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Final List of Signers of the Declaration of Atlantic Unity, September 29, 195^ FINAL LIST OF SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF ATLANTIC UNITY, SEPTEMBER 29, 195^ FROM CANADA; Rev. J. M. Belanger, Director, School of Political, Economic & Social Sciences, University of Ottawa Percy Bengough, President, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada Georgjr Burt, Canadian Director, United Automobile Workers, C.I.O. Colonel Gordon Churchill, D.S.O., M.P. John Diefenbaker, Q.C., M.P,, Foreign Affairs Spokesman, Conservative Party Senator William D. Euler, P.C. George Ferguson, Editor, Montreal Star Mrs. M. McQ. Fergusson, Senator Charles D. Gonthier, Canadian Institute of International Affairs Senator L. M. Gouin, Chairman, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Right Rev. Dr* Wasyl Kushner, Winnipeg Professor A.R.M. Lower, Queens University; Historian Dr. N.A.M, MacKenzie, President, University of British Columbia Senator A. N. McLean, Chairman, Senate Committee on NATO Trade Relations A. R. Mosher, President, Canadian Congress of Labour Patrick Nicholson, Political Columnist and Broadcaster Professor Frank Scott, McGill University Dr. Sidney Smith, President, University of Toronto Alistair Stewart, M.P., Manitoba, Foreign Affairs Spokesman, C.C.F. Party Willson Woodside, Foreign Editor, "Saturday Night" FROM THE UNITED STATES: Herbert Agar, Historian, author, "A Time for Greatness", etc. Elliott V. Bell, Chairman of the Executive Committee, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Robert Woods Bliss, former Ambassador to Argentina; former Assistant Secretary of State Chester Bowles, former Ambassador to India; former Governor of Connecticut Sevellon Brown, Editor and Publisher, Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin Harry A. Bullis, Chairman of the Board, General Mills, Inc. Ellsworth Bunker, President, American Red Cross; former Ambassador to Italy, etc. Vanevar Bush, President, Carnegie Institution of Washington Honorable James F. Byrnes, Governor of South Carolina; former Secretary of State; former Associate Justice U. S. Supreme Court Will L. Clayton, Vice President, Atlantic Union Committee; former Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Norman Cousins, Editor, Saturday Review of Literature; President, United World Federalists FROM TEE UNITED STATES: (Continued) 2. Gardner Cowles, President, Des Moines Register and Tribune; Publisher, Look Magazine, etc. Colgate W. Darden, President, University of Virginia; former Governor of Virginia Elmer Davis, Radio commentator and author; former Director, Office of War Information General William J. Donovan, Chairman, American Committee on United Europe; former Director, Office of Strategic Services General William H. Draper, Jr., former U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council; former Under Secretary of the Army Benjamin F. Fairless, Chairman, United States Steel Corporation . Thomas K. Finletter, former Secretary of the Air Force Henry C. Flower, Jr., vice-President, J. Walter Thompson Co. Henry Ford II, President, Ford Motor Company John Gardner, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York W. St. John Garwood, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court Joseph C. Grew, former Under Secretary of State; former Ambassador to Japan, etc. William V. Griffin, President, The English Speaking Union Ernest A. Gross, Legal Advisor to Secretary General of the UN; former Assistant Secretary of State Learned Hand, former Judge, United States Circuit Court Albert J. Hayes, International President, International Association of Machinists Honorable Brooks Hayes, M.C., Arkansas The Rt. Rev. Henry W. Hobson, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Southern Ohio Paul G. Hoffman, Chairman of Board, Studebaker Corp.; former President Ford Foundation; former Administrator, Economic Cooperation Administration Ernest M. Hopkins, President Emeritus, Dartmouth College Palmer Hoyt, Publisher and Editor, The Denver Post Honorable Leroy Johnson, M.C., California v ^ Robert L. Johnson, President, Temple University; former Chairman Citizens Commission for Reorganization of the Government (Hoover Commission) Eric Johnston, President, Motion Picture Association of America; Chairman, Inter- national Development Board Wilbur K. Jordan, President, Radcliffe College; Chairman, American Council on NATO Senator Estes Kefauver, Tennessee Meyer Kestnbaum, President Hart, Schaffner and Marx;. Chairman Committee for Economic Development Senator Herbert H. Lehman, New York Paul W. Litchfield, Chairman, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., President, Goodyear Aircraft Corp., etc. General of the Army George C. Marshall, former Secretary of State; former Secretary of Defense FROM THE UNITED STATES; (Continued) 3. John J. McCloy, Chairman, Chase National Bank; Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; former U.S. High Commissioner to Germany; former President, World