Word: stettinius
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...only news was to come in the form of short communiques, issued jointly by the three delegations. The one for August 22 said simply that Edward R. Stettinius Jr., Under-Secretary of State and head of the U.S. delegation, had been chosen as permanent chairman of the Conversations, and that the three governments had presented the plans for an international security organization which they had prepared in advance...
...continue to print this series of documents," Stettinius told Sulzberger, "the Russians will accuse us of bad faith and the wartime coalition will be ended...
Although Goldberg's background bears little similarity to his predecessors'-Edward Stettinius, Warren Austin, Henry Cabot Lodge, Adlai Stevenson-all of whom were well-versed in foreign affairs before they went to the U.N., it seemed little cause for concern. Arthur Goldberg once said of the art of collective bargaining: "The main thing you must have is the ability to realize there are two sides to the story, and so to be generally calm and courteous in the handling of people in inflamed situations, but at the same time not to relinquish the position of leadership, which...
...humor. I guess I got them all, and I also got a great education in war, the world, our Government and my fellow man under every sort of trial and tension." In February 1945, Stevenson moved over to the State Department, where, as an assistant to Secretary Edward Stettinius, he helped in the creation of the United Nations. "After years of preoccupation with war," he said, "the satisfaction of having a part in the organized search for the conditions and mechanics of peace completed my circle...
...function, Nizer told the jury, was a first-year salute to the United Nations, endorsed by such organizations as the American Bar Association and the Y.M.C.A., and attended by U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, the ambassadors of France and England. On the stand, Hartnett agreed that this was the "function" he was talking about. Nizer asked why he had left out all names but Robinson's. ''Well," said Hartnett, "I wasn't discussing the United Nations...