Senator Brian McMahon (CT) signed letter 1951

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Brien McMahon
(born
James O'Brien McMahon
) (October 6, 1903 – July 28, 1952) was an
American
lawyer
and
politician
who served in the
United States Senate
(as a
Democrat
from
Connecticut
) from 1945 to 1952. McMahon was a major figure in the establishment of the
Atomic Energy Commission
, through his authorship of the
Atomic Energy Act
of 1946 (the
McMahon Act
).
McMahon served as chairman of the
Senate Special Committee on Atomic Energy
, and the first chairman of the
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
. McMahon was a key figure in the early years of
atomic weapons
development and an advocate for the
civilian
(rather than
military
) control of nuclear development in the USA. Also, in 1952, McMahon proposed an "army" of young Americans to act as "missionaries of democracy", which sowed the seeds for what later became the
Peace Corps
.
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