Word: departmenters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With 9,000 Americans to shepherd in England, with tangible U. S. business interests under his eye, with 150 Americans cabling from the U. S. daily for information on Athenia survivors, with British bigwigs to see, Franklin Roosevelt to keep informed, Joe Kennedy had a bigger job. Twice he had...
The old libel that the State Department is made up of "cookie-pushers" whose chief concern is the hang of their striped trousers, was just true enough to make many a grave, correct, dry-worded gentleman in the Department dislike the appointment of Joe Kennedy to London. They correctly foresaw...
Several things spiked State Department guns: 1) Kennedy proved extremely efficient, did things faster and better; 2) he rapidly became closer to the British Government and people than any Ambassador anyone could remember. By Munichtime, a year ago, Kennedy had the Department with him, but he was preparing to resign...
But last week both officers withdrew, obedient to War Department advices that the official attitude was "to discourage speeches, broadcasts and articles on the military situation by members of the Army, active or retired."
First act of Britain's ministry was to have King George sign a contraband list, which was not made public before the U. S. State Department had looked it over. Under "absolute" contraband were "all kinds of arms, ammunition, explosives, etc.," and articles for using or making them; "fuel...