We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe.

He held that position for the remainder of Johnson's presidency. He divorced her in 1928 and about a year later he married Marie Norton Whitney who left her husband Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney to marry him. While in Berlin he noted the tight security imposed by Soviet military authorities and the quick beginnings of a program of reparations by which the Soviets were stripping out German industry.

Ambassador to Britain. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and again in 1956 when he was endorsed by President Truman but lost to Adlai Stevenson both times. S.