Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harassed and sometimes angry, Lilienthal admitted some mistakes. He had already promised a change in AEC's handling of federal scholarships (TIME, May 30). As the inquisition went on, he also admitted that the Argonne Laboratory's delay in reporting the loss of a quantity of uranium 235...
Last week, the House also: ¶Rejected a bill to increase the pay of everybody in the armed services except recruits, along lines recommended by a civilian commission, after a year's study. Cost: $350 million the first year. Total monthly pay of a major general has risen only...
George Killion, onetime editor of the Sacramento Bee, later a legislative consultant for Safeway Stores. Killion went to Washington as assistant to the Petroleum Administrator for War, became Pauley's assistant during the 1944 campaign, later succeeded him as Democratic treasurer. In 1947, the Maritime Commission made him president...
After four days' debate on his proposals, Vishinsky asked the Westerners for their ideas. Acheson, Bevin and Schuman hammered out a proposal. Highlights: unity under the Bonn constitution, no more reparations out of current production, no Russian ownership of German industry, four-power control through a High Commission bound...
Good Old Insect Control. As for jobs, merchandising is still top choice (40%). The seniors do not seem to mind selling, though they prefer a salary to a commission. They dislike the high pressure of the insurance salesman's life (only 5% wanted to go into it) and almost...