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As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1941 to 1946, he also supported FDR's policies during [[World War II]]. Twice for brief periods, he was the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He signed the [[Southern Manifesto]],<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GP-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> which voiced House and Senate opposition to the 1954 [[United States Supreme Court]] legal opinion, ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]],'' a decree that outlawed school [[segregation]] in the South. George still declined to renounce ''Brown'' publicly.<ref name=jhc>James H. Cockfield, ''A Giant From Georgia: The Life of U.S. Senator Walter F. George, 1878-1957,'' (Macon, Georgia:Mercer University Press, 2019), pp. 452-453, isbn=978-0-88146-676-8, pages=452–453.</ref> He was succeeded by former [[Governor]] [[Herman Talmadge]], who served four Senate terms until his own defeat in the 1980 [[general election]] by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Mack Mattingly]], the first Republican U.S. Senator from Georgia since [[Reconstruction]].

As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1941 to 1946, he also supported FDR's policies during [[World War II]]. Twice for brief periods, he was the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He signed the [[Southern Manifesto]],<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GP-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> which voiced House and Senate opposition to the 1954 [[United States Supreme Court]] legal opinion, ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]],'' a decree that outlawed school [[segregation]] in the South. George still declined to renounce ''Brown'' publicly.<ref name=jhc>James H. Cockfield, ''A Giant From Georgia: The Life of U.S. Senator Walter F. George, 1878-1957,'' (Macon, Georgia:Mercer University Press, 2019), pp. 452-453, isbn=978-0-88146-676-8, pages=452–453.</ref> He was succeeded by former [[Governor]] [[Herman Talmadge]], who served four Senate terms until his own defeat in the 1980 [[general election]] by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Mack Mattingly]], the first Republican U.S. Senator from Georgia since [[Reconstruction]].

In his 1938 re-election, the incumbent Sen. George faced two main opponents in the Democrat primary: [[Eugene Talmadge]], a virulent racist and opponent of the [[New Deal]], and Lawrence S. Camp, a staunch supporter of the New Deal who President Roosevelt backed.<ref name="New Deal"/> George, despite being on Roosevelt's "purge list",<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1938/08/18/archives/george-for-state-rights-bureaucracy-a-threat-to-freedom-he-says-of.html GEORGE FOR STATE RIGHTS; Bureaucracy a Threat to Freedom, He Says of New Deal]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> ultimately won with a plurality of 44% of the vote, with Talmadge finishing second at 32% and Camp at 24%.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377215 GA US Senate - D Primary]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>

In his 1938 re-election, the incumbent Sen. George faced two main opponents in the Democratic primary: [[Eugene Talmadge]], a virulent racist and opponent of the [[New Deal]], and Lawrence S. Camp, a staunch supporter of the New Deal backed by President Roosevelt.<ref name="New Deal"/> George, despite being on Roosevelt's "purge list",<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1938/08/18/archives/george-for-state-rights-bureaucracy-a-threat-to-freedom-he-says-of.html GEORGE FOR STATE RIGHTS; Bureaucracy a Threat to Freedom, He Says of New Deal]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> ultimately won with a plurality of 44% of the vote, with Talmadge finishing second at 32% and Camp at 24%.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377215 GA US Senate - D Primary]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>

    

    

George was highly regarded in both political parties and by [[liberal]]s and [[conservative]]s. He is also remember for his support of vocational education and [[fiscal conservatism]]. Formerly an [[isolationist]] in foreign entanglements, he became with the war a supporter of FDR's branch of [[internationalism]]. He worked for adoption of the [[United Nations]] Charter in 1945.<ref name=jhc/> President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] named George as special ambassador to the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], a post that he filled for only six months because of serious illness.

George was highly regarded in both political parties and by [[liberal]]s and [[conservative]]s. He is also remember for his support of vocational education and [[fiscal conservatism]]. Formerly an [[isolationist]] in foreign entanglements, he became with the war a supporter of FDR's branch of [[internationalism]]. He worked for adoption of the [[United Nations]] Charter in 1945.<ref name=jhc/> President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] named George as special ambassador to the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], a post that he filled for only six months because of serious illness.