Word: stettiniuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Churchill's reproof in the form of an invitation did not sit well in Washington -no better than Stettinius' reproof in the form of abstention had sat in London a week before...
Washington newsmen attempted to pursue the matter further. Two days before. Secretary of State Stettinius had informed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the U.S. needs a "liberal and forward-looking foreign policy with levelheaded and businesslike effectiveness...
...newsmen trooped into Ed Stettinius' office to test the new businesslike effectiveness. Stettinius was cordial, as always. He was also mum as a clam. The correspondents probed and pounced, trying one approach after another, but to no avail. The New Dealing New York Post's William O. Player asked: "Does the U.S. attitude depend on Churchill?" Replied Ed Stettinius: "No comment." To all questions, he returned the same answer. Finally, the Chicago Sun's exasperated Tom Reynolds remarked tartly: "It seems to be possible to be more frank in London." Once again, Stettinius purred an amiable...
...Lord Halifax' impregnable tact could not disguise the fact that the Stettinius statement had let everyone down and satisfied no one, in or out of the U.S. -except the isolationists...
Harry Hopkins, to the surprise of no one, emerged once again as a potent White House adviser. Safely hidden away in his remodeled Georgetown house, he was beyond the reach of captious Congressmen. Close observers spotted the Hopkins hand in the appointment of Secretary of State Stettinius and his new assistants (see FOREIGN RELATIONS). Again, the Hopkins trademark appeared on the brief campaign which boomed OPAdministrator Chester Bowles for Commerce. Now, for any new shifts in the offing, Washington kept its eye on the house in Georgetown, where the unofficial Assistant President of the U.S. still spun his webs...