Word: achesons
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...thought they well knew and had approved the answer. There was a discernible restiveness about the United Nations (would it "tie our hands"?), against Britain and France ("for trying to run out on us"). Three Cabots, a Coolidge and a Lowell joined in a group telegram to Truman and Acheson asking arbitration and concessions to the Communists. There were peeved cracks about MacArthur's misconstrued "home by Christmas" remarks-the familiar fate of a general in a jam and a public caught by surprise. There was outspoken criticism of the Administration. Said an Iowa filling-station operator: "They piddled...
...could still feel the ground shaking. He swiftly took the pulse of his cabinet and his opposition, and decided to hustle off to Washington for a personal conference with the President. From the U.S. embassy in London came an urgent query: Could Clem Attlee fly over? Secretary of State Acheson got on the private wire to the White House. Fifteen minutes later he cabled back one urgent word: "Agree...
Arthur N. Holcombe '06, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, spoke on the necessity of maintaining a bipartisan foreign policy. In support of him, the group passed another resolution urging the replacement of Dean Acheson by a Secretary of State able to maintain such a foreign policy...
...administration, Holcombe also pointed out, has tried unsuccessfully to adopt Theodore Roosevelt's policy of speaking softly and carrying a big stick. He said that Acheson now has the big stick, but fails to speak softly. This makes the purpose of a cold war, i.e. negotiations, impossible, according to Holcombe...
...classmates from Yale College and Harvard Law School marched together at the 1950 Commencement. Dean Acheson was receiving an honorary degree, and his close "friend, Archibald MacLeish, was the Faculty member accompanying...