Word: clark
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This decision was taken despite the vigorous opposition of William Clark, ex-chief justice of the Allied high Commission Courts in Germany. In a special secret session held yesterday afternoon, Clark told the committee that "nothing in Dr. Conant's background qualifies him for the diplomatic service in any capacity, least of all as an ambassador...
...Clark Attacks Conant...
According to Francis O. Wilson, Chief of Staff of the Committee, Clark thought Conant should have protested the jailing of American citizens for alleged violations of German law. German laws are different from American laws, Wilson explained, and many of the Americans might not have been jailed for committing the same offenses in this country. He hastened to point out, however, that Americans were not being discriminated against, since the same laws applied to German citizens also...
...Clark has been at odds with Conant ever since he accused the latter of dictatorial tactics in connection with his ouster as a member of the West German system. When his four-year term as chief justice expired a few months ago, Clark was unable to secure a reappointment. Clark apparently believes Connant was responsible for his dismissal and subsequent inability to gain reappointment...
...every point except two-the high-necked kimono is more resistant to bosomy uplift than the Boston board of censors. But along with cues from the U.S., Osone provides some fascinating clues to the Japanese taste and popular spirit. In one scene, for instance, a sort of Japanese Bobby Clark (Shunji Sakai) muddles interminably with some chicken droppings in the baron's parlor; in Japan this was a sure laugh-getter. And then at the end, when the slamming samurai has foiled the villain and won his lady love (Kuniko Ikawa), do they leap into each other...