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...Ellery Queen mysteries plus the New York Times, Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, and a new book by Harry and Bonaro Overstreet, What We Must Know About Communism (Norton; $3.95). Once or twice he phoned the office for a check on things. In the State Department one day, while Dillon was presiding over a morning conference, a secretary sent in a United Press International dispatch...
...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...
Within the State Department there are already two possible choices--Undersecretaries Herter and Dillon--and outside the Department there are more--John McCloy, General Alfred Gruenther, and Ambassador David Bruce. Of these five possible choices--the nomination of Tom Dewey is about as probable as that of former Senator Knowland--only Bruce has all the qualifications for the position. Herter, seriously crippled by arthritis, has only been in the Department a few years; Dillon, though young and reportedly popular with Eisenhower, lacks a really broad background in foreign policy. Both McCloy and Gruenther have been out of the government...
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...
...Cheever, lecturer on Government, voiced the opinion that "there can only be one Secretary of State. Any ambiguity in policy could be very chaotic," he said. He added that if Dulles is well enough, he might continue on in an advisory capacity to the President. In this case either Dillon or Herter might take over Dulles' job. This would ressen the problems involved in the change of leadership, he thought, since "both Herter and Dillon are very intimate with the workings of the State Department...