Word: achesons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senator claimed, as part of his generous first-coat of red, that Lilienthal made no safeguards against foreign abuse of atomic power in the Acheson-Atomic Energy report, which Lilienthal helped to prepare. This claim does not jibe with the facts; Mr. Lilienthal subscribed to the gradual-surrender-of-secrets feature of the report which emphasized the need for security at each stage of expanding international control. Just as closely related to fact is "Mr. Lilienthal is one of those typical power-hungry bureaucrats who in recent years . . . have attempted to stretch their powers far beyond the limit of statutes...
...conservatism of the late Edward H. ("Bull") Warren, the New Dealism of James Landis and the confused leftism of Felix Frankfurter. Harvard turned out squads of bright and earnest lawyers who wrote or administered much of the early New Deal legislation (among them: Thomas Corcoran. David Lilienthal, Dean Acheson). Its postgraduate courses were the best in the U.S. Dean Pound's standards were high; and his customary greeting to incoming classes-"Gentlemen, take a good look at the persons seated on either side of you, for one of you will not be with us next year"-has become legend...
Announcing the new setup at his first press conference, Secretary Marshall also reported the overheard complaint of one of his assistants. He quoted Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson: "I understand already why most of Marshall's former associates have stomach ulcers...
...serious doubts exist on Lilienthal's integrity, they should be dispelled by the unequivocal support given him by Secretary of War Patterson, a Republican, and Under-Secretary of State Acheson, as well as by numerous other respected Americans, many of staunch conservative leanings. Furthermore, his statement on democracy, which he links directly with the meaning of religion, was commended nationally by leading newspapers and executives as a laudable definition, one worthy of every American...
...Wants Things Done." For the rest of the week, Marshall ducked engagements and public pronouncements and plugged away at learning his new job. His first move was to talk Under Secretary Dean Acheson into staying on for a few more months. He had a long talk with the President about China, Germany, Palestine and Argentina, and got assurance of a free hand in running and, if necessary, overhauling the creaky State Department machinery...