Footnote 21-52: "Initial Rpt," p. 70.[(Back)]
Footnote 21-53: Ltr, Gesell to President Kennedy, 13 Jun 63, copy in CMH.[(Back)]
Footnote 21-54: Interv, author with Gesell, 13 May 72.[(Back)]
Footnote 21-55: "Initial Rpt," p. 11.[(Back)]
Footnote 21-56: Ibid., pp. 92-93.[(Back)]
Footnote 21-57: Ltr, President to SecDef, 21 Jun 63, copy in CMH. The President also sent the committee's report to the Vice President for comment. Indicative of the Pentagon's continuing influence in the committee's work, the Kennedy letter had been drafted by Gesell and Yarmolinsky; see Memo, Yarmolinsky for White, 8 Jun 63, White Collection, J. F. Kennedy Library.[(Back)]
Footnote 21-58: Memo, SecDef for SA et al., 27 Jun 63, sub: Report of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces; see also Memo, ASD (M) for SecDef, 27 Jun 63; both in ASD (M) 291.2.[(Back)]
Footnote 21-59: Memo, Dep Under SA (M) for SecDef (ca. 10 Jul 63), with service comments attached, copy in ASD (M) 291.2.[(Back)]
Footnote 21-60: Memo, SecNav for ASD (M), 10 Jul 63, sub; Report of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, SecNav file 5410, GenRecsNav.[(Back)]
Footnote 21-61: Memo, SecAF for ASD (M), 10 Jul 63, sub: Air Force Response to the Gesell Committee Report, SecAF files.[(Back)]