Word: press
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would be informed in advance of the public announcement. The British, French and Canadians were also told; Britain decided to make a parallel statement from 10 Downing Street. By next morning, the arrangements were complete and the President's message was published to the Cabinet and the press...
...with no panic. In Congress an irresponsible few talked nervously of the desirability of moving some Government agencies out of Washington. A few resurgent isolationists seized on it as a reason for scuttling all international programs from MAP to the Marshall Plan. But most reaction was sober, balanced (see PRESS) and a little sardonic. Men told each other wryly: "Better get out your old uniform." Others joked about getting a cabin in the hills. Many talked of a feeling of relief that the period of waiting was over...
From the Communists there was smug mirth. Their press mocked America's "atomaniacs." In Italy, pro-Soviet Socialist Leader Pietro Nenni (just back from a 15-day junket to another "peace" congress in Moscow) proudly pinpointed the site of the explosion in "eastern Siberia." In the town of Santeramo near Bari, Communists got the news in the middle of the night, raced in nightshirts and dressing gowns to a hasty rally where a speaker promised: "We Communists will have our headquarters at the White House! Washington shall be ours...
...twelve correspondents were gathered around Ross's big walnut desk. "Close the doors," said Ross. "Nobody is leaving here until everybody has this statement." Then he passed out copies of a mimeographed handout. Merriman Smith of the United Press was first to read enough to catch the gist: "Evidence . . . atomic explosion . . . U.S.S.R." Whistling in surprise, he edged for the door...
...last week, Myrtle Bergheim, secretary to presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, stuck her head into the White House pressroom. "The Boss says don't go away," said Myrtle. "He might have a little something later...