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...Senator Vandenberg firmly repeated his hope of disarmament as "our dearest dream." But: "We shall not disarm alone. . . . We shall take no 'sweetness and light' for granted in a world where there is still too much 'iron curtain.' We shall not trust alone to fickle words. Too many 'words' at Yalta and at Potsdam have been distorted out of all pretense of integrity." (Jimmy Byrnes, listening, frowned deeply...
...Vandenberg held up Bernard Baruch's atomic control plan as an example of U.S. willingness to disarm. Said the Senator: "The price [continuous international inspection and control] is simply continuous protection against treachery. But it is a fixed price . . . and the price must be paid...
...Senator Vandenberg was insistent that the long-deferred Pan American conference be called. He said: "There is too much evidence that we [Western Hemisphere nations] are drifting apart-and that a Communist upsurge is moving in. We face...
Thus did Arthur Vandenberg give notice of possible changes in U.S. policy. But its tenets, he emphasized most strongly, would remain: the U.S., "in enlightened self-interest, will do everything in its power to sustain organized international defense against aggression, to promote democracy and human rights and fundamental freedoms. ... We plot no conquests. We shall neither condone nor appease the conquests of others...
Byrnes. It was a sentimental moment for the retiring Secretary. He grasped Vandenberg's right hand with both of his own, and they talked earnestly for several minutes. Jimmy Byrnes received another tribute-his big audience rose to a thunderous ovation when he was introduced.* Smiling widely, he said: "I am glad I came to Cleveland...