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...this can be argued coolly, and frequently has been, ever since the time that Harry Truman overrode Secretary of State George Marshall's advice and recognized the new state. Yet, as the Israelis themselves point out, Washington's interests do not and need not necessarily mirror Jerusalem's at every turn. The U.S. is justifiably concerned lest the festering hostilities in the Middle East erupt into another major war, renewing the danger of a Soviet-American confrontation. It is not at all inconsistent for the U.S. to guarantee Israel's survival while at the same time...
...carried to excess, pro-Israel passions might also be self-defeating. Every American President since Truman has materially supported Israel's sovereignty. Even Nixon, despite his scant debt to Jewish voters, despite lobbying by the oil industry, which wants good U.S. relations with the Arabs, despite his talk about "evenhandedness," has not really turned the Government to a new course. For this, he has good reasons and widespread support; opinion polls have consistently shown strong backing for Israel. Says Dr. William Wexler, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and one of the leaders whom...
...committee chairman, Conant served as a liaison between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the scientists working on the bomb. When Harry S. Truman became President, the committee unanimously recommended that the atomic bomb be dropped without warning on Japan...
Instead, Mr. Nixon is haying the time of his life-changing the uniforms of the White House police to resemble musical-comedy costumes, entertaining his Cabinet officers at his San Clemente home with dinner served on the Truman china flown to California especially for the occasion...
...column, the date and a key word or phrase are entered on his card. A card is good for about 20 entries. Then another card, and another. George Jessel, Barbra Streisand and John Lindsay all have 22 cards. J.F.K., R.F.K. and E.M.K. have, respectively, 47, 18 and five. Harry Truman leads the pack with...