LETTER TO HONORABLE BARBARA BATES GUNDERSON FROM C. P. CABELL

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• Publication Date: December 9, 1960
• Content Type: LETTER

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9 December 19E0
Honorable Barbara Bates Gunderson
Cotmnissioner
U. S. Civil Service Commission
8th and F Streets, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
I wish to comnend you and the Board of Trustees for
establishing the first annual award honoring distinguished
women in the Federal Service.
I have discussed with a number of our senior officers
the nomination of career women in our Aaenc:v for the Federal
have selecte
as our nomin
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ees.
I have brought to their work throughout their dis-
tinguished careers in Government the qualities of intellectual
maturity, leadership, and unusual competence. Both of these
women have made significant contributions t:o the progress of
the Central Intelligence Agency and to the effectiveness of the STAT
Federal career service.
We welcome the opportunity of giving wider attention to
the achievements of two of the many outstanding career women
in the Central Intelligence Agency.
Sincerely,
C. P. Cabell
General, USAF
Acting Director
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T'lEMORANDUt'I FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT . Nomination of
the i irst or
er omua s Award
1. This memorandum transmits a letter
D Intelligence nominating the STAT
and
for the Federal Woman's Away .
2. A group of outstanding community leaders and high-level Federal
officials formed a Board of Trustees to establish an award honoring
distinguished women in the Federal
STAT
service. Mrs. Barbara Gunderson;
U.S. Civil Service Commissioner is chairman of the Board of Trustees and
Mr. Robert Hartley of the Brookings Institution is vice chairman. The STAT
names of other Trustees are listed in the attached announcement which
invites nominations by heads of Government agencies.
3. The Deputy Directors were notified of the opportunity
natin-; candidates
rl W'
aomans Awards. STAT
was nominated b lale e I'll-rector
STAT
nominated by the Deputyir
t was
ec
or Intelligence . The Career Coun reviewed these nominations
t
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a
ts meeting on 14 Novemb 1Q60 ' decided to r
unan
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ecommend theiti
nomnaons o
as Agency candidates for the First Annual Federal
war.s . Woman's
4. The Board of Trustees of the F d
e
present these awards at a ceremony +
eral Woman S Award plans to ebru must be submitted to Mrs. Barbara Gunderson by 9 De Nominations however,
y 9 December er 1960.
Chairman, CIA Career Council
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uorabl Barbera Bates Gunderson
Cssi
rice Cc fission
U. S. Civile
r
S cats. N. W.
I wish to c rid you and the Board of Trustees for
establishing the f t armual wiwd bonor ? distinguished
the Federal ervice.
I as our s:. S TAT
have brotight to their k th
careers in Oiov'"r nt trhe q% a of Intellectual maturity,
leadership.. and unusual effete Both of these wca en have
=ade significant coutr but ons to progress of the Central
Intelligence Age=y and to t] e e
eer service.
I welcome the opportunfty of giving leer attention to
the ach ev nts of two
in the Central Int+elligex Agency.
ALIen W. Dull
Director
xzIrect6t rsl
4~ DEG I hO
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. ivil Service Commission.
ashington 25, D. C.
Mrs. unnderson:
fhb you very much indeed for your cherndng 1
very thoughtful suggestion. I em most gratified that you and yaw
o itee had a pr fitable visit, and it was a real pleasure for tus
to '`have you aboard. "
o the name of the installation which you visited, I
'must agree with you that the resent one does have certain dour
connotations, if not of Siberia then perhaps of dungeons. Your
suggestion, "CAUNT ET, " is at once appealing and appropriate,
but I must tell you that it to already in use and refers to another
hich you would find even more intriguir .
I must confess as well that the present name has "run the
gauntlet" of sever) studied efforts to change it, but it has endured
for nearly eleven years despite the grim mental images it conjures
In any event, your suggestion has not been in vain, for we
ling. Meanwhile, may I close by reiterating the
satisfaction expressed to me by the staff of that
installation for the opportunity to discuss their activities and
experiences with such an attentive, interested, intelligent
audience.
:Sincerely,
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UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON 25, D: C.
May 27, 1960
L Honorable Allen W. Dales
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington 25, D. C.
ADDRESS ONLY
"CIJIL SERVICE COMMISSION"
IF YOUR REPLY REFER TO
it was a great pleasure to visit you and your associates
on Tuesday. I enjoyed luncheon so much and and the provocative talk
that followed. I know that Chairman Jones, Mr. Eugene Lyons and
Mr. Johnson share my reaction to our field trip. It was a reve-
lation, an education and a patriotic experience. Nothing could
have made us so receptive and appreciative of President Eisenhor's
broadcast of Wednesday evening as the experience of learning we all
had with your staff. I thank you sincerely. What a genius for
timing you people have, too.
Now to an important matter. I am referring, of course,
to my self-assignment of a suitable name to replace the flat ne-
gation implied in the word now being used for the scene of our
visit. At first I was drawn to the plane's appellation - Willie.
I played with "WILLY NILLY" but discarded it at once. Too flip-
pant, too juvenile and, of course, non-churchilliaaan in concept.
Later, I learned "WHISKEY" is also a cognomen for the
plane and I was rather taken with using the term "SHOT GLASS.
This seemed a designation with zip as well as implications of
action and reflection. If it were not for the pedestrian "end
I should like "PERRY AND THRUST." But not very much.
My final nomination and and the ones I em quite serious
about is one word which has the proper style and is consonant
in my mind with the overtones of Intrigues with which your work
will always be associated even if you and your hard-working staff
are weary of it.
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I propose "GAUNTLET." Sir Winston would, I am sure,
savor its swash and buckle. Moreover, the dictionary shows its
precise application by definition: "Gauntlet - 1. A medieval
glove, usually of leather covered with metal plates, worn to
protect the hand from injury in combat. 2. A long glove with.
a flaring cuff covering the lower part of the arm."
Here, we have the thought of the darkness of a glove,
the hand-in-glove concept as well as the (left, quiet approach of
gloved hands as opposed to raw knuckles. The protection of hand
and arm implied is also significant as is the ringing phrase -
"Take up the Gauntlet;' which Webster says means: 1. Accept e
challenge; 2. Undertake the defense of a person.
With the sure knowledge that "GAUNTLET" would serve
your purpose, I rest my case and, forgive me for this, throw
down the gauntlet.
Again, my thanks to Colonel White and all the others
who contributed so much to a great experience. You must be very
proud of these men. They seemed to me intelligent, zealous and,
in the best sense, serious without being Joyless. You and they
have my thanks and admiration.
Sincerely,
Barbara Gunderson
Commissioner
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