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...International Studies, chaired by Pusey, will include Robert R. Bowie, Clarence Professor of International Affairs and director of the Center for International Affairs; Merie Fainsod, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science; Franklin L. Ford, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Milton Heary L. Stimson Professor of Law and director of International Legal and Don K. Price Jr., dean of Faculty of Public Administration...
Milton Katz '27, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, felt that the "utilization of the gas is warranted if we accept the statements of Secretary Rusk that it is a riot control gas used only when the Vietcong hide behind civilians to avoid detection." But he agreed with Doty that "it becomes psychologically easier to use different types of gases once one type has been used...
After his Law School graduation, Frankfurter joined the New York law office of Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter. But within a year he left private practice to work for Henry L. Stimson, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. When Stimson became Secretary of War in Taft's cabinet, Frankfurter followed him to Washington, working as his assistant. In those years in Washington Frankfurter had a hand in the founding of the New Republic...
...high number of applicants has necessitated one other change in the admissions procedure. Instead of everyone on the ten-member admissions Committee reading each folder, the Committee now reads in teams of two. But many folders, Mrs. Stimson explains, are read by everyone. "The committee system, where no one person has the final say, has always been the rule at Radcliffe," she said...
...harder time persuading Nazi Germany to be a good neighbor. If Roosevelt was cautious in speaking out against Hitler for fear of antagonizing the isolationists, Hull was even more timid. He objected to Roosevelt's provocative speeches, argued down such formidable Cabinet colleagues as Henry Stimson and Frank Knox, who were urging direct action against Germany. In 1940 Canada was worried that Germany might invade Greenland and suggested sending some troops there. Hull vetoed the idea as too inflammatory. Soon after, Iceland pleaded for U.S. protection; again Hull said no. F.D.R. overrode him and sent a destroyer...