Dwight Eisenhower Administration:
8. Lewis Strauss:Â In 1959, President Eisenhower chose Strauss as his Secretary of Commerce during the government’s recess. Quickly after, Strauss made many enemies in the Senate, especially Clinton Anderson, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Anderson, Senator of New Mexico, personally led the crusade against Strauss.
The whole matter started due to a statement made by Strauss about Anderson because of Anderson’s limited knowledge of what is involved in Cold War nuclear energy policy.
