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...bill would also suspend prosecution under the Sherman Antitrust Act until June 1, 1947 and the Clayton Act until Jan. 1, 1948. Thus, insurance men would have ample time to change rate practices which, Attorney General Francis Biddle contends, violate these laws. If the bill becomes law, Biddle is expected to drop the criminal antitrust charges against 27 insurance bigwigs which touched off the battle...
...between those who preferred a faulty beginning to none at all, and those who felt that the Protestant churches of the U.S. would fail in their duty if they compromised with the crude expediency of power politics. Leading the debate were two distinguished antagonists: John Foster Dulles and Charles Clayton Morrison, editor of the Christian Century, who rejected the label of "perfectionism" but perfectly stated the perfectionist case...
...enjoyed by flyers in the Army, and reflect on Admiral King's insistence on seniority in promotion (which is tough on younger flying officers), naval airmen grow even hotter under the collar. Among top-rankers on General Marshall's staff is the Air Forces' Major General Clayton L. Bissell, acting chief of G2. Another airman, Lieut. General Joseph T. McNarney, was Marshall's deputy before he was in command of a theater...
Temporarily mollified, Pepper called off his threatened filibuster. The Senate hastily confirmed Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius' team, and went home. But New Deal Congressmen still had reservations about three, in particular, of the six appointees: William L. Clayton, whom they consider a "cartelist"; Brigadier General Julius C. Holmes, whom they partly blame for the Darlan policy in 1942; veteran Diplomat James Dunn, whom they regard as the villain of the U.S. appeasement policy toward Franco...
Then began a curious skirmish. Senators Claude Pepper of Florida and James E. Murray of Montana, who had voted against all the nominees because they did not like ex-Cotton Broker Will Clayton, hastily switched their votes. Pennsylvania's New Dealing Joe Guffey wanted to do likewise, but Committee Chairman Tom Connally drawled: "If I let you change your vote, are you agoin' to stay hitched?" Infuriated, Joe Guffey let his "nay" stand...