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...inability of the military leaders to select weapons caused the swollen defense budget. They could have continued to buy everything that might turn out to be useful in situations picked by the enemy if Eisenhower & Co. had not formulated a political policy which gives the military a standard of selection. Said Dulles...
Columnist Gordon longs for the old days when embassy staffs were small and Washington's select social group stood out like the monument. Says she: "It really isn't society anymore." Nevertheless. Evie has adjusted herself to the new social bureaucracy, nowadays frequently prints items about such relative newcomers as Hostesses Perle Mesta and Gwen Cafritz. While Evie Gordon travels among the elite, the bulk of her public-and some of her best sources-are such people as doormen and automobile callers at Washington receptions. One denizen of the social world once said to her: "Oh Evie, somebody...
...elbow room. Another is the South's progress toward matching New England's pools of skilled labor, its research services, its markets and facilities. "Perhaps the most important of all, the South has a much larger supply of labor, primarily from the farms . . . thus enabling employers to select the youngest and most adaptable...
Time Bomb. But even though official Washington was growing enthusiastic, a time bomb was ticking under Tempo 3. Over the years the Navy has developed a kind of supreme court called selection boards to pass on promotions. The boards keep no records and need give no reasons for their decisions. Theoretically, they can be overruled, but they hardly ever are. If they "pass over" a captain, i.e., select his junior to be an admiral, there is normally no appeal...
...Virtually all your statements (in your editorial of December 7) about the social security program of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States are entirely without foundation in fact. I shall select only a few for purposes of illustration...