Word: bevinism
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...Curiously enough, Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin was at first dismayed. . . . Further study made the Foreign Office realize, however, that Byrnes's tactics were a remarkable blend of subtlety and realism. Therefore the economic unification of the British and American zones of occupation is now being negotiated here in Berlin, and will soon be undertaken...
...gave the Labor Government another bad turn last week when it elected Arthur Horner as its General Secretary. Horner is a Communist. But so well do the miners like him that they elected Horner only three months after they had flatly rejected affiliation with the Communist Party. Even Ernie Bevin and Herbert Morrison were prepared to admit that Horner was an efficient union leader and a nice chap. But, they fretted, "we wish he wasn't a Communist...
Russians were scarcely more surprised by the swiftness and stiffness of the U.S. note than Britons, many of whom, familiar with hit & run U.S. foreign policy, are fearful of being left to face Russia alone. London's leftist New Statesman & Nation counseled caution: "Mr. Bevin would be well advised to remember that... his bid for American support in Palestine has failed spectacularly and left us far worse off. ... Can he expect any better results elsewhere in the Middle East...
...McNeil won a seat in Parliament after two unsuccessful tries. Ernie Bevin, an authority in plain speaking, recognized McNeil's quality, appointed him Under Secretary. At Paris as stand-in for the ailing Bevin, McNeil may have somewhat overplayed his act as a simple country boy among the slick diplomatic professionals. He professed ignorance so often that Russia's Vishinsky last week cracked: "Perhaps Mr. McNeil is right about himself...
Viacheslav Molotov got a nice friendly pat on his pudgy face. Said Rosane Taillefere, a beauteous blonde secretary at the recent Paris Conference of Foreign Ministers: "Mr. Bevin was too stout . . . Mr. Byrnes . . . seemed just a small man . . . but Mr. Molotov-ah! He had such lovely blue eyes...