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Many of our Presidents have had one man to keep them informed and another to keep them laughing; one for work, the other for relaxation. Harry Truman talked policy with Clark Clifford and played poker with General Harry Vaughan; Dwight Eisenhower had Sherman Adams for the heavy duty and George Allen for the lighter moments; John Kennedy learned from Ted Sorensen and kidded with Dave Powers...
...agenda of the Joint Chiefs of Staff this week is a special preview of a new movie. Mac Arthur, starring Gregory Peck. The screening, however, may not be that relaxing. Eerily, history is repeating itself. Douglas MacArthur was abruptly recalled and sacked in 1951 for defying President Harry Truman by calling for an expansion of the Korean War to mainland China. Now another, lesser general is on the carpet for speaking out against another President's Korean policies...
...just that, accusing Carter of political heresy in his talk about a balanced budget, delayed social spending, work-ethic welfare and pay-as-you-go Social Security. Snorted a former New Dealer: "Carter is the most conservative President since Calvin Coolidge." Fair Dealer Clayton Fritchey, who worked in Harry Truman's Administration and was once Adlai Stevenson's press secretary, wrote that he had warned his liberal compatriots that Carter was the first true businessman to become President, and it would not have surprised him to have heard Carter criticize Gerald Ford as a man who never...
...editorial page of the Times of London: "At a time when [West European leaders] face democracy's sternest test since the war, the inspiration of Mr. Carter's confidence, energy and fresh mind is sorely needed. [He could prove to be] a worthy successor to Roosevelt, Truman and [George] Marshall." Of course anyone embodying the power of the U.S. is going to be treated with respect abroad. But Carter, deploying the same combination of disarming charm and unexpected intelligence that he used so skillfully to propel himself into the Oval Office, earned much of this deference...
Reza Baraheni said that American business interests have dominated United States relations with Iran since the days of President Truman...