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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...announcement was made by Secretary of State Stettinius, who did not say when, where or why the President made his second decision. But one reason for the quick veering of U.S. policy was plain to see. The deal did not look good to the U.S. people, nor to some of the U.S. delegates. For discarding it, Franklin Roosevelt got a minimum of criticism for indecisiveness, a substantial measure of praise for knowing when to beat a retreat...
...plain citizen is either baffled or bored by the world security conference at San Francisco, it won't be radio's fault...
Growled Arthur Vandenberg, who may well sway the U.S. Senate for or against any treaty ratifying a world charter: "I . . . deeply disagree. . . ." All three Congressmen made their disgust acidly plain to Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr., who had suddenly discovered spots on his shiny new world...
...Bremen. In the north the growing British threat to seal off The Netherlands was suddenly revealed. After five days of news blackout, cautious Field Marshal Montgomery lifted the curtain a little. His British Second Army was making spectacular strides into the Westphalian plain along the hedge-lined roads. His drive swung up into the cathedral town of Münster, and was reported this week hightailing northward less than 75 miles from Bremen...
Since the New Year, China's general price index had more than doubled. It stood approximately at 1,400 times the prewar level. In plain people's terms, one egg now cost 30 Chinese dollars, one pound of chicken $400, one man's suit (foreign style...