Word: rusk
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Dissident elements in both the N.A.A.C.P. and the Urban League, on the other hand, have accused their leaders of moving too slowly and becoming puppets of the Johnson Administration. At the Urban League's convention in Philadelphia, David Rusk, 25, son of Secretary of State Dean Rusk and an associate director of the Washington, D.C., league, emerged as a leader of a militant faction, challenged the league to be "unreasonable" in its demands for the Negro in the ghetto. "How much do you have to show your 'black bourgeoisie' board member," asked Rusk, "before he decides that...
...rejected appeals from Westerners-especially from Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson last July-to help in launching negotiations that would end the war. "If you want to talk peace," they have said, in effect, "go to Hanoi." For their part, Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk, while scathingly denouncing Hanoi, Peking and Communists in general on the question of Viet Nam, have consistently treated Russia with circumspection, taking care to burn no bridges to Moscow...
...talking less heatedly about the North Vietnamese infiltrating the south through Cambodia. Roving Ambassador W. Averell Harriman had wangled an invitation to visit Pnompenh in September to discuss a resumption of diplomatic relations, which Sihanouk suspended 15 months ago. A few days later, at a Washington press conference, Secretary Rusk even had a few words of gentle praise for Sihanouk, who had "done a very constructive and positive job in the development of his country." For his part, Sihanouk began to tone down his own blasts at the U.S., allowing as how "We should be very happy if the United...
...Washington, Secretary of State Dean Rusk backed the Canadians all the way. "We would be glad to see the I.C.C. move to clear the demilitarized zone of all military action," he told a press conference. Although Rusk did not deny that the bombing could be considered further escalation of the war, he pointed out to reporters that it was the North Vietnamese government that had originally militarized the zone by sending in troops. "The chronology of escalation is based on the fact that they keep coming," he said. "What we would prefer is that they send some negotiators to Geneva...
Mold & Shape. Without the Bacall good looks but with the selfsame vitality, other members of the command generation are the helmsmen of U.S. society in government, politics, education, religion, science, business, industry and communications. From President Johnson, 57, and Vice President Humphrey, 55, through the entire Cabinet including Rusk, 57, and McNamara, 50, the top echelon of government is middleaged. Including that anachronistic middle-ager, Bobby Kennedy, 40, the 100 U.S. Senators tally up an average age of 57, and the House of Representatives is seven years younger at a representative 50. Sixty-three percent of this country...