Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Returning from the Foreign Ministers Conference in London 17 months ago, tired old George Marshall had told the nation: "It does not appear possible that paper agreements can assure a lasting peace. Agreements between sovereign states are generally the reflection and not the cause of genuine settlements...
Setting off to attend the new Foreign Ministers Conference in Paris (see INTERNATIONAL), Secretary of State Dean Acheson made it clear that he, too, was indifferent to offers of paper agreement, but was willing to listen attentively if the Russians offered a genuine settlement. Said Acheson: "We shall neglect no opportunity for increasing the area of solution and tranquility in the world. At the same time, we shall not barter away successes achieved for the sake of promises which might again prove to be illusory, as they too often have in the past...
...Oklahoma, the House recently passed a bill which would require students in state-supported schools to swear that they were "not affiliated directly or indirectly with the Communist party, the third Communist International, or with any foreign political agency, party, organization, or government...
Baxter noted that Schuman had been "severely criticized by a number of alumni for speeches critical of the current foreign policy of the United States...
...stripping the hotly contested health insurance and civil tights proposals off the "must" list. At the same time, Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas indicated he expects no Senate action this session on President Truman's $4,000,000,000 tax boost plan, the new Brannan farm plan, or the foreign arms program...