Word: catspaw
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...erudite theories. But President Wilson had long felt the onrush of foes, foreign & domestic. His visionary ardor had become imperiousness, self-sufficiency. He conferred with the Secretary only once, ignored his ideas. Robert Lansing impotently watched the wise foreign diplomats, wrote in his diary that Mr. Wilson was a "catspaw." The forcible, white-haired Secretary was himself not even permitted the directed force of a paw. His role was mere ritual. Often he pondered resigning, often refrained...