Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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In the United States at the invitation of the New York Herald-Tribune Forum, Crossman served on the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on Palestine and has led the fight in Britain to change the Bevin policy. Bitterly opposed to much of what his Government is doing in meeting the...
Calling for greater support of active American participation in the dilemma, Crossman said that "if the American Government had agreed to back the Commission Report with troops, the 100,000 would be in Palestine now.
Unanimous disapproval of Armed forces monopoly of the atom emerged from the two-day session as a situation detrimental to scientific initiative. William A. Higinbotham, executive secretary of the Federation of American Scientists, saw the absence of a presidential appointment to the chairmanship of the Atomic Energy Commission as a...
He pointed out that under the McMain Bill passed just before the adjournment of Congress, President Truman is authorized to appoint the head of the Commission. Higinbothem asserted that Truman is unable to find a leading scientist to assume the responsibility.
"They made every mistake of commission in the books during that first quarter," said Dick Harlow after the game, "but they're an unpredictable team. They told me between the halves that they were going back out and win this one--and they did."