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...face an emergency meeting of the West's Big Three foreign ministers; he wanted tangible evidence to show the others that the U.S. intended to defend, not merely liberate, Western Europe in case of war. He needed something to spur Britain's Bevin and France's Schuman (see FOREIGN NEWS) into getting busy too. This is what Acheson proposed...
France's Robert Schuman will arrive in the U.S. next week to attend the Foreign Ministers' conference in New York. He will bring with him a special problem requiring special U.S. attention. Schuman is a sincere anti-Communist who would like to strengthen France's defenses against Communist attack; but he is also a member of a shaky French cabinet which is afraid to take vigorous anti-Communist action. It is reliably reported that Schuman hopes the U.S. will twist his arm a bit and force his government to get cracking on rearmament. Without such a display...
...Schuman Plan for the integration of Europe's coal & steel industries was similarly threatened. When the Consultative Assembly voted a set of resolutions designed to give the proposed control authority more power, the British Labor group abstained. The quarrel between the British and French on the Schuman proposal flared up again when France's Paul Reynaud, shaking his finger at British Socialist Delegate Hugh Dalton, said: "We are told: 'Go ahead, you French, and build the House of Europe. If it is comfortable we will move into the room you have reserved for us. If it collapses...
Said Krips, bewildered: "I have been received ... by the Pope, who gave me a special coin, by the Queen Mother of Belgium, who gave me an autographed picture, by Schuman, who gave me a kiss on both cheeks. I come to the U.S. and they give me Ellis Island." The New York Times called it "the latest ... in a long series of incidents that have made certain aspects of our immigration procedure look little short of ridiculous...
Before the eight-week festival is over, audiences will hear works of Bela Bartok, William Schuman, Samuel Barber, Peter Mennin, Arnold Schoenberg, Paul Hindemith and Composer Harris himself. Said he: "I'm not worried about people liking contemporary music; all I want is for them to get acquainted with it." People who don't get acquainted this summer will have another chance next year...