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--- On Sat, 12/11/10, Leland Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Leland Jackson <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/us/politics/11eisenhower.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a24 > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 1:07 PM > Below is an interesting article form > NYTimes.com on President > Eisenhower's farewell address to the nation, which warned > about a > permanent war-based industrial complex's potential to abuse > its powers. > > #---------------------------------- > > In Archive, New Light on Evolution of Eisenhower Speech > By SAM ROBERTS > Published: December 10, 2010 > > The phrase that would emerge as the most enduring legacy of > what became, > arguably, the most famous farewell address since George > Washington’s > evolved over 20 months and was agreed to only a few days > before it was > delivered. > > The words, in a speech by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, > were > transformed from a warning against a “war-based > industrial complex” into > a “vast military-industrial complex” and finally into a > more vanilla > “military-industrial complex,” which seemed > controversial enough without > the qualifier. > > Documents released Friday by the National Archives shed new > light on the > genesis of the phrase in the televised address, which > Eisenhower > delivered on Jan. 17, 1961, three days before his > successor’s inauguration. > > In the final version, the president recalled that until > recently the > nation had no permanent arms industry, that “American > makers of > plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as > well,” but > said that the country could no longer risk “emergency > improvisation of > national defense.” An adequate military establishment and > arms industry > were vital, he said, but their conjunction and “its total > influence — > economic, political, even spiritual” also had “grave > implications.” > > “In the councils of government, we must guard against the > acquisition of > unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the > military-industrial complex,” Eisenhower warned. “The > potential for the > disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. > We must > never let the weight of this combination endanger our > liberties or > democratic processes.” > > In the version he read from that night, those words were > underlined. > Several were typed in capital letters. > > The newly released letters, memos and speech drafts — 21 > in all — were > received by the National Archives from Grant Moos, whose > father, > Malcolm, was Eisenhower’s special assistant and chief > speechwriter. > > “It’s probably the most important farewell address of > the modern era,” > said Karl Weissenbach, director of the Eisenhower > Presidential Library > and Museum in Abilene, Kan. “And now we get to see its > evolution, which > started in May 1959 and didn’t end until it was > delivered. We also learn > the important role of Milton Eisenhower, who was > instrumental in making > sure that his brother’s thoughts would be correctly > portrayed.” > > The earliest White House memos suggesting a farewell > address mentioned > only an appeal for bipartisanship. But the president wrote > his brother > on May 25, 1959, of “the importance of getting our people > to understand > that local affairs have a definite relationship to foreign > affairs.” A > year later, another White House aide was urging the > president’s > speechwriter to read Washington’s farewell address, > especially its > warning of “overgrown military establishments.” > > On Oct. 31, 1960, another speechwriter, Ralph E. Williams, > warned of a > “permanent war-based industry” run by former military > officials. > > An undated draft titled “commencement” called for > “jealous precaution” > (Milton Eisenhower later deleted “jealous”) by civilian > authorities “to > avoid measures which would enable any segment of this > military-industrial complex to sharpen the focus of its own > power at the > expense of the sound balance which now prevails.” > > The president’s staff later expressed surprise at the > phrase’s durability. > > “I am sure that had it been uttered by anyone except a > president who had > also been the Army’s five-star chief of staff, it would > long since have > been forgotten,” Williams recalled years later. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/us/politics/11eisenhower.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a24 > > #------------------------------ > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. 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