RUMORS FLY AT PARTY: WHO'S THE NEXT DEFENSE SECRETARY?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200190048-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2014
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: December 8, 1960
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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. .Rumors Fly at Party:Who's
The Next Defense Secretary?1
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Star rit,aff lvt
'Could it be t he next tee?-?
retary of' Defense will be, fnE
' nftlee's Pt esent rrictimbent,
' ? bl'hornas S. 4lates'? And. his
? &may possibly Foxwell L.
Oilpatrie, one of the choices
recently fpccula tot! ?upcin as
contender for ,the top De-
fense post in the Iceienedy
? .admini?ration?
Cabinet-guessing ? 'Wash-
ington's current and feverish
...party pastime?continued at,
.a met iv pace last night
at the gala reception given
by the Assistant. SeCretary.
of DefenSe. and Mrs. Perkins
'McGuire at the Sulgrave
?. ? Club.
?? Speculation last night was
so rampant on "who th,g?
1/ ? next Secretary of Defense
be" that at this 'stage
of the game, anybody's guess.
? might win.
Actually Secretaty Gates.
eho attended the parry v.ith
Mis Gates. had no definite
? Comment to make on his
future plain. About ?tie thing
lie was definite. however.
Witi't a bi'oad grin he de-
clared. "I'irf turning in my
?20.
and take a long vacation."
After that, he said "I don't
?
know what I. going to do
--maybe go back to bank-
lag."
?
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New ltdmer Flips
Toe ard the end of the
:Party after the Gates' had
-left, ? Ft new rumor flew the
? rounds that Mr. Gates
would be?in fact had been
asked to stay on as Defense
'Secretary.
If he' does stay on. com-
mented. one guest, he'd be a
good choice because "he's
'PeiNular on both sides of the
aisle." ...
Earlier /Airing the two-
,hour party. Mr. Gilpatric's
name wg# fiequently men-
tioned as. the candidate for
the top Defense Job by sev-
eral guests prominent' in of-
ficial life or closely associated
with it. One report has it
that he was the choice after
former Defense Secretary
Robert 'Lovett turned down
an offer to take it. One offi-
cial but it more tergely: "It's
definitely Gilpatric.4.
, But as the party grew so
.did the rumors. Mr. Gilpatric.
'former Undersecretary of the
.Air Force in the Truman ad-
:ministration, led the field of
'educated guesses. But other
?pessibles mentioned included
crrank 'Pace. former Secre-
tary of the Artny.in the Tru-
m a n Administration, and
Robert (Whiner) White., of
,Colorad0.
? McGuire Not Leaving .
? . Mr. and Mrs. MeGuire's
friends were glad to 'hear
this was net their "farewell"
? party. With so many admin-
istration officials *leaving
? Washington, It was happy
-news to learn the McGuires
are retpaining here.
Pradilcally everyone faint
diplontatiC, official and resi-
dential society turned, out for
the rebePtion which had all
the ingredients' of ?a good
Party--danceable music by si
three - piece orchestra, deli-
cious food and interEtting
conversation. ? -
There from the 'IV hi te
House were the Homer 1
? oruenthera, 'Bob Gray, the I* ?
Earl Cheaneys.? Mr. and Mrs. *
? Gerald Morgan. the Bryce? ? ?
liarlowe and Mrs. Mary Jane
MeCaffree. .
., There - wins also a warm '."' -'?
.. welcome _for. former Defense? . ? '!'
- I Secretary arid' Mn. Nell 'H., ,
TvIcElroy,...heres for the Bust-
? ness Advisoi y Council dinner' ;
.which he was tzoinsz on
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brate daughter Bus: 't. Will-
day at a family &niter at, toe
.1925 F street Culb.
-The Lewis Strattsses,
Sea-
?atoi' and Mrs. Everett, Dirk-
seri. Ambassador
. Brost?, Viet Nam Ambassador
Tran Van Chuons, CIA Di-
-rector Alleh Dtilles. Deputy
? CIA Director and Mrs.
Charles P. Cabell, Mrs. Rose
Zalles, Mrs. Donald A.
Quarles. and the Defense De-
partment's "director of Re-
search and Engineering and
Mrs. Herbert York were also
among the partygoers..
?
Siimmert'Dr. York ?
?
For Dr, York it ? was his
first patty 'appearance Since
suffering a heart attack' four
months "ago.. Be was happily
receiving compliments on his
new trim figure?the result
of dieting off 38. pounds!
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm
Baldrjge. pro'pd of their
daughter ,Tistea selection as
Mrs. Kennedy's White House
soolal secretary, ? .were 'also
there. Mr. Baldrige said their
daUghter is now in New York
straightening out details on
publication of her second
book, but will be back in
Washington shortly before
the Christmas holidays.?
? For Deputy Defense Doug-
las the party marked the
end of a varied day. during
which he received in behalf
of the Difense Department
? Life Magazine's entire col-
$ction of art from World
War II., 'Mr: Henry R. Luce,
editor-in-chief of Time. Inc.,
made the presentation to Mr:
? Douglas and later on in the
day was host at his ? own
parts celebrating. the. z eirent
? at the ? Idayflowtr Hotel.
Mr. :Dpuglas '.had hIgh
Praise for the collection of
some 1,050 forks by 54 artists
.who covered all theaters of
the war. 411e said representa-
tive works from the collec-
tion will be hung in a cor-
ridor, of the "Pentagon Which
"is a veritable art galterY
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