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...bargaining went on. At a second steering-committee meeting, Molotov conceded Ed Stettinius his important committee chairmanships, settled for Big Four rotation of the conference presidency. Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill had promised at Yalta to support the Russian demand for three Assembly votes; it carried without a public dissent...
...once, no cries of dissent welled from the Assembly. For Right, Center and Left alike, empire was above politics...
Instantly from London and Washington came cries of dissent. Said London: Russia's action in no way affected the policy of His Majesty's Government toward the Polish Government in Exile. Washington reaffirmed its recognition of the London Poles...
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...Portland Oregon Journal, pro-Willkie in 1940, switched to Term IV because "war is the compelling issue." Frail, spunky Mrs. Maria Clopton Jackson, owner of the Journal's controlling stock, refused to interfere with her editors' decision, but insisted on voicing her dissent. Said she to reporters: "When someone is in power too long ... he gets to feeling as if he is the owner, not just the administrator of a trust. . . . My opinion of Mr. Truman is so severe that I would rather...