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...FULLBACK: Jim Grabowski, 21, Illinois, 6 ft. 2 in., 219 lbs. A guileless, straight-ahead power runner, Grabowski broke Red Grange's 40-year-old school ground-gaining record at Illinois. That was enough to make him the A.F.L.'s No. 1 draft choice. The consensus: "The top ball carrier in the Big Ten. Durable, never gets hurt. Has been the primary target of every team he has faced in the last two years, but still crunches out the yardage...
...broader base of approval than Kennedy -by Gallup's reckoning, 72% v. 70%. But the do-you-approve sort of query falls immeasurably short of assessing emotional intensity. Kennedy's legend is The Legend, and he is its hero; Johnson, at best, is the champion of the consensus. The Great Society, which exists largely on paper, is widely approved, but it has not kindled wide enthusiasm or idealistic fire-and those will be needed, just as much as political skill, if the paper is to become reality...
...North Vietnam; a halt in the U.S. military buildup in South Vietnam; a declaration of willingness to negotiate with all parties, including the Viet Cong, to arrive at a coalition government for South Vietnam; reaffirmation of support for the Geneva agreement of 1954. These proposals represent a broad liberal consensus and do not invite sensationalistic press coverage...
...criticism or adverse reaction could be more detrimental to the United States than the administration's present policy of secrecy. By deliberately concealing the "facts," President Johnson has undermined his consensus at home, and the image of this country abroad. His passion for unanimity has precluded informed public discussion; his supportors and critics alike are forced to rely on rumor and speculation instead of fact...
...consensus can survive in a vacuum. By continuing to withhold the testimony of his own officials, the President may succeed in keeping ammunition from his enemies, but he cannot hope to gain popular acceptance for his policies. Rather than ending debate or criticism, his policy of secrecy only insures that both will be uninformed...