Word: stettiniuses
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...other delegates were not impressed. Led by the U.S.'s Edward R. Stettinius, one after the other tore into Gromyko. They said in effect that the Council could not look the other way every time the complainant in a dispute decides (or is made to decide) that all is well again...
...more dynamic foreign policy (see below). Vandenberg's plea, applauded by the nation, was a clear challenge. Byrnes's fellow delegate to the UNO London conference had not even mentioned the fact that Byrnes was also there. The omission was almost contemptuous. Vandenberg had pointed to Stettinius, Vishinsky, Bevin (especially Bevin, who had so inspired the Senator that "my hat flew off"). Byrnes had given the delegation little or no guidance. Over the months he had lost prestige. He had not even done very effectively the thing he does best-wangle good compromises...
Russia donned Mussolini's old mantle as Protector of Islam. Syria and Lebanon had protested against the presence of British and French troops. Tireless Ed Stettinius (who did an effective job of conciliation at UNO) finally got British and French agreement to withdraw "as soon as practicable." Vishinsky, who had argued the strong Levantine case brilliantly, would have none of this compromise...
Dramatically, he invoked the veto. At San Francisco the Big Five had assured the small nations that the veto would be used only as a last resort and on major issues. The Syria-Lebanon issue was not a major one and the difference between Stettinius and Vishinsky was small; observers concluded that Russia would use the veto any time she felt so inclined...
...There were dissenters. Many a thoughtful U.S. citizen asked what State Department policy was, anyhow. Why had Edward R. Stettinius Jr. and idealistic Nelson Rockefeller, presumably having much of the dope on the Argentines at the time, led the fight for Argentina's admission to the UNO at San Francisco last April? Others, including many a Latin, noted that the U.S. attack came at the climax of the Argentine presidential campaign, called it intervention...