Word: blueprint
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...high good humor, old Cordell Hull called in a bipartisan group of Congressmen to announce the news: Dumbarton Oaks was winding up its work. The U.S., Britain and Russia had seen eye-to-eye on the Great Blueprint for world organization. Minor details could wait. The important fact, said the Secretary of State, was that the Big Three, in peace as in war, have a common aim. The 39 delegates had nothing much left to do but wait for final nods from their respective Governments. Then the Chinese, who have been watching intently from just outside the Dumbarton Oaks...
...Great Blueprint was close to the original American plan (TIME, June...
...desk, he picked up a square gum eraser and a handful of paper lips and went to work. He stuck the clips m the eraser, worked them back & forth until he had the solution. He believes you can "see things that way you can't on a blueprint." Hellcat wings now fold back as neatly as a bird...
...American Plan has been presented at the Oaks Conference, but not officially made public, although details of the Great Blueprint are known (TIME, June 12). The Plan: the U.S. would place military forces at the disposal of a central international council. The U.S. member of that council could veto any proposal to use the U.S. military forces against an aggressor nation. But on the other hand-always presuming that the Senate ratifies the treaty-the U.S. council member could approve the use of U.S. land, sea and air forces under the direction of the council...
Headway. But the Great Blueprint seemed to be making some headway, particularly since all three of the conferring nations have agreed that "participation is not enough"-that the world's peace must be guaranteed by the joint use of military force. How to make that guarantee effective by the use of U.S. military forces, without really impairing U.S. sovereignty? That was the problem that still faced the conference at week...