Word: lucius
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...From General Lucius Clay down, the Americans in Berlin are calm. A few American families fly their sets of silver and their Steinway pianos to Frankfurt in the U.S. zone, but there is not the shadow of a panic nor any flight of dependents, but an impressive community awareness of what it is all about. We have only 4,000 soldiers in Berlin, but their morale is topnotch, and many are spoiling for a fight. They are tired of feeling pushed around...
...General Lucius D. Clay, on the Is-Hitler-Alive topic: "Even if he were alive, he couldn't be any more dead than...
...German masterpieces in Washington's National Gallery had drawn almost a million visitors. Crowds were so thick that few got a good look at the paintings. U.S. Army officials had planned, and promised, to ship the whole show back to Germany as soon as it closed. General Lucius Clay insisted their prompt return would be proof that one conqueror was not a looter. Several Congressmen were equally insistent that more Americans should be allowed to see the paintings. Last week the Army worked out a Solomonic compromise...
When General Lucius D. Clay laid down his "goldfish bowl" policy on news from the U.S. zone in Germany, the press applauded. "In case of doubt," Clay told Army public-relations officers last November, "give out the information. Don't hold it back...
Inspired Diplomacy. There were many battles still to be won; the struggle over Berlin was just beginning. But the U.S. seemed to be on the right track at last. The quiet refusal of General Lucius Clay to back down a fortnight ago in the face of Russian pressure was a prime example of U.S. resolution. Said a businessman in Kansas City: "Now the people of Europe know what to expect. All we need is the determination to carry through...