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General Gavin has reached the maximum-pay retirement age and is now sounding off against the present armed forces setup for his own gain. If he loved his country more than self, he would serve his years of optimum value in the face of opposition...
...valiantly and, to a point, successfully in stressing work over play. He took with him on trips briefcases full of executive orders, appointments, etc., and parceled them out daily to make news under the Augusta or Gettysburg dateline. He encouraged feature stories on the Army Signal Corps' elaborate setup to keep Ike in close touch with Washington. He produced Cabinet members in wholesale lots. (Does Hagerty really call for Cabinet members? Says he: "Maybe sometimes I do.") He did anything and everything, in short, to keep the subjects of golf and fishing far down in the daily stories about...
...launch a rocket from a simple wooden trough or stovepipe. A much more elaborate setup is required for adequate safety...
Financial difficulties are further aggravated by the prevalent lease system. Under this setup, rooms are rented for a full year beginning in September. The student must therefore pay for his apartment even if he does not use it in the summer; this constitutes a serious drain on his resources. Summer sublets almost always entail a loss, since the supply in a college community far exceeds the off-season demand. This enhances the attractiveness of such a location as Revere--a resort area--where a profitable sublease is relatively easy to acquire...
Merrill said that no American answer will be announced until all 52 points of the recent Russian note can be dealt with at once. The exchange suggestion is one of the 52, and includes a plan for a similar setup between Columbia and Leningrad Universities...