The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
By DreSC Pearson

On ansahsr sooaslsn. Harley wrote memo urg- ne that American adsiaeu be sent to csiabish soFt cg protectoTae Iran. irsq, and other oil lands of nc Near East Thk ls where he had his fow with Dean Aeheson. whom he charged with ralnins U 8 policy sn Iran The memo vHs inscribed. A proposal To carry ihe four freedoms and the Az laniic Charter To ihs Near and Miccls EAsi"
 When n reached ihs State Department. one yoans eapegt Eugene Roslow. labelled A -hyaiercai nesalanic globaionsy- Later. when Hurley sat cowu ln a meeting with RosioW ln Dean Aehesons office hs challenged him to a flsi-ilght
 Come out in the haa and repeat what you said about my program Hurley stofmed. ~ii y0u were a real man. yoae have uniform on nos ill bsi youre one Of these oeserroo dipiomats.'
 Dean Acheson. Who Was present. intesoedec Achcson ls usually mlld-maunerod man. but be told Hurley ln DO uncertain terms to curb his temper He also told him that Rostog had been hospitalizec out oi ihe Army and demanded that Hurley apoio- eze. Hurley did so but continued Co tax about the 'stuiicd-shiri diplomats in the State Department gho were kow-toWing to the British"
 "Its time he flmed. "IoF ihe President to fish or cut a bait ] have been thinking about taking this issue 10 the country The President means noth- ing to He puts his pants on one leg at tim, just like the rest of us"
 That was when Hurley first sounded off againsl the career diplomats. It not however the frs time he had threatened take his issue to the try. All during the election spring and summer oi 1894 Roosevelt was lest Hurley should souno of against the British their misuse Of end-lease their operations in the Near East. and make this election issue.
 Several times in talks with friends, the rambunc- .ous Pat had threatened to stump the country oyei the question of Roosevelt's alleged close ties with British imperialism" and Russian Communism This fear incidentally, may have been one factor n sending Hurley to far-off China.
 Byrnes and Truman both knew they had a beai by the tail and didn't know how to let go They had talked with Hurley the day before he resigned and he had promised to go back to China First to the contrary what Secretary Byrnes read on the news ticker He called up Hurley immediately
 Pat" he said, "is this true? You promised m, you wouldn't do this"
 "Yes, l know replied the rrepressble Pat. "bu I had to do it; had to- changed my mind. Theyr, :uttng up the back"
 Abruptly Byrnes hung up the phone.
 Friends say that Hurley will run for the Senat. from New Mexico and two years hence would Hk: to make stab at the Presidency Regarding the lat ter goal seasoned Republican politicoS say he won have chance.
 Yet you can't entirely discount Pat Hurley. H. has spent lifetime pulling himself up by the boot straps-and he has succeeded. Tragedy is that he takes himself seriously, whereas most others don't. Yet if he hadn't taken himself seriously he never would have gotten where he is. And whatever his shortcomings, Pat Hurley has come long way-in about the only country England where a one time mule-driver in Oklahoma coal mine can become Secretary of War and ambassador to. China