Budget Bureau Director David Elliott Bell is the very model of a New Frontiersman: he is youngish (43), brainy, liberal (in a pragmatic way), and he taught at Harvard. Above all, he is loyal to The Chief—to the point that he last week agreed to change jobs, take on the most unsought-after assignment that the Government has to offer. Starting sometime in late December or early January, Bell will become the new U.S. foreign aid chief, replacing Fowler Hamilton, whose resignation last month had been encouraged by President Kennedy.
Prophetic Number. A college professor's son, born in North Dakota and raised...