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).

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Members

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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

★ Draper Committee papers at the Eisenhower Presidential Library

References

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