Dan Diamond on Nostr: Sixty-five years ago today, at 10:20 am, the Senate commerce committee met for the ...
Sixty-five years ago today, at 10:20 am, the Senate commerce committee met for the first day of hearings on the nomination of LEWIS STRAUSS.
It would become one of the most brutal confirmation battles in U.S. history.
The committee would go on to meet 15 more times in the next two months before voting on Strauss’ nomination — a detail left out of OPPENHEIMER.
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