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...Terribly Regrettable." Shocked and humiliated, Louis Johnson wrote his resignation: "It was inevitable, in the conscientious performance of my duties as Secretary of Defense, that I would make more enemies than friends." With Harry Truman's consent, Johnson drew to the President's "thoughtful attention" the name of a man whose very stature would promote harmony: George Marshall...
...toward a treaty by insisting on a Big Four veto over all proposals. But this time, the U.S. had decided to go around the Soviet roadblock. The word was that if Russia still refused to go along, the other Allies would negotiate a separate peace without Moscow's consent...
...breath he withdrew, in another he wrote: "My Dear Governor- . . . Because you are more experienced in handling the affairs of this State in time of crisis than any other citizen, I feel impelled ... to urge that you consent to seek re-election." Said a Republican leader: "May God bless Joe Hanley for his gracious and patriotic act." This week Tom Dewey cut short his political "retirement" and announced that he would run for a third term as governor. "There is one condition I should like to attach," said Dewey in a letter to obliging Joe Hanley. The condition: that Hanley...
...might be so. Arkansas' McClellan was on his feet protesting such an outrageous libel. McKellar pounded his gavel so hard it flew out of his hands, fixed Douglas in a baleful stare, invoked Rule 19, which forbids any Senator to speak derogatorily of a state, and demanded unanimous consent to have Douglas' remarks expunged...
...Umberto recognizes that his reluctant silence meant consent, and feels the final crushing weight of his own responsibility. By then it is too late even to make his peace with the Allied conquerors. Cynical connivers higher up in the party suddenly emerge as democrats, but small-fry Fascist Spadaro loses the little job that he once joined the party to save...