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...McNamara and the Administration finally put together a team to run the military. Everyone "reasons" together, and no one says no to the Administration...
...amused by your article in the humor section on "McNamara's Band...
...Joint Chiefs of Staff [Feb. 5] brings to full circle the quiet revolution begun with President Eisenhower's farewell speech. Few remember that the general's last presidential advice was a warning to the country to beware of the dangers of an overpowerful military-industrial clique. Secretary McNamara and his quietly competent military chiefs, as you described in your story, have successfully followed Eisenhower's advice in defending the country's traditions as well as its very existence...
...article on the Joint Chiefs of Staff was well written and very enlightening. Now that Mr. McNamara has replaced combat commanders with accountants, we can take great solace from the fact that, while we may not be able to win the next war, we will have a nice, clean set of books...
...eleven states.* Predictably, many a Senator wanted to get into the act by amending the bill to include regional aid programs in his own home territory. Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy had a plan for New England, Arkansas Democrat John McClellan one for the Ozarks, and Michigan Democrat Patrick McNamara one for the Upper Great Lakes area. Arguing that such additions would smother the original Appalachia plan and promising that President Johnson would soon send other regional programs to Congress, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield managed to dissuade the Senators from offering their amendments. All, that is, except Robert Kennedy...