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...line denies the existence of any such thing) and on an American guilt complex for having sent the Cuban rebels on their abortive mission. Within four days of his ransom demand, a committee of U.S. citizens, headed by Eleanor Roosevelt, United Auto Workers' President Walter Reuther and Dr. Milton Eisenhower, had been formed to raise the bulldozer dough by public subscription...
...would be outraged by his callous offer to trade human lives for machines (see THE HEMISPHERE). And so, Kennedy called Eleanor Roosevelt and Reuther, both of whom were fairly obvious candidates for such a committee. Seeking a Republican, he tried a couple, finally landed Milton Eisenhower...
...humanitarian grounds, Milton Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt and Walter Reuther sent Castro a telegram offering to raise funds for his 1,000-prisoner deal "as proof that free men will not desert those who risked all for what they thought was right." The U.S. State Department, which must grant export licenses for any bulldozer ransom payment, said it would give the matter its "most sympathetic consideration...
...successful uranium prospecting and extraction program. Another $25,000, and congratulations from President Kennedy, went to a trio of Army civilian engineers for developing a nuclear explosive that has yet to be tested as a weapon. Robert M. Schwartz got $15,000 from the Secretary of the Army, and Milton E. Epton and Mrs. Irving Mayer, representing her late husband, got $5,000 each for the construction of an atomic warhead light enough for the infantry's one-man Davy Crockett rocket...
...Milton Fund grant will help pay for Hell Gap work...