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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100120001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 31, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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honorary degrees. In some instances the recognition seems
wholly merited, often depending on the viewer's preconceptions;
in others the awards are entirely absurd, and even dictated by
the hope of generous financial aid from the revered recipient.
In talking with a group of Columbia seniors the other night
it occurred to me that an establishment of higher learning could;
alter these stuffy' proceedings by the bestowal of what might 'I'
be called honorary-degrees-with?tongue?in-cheek. The suggestion ;+
was favorably received; there is hereby offered. to any university
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fields of politics, journalism and sports, with a couple' of excep? I
tions; men more expert than I could, be called upon to make
nominations in areas of culture and` science. And so, to tho
trustees of Mythical University, these preliminary citations are
? , To RICHARD NIXON: For his steadfast refusal to accept i,
the cynical proposition that a wise man knows when he Is
licked, and whose perseverance inspires thousands who gather,.,
f intermittently at Shea. Stadium and Baker Field to reaffirm
To Selective Service Director LEWIS B. HERSHEY: ror
his gallant effort to protect the armed services from the infiltra?
tion of intelligence.
To Secretary of State DEAN RUSK: For his tenacious de-
fense of the illusion that Gen: Ky is,the modern embodiment of
the spirit of Winston Churchill.
To the editors of the . DAILY NEWS editorial page: for
holding fast to the faith that. you can fool most of the people
most of the time; and for staunchly declining to be dismayed by
the prospect of nuclear war.
To RALPH HOUK: For stepping forward to relieve his
!'cherished friend, Johnny Keane, as manager of the Yankees
band thereby proving his high fidelity to the Columbia Broad-
casting system.
To SEN. JAMES EASTLAND: For establishing by word and
deed on so many days of so many years that the legend of
rwhite supremacy is a discredited myth.
To REP. ADAM CLAYTON POW) LL, For, demonstrating
to guilt-ridden white citizens tha'. cynicism and' lust for power
are not the private monopoly of those whose color happens to
be white.
To'the PULITZER PRIZE 'COMMITTEE: For upholding the
view that almost no play Is tile thing in almost any year.'
To BARRY GOLDWATER: For, continuing to challenge the
simplistic modern 'assumption that the world Is Indisputably
rou To the editors of TIME MAGAZINE: For retaining 'and.re?
shattering blows..,.. _..:.. .i. a.~t. '4.~ha. ....1~ .. ~.. y :.ti ~..I
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Ling the efforts. of unattached young females to engage izj
To the Pro-Peking "NEW. LEFTISTS": For rejecting the
om the experience of Its predecessors.
ency~ can conilT~~f[s awm cou:itry at least as often as it
les- the anemy:-- . ~W _..... ?..
To PRESIDENT JOHNSON: For his warm, eloquent defense
the right of his.; countrymen to agree with him. -
No doubt too many names ? and Institutions have been
e roster from year to year.
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