Word: achesons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Under Secretary, and Jimmy Byrnes's key man, was Dean Gooderham Acheson, 52, who had resigned as an Assistant Secretary just three days before. He had quit because he found it hard to live the life of a diplomat on $9,000 a year, was persuaded to come back to higher responsibilities-at just $1,000 a year more...
...menders, platinum-topped Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius bustled like a busy host at a party. He invited the press to the swearing-in of five of his six new top aides,* whom he fondly calls his team. In the midst of the ceremony, he invited able Dean Acheson, the only big holdover from Hull's regime, to make a speech. Said Acheson, pointing to his freshly confirmed teammates: "These are the little pigs who went to market-I am the little pig who stayed home." Ed Stettinius laughed with the rest...
Temporary Hurdle. The U.S. was not unaware of this financial embarrassment on the part of its closest ally and best customer. Before a Congressional subcommittee on foreign trade last week came Dean Acheson, the able Assistant Secretary of State. He strongly recommended that Congress substantially increase the lending power of the Export-Import Bank and at the same time repeal the Johnson Act which prohibits private loans to nations that have not repaid their World War I debts...
...only one of Cordell Hull's top subordinates left in his job was able Assistant Secretary Dean Acheson, who continues in charge of the Department's liaison with Congress, and who has always worked at a faster pace than his older colleagues...
...Last week the interdepartmental Executive Committee on Foreign Economic Policy, headed by Assistant Secretary of State Dean Acheson, completed three years' work on cartels. Result: a recommendation that the Government take a firm stand against "restrictive" international agreements of all kinds, except: 1) for purposes of national defense; 2) to conserve scarce and vital commodities; 3) in cases involving public health and morals, such as narcotics; 4) in cases of acute crisis...