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...Battle of Washington had given the Air Force a sensitive defense mechanism and an annoying passion for flamboyant publicity to drive its message home to the U.S. public, a proneness to leak its troubles to partisans in the press and in Congress when the infighting got tough. As Vanden-berg's Vice Chief of Staff, Nate Twining knew the infighting techniques as well as anybody. But when President Eisenhower promoted Twining to Chief of Staff last June, it was Twining's judgment that the long revolution was over, that the time had come to disband the rearguard...
...went along with Arthur Vanden-berg's leadership in the Republicans' postwar policy in foreign affairs, Van's so-called "unpartisanship." But Taft had misgivings, which Vandenberg also began to entertain before the end of his career. When the Michigan Senator died of cancer in 1951, Taft began to express himself with vigor on foreign affairs, attacking what he saw as defects and ambiguities in the NATO pact, challenging both the President's right and wisdom in committing large numbers of U.S. troops to Europe, fixing the blame for the Korean attack on the Administration...
...topic was: "Resolved: That a comprehensive federal civil rights program should be adopted." Cornell debaters George Baroody and William Vanden Houvel argued the negative and won a two to one victory over Melvin L. Zurier '50 and K. Bruce Friedman '50, who represented the Crimson in the affirmative...
When Jimmy got back to Washington, he found, in less amiable sessions, a prevailing impression that the Russians had out-bargained him on the atomic-control agreement. Before Byrnes left for the January U.N. meeting in London, President Truman reminded him that Vanden-berg's support was necessary to make Byrnes's policy stick with the Senate and the country. At the London meeting Bevin still carried the ball for the West and Vandenberg was still dissatisfied with Byrnes. In his report to the Senate on the U.N. meeting, Vandenberg lavished praise on Bevin, Bidault and others, pointedly...
...list of the University men leaving New York today is as follows: H. Alberts '19, W. C. Appleton '17, F. F. Vanden Arend '17, P. C. Bentley '17, H. W. Broughton '20, R. E. Dickerman '19, E. R. Dukette 3L, D. S. Dunbar '19, P. K. Ellis '18, J. Endicott 1L, H. W. Evans '18, A. S. Foss '17, J. S. Harlow '17, R. S. Hillyer '17, J. F. Howe '18, F. B. Hubachek 2L, A. L. G. Jensen '17, H. D. Jordan '18, N. W. Lee uC, L. duB. LeFevre '17, J. W. Lowes '20, H. W. Patterson...