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...droning through its regular business one warm day last week when into the chamber strode two large and familiar figures. All business stopped. While the presiding officer rapped futilely for order, members crowded around Texas' big, spaniel-haired Tom Connally and Michigan's big, balding Arthur Vandenberg. They were back from San Francisco with the design for world peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Everything to Gain | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

There would still be debate. Senators Connally and Vandenberg, fresh from San Francisco, would open it this week with speeches in defense of the charter. There would be criticism and strictures. But an Associated Press poll of 75 Senators found none definitely against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Signing the Charter | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

...People." To their colleagues in the cloakrooms. Senator Connally or Senator Vandenberg might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONFERENCE: In Our Time | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

...many Senators were not willing to jump on the speed wagon. The Truman Administration could count on most of the Democrats, but the key to a two-thirds vote was held by such Republican backers of world organization as Michigan's Arthur Vandenberg and Ohio's Harold Hitz Burton. Said Delegate-Senator Vandenberg last week: "This will not be the battle of the century." But he would oppose any clubbing of the Senate into approval. And last week when trim, grey Harold Burton delivered a scholarly, three-hour defense of San Francisco, only three Senators were present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Optimism Again | 6/25/1945 | See Source »

Early this week the U.S. and British delegations considered the disagreement "critical." Arthur Vandenberg, whose support would be essential to Senate ratification of the charter, was telling friends he would "take the first plane out" if the Russians had their way. Czechoslovakia's Jan Masaryk was one of a calm minority when he said: "The conference is going well. Don't worry too much; but worry a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONFERENCE: Worry | 6/11/1945 | See Source »

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