Word: stettiniuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Three meeting was the main fact to Harry Truman-"to meet and talk and trust each other." He had his plans ready, his team picked (Stettinius, Hopkins, Jimmy Byrnes and the Combined Chiefs of Staff...
Theresa Helburn, directress of the Theatre Guild, copped an honorary Master's degree from Tufts. Other kudos-collectors: Secretary of State Stettinius, Doctor of Laws (Columbia); Georgia's Senator Walter F. George, Doctor of Laws (Columbia...
While Secretary of State Stettinius insisted on giving the smaller power powers a chance to speak their respective pieces and ceremoniously went through the sham of listening to them, the Russians always maintained the truth of the Big Three position. Stettinius, Professor Sorokin indicated, let them talk but gave their opinions scant weight in plotting the ultimate decisions of the Big Three...
Would it work? The best answer was given three weeks ago by Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr.: "Will it keep the peace? That depends upon the will to peace with which the nations of the world support the charter and build strength into the world organization. We can do no more at San Francisco than to establish the constitutional basis upon which the world can live without war-if it will." Preamble & Purposes. The original charter drafted at Dumbarton Oaks by the U.S., Britain, Russia and China had no preamble, hardly a mention of justice, almost no hint...
They asked Harry Hopkins to do one more job. Roosevelt's sick, sad and weary friend was about to leave Moscow, after making arrangements for the next Big Three meeting, when President Truman got in touch with him. Secretary Stettinius had told the President that the San Francisco conference was deadlocked on interpretation of the one-power veto. Could Harry fix it with Stalin...