U. S. JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY Senator Brien McMahon 1948 Signed Letter

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1948 TLS Senator Brien McMahon
United States Joint Committee
on Atomic Energy Stationary
Interesting typed letter signed from
Senator Brien McMahon
of
Connecticut on the Congress of the United States Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
stationary. Dated
December 14, 1948.
“
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 a
s
"missionaries of democracy", which sowed the seeds for what later became the Peace Corps. …
On July 16, 1945, an atomic bomb was successfully detonated at Alamogordo, New Mexico, after which Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut called it "the most important thing in history since the birth of Jesus Christ. …"
(see Wiki)
The letter is addressed to the Honorable Helen Earle Sellers of Hebron, Ct. congratulating her on her recent election to the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Signed with ink signature:
With kindest regards, Sincerely yours,
Brien McMahon
, United States Senator
The letter measures 8 x 10 ½ inches, creased for mailing and some faint age tanning otherwise in very good condition, odor free.
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