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Byrnes had been forced into taking his position. The day before he spoke, Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg had also made a speech calling for a 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...
Senator Arthur Vandenberg, home from the UNO conference in London, was well aware of the feelings of his fellow delegates, of gloom on the one hand, of trepidation on the other. He decided that it was past time for someone to speak...
...Riddle. There were danger spots. The Middle East was one. It seemed to Vandenberg that Vishinsky was "less interested in helping Lebanon and Syria than he was in baiting France and Britain -less interested in peace at this point than he was in friction." Candidly, then, Vandenberg faced the question: "What is Russia...
...Arthur Vandenberg, he believed that harmony is possible-if: "the United States speaks as plainly upon all occasions as Russia does; the United States just as vigorously sustains its own purposes and its ideals as Russia does; we abandon the miserable fiction, often encouraged by our own fellow travelers, that we somehow jeopardize the peace if our candor is as firm as Russia's always is; we assume a moral leadership which we have too frequently allowed to lapse...
Where Shall the U.S. Stand? Said Vandenberg: "There is a line beyond which compromise cannot go. ... But how can we expect our alien friends to know where that line is unless we reestablish the habit of saying only what we mean and meaning every word...