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...known that the British were veering toward a practical, circumspect approach. They were inclined to ask for only a little now in the way of special help from the U.S., in the hope of more later. Specifically, they would probably propose a larger British slice of the ECA pie for Europe, which OEEC is currently fighting over (see below); a freer hand in spending their ECA allotment; a cut in U.S. tariff duties on British goods, an easing of U.S. customs red tape, and permission to save dollars by discriminating more freely against certain imports from the U.S. (i.e., buying...
Secretary John Snyder; the bleeding heart, carried by State's Dean Acheson; and the beating heart, displayed by ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman...
...ECA Chief Paul Hoffman, who will take part in the conference, struck a balance between Snyder and Acheson...
Congressional resentment showed in the horny-handed handling it gave the ECA appropriation, in the stony eye it cast on the arms program, despite an all-star presentation by Secretary of State Acheson, George Marshall and the Big Brass in summer tans. Internationalists of proven good will were as stern as hard-shelled isolationists...
...wrapped in a dark warning and covered by a blank check. There was an uncomfortable suspicion that the U.S. was being suckered into a premature manning of battle stations, that U.S. weapons and money might be dissipated in driblets from Greenland to Greece. There was a nagging fear that ECA might help keep Europe convalescent but never put it back on its feet. There was also a petulant feeling that Europe should get off its hunkers. Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch seemed to share this mood. Back from a quick trip to Europe, he was asked whether Europe might help itself...