Word: hurleyism
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...jovial Major General Patrick Jay Hurley, who has been coal miner, cowboy, mule skinner, lawyer to the Choctaws, buck private and presidential envoy extraordinary, began his newest job: U.S. Ambassador to China. His letters of credence had not arrived from Washington, but Chungking waved aside such formalities. In the American Embassy Pat Hurley held his first press conference, told reporters how he had taken part in parleys between Chiang Kai-shek's Government and the Chinese Communists. It was a strangely unself-conscious tale...
Mission to Yenan. Last October General Hurley sat in on go-between talks in Chungking. Then in November he boarded a U.S. Army C-47, flew north to Yenan, capital of Communist China, prepared to loose his legendary diplomatic charm...
...ever mindful of China's vital relationship to the U.S., he urged the need for ever closer Chinese-American cooperation. He regretted that Donald Nelson (China's new WPBoss, now in Australia arranging for suplies) had not come to Chungking a year ago. Of U.S. Ambassador Pat Hurley and Major General Albert C. Wedemeyer (Chiang's chief of staff), he says: "We are on intimate terms. They see the main issues and they see them clearly." For T.V. still believes what he used to say in pre-Pearl Harbor days: "The wars in Europe and Asia...
...many Senators were worried about the nominees' ability. Asked for a statement of his specific duties under the Surplus Property Act, Heller fidgeted, said vaguely that it should be administered so as to get the most possible for the Government without damaging business. Hurley had no clear idea, either...
Strongest opposition to the appointees will come from the Senate's 37 Republicans. Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio pointed out that Hurley, defeated for reelection in 1942 and this year, was a "lame duck twice rejected by the people of his state." Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg tartly added: "We are dealing with surplus property, not surplus politicians." Democratic confirmation of Hurley and Heller seemed assured...