Word: pentagonals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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President Truman, an ex-captain, had the courage to fire MacArthur when the occasion demanded. Now, with the peril greater, why can't Eisenhower, an ex-general, show the same courage with the bickering Pentagon crowd...
...Hill. Asked what he intended to do to carry out the reorganization of the Defense Department promised in his State of the Union message, Ike replied that nothing could be done until there is a "consensus" of Congress and service chiefs-an answer that was promptly interpreted in the Pentagon as backing down...
...general, Pentagon brass is highly pleased with the clamor for more military spending that has followed the Gaither and Rockefeller reports on the status of U.S. defenses. But the generals and admirals are getting fed up with being asked whether they have read the reports. Reason: much of the expert testimony on "which the committees based their recommendations came from the same generals and admirals. "Am I familiar with the reports?" exploded a liberally starred Air Force general last week. "How many hours do you think we've spent making those committees familiar with what's going...
...missile program after World War II; the U.S. not until 1953-54. Considering its late start-a lapse in both Truman and Eisenhower administrations-the U.S., with 38 missile programs under way, has made progress at a remarkable rate, has the capacity to go much faster once the Pentagon gives real direction. How the program stands...
...exercised its right. In an editorial prepared by the network's little-known editorial board-headed by Chairman William S. Paley and President Frank Stanton-Washington Newsman Howard K. Smith charged that Americans are "overcomplacent, overaddicted to comfort, and indifferent to good government." He urged changes in the Pentagon to eliminate interservice chauvinism, called for readiness to negotiate for disarmament, warned: "We must be prepared to make sacrifices, to pay higher taxes, to face controls if necessary to achieve our goals...