Advice from an Expert

Few men have been so bedeviled by political critics in the U.S. Congress as Democrat Dean Acheson during his four years as Secretary of State; Michigan's Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg, for one, felt genuine pity one night when Acheson dropped by his apartment and, over a mournful drink, told of his troubles with Congress. Yet as a private citizen--practicing law in Washington and sitting as a member of the Democratic Advisory Council--no one has worked harder than Dean Acheson at urging the Democratic Congress to give the Republican Administration political fits. Last week, invited to Capitol Hill for dinner with a dozen or so Democratic Senators. Acheson listened restlessly while his tablemates complained about the difficulty of getting their programs accepted by the Administration. Finally, one Senator asked: "Mr. Acheson, what would you do if you were faced with the problem that faces us? Eisenhower will veto everything we want." Replied Dean Acheson: "I would refuse to do anything. I would refuse to confirm even one second lieutenant until those bastards give in."

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