Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Julius Albert Krug was called in to replace terrible-tempered Harold Ickes as Secretary of the Interior, there seemed no limits to the glistening future of the Wisconsin wonder boy. Behind him was an impressive record of public service as a member of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, manager...
Not until after six months of digging and other exploratory work will Vanadium Corp. surely know whether the claim is rich enough to mine commercially. And Pratt Segmiller's strike probably is not rich enough to qualify for the $10,000 bonus which the Atomic Energy Commission has offered...
A 22 per cent increase in commutation fares was sought today by three major eastern railroads. The move was made less than a week after the Interstate Commerce Commission granted eastern roads authority to boost passenger fares 12 1-2 per cent.
In a letter to Doane three days ago, Warner reported that "the big hurdle is to convince the Commission that college radio should be continued and that it serves a useful public purpose."
One of the thorniest problems of the conference was the public debt incurred by the Dutch administration in Indonesia, which the new republic would have to take over. The Dutch had originally set the figure at 6.3 billion guilders ($1.7 billion), but the U.N. Commission on Indonesia, which hovered anxiously...