Word: stettiniuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chastened by the row over the secret voting deal, Secretary Stettinius now let it be known that there had been one other big topic at Yalta not mentioned in the communiqué: the question of trusteeship of colonies and liberated areas. On this there would probably be a wide split of opinion among U.S. citizens, as there was certain to be between the U.S. on one side and Britain and France on the other. The U.S. Navy, for one, made its position clear last week (see Postwar). All Ed Stettinius would say was that there would be a Big Five...
...conference merely be asked to swallow Dumbarton Oaks whole, without any change? Moscow's War and the Working Class, which often reflects official opinion, thought so. Yet among the U.S. delegation were at least two-Senator Arthur Vandenberg and Commander Harold Stassen-determined to amend Dumbarton Oaks. Ed Stettinius finally made the Administration line clear: to defend and preserve the basic character of Dumbarton Oaks, but to put proffered amendments before the entire conference...
...busy week for sanguine Ed Stettinius. He held two press conferences, issued two statements, twice addressed the Council on Foreign Relations (in Chicago and Manhattan), and spoke at a testimonial meeting for New York's Congressman Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and delegate to the conference. His two most frequent phrases of the week: "Sorry, no comment on that," and "Nothing has happened to shake my belief that...
...Francisco could be made a success by energy and assurance, Ed Stettinius would make it the biggest thing since the angels gathered to throw out Lucifer...
...Secretary Stettinius' insistence, scholarly, bespectacled John Foster Dulles, Tom Dewey's foreign affairs adviser in 1944, last week agreed to go to San Francisco as an adviser to the U.S. delegation...