Word: commissioner
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"You look just like a Secretary of Commerce," joked Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks to a visitor last week. The comment was fitting: the courtly, well-tailored caller had an aura of dignity and success suitable to a Commerce Secretary, and furthermore he was soon to become Commerce Secretary. After nearly...
The year-old, slow-starting federal Civil Rights Commission ran up against its first Southern-built stone wall last week in Macon County, Ala., where Negroes outnumber whites 6-1, but white voters outnumber Negro voters 2-1. Assigned to gather evidence on complaints that the county board of registrars...
As majority leader under former Governor Herter, Gibbons supported the expansion of the state debt by over $600 million--70 per cent of the current total--so that the blame cannot rest entirely on Furcolo's shoulders. Furthermore, Gibbons has shown reactionary tendencies in his voting record in the state...
Speaking on behalf of the NSA International Commission, Clive S. Gray 1G, former vice-President in International Affairs of NSA, disagreed with Leland's interception of the referendum's results.
The U.S. is expected to appeal the ruling. If it stands, it will cost the U.S. millions in refunds to importers. More important, it may well put added pressure on the President to approve the often high Tariff Commission recommendations rather than give no relief at all.