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<span style="font-weight: bold">THE CONVERSION OF SENATOR ARTHUR VANDENBERG</span>
Senator Arthur Vandenberg had warned his co-conspirators at the Feb. 27, 1947 White House meeting that to sell the prospective Cold War program, they would have to "scare hell out of the country".
A rock-ribbed Republican, he voted against New Deal measures such as the Social Security Act. He was Capitol Hill's leading isolationist. When the United Nations proposal came to Congress, no one in Washington doubted that Vandenberg would shoot it down.
Washington was amazed when Vandenberg rose on the Senate floor, and called for the establishment of the United Nations. America's leading isolationist had become a rabid internationalist in a single night.
A beautiful blonde agent from British Secret Intelligence Service had been sent to his room. After an all night political discussion,
Senator Vandenberg awakened to become the new champion of the United Nations. Although a little known story, it epitomizes how things are accomplished in Washington, today as yesterday. 
<span style="font-weight: bold">THE CONVERSION OF SENATOR ARTHUR VANDENBERG</span>
Senator Arthur Vandenberg had warned his co-conspirators at the Feb. 27, 1947 White House meeting that to sell the prospective Cold War program, they would have to "scare hell out of the country".
A rock-ribbed Republican, he voted against New Deal measures such as the Social Security Act. He was Capitol Hill's leading isolationist. When the United Nations proposal came to Congress, no one in Washington doubted that Vandenberg would shoot it down.
Washington was amazed when Vandenberg rose on the Senate floor, and called for the establishment of the United Nations. America's leading isolationist had become a rabid internationalist in a single night.
A beautiful blonde agent from British Secret Intelligence Service had been sent to his room. After an all night political discussion,
Senator Vandenberg awakened to become the new champion of the United Nations. Although a little known story, it epitomizes how things are accomplished in Washington, today as yesterday. 