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...often wish they could be in two places at once. The Netherlands last week did its best to make the trick possible. When Dutch Prime Minister Willem Drees formed a new government, after a 65-day cabinet crisis, he appointed not one but two Foreign Ministers. No. 1: Johan Beyen, 55, former executive of a soap company and a political independent. No. 2: Career Diplomat Joseph Luns, 41, a member of the Catholic Party. The dual appointment had a political reason (the Catholics were determined to have the Foreign Minister's post), but it also had a practical reason...
...having two Foreign Ministers might prove to be as complicated as having two wives: the housekeeping problems were tremendous. Foreign Minister No. 1 moved into the official residence in The Hague, while officials sought hurriedly for a residence of equal status for Foreign Minister No. 2. Beyen moved into the Minister's office while Luns had to be content with a secretary's office. Officials, accustomed to signing official communications "For the Foreign Minister," now signed cagily: "For a Foreign Minister...
...making the appointments, Premier Drees had hoped to have one Foreign Minister at home while the other was abroad. But no sooner were they appointed than Luns was on his way to the U.S., while Beyen hurried off to Luxembourg...
...amputation. Few European countries are likely to follow her example. The hardheaded Dutch next door will have none of it. Said one top Dutch moneyman: "The plan is psychologically dangerous; because you can't force people into virtue. It's technically too difficult to administer." Dr. Johan Beyen, Dutch delegate to Bretton Woods, said Holland plans an orthodox savings drive to sop up inflationary cash, stringent wage & price controls and a retroactive 100% excess-profits tax to grab wartime profits. But most of all Holland stresses what other Governments have ignored-heavy taxes, to bring its budget under...
Among the gentlemen present were Chiang Kai-shek's Finance Minister Dr. H. H. ("Daddy") Rung, Canada's Ilsley, Mexico's Suarez, Netherlands' Beyen, Russia's Stepanov, Iran's Ebtehaj. No one knew last week how they would line up; most of the preliminary skirmishing between the British and the Americans in the Battle of the Blueprints has taken place under cover. The first open blow was struck last spring by John Maynard Keynes, First Baron Tilton, with a proposal that in effect would give the British dominance in world currency arrangements. The second...