Bank Honorable John W. McCormack, M.C., Democratic Whip, House of Representatives Governor Theodore E. McKelden, Maryland Hugh Moore, Chairman of the Board, Dixie Cup Company Frank C. Nash, former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lithgow Osborne, President, American-Scandinavian Foundation; former Ambassador to worwav William Phillips, former Under-Secretary of State; former Ambassador to Italy, etc. Philip D. Reed, Chairman of the Board, General Electric Company Owen J. Roberts, President, Atlantic Union Committee; former Justice United States Supreme Court Elmo Roper, Public Opinion Analyst Harry Scherman, President, Book-of-the-Month Club Professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Historian; Co-Chainnan, Americans for Democratic Action George N. Shuster, President, Hunter College; former U.S. Commissioner for Bavaria Hans Christian Sonne, Chairman, National Planning Association Admiral William H. Standley, former Ambassador to the Soviet Union; former Chief of Naval Operations Adlai E. Stevenson, former candidate for President; former Governor of Illinois Miss Anna Lord Strauss, former President, League of Women Voters Clarence K. Streit, author of "Union Now"; editor "Freedom and Union" Charles P. Taft, President, Committee for a National Trade Policy Harry S. Truman, former President of the United States Thomas J. Watson, Chairman, International Business Machines Corporation and IBM World Trade Corporation Professor Quincy Wright, University of Chicago; former President, American Association of University Professors Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University; Public Governor, New York Stock Exchange Owen D. Young, Honorary Chairman, General Electric Company William Zeckendorf, President, Webb and Knapp FROM GREAT BRITAIN; Sir George Aylwen, Baronet, former Lord Mayor of London The Very Reverend Principal, Dr. John Baillie, M.A., D. Litt., D.D., S.T.D., Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland; a President of the World Council of Churches; Principal of New College Edinburgh and Dean of the Faculty of Divinity Air-Vice Marshal Donald C.T. Bennett, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., former Liberal Member of Parliament; former Chairman, Executive Committee, United Nations Association of Britain FROM GREAT BRITAIN; (Continued) k. Sir Adrian C. Boult, D. Mus., Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra Alan Bullock, Censor, St. Catherine's Society, Oxford Frank Byers, O.B.E., former Chairman, Liberal Party Professor A» K. Cairncross, C.M.G., Glasgow University; former Economic Adviser, O.E.E.C. Sir James Chadwick, F.R.S., Master Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; Nobel Laureate Physics 1935 Lionel Curtis, C.H., Fellow of All Souls', Oxford The Rt. Hon. Clement Davies, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party Arthur Deakin, C.H., C.B.E., General Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, O.B.E., D.F.C., M.P. Christopher Fry, Dramatist Professor H.C. Hanbury, D.C.L., Fellow of All Souls', Oxford Graham Hutton, O.B.E., Author, Economist Dr. Julian S. Huxley, F.R.S., Author, Biologist Commander Sir Stephen King-Hall, Founder of the Hansard Society and of the National Newsletter Sir Will Lawther, President, National Union of Mineworkers; former Chairman, General Council, Trades Union Congress E. H. C. Leather, M. P. Sir Frederick W. Leith-Ross, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., former Chief Economic Adviser to the British Government Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, former military Correspondent, "Times" and "Daily Telegraph" Kenneth Lindsay, Chairman, Education Interchange Council; former Member of Parliament Gilbert Longden, M.B.E., M. P. R. W. G. Mackay, Author, expert on European Affairs; former Member of Parliament Lord Merthyr, Deputy Speaker, House of Lords Malcolm Muggeridge, Editor, "Punch" Earl Russell, O.M., F.R.S., Nobel Prize for Literature, 1950 E.M.W. Tillyard, C.B.E., Lit. D., Master, Jesus College, Cambridge J. D. Tilney, M. P. Sam Watson, C.B.E., D.L., Secretary, Durham Miners Association Tom Williamson, C.B.E., General Secretary, National Union of General and Municipal Workers Isaac Wolfson, Chairman, Great Universal Stores G. M. Young, C.B., Fellow of All Souls; Oxford Sir Robert Boothby, M. P. FROM FRANCE: 5. Professor Maurice Allais, Chief Engineer, National School of Mines Jacques Bardoux, Member, Institute de France: Member, National Assembly Philippe Barres, Member, National Assembly * . General Pierre Billotte, Member, National Assembly Edouard Bonnefous, Member, National Assembly: former Minister Jacques Chastenet, Member Institute de France Count Robert de Dampierre, former Ambassador Senator Michel Debre Louis Dernis, Attorney, Paris Court of Appeals Hyacinthe Dubreuil, former Member, International Labor Office E. Giscard d'Estang, President, French Section, International Chamber of Commerce Rene Fould, Industrialist; Member,
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