Draper Committee

Draper Committee

The Presidents Committee to Study the United States Military Assistance Program ("Draper Committee") was a bipartisan committee, created in November 1958 by U.S. President Eisenhower to undertake a completely independent, objective, and non-partisan analysis of the military assistance aspects of the U.S. Mutual Security Program (MSP).

Members

The Committee was composed of:[1]

  • William Henry Draper Jr., board chairman of the Mexican Light & Power Co. and retired World War II major general,
  • Dillon Anderson, Houston Lawyer, onetime presidential assistant for national-security affairs;
  • Joseph M. Dodge, Detroit Banker, onetime Budget Director;
  • Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, American Red Cross President, onetime Supreme Allied Commander in Europe;
  • Marx Leva, Washington Lawyer, onetime Assistant Secretary of Defense;
  • John J. McCloy, New York Banker, onetime High Commissioner in Germany;
  • George C. McGhee, Dallas Businessman, onetime Assistant Secretary of State;
  • General Joseph T. McNarney (ret.), onetime Commander of U.S. forces in Europe;
  • Admiral Arthur W. Radford (ret.), onetime Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman;
  • Oklahoma Oilman James E. Webb, onetime Under Secretary of State, onetime Budget Director.

External links

References

  1. ^ "To the Aid of Aid" (in English). Time Magazine. 1959-03-30. http://www.webcitation.org/5KLOYTsY1. Retrieved 2006-11-11. 

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