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...prevail in that struggle, Rusk believes, the U.S. needs only to remember, in effect, that the Eagle has two claws. The U.S., he says, "is not a raft tossed by the winds and waves of historical forces over which it has little control. Its dynamic power, physical and ideological, generates historical forces; what it does or does not do makes a great deal of difference to the history of man in this epoch...
...Rostow's The Stages of Growth), urges his favorites on often bewildered fellow executives. His mind, says a friend who has seen him in Ann Arbor discussions, "is a beautiful instrument, free from leanings and adhesions, calm and analytical." He and his wife Margaret (they have two daughters and a son) are active in Ann Arbor civic work. McNamara is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, practices such stern business ethics that he refuses all Christmas gifts from business contacts, rents a car on vacation rather than borrow one from the company pool. In politics, McNamara is a lukewarm...
...Ford, McNamara played a major role in bringing out the compact, best-selling Falcon (and a lesser one in putting together the ill-fated Edsel). He also dismayed car connoisseurs by changing the sporty Thunderbird from a two-seater to a four-seater-a decision, however, that more than tripled "T-bird" sales. As a reward for such judgments, McNamara has become a millionaire, and last year earned $410,000 (about $150,000 after taxes). Last week McNamara announced that in addition to taking a mammoth salary cut to serve as Defense Secretary (statutory pay: $25,000, plus...
Clarence Douglas Dillon, 51. Two days before Jack Kennedy named him Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Douglas Dillon met in Paris with diplomats from 19 other nations to sign the charter of a new international outfit called the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The aims of the charter very much reflect Dillon's own long-range attitudes. The idea is to build a sound international economic structure, with emphasis on free trade and joint Western development of the fledgling nations. In his new Treasury job, Dillon will be looking through the other...
...laude, '31). After graduation he bought a seat on the New York Stock Exchange for $185,000 and joined the family firm. He went into the Navy as an ensign in 1942, served with the Seventh Fleet, was discharged as a lieutenant commander. Married in 1931, he has two daughters, maintains homes in Washington, New York, New Jersey, Maine and France...