Word: stettiniuses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Edward Stettinius. The President, reshuffling drastically all along the line, now definitely dumped out Sumner Welles, who had resigned weeks ago (TIME, Sept. 6). In a move that surprised many he replaced him with Edward Reilly Stettinius, 42, ex-vice president of General Motors, ex-chairman of U.S. Steel and now ex-Lend-Lease Administrator. Cordell Hull himself, said Washington wise men, had asked for the steelman who looks like a tall Charlie Chaplin...
What did the appointments of Harriman and Stettinius mean...
...Deal-tamed capitalists, thus giving some luster to the bumbling Business Advisory Council-to counteract the steady attacks from most businessmen on the Roosevelt policies. Both are personally attractive, able administrators. Neither has a record of great creative achievement nor a reputation as a man of ideas. Ed Stettinius' record, indeed, in the early defense-production days, was so badly spotted that he was kicked upstairs to the check-signing job as Lend-Lease Administrator, (TIME, March 10, 1941, et seq.). Behind him, in OPM, he left 18,500 applications for priorities unacted on. But he has since impressed...
Back in Portland, she picked a site for her steel plant, flew to Washington, successfully besieged Federal officials for defense contracts. White-haired, handsome Edward R. Stettinius Jr. (then director of priorities for OPM) chortled: "Say, she's about three jumps ahead...
Chairman of the committee will be brainy, sartorially elegant Dean Acheson, Assistant Secretary of State. Other members: Herbert H. Lehman, Edward R. Stettinius Jr. (Lend-Lease), Milo Perkins (Board of Economic Warfare), Henry Morgenthau (Treasury...