David Bell was White House Budget Director. One of many staff members with Harvard connections, he did little socializing at the White House after his sometimes 12 hour days were over. He went home to Bethesda and his wife, 16 year-old daughter and 12 year-
David E. Bell (photo courtesy JFK Library)
old son.
“As quick as we can, we go home. The tempo of this administration is fantastic. The President is a fellow who has a foot-long needle in you all the time.”
[152, p. 46]