, was elected to be the permanent chairman to the council deputies. All ofthis occurred despite the lengthy and heated debate in Congress over whether we should evenenter into this alliance. From this, one can deduce that those in America who were all for an opendoor policy with NATO really were all for it.The second major foreign policy attitude of American was called Antagonism. Antagonism lasted from 1951 until 1955. This was a period of bipartisan foreign policy. Therepublicans and democrats really fought it out in this era. The Democratic party, during this time,filled the air with accusations of Republicans committing treason and helping out the communistparty. Congressman Robert Rich of Pennsylvania charged that Secretary of State Dean Achesonwas on Joseph Stalins payroll.13 So you can see that during this time period there was muchturmoil between the parties and nothing much could get done in reference to NATO. The heightof this period was the debate over the Bricker amendment, which was an amendment to theconstitution in which Congress would gain the responsibility and authority to approve allinternational agreements that failed to pass by one vote. Had this amendment passed the UnitedStates might have dropped out of NATO shortly afterwards. When this amendment failed thisperiod ended. This is the period when we really see America have an contributory policy towardsNATO. Anything NATO needed that we could give it, we gave it. We first see our famousGeneral Eisenhower in mid 1950 agree to cooperate in working out the problems of NATOsmilitary problems. Next, the US sign a pact with New Zealand and Australia due to our policytowards NATO. Then, on January 30, 1952, we have another American military leader appointedas a military leader for NATO. Admiral Lynde D. McCormick became the first Supreme AlliedCommander Atlantic. This is the second time we see America contributing one of its militaryleaders to the NATO mi...
