Word: strausses
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Once upon a time the U.S. Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee sat down to begin hearings on the confirmation of Lewis L. Strauss, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and one of the ablest and thorniest figures in U.S. public life, as Secretary of Commerce. At that time an informal poll of the committee members showed that Strauss would win committee approval by a vote of 14-3. Last week, two months and 1,739 rancorous pages of testimony later, Strauss finally did win the committee's approval-by a cliffhanging vote of 9-8 (the squeaking...
...Most of Strauss's troubles were caused by New Mexico's Democratic Senator Clinton Anderson, senior Senate member of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy and a longtime Strauss foe, who filled page after page of the hearing record with charges of extraordinary bitterness. But Lewis Strauss contributed to his own problems: despite his obvious abilities as a public servant, he made a poor witness, angered Democrats with his argumentativeness. embarrassed Republicans with his evasiveness...
Committee Approves Strauss...
WASHINGTON, May 19--The nomination of Lewis L. Strauss to be Secretary of Commerce squeaked through the Senate Commerce Committee today on a 9-8 vote. WASHINGTON, May 19--Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy today suspended his plans to resign and said he may not leave the Eisenhower Cabinet...
...week's end Washington Democrat Warren Magnuson, commerce committee chairman, announced that he hoped his committee would take action on the confirmation of Lewis Strauss this week. At that point, 111 days had passed since President Eisenhower had sent Strauss's nomination to the Senate-two days more than the total time it had taken the Senate to confirm all 13 of Lewis Strauss's predecessors as Secretary of Commerce...