Word: staffs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...right, Gen'l," drawled Georgia Democrat Carl Vinson, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "Come on." Replied Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Nathan F. Twining, trailing Vinson into the Congressman's private office: "Yes, sir." Twenty minutes later, Carl Vinson emerged, hat on head and cane in hand, and tossed a final instruction over his shoulder. "Fix it up," said he, "so I can read it tomorrow." With that, he went home, leaving Nate Twining to work on a revised version of the Eisenhower Administration's plan for reorganizing the Defense Department...
...practical recognition of increasing and impressive support for the reorganization plan. Before Vinson's committee last week came two respected military leaders who had learned of the difficulties and dangers of the present disjointed defense organization through their own experiences as chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...which is prepared to function immediately in case of war." Right behind Bradley came Admiral Arthur Radford, a leader in the Navy's 1945-47 fight against military unification, who began changing his mind about reorganization during his 1953-57 terms as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "I don't know what is coming in the next ten years," said Airman Radford, "but there are going to be tremendous changes. If we don't have a flexible organization-that is, if we don't have the ability to change our organization to meet changing...
Kluckhohn said last night that "the main bulk" of the tutorial will be carried by permanent members of the Faculty. At present, however, a formal tutorial staff has not been officially named...
...four agents for solicitation of contributions. Earlier classes have fewer. The Permanent Class Committee must labor mightily to find the four magic individuals who know most of their classmates--especially the affluent ones--and who are either Bostonians or New Yorkers. The small size of the Fund staff prevents the utilization of larger numbers of agents. The dominant belief that agents must be a part of a small happy family in constant contact with the Fund office limits the location of prospective class agents as well as their number...