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• “Washington, Dec. 13 (UPI)—About a dozen pieces of jewelry valued at more than $5,000 were stolen from the hotel room of John A. McCone.” Sounds like one of those CIA jobs we’ve been hearing about.

• “How do you get to the White House?” the joke went in 1961. “Go to Harvard and turn Left.” As in all good jokes there was a deal of truth in it. Not only had the President recruited three of Harvard’s stellar lights: Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historianlaureate; John Galbraith, public economist; Mc- George Bundy, dean of deans. He turned Washington into a Mecca for intellectuals, who abandoned the leading Eastern universities and foundations literally by the hundreds to take posts on the White House staff, in the State Department, in the executive agencies and bureaus. Last week, McGeorge Bundy, last of the Kennedy intimates, announced his resignation, ending the Era of the Intellectual in the White House. The young men who have pushed out the Schlesingers, Sorensens, Goodwins, Hellers, and Bundys are energetic young Westerners, curried by the U. of Texas and Texas A. and M., and bearing the LBJ brand.

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• “Washington, Dec. 13 (UPI)—About a dozen pieces of jewelry valued at more than $5,000 were stolen from the hotel room of John A. McCone.” Sounds like one of those CIA jobs we’ve been hearing about.

• “How do you get to the White House?” the joke went in 1961. “Go to Harvard and turn Left.” As in all good jokes there was a deal of truth in it. Not only had the President recruited three of Harvard’s stellar lights: Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historianlaureate; John Galbraith, public economist; Mc- George Bundy, dean of deans. He turned Washington into a Mecca for intellectuals, who abandoned the leading Eastern universities and foundations literally by the hundreds to take posts on the White House staff, in the State Department, in the executive agencies and bureaus. Last week, McGeorge Bundy, last of the Kennedy intimates, announced his resignation, ending the Era of the Intellectual in the White House. The young men who have pushed out the Schlesingers, Sorensens, Goodwins, Hellers, and Bundys are energetic young Westerners, curried by the U. of Texas and Texas A. and M., and bearing the LBJ brand.