Word: stettiniuses
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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...
Undampened Stet. The storm left Stettinius undampened, unruffled, appar-ently well pleased with himself. When British Ambassador Lord Halifax paid a hurried call, the new Secretary put on a rare show. Popping like a jack-in-the-box from room to room, he carried on three conferences in three rooms at once. After 29 minutes of conversation snatched between pops, Lord Halifax emerged, his usually somber face wreathed in a wide grin. To newsmen who cornered him in a dim-lit State Department hall, he purred his diplomatic best: "I don't think we need to be unduly excited...
...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...