VANDENBERG, ARTHUR H

v.

born March 22, 1884, Grand Rapids, Mich., U.S.

died April 18, 1951, Grand Rapids

U.S. politician.

Editor of the Grand Rapids Herald (1906–28), he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate (1928–51). He was a critic of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt 's foreign policy but revised his isolationist position after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In a 1945 Senate speech he advocated U.S. participation in international alliances, and he was a delegate to the UN organizing conference. He led Republican congressional support for legislative measures introduced by Pres. Harry Truman , including the Marshall Plan , the Truman Doctrine , and NATO .