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...their short vacation time, they must hunt around town for new prospects instead of injecting conviction into men already interested. Worse, when the undergraduate recruiter returns to Cambridge, nobody follows up his prospects--except perhaps the Yale and Princeton scouts. It is little wonder, than, that from the standpoint of number and quality of applications, some areas are woefully underdeveloped...
...endorse the theme of this film. We do not approve its biased attitude. Its message of racial superiority is repugnant to our national ideal of racial equality and to all fair-minded people. There are historical inaccuracies and exaggerations in the depiction of the Reconstruction Period. From a social standpoint, the study of this film may be compared with the study of enemy propaganda--to learn how we may best counteract and defeat...
From a competitive standpoint, Pan Am made the deal with De Havilland because it had little choice. Unlike any other U.S. line, Pan Am competes around the globe with British airways. As long as the British intend to put Comets on their routes, Pan Am has to have jets ready also, if only for prestige and to gain jet plane experience. There was no doubt that the British had won an important skirmish in the battle for commercial jet supremacy. The victory may also turn out to be the best thing that could have happened to American plane builders. They...
...facts clearly show that the type of air transport capable of meeting the requirements for worldwide fleet replacement does not exist; such an aircraft still is pretty much on the drawing board both here and abroad. At this time, this country has a distinct advantage from the standpoint of future power plants both as to size and fuel economy. The realistic conclusion ... is that we are not behind the British with respect to the jet transports that will comprise the air fleets of the future. Rather, we are probably in position to accomplish more quickly the final objective of world...
...cannot say that I agree with all of General Eisenhower's views on ... foreign policy . . . but I think it is fair to say that our differences are differences of degree . . . From my standpoint the essential thing is to keep our expenditures on armament and foreign aid as long as there is no general war, at a percentage of our total income which will not destroy our free economy at home and further innate our debt and our currency . . . General Eisenhower emphatically agrees with me in the proposal to reduce drastically overall expenses. Our goal is about $70 billion...