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Stream of Visitors. At midweek, Defense-Secretary Robert McNamara, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Presidential Assistant Walt Rostow arrived to discuss world issues-from Viet Nam to NATO. The stream of visitors continued daily. The last of the Gemini astronauts, James Lovell Jr. and Edwin Aldrin, came to be decorated by the President, along with a galaxy of NASA and space industry officials. On Thanksgiving, Pat and Luci Nugent, Lynda Bird, Lyndon's Aunt Jessie Hatcher and his cousin, Oriole Bailey, along with Lady Bird's nephew, T. J. Taylor III and his family, and Mrs. Jessie...
...Society also explicitly rejected two alternatives to the present Selective Service procedure offered by Secretary of Defense McNamara: the lottery and universal national service. The latter would give a draft-eligible person the option of service in organizations like the Peace Corps or VISTA...
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara acknowledged that "we must assume they will deploy an effective system," even though U.S. missiles and bombers will still be able to penetrate Russian defenses. To enhance the U.S. retaliatory capability, McNamara has recommended production and deployment of the Poseidon missile-a king-size, submarine-fired weapon armed with a bigger brain and decoys with which it can filter through an anti-ballistic defense. The Pentagon has also ordered a special nine-month study of whether the U.S. should build an even bigger super-rocket, tentatively designated the ICM (for Increased Capability Missile...
...anti-missile missile, Nike-X, in which more than $2.4 billion has been invested in research, McNamara said only that there has been no decision to deploy it. Privately, he is opposed to Nike-X's deployment. For one thing, there is Nike's cost-a minimum of $30 billion; moreover, McNamara says, even if Nike-X is installed, the Russians could overwhelm it with an expenditure of only $5 billion in additional offensive power. He remains convinced that as long as the U.S. maintains its retaliatory capability, a nuclear exchange is highly unlikely...
...resolution was suggested by James M. Klebba, a third-year law student and treasurer of the Democratic Club. Klebba fears that the additional attention directed at Harvard after Secretary McNamara's visit might prompt an HUAC subpoena...