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On October 3, 1945, the bill was introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Andrew J. May from Kentucky, the chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, and in the Senate by Senator Edwin C. Johnson from Colorado, the ranking member of the Senate Military Affairs Committee.
The May-Johnson Bill hampered the scientific process and jeopardized a reasonable, global approach to nuclear policy. The scientists argued that the bill colored nuclear policy as one shaped by defense and war rather than research and shared responsibility.
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The May-Johnson Bill. The Interim Committee's draft legislation reached President Truman via the State Department shortly after the armistice. After affected federal agencies approved, Truman advocated speedy passage of the congressional version of the bill, the May-Johnson bill, on October 3, 1945.
His bill, which called for five civilian commissioners and gave the commission strict control over the production of fissionable material and the fabrication and stockpiling of weapons, essentially excluded the military. Hearings on the new McMahon bill began in late January 1946.
The Royall-Marbury bill was introduced into the United States Congress by the chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, Andrew J. May, and the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Senator Edwin C. Johnson, on October 3.
May-Johnson Bill, Letter to Dr. R.S. Mullikan, Ryerson Lab from L.A. DuBridge, Radiation Lab, M.I.T., endorsing amended May-Johnson bill; letter (November 7, 1945) to Compton from Charles D. Coryell, Association of Oak Ridge Scientists at Clinton Labs, opposing military monopoly of science
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The May-Johnson bill became a focal point for discussion as the researchers weighed the pros and cons of the military’s role in overseeing atomic weapons. The group quickly decided to oppose May-Johnson.
