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...bulletins on the invasion of South Korea jerked Washington out of the wilted weariness of a steamy summer weekend. Secretary of State Dean Acheson first heard the news by telephone at his Sandy Spring, Md. farm, promptly put through a call to Harry Truman, who was off in Independence, Mo. for a "back porch" visit...
...first the President determined to go through with his round of visiting, partly to keep from upsetting the world by a dramatic return to Washington. But by Sunday noon, after Acheson's second report, he climbed aboard The Independence so fast that he left two of his military aides behind. "Don't make it alarmist,'' he admonished reporters just before takeoff. "It could be a dangerous situation, but I hope...
...Barreled Question. Dean Acheson and Defense Secretary Johnson met him at Washington's National Airport, quickly brought him up to date. Before the U.N. Security Council, the U.S. had already drawn up its moral position against the Korean Communist invaders. That decision had been beaten out in Saturday night conferences. The big question left for Harry Truman to decide was not whether to help, but how. As the tense White House conferences stretched through Sunday night and Monday, that question merged with another: Would the rapidly retreating South Koreans be able to hold out long enough...
...found the Governors' Conference most useful of all was Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Acheson brought down his-traveling road show, comprising Ambassador at Large Philip Jessup, Republican Special Adviser John Sherman Cooper, and young (35) Carlisle Humelsine, State's administrative troubleshooter. Acheson spent nearly an hour talking with Dewey in his private cottage, convivially sipped drinks with Warren...
...hour session behind closed doors, Acheson submitted to questions and gave candid answers. "He scared hell out of us," said a Democratic governor, of Acheson's global survey...