Evening star., 1961-01-01
KENNEDY
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Negro Named U. S. Housing Chief;
Bundy to Direct Security Affairs

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. press statement by Gov. Fur
colo saying. "It is completely
Incredible that President-e -elect
Kennedy would name Q person
50 completely unqualified as
McGeorge Bundy."
81 think the Governors OBJ
lection is that Mr.. Bundy op-
posed him In the 1858 elec-
: don." Mr.. Kennedy replied.
/. He added that for positions
involving national security in
his administration, he had Sc
lected people regardless Of
whether they supported, his
election campaign.
Cites Republican Appointees
The President-elect noted
that his Secretary Of the Treas
ury-designate, Republican
Douglas Dillon, supported Vice
President Nixon Tor President.
and that his Secretary of
Defense-designate, Robert s.
Mcnamara. is q Republican.
"Now If I win select people
regardless Of whether they
supported me or not In this
campaign. for those positions
which involve national securi-
ty," he added bluntly, 81 must
say that I am not going to be
deferred from appointing peo-
pie who may have opposed
somebody else"
Changes in Job Indicated
While not holding exactly the
same title. MIR. Bundy will
succeed President Eisenhower's
Special Assistant for National
Security Affairs, Gordon Gray.
Mr.. Bundy's title win be simply
Special Assistant to the Presi-
dent.
Pierre salinger. Mr.. Ken
fledy's press secretary. ex-
planned the change in title by
saying. IT think it will become
evident In the weeks to come |
that there Is going to be some |
change in this job. Besides
some changes indicated In the |
President-elect,s ann ounce i
ment. Mr.. Salinger said
'there1l be other subsequent |
changes"
Mr.. Kennedy's statement said: |
II intend to consolidate under
Mr.. Bundy's direction the pres
ent National Security Council
secretariat. the staff and func-
tions Of the operations co-ord-
mating board, and the continu-
ing functions Of a number Of
special project STATS within the
White House.
IT have asked Mr.. Bundy to
review with care existing staff
organization and arrangements,
and to simplify them wherever
possible toward the end that
we may have q single, small,
but strongly organized star unit
to assist me In obtaining advice
from, and co-ordinating opera
tions Of, the Government
agencies concerned with ma
tioual security affairs.
mr.. Bundy win serve as my
personal assistant on these
matters and as director Of
whatever .staff we find Is needed
for the purpose.
1T win be part Of his as
signment to facilitate the work
Of the National Security Coun-
eil, as q body advisory to the
President. ! intend to seek ad-
vice from the members Of the
council. both collectively and
Individually. and It is my hope
to use the National Security
Council and its machinery
more fiexibly than in the past.
hI have been much impressed
with the constructive criticism
contained III the recent staff
report By Senator Jackson's
subcommittee on national poll
icy machinery. The subcom-
lnittee's study provides q use
fui starting point for the work
that MIR. Bundy will undertake
in helping me to strengthenl !
and to simplify the operationsl
Of the National Security Coun-
en-"
Job for Roosevelt's Son
The statutory members Of
the NSC are the President,
Vice President, Secretary Of
state, Secretary Of Defense and
Director Of the ONCE Of Civil
and Defense Mobilization. In
the Eisenhower administration,
Central Intelligence Agency
Director Allen w. Dulles, whoi
win continue In that post un-
der Mr.. Kennedy, and some
other top officials have regu-
1arly attended NSC meetings.
= Mr.. Kennedy disclosed at his
press conference that he has
asked Franklin D. Roosevelt,
jr.. son Of the former Presi-
dent, to take a Job In his ad-
ministration. But he refused to
say what it was. He did say it
was not Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, a post for which Mr..
Roosevelt had been mentioned.
The President-elect said Mr. |,
Roosevelt, who lunched and
played golf with him yesterday
and was his overnight guest,
wants to consider some busi-
ness obligations and I'VE will
talk about 1t (the job offer)
again in a week."
Mr.. Kennedy put into the
record his own answer to q
question directed at Mr.. Weaver i