New Broom Into the top councils of the aged New Deal came young Ed Stettinius as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State, full of vigor and high resolution. The news of the new week was the speed, distinction and determination of his attack on the organization of the dusty old State Department.
In with the new broom, as the new Under Secretary, came able, greying Joseph Clark Grew, 64, for almost a decade Ambassador to Japan and expert on Far Eastern affairs. Out as Assistant Secretaries went the greying Boy Prodigy, Braintruster Adolph A. Berle Jr., G....
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