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State. And his plans ran into snags. His personal favorite for Secretary of State had been Arkansas' Democratic Senator William Fulbright. But almost all of Kennedy's trusted advisers argued that in a world in which Afro-Asians are increasingly important, Fulbright's segregationist background would...
...problems that continually harass the Congress and the Administration, this has always been the most absurdly easy to solve. Supported by the new President-elect, and Senator Fulbright's plan to recommend the expenditure of at least another $1 million on entertainment allowances, this year's salmon may have a chance. Perhaps they will at last be able to reach their lakes before they are killed by the ignorance and stupidity of those who have never considered diplomacy anything but gentlemen in striped trousers feeding martinis to alluring foreign women...
...despite his desire to appoint Fulbright, no one knew better than Kennedy that Fulbright has one great debit. One of the heaviest responsibilities of the new Secretary of State will be in dealing with restive African nations-and Fulbright, though no racist, is a political segregationist who remained conspicuously silent during the Little Rock school crisis in his home state...
...some Kennedy advisers, that fact alone was enough to eliminate Fulbright from consideration. (Said one: "We can't have a Secretary of State from Little Rock.") But as the moment of decision neared, Jack Kennedy still thought that Fulbright's talents outweighed his drawbacks-and that all the other top contenders also had drawbacks. He went off to Florida, still open to argument, still showing a strong inclination for making up his own mind...
...appointment of Senator Fulbright as Secretary of State would constitute serious mistake, according to Mrs. Roosevelt. Although Fulbright privately discribes to liberal ideas, she said, he has been unable to escape the taint of the hern segregationists...