Word: stettiniuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...announcement was made by Secretary of State Stettinius, who did not say when, where or why the President made his second decision. But one reason for the quick veering of U.S. policy was plain to see. The deal did not look good to the U.S. people, nor to some of the U.S. delegates. For discarding it, Franklin Roosevelt got a minimum of criticism for indecisiveness, a substantial measure of praise for knowing when to beat a retreat...
...Stettinius made it clear that the U.S. was still bound to support the Russian demand for three votes "if made." Perhaps the Russians, too, had changed their mind. If so, they did not say so. At any rate, the whole question would be put to an open vote at San Francisco...
...Eight weeks after Yalta, no known progress had yet been made on the Polish question. But Ed Stettinius stoutly hoped for and predicted a solution within the next fortnight...
...duties as political analyst will include providing a background in European history which the Secretariat will use in its preparation of material for the daily staff meetings of Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius...
Fifty-odd Washington newsmen belabored the Secretary with 33 written questions, all adding up to the bitter brevity: "What the hell?" Mr. Stettinius sweated, lost his famous smile. His unspoken hope was that the San Francisco Conference would quickly consign the deal to some limbo where the mess could be conveniently forgotten...