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...policy had stiffened in Germany. Washington postponed the plan to transfer control of the U.S. zone from Army officers to the State Department. Two days later Washington made it clear that the U.S. intended to stay in Berlin, despite Soviet sabotage of the Allied Control Council and Soviet efforts to shoulder the U.S. out the door...
Washington quickly strengthened Clay's hand with two moves: 1) it announced that plans to transfer U.S. control in Germany from the Army to the State Department had been canceled, thus leaving Clay in command; 2) Secretary of State George Marshall served notice that "the U.S. intends to continue to fulfill its responsibilities as a member of the Control Council and as a joint occupant of the city of Berlin." The second statement was a flat warning to Moscow that the only way Americans could be got out of Berlin in the foreseeable future would be for the Russians...
Professor Friedrich, who has been working with the Herter Committee on Foreign Affairs in Washington, will aid General Clay in governmental problems facing the American zone of Germany. These are likely to be questions about implementation of the Marshall Plan, transfer of the American zone to civilian control on July 1, and the French zone merger, according to Professor Friedrich...
...Mexican who was unmoved by such warnings was swarthy, cigar-chomping Arturo Quiroz. As custodian of the 16-story National Lottery building, Mexico City's only floating skyscraper, he had only to transfer water from one to another of the four great ballast tanks beneath his building, then keep her steady as she went. Said he: "We'll ride it down. Everybody should be doing the same...
After thanking vice-President Reynolds for the "assistance and sincere co-operation" he had afforded them, the AVC group attacked the College's plan to get a $100,000 surplus from the Houses and dormitories for transfer to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and suggested that instead, surplus funds of the Department of Arts and Sciences be used to meet dormitory costs...