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...Senator Vandenberg: You've had five weeks to be thinking this over, and you want us to decide in five minutes. I don't think it's fair, Mr. President...
...remained for Secretary Marshall and Arthur Vandenberg, back in Washington, to focus attention on the job done. "One thousand percent worthwhile," said Vandenberg, and took the U.S. press to task for what he thought too scant and uncomprehending treatment of Rio's accomplishments. Another who knew what Rio meant was U.S. Ambassador Bill Pawley. His thorough background job in advance of the Conference had done a lot to pave the way for the most successful hemispheric meeting in years...
Harry Truman's 1948 stock has taken a strong upsurge, the FORTUNE Survey reported last week. In March, the FORTUNE poll showed that any one of four Republican candidates-Dewey, Stassen, Vandenberg or Taft-would have beaten the President if an election had been held then. After President Truman's vetoes of the tax and labor bills, FORTUNE measured the same candidates' popularity against his. Results: Tom Dewey is now the only G.O.P. hopeful running ahead of Harry Truman. But Dewey is only two percentage points in front; his rating slipped from 50% to 45%, while Truman...
...tone was set by U.S. Delegate Arthur Vandenberg. "Señor Presidente y amigos," he began (after that he relapsed into English). Before the session was over, Argentine Delegate Pascual La Rosa strode clear across the Quitandinha's salmon-pink conference salon to hug the Senator in a warm Latin abrazo. The latest U.S.-Argentine dispute had dissolved in love & kisses. The tracks were cleared for the signing of the Inter-American Defense Treaty when President Truman reaches Rio this week (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...armed alliance against the rest of the world," snorted Senator Vandenberg. "It will not do. It would cease to be a regional arrangement." Within 36 hours, the Argentines were making concessions...