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...hung up on that battle. Even if students weren't a political liability, Harvard would not adopt a Princeton Plan and send us off door-to-door. We could go the route of the Japanese students and prepare for perennial pitched battles, and if the nation follows the Scranton Commission's advice and replaces the National Guard's M-16s with tear gas we might not get killed. But we wouldn't get much done, either. Someday, maybe, but not now. Look at Japan...
When William W. Scranton, chairman of the Commission, replied that he thought it was, Pusey said, "If we were back in that situation, I would do it that way again...
...state department to negotiate landing rights with foreign governments; at home, he had the political clout of a board of directors that has always included more former high Government and military officers than that of probably any other U.S. company. Among the current crew: Cyrus Vance, Alfred Gruenther, William Scranton...
...writes Walter, Harris had collected "several thousand dollars worth" of suits, jewelry (he went for diamond and sapphire rings), an expensive Daimler automobile, credit cards, exotic birds, camera equipment. The Buck name drew well, and by 1965 the board of governors included Art Buchwald, Sargent Shriver and Mrs. William Scranton. The foundation prospered...
...than a few signs that the Administration simply has not been able to find men of the right caliber to fill such important posts. Tokyo was a case in point. After being turned down by at least four men, including John D. Rockefeller III and former Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton, Nixon selected a little-known career officer, Armin Meyer, who is experienced in Mideast affairs but a newcomer to the Far East. Unlike his two predecessors, who were influential with John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, Meyer is not, and this at a time of increased strain between the two nations...