Word: goldberg
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...almost unfair to say that he appeared weary of defending the American position in Vietnam, but that is the impression that sticks. It seems that Goldberg, however much he may want the government to stop the bombing, is willing to endure the present phase of the war, with all its grating features, and wait for the time when his talents as a negotiator can be used to bring the conflict to a satisfactory conclusion. Defending the war on a historical or strategic basis is just not his forte. When asked to discuss some of the more subtle problems inherent...
...Goldberg is not so erudite or engaging as Dean Acheson or McGeorge Bundy. But he is probably the most astute negotiator who has ever served as Secretary of Labor. President Kennedy once dispatched Goldberg to New York City to avert an imminent strike by the musicians in the Metropolitan Opera. According to press reports, Goldberg almost single-handedly molded a settlement in time to let the show...
Some of this is quite credible--not new or refreshing or really encouraging--but still credible. It has all been said before, but any other official who said it quickly added that policies like the bombing, the suspension of which are imperative if talks are to begin, would continue. Goldberg didn't talk much about the bombing...
...course, Goldberg is not the kind of public servant who arouses deep feelings about him either way. He repeats his oft-garbled message to the point of tedium in a deep, almost rueful. Midwestern monotone. In an interview during his stay at Harvard, he spent most of a half-hour looking at the floor, occasionally gesturing weakly with his hands. Questions about American policy simply don't excite the U.N. Ambassador -- he just returns the line one expects in those tired, dull, even-paced tones. Never a smile; the same pitch all the time...
There was so much else for him to discuss. The Vietnam war raises complicated questions about the very foundations of the United States' post-war foreign policy. For if "we cannot be for the policeman for the entire world," as Goldberg emphasized, is it possible to pledge this nation, as Goldberg did in answer to another question, "to the peace and security of the world...