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Ever since John Kennedy appointed Adlai Stevenson as his U.N. Ambassador and Chester Bowles as his Under Secretary of State, Senate Republicans had been stropping their razors in anticipation of shaving the liberal fuzz off the foreign policy notions of the nominees. Last week, as Stevenson and Bowles appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for their confirmation hearings, the Republicans got their chance-and both Adlai and Chester remained unshaved...
...almost the same time, U.S. Ambassador-designate to the U.N. Adlai Stevenson was telling a Chicago press conference about the "dark and gloomy" condition of the world, noting that "it is becoming more and more difficult to keep Red China out of the United Nations...
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...Adlai Stevenson talks enthusiastically about his new job as Ambassador to the U.N., said Secretary of State-designate Dean Rusk dryly last week, but "getting him going there is like trying to berth an ocean liner without tugs at night...
...what is becoming, at least in terms of responsibility, an increasingly important job. But Career Officer Mann was physically worn out after four years of 70-hour weeks in Washington; he declined with thanks. Chester Bowles passed up the job in favor of his State Department Under-Secretaryship. Adlai Stevenson, who toured Latin America early in 1960, was a possibility, but he went to the U.N. Puerto Rico's Governor Munoz Marin was approached; he, too, turned it down because he wanted to complete his program of economic development on the island...