Word: stettiniuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vigor with which Secretary of State Stettinius last week denounced the Russian arrest of the 16 Polish emissaries was but another indication of the changed official U.S. attitude toward Russia...
Secretary Stettinius last week let newsmen inspect the penthouse where he and his Big Power colleagues called the tune for the San Francisco conference. The apartment, atop the Fairmont Hotel, had been lent to Mr. Stettinius by wealthy Mrs. James Leary Flood, whose fortune originally came from the famous Comstock Lode (Nevada gold, silver). The facilities included a superb view of San Francisco's hills and bay, four bedrooms with bath, a circular library with a blue ceiling, and two love seats, upholstered in green, where Viacheslav Molotov and his consultants sat during the Big Power meetings...
...hope of the world organization was that it might postpone at least some of the conflicts, build a structure strong enough and flexible enough to bridge the chasm. How to reconcile this objective with the new U.S. and British toughness toward Russia gave Messrs. Truman, Stettinius and Eden plenty to think about...
Beyond all doubt, Ed Stettinius knew how to run his railroad. Some of the San Francisco delegates wondered whether he knew exactly where he was going. But he got full marks for speed and efficiency; he made the rest of the U.S. delegation feel that they were in on the doings; and on occasion he even broke into warm, human rage...
...going to be Secretary of State. Now the talk was that his ability to run the State Department and front for the U.S. in world affairs was no longer in serious question. What worried the new powers in Washington, said the conference grapevine, was the thought that Ed Stettinius, as Secretary of State, was next in line of succession to the Presidency...