaty and therefore requires no two-thirds Senate approval, represents Secretary Dulles' specific extension to Iran of the Eisenhower Doctrine pledge committing the U.S. to go to its aid if Iran is the victim of Communist aggression, direct or indirect...
...veterans' housing, urban renewal and public housing. The Senate wants to spend an additional $150 million on direct loans to veterans; the House bill calls for $300 million. The Administration flatly opposes both, argues that a better way to help the VA program is to boost the indirect rate ceiling on VA loans, currently pegged by law at 4¾%, which is too low to get veterans mortgage money, to 5¼%, where financing is more readily available. Congress has agreed to the boost but as part of packages that include the millions for direct loans...
...will have food and water in case he feels like eating or drinking, and a two-way voice radio will keep him in touch with the ground stations. There will be no window for him to look out, but an "optical display" (undetermined) will give him a kind of indirect visibility. If anything goes wrong early in the ascent, he can fire an escape rocket that will bring him back to earth, with luck, before he has climbed too high...
Public sentiment is no less influential because it must be indirect, Bundy asserted. Complex decisions will require increasing reliance on expert advice, accentuating the delegation of responsibility on foreign issues. Bundy noted that this trend increases the importance of public retention of decisions on broad policy options...