Word: achesons
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...ultimate decay is a hope, not a program. The Truman-Acheson plan is still purely defensive. It seeks to limit the enemy's power to advance, but it develops no drive to push him back. It leaves the political initiative in the hands of the enemy...
...word from Secretary of State Dean Acheson would have corrected this assumption, but the Secretary kept mum. His enemies, notably Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy, charged that Clubb had been cleared through Acheson's personal intervention. Last week Acheson felt compelled to tell the story of just what happened...
State's Loyalty and Security Board had, in fact, found Clubb a security risk (his loyalty was not questioned). This judgment was appealed to Acheson, who turned the matter over to an "experienced and trusted" aide. Though the Clubb case involved the highest ranking Foreign Service officer yet to come under inquiry, Acheson said: "I read [my aide's opinion] very carefully. I did not study the record because ... I do not have time to do that." On the basis of his aide's* recommendation, the Secretary overruled his board...
...more fuel for the fires of congressional investigators and a probe of the Clubb case seemed likely. It was also another illustration of Acheson's inability or unwillingness to 1) believe that the question of internal security seriously concerns his department; 2) understand that the U.S. people are concerned about security in the Foreign Service, and expect him to tell them what steps he is taking to protect...
Knowing this, Dean Acheson soberly warned of "hard work" still ahead. After two weeks of "historic decisions," Europe was still a long way from the dawn...