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...York's legislature created its Civilian Defense Commission in May. It was supposed to operate on an appropriation of $100,000. To run the show, Governor Dewey had picked Lucius De Bignon Clay, the wiry, sharp-nosed, imperious West Pointer who accepted the chairmanship of the commission as a sideline to his new null job as chairman of Continental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIVIL DEFENSE: The City Under the Bomb | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

...clear explanation of U.S. procedure in Germany came last week from General Eisenhower's No. 1 deputy for the occupation, tough-minded Lieut. General Lucius Du Bignon Clay. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Phase One | 5/28/1945 | See Source »

Home-Front Conscience. The man who may well have a deciding vote on reconversion is Major General Lucius du Bignon Clay, 47, the bushy-browed Grey Eminence of Jimmy Byrnes's office. A West Pointer, General Clay was one of the Army's top engineers when World War II came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When V-E Day Comes | 3/19/1945 | See Source »

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