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Governors Favor Guard Strength At 27 Divisions
The governors conference in Miami Beach urged President Eisenhower to work with Congress on a bipartisan program to steady the National Guard. They kept the guard at 400000 men and 27 divisions, rejecting cuts and demanding armory protection. New Florida Gov LeRoy Collins was named chairman amid calls for unity on defense and economic policy.
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Miami Beach
Fle
Eiserhower
Pentagon
Uare
Maxwell D. Taylor
Frederick
Collins
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Wiliam G. Stratton
Hingis
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
National Guard
Senhower
Folsom
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Defense McElroy
D. Taylor
Meloy
Gen. Taylor