Word: welleses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Welles Speech
Sumner Welles's view on foreign policy (TIME, Oct. 25) sounds more realistic and more in keeping with our ideals than any other plan proposed so far. If someone with experience in domestic administration like ex-Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota would promise to appoint him Secretary of...
It appalls me to think that Mr. Welles has lost his power to put his fine thoughts into action to men who would rather act than think. . . . Can we free Americans do nothing more than applaud Mr. Welles and all other lost leaders?
But what kind of agreement can the Big Four make? What must they agree on if the peace is to be kept? Said Welles:
But merely admitting all nations to the organization for peace would not be enough. Needed in addition, Sumner Welles argued, was a firm foundation on two moral principles. Said he: