Word: aec
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...Eisenhower decided last week that he will not reappoint Thomas E. Murray to the Atomic Energy Commission when Murray's term expires June 30. To Washingtonians the President's decision will come as no surprise since Manhattan Millionaire Murray, the remaining Democratic member of the five-man AEC (down to four since the death of Scientist John von Neumann), has long been at loggerheads with AEC Chairman Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss...
Strauss and Murray, both brilliant, articulate, strong-willed men, have repeatedly clashed head-on over such issues as 1) the Dixon-Yates contract, which Murray opposed (with Strauss ultimately backing down), 2) Murray's proposal to ban superbomb tests, 3) Murray's contention that the AEC's atomic-power program will languish unless the Government builds commercial-scale power plants to show private industry the way. Yet, for all the differences, tough-minded, liberal Thomas Murray staunchly supported Strauss during the AEC's darkest hour: the commission's vote of no confidence in AEC Consultant...
...course will be titled "Principles of Radioactive Measurements." It is offered under the joint sponsorship of the AEC and the National Science Foundation...
...almost every AEC decision relating to security, business development of atomic energy, and H-bomb tests, there has been only one dissenting voice on the Commission. Thomas Murray, the only Truman appointee to stick it out, has constantly opposed the AEC majority whenever he felt that it was acting as a rubber stamp for Strauss. As a result of his criticisms, Murray and Strauss are continually at each other's throats. If Murray's comments were only negative, his value to the Commission would be questionable. As it is, however, Murray has been partially responsible for much of the AEC...
Murray's term expires in June, and it is doubtful that the President will reappoint him. Strauss will do everything he can to prevent Murray from remaining on the AEC; motivated by a powerful sense of charisma, he has no sympathy for gadflies. The service which Murray performs in keeping Strauss on his toes and airing important AEC disputes is an essential one. A Democratic Congress can try to get the President to reappoint Murray, if only by the expedient of log-rolling. It might be worth sending Scott McLeod to Ireland, if Thomas Murray could stay on the AEC...