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President Truman and Dean Acheson should not overlook it either...
...democracy, the American way of life, worth cherishing and defending by any means? If so, why all the qualms manifested by Mr. Acheson...
...Secretary of State no longer spoke for a large segment of Congress or of the nation. Its effect, as many signers agreed, was that his prestige abroad was seriously damaged at a critical moment in diplomatic affairs. This week, dragging the G.O.P.'s clattering repudiation behind him, Acheson flew off to the Brussels conference aboard Truman's personal plane, the Independence. Alben Barkley and George Marshall were on hand to see him off, and Harry Truman sent word that Acheson has "my complete confidence...
...Republicans considered the consequences of their denunciation? The answer was that they had. A few hotheads had solved their problem on a "to hell with it" basis. Others had decided that as long as Acheson must go, it might as well be now as ever; the U.S. was obviously going to go from one crisis to another for as long as man could look ahead. The U.S. people, New York's Irving Ives was convinced, were fed up with Acheson. "It all stems from the tragic mistakes made in Asia. Acheson is not entirely responsible for what happened...
...Republican majority in Congress had made its position clear. But not all Republicans applauded. The Scripps-Howard New York World-Telegram and Sun, long a trenchant critic of Acheson's Asiatic policy, objected: "The Republican caucuses give the impression that our country is divided. As a matter of fact, on matters important, our country is united. Our country is more important than the Administration's face, or Mr. Acheson's face, or the Republican Party's face . . . We're dealing now in terms of blood & iron...