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...Demanded, in the face of two previous turndowns, that Syria cooperate to allow repair of the Iraq Petroleum Co.'s pipeline cut by saboteurs during the Egyptian hostilities. Declared Under Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr.: "Unless work begins immediately . . . the oil situation will be aggravated, which means in human terms cold and hunger not only in Europe but in Asia and South America...
...brother had been killed in France with the A.E.F., Massachusetts' Christian Archibald Herter has held steadfast to a dream: to achieve a position in which he could work effectively for peace. Last week Herter's dream was fulfilled. He was named Under Secretary of State succeeding Herbert Hoover Jr., whose resignation, effective next February, was accepted by President Eisenhower...
...York, left to accept a minor post with the U.S. embassy in Berlin in 1916. At the Versailles conference, he served as aide to U.S. Delegate Joseph Clark Grew, later became executive secretary of the European Relief Council and traveled around ravaged Europe with Relief Chief Herbert Hoover...
Strangely Irked. When Hoover Sr. became Secretary of Commerce, Herter went to Washington as his personal assistant, then moved to Boston as co-owner and co-editor of Henry Ward Beecher's old magazine of opinion, the Independent. A Republican, Herter saw to it that the Independent championed the League of Nations and word-whipped Massachusetts' Isolationist Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge...
...Under Secretary of State. Herter, 61, will be a smooth-paced replacement for an Under Secretary whose administrative talents sometimes outpaced his policymaking skills. President Eisenhower accepted Herbert Hoover Jr.'s resignation with "deep regret," paid tribute to Hoover's "outstanding ability and dedication." And Chris Herter's friends quickly pointed out that he would make a logical successor to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles if, when and for whatever reason Dulles bowed...