Word: takeing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...America were not approaching such a major set of negtiations, it might be feasible to maintain the present arrangement with Christian Herter in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Department. If the President showed any willingness or capacity to take on the formulation of major policy re-orientation, the country could face the prospect of an ersatz Secretary with equanimity. But since the reverse is true in both instances, it is essential that Secretary Dulles resign immediately...
...position. Herter, seriously crippled by arthritis, has only been in the Department a few years; Dillon, though young and reportedly popular with Eisenhower, lacks a really broad background in foreign policy. Both McCloy and Gruenther have been out of the government so long that they cannot easily take over in the middle of a situation as grave as the present...
Bundy also suggested the possibility that Christian A. Herter '15, Acting Secretary of State, and C. Douglas Dillon, Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, might take over many of the administrative tasks while Dulles remains in the hospital. The Dean opposed suggestions that a new Secretary of State be appointed, saying, "A complete change in leadership would lead to a less effective organization in the present crisis...
...voiced the opinion that "there can only be one Secretary of State. Any ambiguity in policy could be very chaotic," he said. He added that if Dulles is well enough, he might continue on in an advisory capacity to the President. In this case either Dillon or Herter might take over Dulles' job. This would ressen the problems involved in the change of leadership, he thought, since "both Herter and Dillon are very intimate with the workings of the State Department...
...save the Creator and his saints, spends prissy hours washing and tidying himself like an obsessed cat. rewrites his latest "masterpiece" endlessly in green, black and red inks. His belly swings interminably between empty and half-full, but his attitude to foes and benefactors alike is unvarying: "I will take your money without a pang; my pride has nothing to do with...