| LC control no. | no2001050926 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Eaton, Charles A. (Charles Aubrey), 1868-1953 |
| Birth date | 18680329 |
| Death date | 19530123 |
| Place of birth | Pugwash, Nova Scotia |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | Legislation |
| Affiliation | United States Congress House Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators--United States |
| Found in | Reform tragedies, 1935: t.p. (Charles A. Eaton) OCLC, May 1, 2001 (hdg.: Eaton, Charles Aubrey, 1868-1953; usage: Eaton, Charles A.) United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Relief assistance to countries devastated by war, 1947: title page (Charles A. Eaton) Charles Aubrey Eaton (March 29, 1868 - January 23, 1953) was a Canadian-born American clergyman and politician. Eaton served in the United States House of Representatives from 1925 to 1953, representing the New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1925 to 1933, and (as a result of redistricting based on the 1930 Census) the 5th district from 1933 to 1953. He participated in the creation of the United Nations. In 1947 he became chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. With a Democratic president, Harry S. Truman and a Republican Congress, and with the influence of economic aid in foreign policy, the chairmanship was a powerful post. Eaton's leadership was at times strongly challenged by the neo-isolationist group in the House, but he achieved the passage of every piece of legislation that he sponsored, including continuation of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), a program of aid to Greece and Turkey (the Truman Doctrine), and the Marshall Plan. The opposition to these programs centered in the House and Eaton was their chief defender. The passage of the Marshall Plan was a high point in Eaton's political career. President Harry S. Truman gave testimony in his memoirs to Eaton for his bipartisan support of American foreign policy. Twenty days after his retirement from Congress, Eaton died in Washington, D.C. and was interred in Hillside Cemetery in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Aubrey_Eaton |
| Associated language | eng |
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