The Administration: The Test of Reality

Last week, at the request of John F. Kennedy, General Maxwell Davenport Taylor, 59, former (1955-59) U.S. Army Chief of Staff, agreed to return to active duty with the title of Military Representative of the President. Taylor, who in the wake of the Cuban fiasco recently completed a top-secret study of U.S. cold war capacities, will keep watch on military planning for world crises, serve as the White House's watchdog on the work of the Central Intelligence Agency. A brainy, courageous combat warrior, but not much of a team player, Taylor is...

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