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...Hill. This is partly because he has had strong presidential backing, partly because he overwhelms Congressmen with his ability to reel off facts and figures in almost unanswerable argument. Not the least of McNamara's accomplishments was to win the support of Georgia's Democratic Representative Carl Vinson, until his retirement last year the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the sometime gadfly to previous Defense Secretaries...
...Lucius) Mendel Rivers, 59, new chairman of the Armed Services Committee, a tall, militarily erect (although he has no service record) lawyer from Gumville, S.C., who now lives in Charleston. Rivers admires McNamara's ability, but he has long been irritated at the way the Secretary favored Vinson with inside information, often leaving the other 37 committee members in the dark. The new chairman's view came through clearly at a recent McNamara briefing. Riled by McNamara's patronizing attitude, he said: "Mr. Secretary, Carl Vinson is gone. He's gone, Mr. Secretary. Carl Vinson...
Shanghai was the word for this operation. Some colleagues on Capitol Hill were dedicating a hearing room in honor of Carl Vinson, 81, retired chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. The crusty old statesman characteristically replied that he was "too busy" for such foofaraws. So out to Milledgeville, Ga., went an innocent phone call from the White House asking him to come spend the weekend. Of course Vinson accepted. And of course L.B.J. hustled him right over for the dedication ceremonies, where the President recalled his own days as a very junior member of Vinson's committee...
...something of an uproar developed over how the U.S. has been fighting the air war in South Viet Nam. News dispatches from Viet Nam reported that at least two American pilots had died when the wings of their prop-driven T-28 planes ripped off. In Washington, Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee demanded an explanation from McNamara of whether the U.S. had been using obsolescent aircraft...
...bert of Louisiana announced with surprise that his group had "completely reversed their opinions held at the beginning of the hearings." Said Hébert: "I cannot recall a similar experience in my 23 years of Congress." The bill got more strong support from Armed Services Chairman Carl Vinson of Georgia and House Speaker John McCormack. Last week it passed the House by a voice vote and was sent to the Senate...