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...Democrat. In another Congressional committee room, David Lilienthal, the President's choice for chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, faced his old enemy Senator "Kenneth McKellar, who tried to prove that Lilienthal, if not a Red, loved Reds. Hour after hour, day after day, McKellar tormented him with questions and charges, until finally, acknowledging that he did not carry the answer to some statistical question in his head, Lilienthal said...
Senator MeKellar's attempt to label Lilienthal as a dangerous radical failed. In this latest move in his bitter fight with the ex-TVA head over the latter's failure to bow to the Senator's patronage pressures, McKellar bias was too much even for his anti-Lilienthal associates. But, the more recent statements of Republican Senators Bridges, Wherry and Moore are all the more dangerous for their pious disavowal of McKellar's prejudiced position while, in the same breath, they say that they will oppose Lilienthal because it would be unwise to approve a man on whose character...
Should the Republicans combine with McKellar-type Democrats in rejecting Liliethal, they will far from throwing doubts on his ability and sinccrity, only serve to cast doubts on their own ability to discard blind partisanship on matters of crucial importance to the nation...
Clifton Fadiman could not be reached last night to comment on McKellar's chances for a regular berth on Information Please...
...started with Alexander the Great," explained Senator Kenneth McKellar (D. Tenn.) to a surprised President Conant before a committee investigating the appointment of David E. Lillienthal as Atomic Energy Chief. The subject of discussion was atom splitting...