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Some insiders are wondering why Drew Pearson chose this particular time to blast CIA chief John McCone in two successive columns. Speculation centers around the possibility that the Left is making a desperate attempt to forestall the appointment of a top-notch anti-Communist to the number two spot in CIA, opened by the resignation of General Cabell. If the campaign to smear McCone yields pay dirt, they could slip one of their own into the key opening to “keep an eye” on the CIA director. Question: Could there be any connection between the Pearson attacks and the return to the United States of U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, George Kennan. Kennan, the Apostle of Containment, is just the sort of candidate the Stevensonians would like to see at CIA’s rudder.

What was the not-for-public-consumption reaction of Congress to the President’s State of the Union message? Amazingly uniform. While the Democrats approved its heavy political overtones, they were as unhappy as their Republican colleagues over the trampling of congressional prerogatives, particularly in the sections dealing with income tax. It was the tone of the speech that appalled so many congressmen. With this message, said many, the President gives further proof of his dedication to doctrinaire Liberalism.

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Some insiders are wondering why Drew Pearson chose this particular time to blast CIA chief John McCone in two successive columns. Speculation centers around the possibility that the Left is making a desperate attempt to forestall the appointment of a top-notch anti-Communist to the number two spot in CIA, opened by the resignation of General Cabell. If the campaign to smear McCone yields pay dirt, they could slip one of their own into the key opening to “keep an eye” on the CIA director. Question: Could there be any connection between the Pearson attacks and the return to the United States of U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, George Kennan. Kennan, the Apostle of Containment, is just the sort of candidate the Stevensonians would like to see at CIA’s rudder.

What was the not-for-public-consumption reaction of Congress to the President’s State of the Union message? Amazingly uniform. While the Democrats approved its heavy political overtones, they were as unhappy as their Republican colleagues over the trampling of congressional prerogatives, particularly in the sections dealing with income tax. It was the tone of the speech that appalled so many congressmen. With this message, said many, the President gives further proof of his dedication to doctrinaire Liberalism.