Word: staying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Paradoxically, Forrestal last week still held his job largely because of the attacks on him. He himself wanted to get out, but he was unwilling to go out under pressure. Harry Truman was letting him stay on, at least a little longer, because the President also gets stubborn under pressure...
Nothing Soft. The President had a lot of news to tell, and he told it swiftly. He had hoped Marshall could stay on, but Marshall, recovering from a kidney operation, was in no shape to continue. Under Secretary Robert Abercrombie Lovett, who had ably carried a heavy load, would leave when Marshall did, on Jan. 20, Inauguration...
...Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein and Isaac Stern, among others, fired off statements aimed at Chicago, warning that they would refuse to appear with the orchestra if Furtwangler conducted. Rubinstein summed it up: "Had Furtwangler been firm in his democratic convictions he would have left Germany . . . Mr. Furtwangler chose to stay and chose to perform, believing he would be on the side of the victors . . . Now he wants to earn American dollars and American prestige. He does not merit either...
...Spreads. According to Father George, Russians are cynical about the sincerity of their government's war-inspired toleration of the Russian Orthodox Church. He reports that even some of the Orthodox priests stay underground just in case the state once again begins to close the churches...
Griffin made at least one visit to the University during his stay in Boston this week, reliable sources have revealed. Identity of persons he conferred with--if any--is unknown...