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...name for smart young lawyers in Government bureaus). Stevenson held several press conferences, some of them on a not-for-attribution basis, to permit reporters to become acquainted with his current views. Some of them: he hadn't the "faintest idea" whether or not he would drop Dean Acheson as Secretary of State; he foresaw the day when East-West power will come into some kind of balance and it may become possible to negotiate with the Kremlin; and he bespoke his determination to put his "own stamp" on the campaign but acknowledged that he was for a "refreshened...
...Stevenson refreshen the Fair Deal? Democrats of course say he can; Republicans of course say he can't. Wrote Harvard Professor McGeorge Bundy, collaborator on Henry Stimson's autobiography and editor of Secretary Acheson's papers, in the October Foreign Affairs: "Fatigue-and stalemate beset the groups on which Stevenson must rely. However much he himself may be a symbol of refreshing change, his party, and even his part of his party, are symbols of the status quo. Except where, it has had Republican help, the Administration has been stalemated for several years, both at home & abroad...
...week long Secretary of State Dean Acheson had wrestled over what to say to the new Assembly. A tough, frank speech might please the U.S. voters and help the Democratic ticket, a soft one might placate America's nervous allies and please the Assembly. Acheson delayed his speech for a day, rewrote it six times. The result was a firm talk which seemed mild and said little new. Fellow delegates hailed it with words like "moderation and sanity...
...Acheson talked, Russia's Andrei Vishinsky followed the English text closely and three times underscored Acheson's remarks. The underscorings: "The aggressor [in Korea] now counts for victory upon those of faint heart who would grow weary of the struggle . . . We shall fight on as long as is necessary to stop the aggression. We shall stop fighting when an armistice on just terms has been achieved . . . The Communists have so far rejected reasonable terms for an armistice...
...days later Vishinsky got to his feet and, in a monotone, for 75 minutes accused the U.S. of "bluster, blackmail and pressure" in Korea, retold the "germ warfare" tale, and charged that U.S. "billionaires" are bent on more & more bloodshed to swell their billions. Midway through, Acheson removed his earphones for a few minutes, and some delegates began leaving...