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...Negro) Medical Association contrasted the slow U.S. pace of oral vaccine development with Russia's high-speed drive,* Dr. Sabin snapped: "It requires leadership to get these things done. We simply need leadership." Dr. Robert N. Barr, representing state health officers, blew up: "That's a damned insult, Mr. Chairman! I object to that statement." But Sabin would not withdraw it. "The National Foundation has supported [with $1,200,000] all the research work I've ever done on the oral vaccine," said Sabin, "but the foundation has shown no interest in bringing fruits of this research...
...choice. After he vetoed Keenan for the Defense Department post, McNamara attempted to soothe hurt labor feelings by calling on A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany, assuring him that "I'm not anti-union." Meany was unmoved and unsoothed. Said he: "His visit to me was a gratuitous insult as far as I'm concerned...
...George E. Sokolsky, an off-and-on Ike fan, credited him with preserving the peace but complained about the bill: "One might almost say that his was a peace at any price. It was during his eight years that Soviet Russia achieved victory after victory and the U.S. took insult after insult." Columnist Joseph Alsop, who regards optimism as a character flaw, faulted Eisenhower for his complacency: "President Eisenhower, it is plain, is one of those men who prefer to deal with difficult problems and dangerous situations by displaying massive unconcern, meanwhile hoping that time will remove the difficulties...
...somewhat adding insult to injury, giving Secretary of Defense McNamara a chauffeur-driven Cadillac after that huge loss of Ford income? The least compensation should be a chauffeur-driven Lincoln...
Holmes found quarters off campus, and Charlayne moved into a suite in Central Myers Hall. Attending class next day, Sophomores Holmes and Hunter got a friendly welcome from every teacher, were convoyed by solicitous students and officials. Every time Charlayne heard an insult, she found a white girl beside her saying, "Just ignore those people." University President O. C. Aderhold proudly praised his students for "good judgment and conduct," and it was a fact that all through the week most students refused to oppose integration and a stout minority publicly supported...