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...Americans. Secretary of State Stettinius was the conference's energetic general manager. His delegation was surprisingly harmonious, although Senators Vandenberg and Connolly never let anyone forget that the U.S. Senate would have the last word. Tom Connally took a back seat. Arthur Vandenberg worked hard and influentially ; even State Department career men who do not like him admitted that he was "ceasing to be unhelpful...
...Latin delegates, feeling the muscle of their 20 conference votes, unanimously demanded complete freedom from any-check or supervision by the Security Council. Senators Connally and Vandenberg, well aware of the Monroe Doctrine's sacrosanct appeal to the Senate, felt that some concession to the turbulent Latins was necessary if the charter was to be ratified...
...than 600 in all, stood placidly behind the police ropes. Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser, mildly astonishing in a new, statesmanlike Homburg, and Mrs. Kaiser stomped up the narrow isle of faces, and into the Opera House. Then came Commander and Mrs. Harold Stassen (with a pink rose corsage) ; Senator Vandenberg, smiling largely at the populace; Canada's Mackenzie King, prudently armed with an umbrella; Bidault of France, bareheaded as always and skipping smartly from car to door way; Lord Halifax, almost unnoticed in the flashy Arabians' wake; Anthony Eden, acknowledging handclaps and squeals with a wave, a smile...
...Arthur Vandenberg by no means goes along with all of the Administration's foreign policy plans. He has deep reservations about Bretton Woods; he is supporting the Russian request for three Assembly votes with great misgivings. And, while he helped push through Lend-Lease extension a fortnight ago, he expressed a native and healthy nationalism when he cautioned the U.S. that it is not rich enough to "become permanent almoner to the whole earth." But so far as the general objectives of world security are concerned, he is not only helping out, he is actually carrying the ball...
...charter of the organization should genuinely recognize the principles of justice and law. Such recognition is now almost entirely absent. We specifically endorse Senator Vandenberg's proposal that the charter should have as one of its leading purposes "to establish justice and to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms." In order to give immediate significance to the rule of law, a definition of "aggression" should be incorporated in the charter of the organization...