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...Governor Christian A. Herter, '15, who was recently appointed Assistant Secretary of State, was not only a lyricist in his undergraduate days at the College. Entering college as a young, tall and frail youth, he did not participate in the major sports of the day although many of his friends remember him as "a damn good tennis player...
...Herter's real forte lay in games of mental exercise, particularly bridge. "He was an expert bridge player then, and still is," one friend commented...
...Governor Herter will undoubtedly make a serious effort to fill the void left by Hoover's inadequacy, bringing to the position knowledge and a liberal reputation which has grown since he was appointed an attache at the Embassy in Berlin in 1916. As a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Governor Herter was instrumental in winning support in Congress for the Marshall Plan, and he has served with some distinction as a legislator and governor in Massachusetts...
...Eisenhower team will probably find Governor Herter much more attuned to its policies than was Mr. Hoover, and one suspects, on the basis of his record, that he will express a more internationally oriented attitude in the inner councils of the Administration than did his predecessor. While Herter does not possess the experience nor outlook designed to make him another Chester Bowles, he is at least free of the burden which former President Hoover must have been...
...Herter is at least as capable an administrator as Hoover, Jr., and is far more competent to shoulder the responsibilities of Secretary of State. In the not unlikely event that Secretary Dulles will retire soon, it is reassuring to see a truly responsible leader being groomed to take his place...