Administration of National Security: Selected Papers; Committee Print...87-2...19621962 - 203 pages |
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Page 55 - Council shall be to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security so as to enable the military services and the other departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate more effectively in matters involving the national security.
Page 79 - President's Memorandum of February 9, 1962, to the heads of executive departments and agencies entitled Preventing Conflicts of Interest on the Part of Advisers and Consultants to the Government, 27 FR 1341.
Page 87 - I remark that if this must be done, I must do it. When a general line of policy is adopted, I apprehend there is no danger of its being changed without good reason, or continuing to be a subject of unnecessary debate; still, upon points arising in its progress I wish, and suppose I am entitled to have, the advice of all the cabinet.
Page 20 - ... in such manner as the President of the United States shall from time to time order or instruct.
Page 60 - I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thine it never has seen but is to be— that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.
Page 55 - Council-- (1) to assess and appraise the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United States in relation to our actual and potential military power, in the interest of national security...
Page 67 - programs of science and technology of the various agencies of the Federal Government, giving appropriate emphasis to the relationship of science and technology to national security and foreign policy, and measure for furthering science and technology in the Nation. (2) Assessment of selected scientific and technical developments and programs in relation to their impact on national policies.
Page 4 - NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, and as President of the United States...
Page 63 - Considering the rapid growth and far-reaching scope of Federal activities in science and technology, it is imperative that the President have adequate staff support in developing policies and evaluating programs in order to assure that science and technology are used most effectively in the interests of national security and general welfare.
Page 12 - Adoption of the principle of comparability will assure equity for the Federal employee with his equals throughout the national economy - - enable the Government to compete fairly with private firms for qualified personnel - - and provide at last a logical and factual standard for setting Federal salaries. Reflected in this single standard are such legitimate private enterprise pay considerations as cost of living, standard of living and productivity, to the same extent that those factors are resolved...