Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twin Purposes. The Commission had worked for three months under Assistant Attorney General A. Devitt Vanech, a billiard-bald lawyer from Connecticut with 14 years' service in the Justice Department. Other members represented the State, Treasury, War & Navy Departments and the Civil Service Commission.
Both the Commission's report and the President's order were carefully drawn. Still, it was by no means certain that they would achieve their purpose: "Protection . . . against infiltration of disloyal persons into the ranks of [U.S.] employees, and equal protection from unfounded accusations of disloyalty [for] loyal...
Like her Uncle David, the Duke of Windsor, Elizabeth loves horses (she rides superbly), racing (if possible, she never misses a race when the royal stable is entered), swing music, nightclubs, and having her own way. But Elizabeth's rebellions are those of any headstrong, well-reared child suffering...
As Vancouver's new-broom mayor, rambunctious Gerry McGeer had started his sweeping by firing 23 policemen for letting gambling dens and brothels run wide open. Last week, as chairman of the city's Police Commission, he sat in judgment on their appeals. Vancouverites were shaken by the...
By last week there were 600 children in Los Alamos School, and enrollment was increasing every day. None of Los Alamos' boys & girls has to worry about New Mexico's educational standards, because Los Alamos School is responsible only to the town Board of Education and the Atomic...