Word: christianly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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UNDER Secretary of State Christian Herter, who had slipped away only eight days before on a long-planned vacation at his South Carolina plantation, flew back to Washington last weekend on a MATS Convair bearing the blue seal of his office. Chris Herter, his 6-ft. 5-in. body bent by arthritis (he has recently been using a wheelchair and aluminum half crutches to get around), walked down the steps unaided to be met by Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs C. Douglas Dillon, his next in command during the period of Foster Dulles' incapacity...
...America were not approaching such a major set of negtiations, it might be feasible to maintain the present arrangement with Christian Herter in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Department. If the President showed any willingness or capacity to take on the formulation of major policy re-orientation, the country could face the prospect of an ersatz Secretary with equanimity. But since the reverse is true in both instances, it is essential that Secretary Dulles resign immediately...
Bundy also suggested the possibility that Christian A. Herter '15, Acting Secretary of State, and C. Douglas Dillon, Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, might take over many of the administrative tasks while Dulles remains in the hospital. The Dean opposed suggestions that a new Secretary of State be appointed, saying, "A complete change in leadership would lead to a less effective organization in the present crisis...
Organizer John Rosengrant of the Presbyterians' Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations summed it up: "When Americans go overseas, they should be able to demonstrate that their lives are centered in a basic Christian philosophy. A Christian should live his values wherever he goes...
...door of personal testimony is never fully closed, and the word spoken by the sincere man . . . carries more weight than he realizes. The 'home with the open door' is everywhere one of the most immediate human influences. As an oil executive, engineer or businessman, [the Christian] should consider his main objective not in terms of dividends for shareholders, or power for America, or prestige for himself, but as an essential Christian ministry. This will call for imagination and courage and deep faith; yet it is the way to a satisfying adventure...