Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President Truman should appoint a Republican Secretary of State and resign from office. . . . The Constitution provides for the Secretary of State to succeed the President when there is no Vice President. . . . It will place the responsibility of running the Government on one party and prevent a stalemate...
...Alumni were quick to see that a building filling these gaps in the network of extracurricular activities would also fill the requirements of a war memorial. With general sentiment in favor of the Activities Center, it was decided that the Associated Harvard Clubs and the Alumni Association would appoint a committee to consider in detail the war memorial question and to report to the president and Fellows, who have the final word...
Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, a Democratic holdover, suggested that the Chief Executive appoint a Republican Secretary of State and lot him accede to the Presidency. He said it would be "the wisest thing" for the President to do and "the best thing for the country," since "only one party should control the government...
...result would be that the reorganization of the Liberal Cabinet, promised by Prime Minister King before the House reassembles in January, would now have to be little more than a mild reshuffle. He could not appoint any Cabinet member to a job which would take him out of the House and cause another by-election...
...pointed out that under the McMain Bill passed just before the adjournment of Congress, President Truman is authorized to appoint the head of the Commission. Higinbothem asserted that Truman is unable to find a leading scientist to assume the responsibility...