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...committee: Henry Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury; Edward R. Stettinius Jr., Secretary of State; Leo T. Crowley, Foreign Economic Administrator...
...approval, in theory, of world freedom of the press has been apparently unanimous so far, in all democratic countries. Congress, Secretary of State Stettinius, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the A.P. and the U.P., the Democratic and Republican platforms, and officials of most of the United Nations have resoundingly endorsed it. But last week it suddenly appeared that this universal rosy glow might be only the precursor of a red sky at morning, portent of stormy weather...
...noon press conference, Franklin Roosevelt had no news about a successor. Three hours later he suddenly nominated and sent to the Senate the name of platinum-topped Edward R. ("Junior") Stettinius Jr., 44, acting Secretary of State. The choice was a surprise...
Handsome Ed Stettinius thus became the next-to-youngest Secretary of State in U.S. history.* A onetime big-business executive, specializing as a front man (General Motors, North American Aviation, U.S. Steel), he learned the basics of government protocol in NIRA, OPM, Lend-Lease. He has been learning diplomacy as Under Secretary of State since September 1943. Few doubted that under his regime the real Secretary of State would continue to be Franklin Roosevelt...
...blame for the Polish situation. In the absence of any effective check, Stalin was acting realistically from motives of hard self-interest. To the very end, the Poles had hoped that the U.S. would exert pressure in their behalf. But last week Under Secretary of State Edward Stettinius announced: "This Government's traditional policy of not guaranteeing specific frontiers of Europe is well known." Specific frontiers were not the point. Clearly if the U.S. had stood firmly with Britain against Russia on the Polish question, the chances of an equitable solution would have been much greater. Against Russia, Britain...