Word: congress
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Johnson defended the group's role in taking stands on domestic and, international political questions. "You must remember that these policies were the result of a national congress after much debate," he said...
Criticism Against Congress...
There seemed to be general agreement, however, that observers would be sent to this summer's NSA Congress and that Council members should continue to study in detail the scope and structure of the organization. Despite this feeling, it was evident from the tone of the discussion that the misgivings about NSA which led to last Fall's decision to withdraw were still present in the minds of most Council members...
...least, claimed Commissioner John McCone, who said that his proposals were attacked by Congressional Democrats before they had even heard them. But if such attacks are unfair, their foundation is at least understandable: despite his resignation, the image of ex-Commissioner Lewis Strauss still looms large in Congress's picture...
...lesson is one which Congress might do well to apply to the entire AEC. Although the proposal that civilian radiation safety measures should be moved out of the Commission seems a minor one, it is actually a major step in the right direction. If adopted, the change would be a laudable step toward making the Atomic Energy Commission a responsible organization, rather than the present monopoly of fact-finding and decision-making power, which allows policy to determine what facts shall be considered instead of letting facts determine the policy...