Word: morrison
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...where MacArthur had long been the symbol of an American urge to get entangled in Asia, plunge into World War III. London's House of Commons, apparently in full agreement with the British government's policy of appeasement of the Chinese Reds, cheered when Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison broke the news. Cried the News Chronicle: "Mr. Truman has taken the bull by the horns and pushed him out of the china shop...
Indiscretions. This time, the Administration privately, and the nation's allies publicly, burst into angry outcry once more; the London Times pronounced MacArthur's letter the "most dangerous" of an "apparently unending series of indiscretions." British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison, who only a week before had announced that this was the psychological moment to seek a negotiated settlement, complained formally to the State Department against any unleashing of Chiang Kai-shek's forces. The French added their protest...
...Kermit Morrison of DePauw University, six-letter athlete, announced that he had reached a decision; it is going to be the ministry for him. "I can look around the room and count eight men who have made the same decision I have, and there's not one sissy among them . . . It's an opportunity to take something to humanity, and not something from...
...Churchill's coalition cabinet of World War II, he was Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security, responsible for civilian defense. Since Labor came to power in 1945, Morrison has been Attlee's heir apparent and chief adviser on political strategy. In his triple capacity as Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House Commons, he had his hands on all legislative and administrative machinery...
Appraisal: As Foreign Secretary, Morrison will probably keep Britain on the course set by his onetime bitter rival and recent friend Ernest Bevin. Morrison, a cagey leader, will do nothing to divide the Labor Party-and this may be his greatest weakness in a time when Britain needs a more vigorous foreign policy. Above all other considerations, he wants Labor to stay in office. Morrison quips: "Maybe I wasn't born to rule, but I've got used...