Word: plan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Each had something to report. Johnson disclosed the decision of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff on Formosa (see below). Acheson, who had once sharply disagreed with Johnson's stand for more decisive action in Asia, discussed his own attempts to piece together a plan of action for Communist China's anti-Communist neighbors. There was reason for speed. London reported that the British government would shortly leave the U.S. conspicuous in its indecision, would recognize Red Peking within the week, probably followed in quick order by India, Canada...
...West, Fla., Harry Truman, bronzed and healthy, plunged into a busy three days of conferring, met for nearly two hours one morning with the Cabinet. At his first full-dress press conference in a month, the President quickly brushed aside any specific questions on the Administration's plans and policies. But the main lines were already well known: don't rock the boat; propose no bold, new experiments., but insist on putting through the controversial Fair Deal measures (civil rights, health plan, etc.) already proposed...
Philip Maguire, 44, of Plainfield, N.J., made his entrance into Washington as a young lawyer in the NRA. From there he marched through the Government's alphabet of bureaus. He helped work out the food-stamp plan. He served on WPB. spent three years in the Army, returned to serve on the CPA, went to Greece with the first military mission. He stayed to direct Greek trade and commerce, then returned to take charge of the Administration's program for relieving unemployment. He is the President's expert on public-works programs...
...during the first five years of the new system's operation, said Grace. The total cost will be between $7,500,000 and $10 million a year. In addition, for one year, there will be an added expense of about $10 million to provide for employees coming under the plan for the first time. The amounts of pensions paid, said Grace, "are small when compared with the total payroll of . . . approximately $490 million...