Word: stimson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Usher Savoy was swinging open his special door not for Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson but for Undersecretary Joseph Potter Cotton. This was no demotion for Door-Swinger Savoy but a temporary promotion for Mr. Cotton to the No. 1 Cabinet Post. Statesman Stimson had departed, with four other U. S. delegates, to the London Naval Conference...
Four of the delegates-Statesman Stimson, Ambassador Morrow, Senators Reed and Robinson-hastened to New York to prepare for embarkation. One and a half baggage cars were loaded with papers and documents for the delegation to take to London...
...official party were 162 travelers, including Statesman Stimson's chauffeur Peter Gittius, four maids, three valets. Delegate Adams brought along ten Marines as "messengers...
Great was the confusion aboard the George Washington before sailing. Mrs. Stimson was badly jostled by news cameramen seeking her husband. A delegation of New Jersey politicians came aboard. It was all Ambassador Morrow could do to squelch their demonstration in behalf of his candidacy for the Senate. Statesman Stimson, in a final interview, was drowned out by the rattle of a deck winch...
...fairly vibrated with optimistic statements. Said Statesman Stimson: "We start out with high hopes of bringing our mission to a successful conclusion." Declared Delegate Reed: "I am sure of ultimate success. . . . There'll be less intrigue, less so-called diplomacy at this conference than at any international meeting heretofore." Admiral Pratt, a technical adviser, declared there were no technical difficulties, added: "We should sail for home with an agreement within two months...