Word: bi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Proof of this came last week, when Eisenhower, Vice-President Nixon, and Speaker Sam Rayburn appointed a twelve man, bi-partisan commission to study the entire Federal security setup. The American Civil Liberties Union immediately protested that the Commission was loaded with members who wanted little change in the existing system...
...These protests evidently had little effect on the administration until last January when Harry Cain, a member of the Subversive Activities Control Board, publicly attacked the loyalty program in a speech in Spokane, Wash. Cain, unable to gain Administration support, continued to press for action, lobbying actively for a bi-partisan commission to review the operation of the loyalty program. After the President rejected this proposal, Cain secured the support of Minnesota's Senator Hubert Humphrey who sponsored a congressional resolution creating the commission under legislative direction. The first meeting of the commission is slated for the opening...
...Dutch and U.S. scientists spelled out almost to "do-it-yourself" simplicity the operations of their most advanced reactor designs. Chief among them: AEC's Brookhaven liquid-metal fuel reactor, powered by circulating molten solution of uranium in bismuth, in a "blanket" of thorium-bismuth compound (Th 3 Bi 5 ). The thorium breeds U-233, which is recycled as fuel, making fuel costs "negligible...
...item veto, however, will need more than the support of a few stalwart individuals. Real bi-partisan cooperation will be necessary for the two-thirds majorities required for Constitutional amendment. Since many members of both parties have realized the utility of an omnibus appropriations bill, it is highly likely that Congress will pass the Consolidated General Appropriations Bill. But the legislature must realize that an omnibus bill without an item veto would mean an unbridled budget, running wild under the goadings of pressure groups that won't stop prodding...
...thirty-four nations signed a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1947 to provide a meeting-ground for the settlement of trade disputes. Although GATT has been a step toward cooperation, its forums meet only once a year and many settlements in the past have been only ineffective bi-lateral agreements. Because no international agency supervises administration of the compacts, disputes often arise. The plan for an Organization for Trade Cooperation, currently before Congress, offers some support for GATT's rather shaky foundations. OTC would serve as a "continuous mechanism" for discussion of disputes and administration of GATT trade...