Word: holifield
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...issues that the U.S. finds itself with little choice but to resume atmospheric testing. Though the Administration has not yet decided just when to begin testing, pressure grew in Congress for a quick test resumption. New Mexico's Senator Clinton P. Anderson and California's Representative Chet Holifield-the two senior Democrats on the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy-called last week in strong words for atmospheric tests. Said Anderson: "We must conduct atmospheric tests because the underground tests have not given us all the answers we need." Connecticut's Democrat Senator Thomas J. Dodd demanded...