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Army to push for manpower increase despite orders
An Army source says the Army’s 55,000 man manpower request to bolster war capability has been blocked above the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shifting decision power to Secretary McNamara or the White House. The Army circulated Kennedy defense remarks to top brass to press its case for stronger forces.
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Ben Price
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Robert 5S. McNamara
White House
Army
Kennedy
Congress
Dent
Maxwell D. Taylor
I Staff
Taylor
Army Chiefs of Staff
Lyman L. Lemonitzer
George Decker
Eisenhower
United States
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Air Force