Word: harrimans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nations of Western Europe, the face of ECA will be the face of ECA's ambassador-at-large. Last week Administrator Paul Hoffman picked W. Averell Harriman for the job. It was a good choice...
...novice at Government assignments. He was on the Harriman Committee which recently measured how much European aid the U.S. could afford. This week he returned from a State Department economic mission to the Far East. He was mentioned as a possible administrator of the Marshall Plan almost as soon as Congress began discussing the program. His chief sponsor was George Marshall; he also had the approval of Senator Arthur Vandenberg. In his testimony before Vandenberg's Foreign Relations Committee, Hoffman outlined his conception of the nation's task in Europe: "If production can be increased by one-third...
...work at Bogota, there will be top-flight statesmen on the job. Crisis-harried George Marshall will head the U.S. delegation, with Cabinet-rank support from Commerce Secretary Averell Harriman, Treasury Secretary John Snyder. Export-Import Bank Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. will be there, and John J. McCloy, World Bank president, though not a delegate, plans to be on hand. The diplomatic backfield will be sparked by Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs Norman Armour...
...added, he could not understand "how the loyalty board could have cleared Dr. Condon in view of the evidence." From his bed in Walter Reed Hospital, where he is recuperating from an attack of gastrointestinal hemorrhages, he issued a subpoena for the board's files. Secretary of Commerce Harriman refused to honor the subpoena, on the ground that it would be unfair to those who had testified in confidence, and would prejudice future loyalty probes. Blustered Thomas: "If they think they are going to get away with it, they are mistaken...
...State Department, the Herter Committee and the Harriman Committee finally agreed that the ERP should be administered...