Word: stettiniuses
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...with so much talent for public relations, handsome Ed Stettinius has had a queer whirl from history...
...when he became Secretary of State (1944) he found he was just Franklin Roosevelt's standin. Eight months later, when Harry Truman replaced him with Jimmy Byrnes, Truman offered Stettinius what he termed "the most important job at my command"-i.e., permanent representation on the U.N. Security Council. But here again, Ed turned out to be the stand-in for his successor...
...Stettinius Successor...
...banquet press conference, the Undersecretary refused to comment on the possibilities of his succeeding Stettinius as American delegate to the United Nations. He expressed little concern with the current troubles with the Soviet Union but viewed our relations with that country as a task of long term but not insoluble difficulty. Disparaging the proposal to sever relations or use economic sanctions against Franco as one which would not accomplish what we wished to achieve, he termed Spain "a very difficult problem...
...Truman, the story related, will take over operation of the store in 1948 ("It will be nice to get back to the old grind"). Henry Wallace will run the union suit department, Clinton Anderson the company cafeteria, Ed Pauley will take charge of the furnace, "an oil burner." Edward Stettinius will be a model in the men's ready-to-wear suit department, will be used in the store window on dull days. "It would be an ideal job for Ed," the President claimed. "He wouldn't have to open his mouth." Storytelling George Allen...