who made the american red cross?
Clara Barton
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 The press became aware of the fund in September 1952 , two months after Nixon 's selection as General Dwight D. Eisenhower 's running mate . Within a few days , the story grew until the controversy threatened Nixon 's place on the ticket . In an attempt to turn the tide of public opinion , Nixon broke off a whistle @-@ stop tour of the West Coast to fly to Los Angeles to make a television and radio broadcast to the nation ; the $ 75 @,@ 000 to buy the television time was raised by the RNC . The idea for the Checkers reference came from Franklin Roosevelt 's Fala speech — given eight years to the day before Nixon 's address — in which Roosevelt mocked Republican claims that he had sent a destroyer to fetch his dog , Fala , when the dog was supposedly left behind in the Aleutian Islands . 

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 During World War I , Bush had become aware of poor cooperation between civilian scientists and the military . Concerned about the lack of coordination in scientific research and the requirements of defense mobilization , Bush proposed the creation of a general directive agency in the federal government , which he discussed with his colleagues . He had the secretary of NACA prepare a draft of the proposed National Defense Research Committee ( NDRC ) to be presented to Congress , but after the Germans invaded France in May 1940 , Bush decided speed was important and approached President Franklin D. Roosevelt directly . Through the President 's uncle , Frederic Delano , Bush managed to set up a meeting with Roosevelt on June 12 , 1940 , to which he brought a single sheet of paper describing the agency . Roosevelt approved the proposal in 15 minutes , writing " OK – FDR " on the sheet . 

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 An American diplomatic commission was sent to France in July 1797 to negotiate problems that were threatening to break out into war . The diplomats , Charles Cotesworth Pinckney , John Marshall , and Elbridge Gerry , were approached through informal channels by agents of the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand , who demanded bribes and a loan before formal negotiations could begin . Although such demands were not uncommon in mainland European diplomacy of the time , the Americans were offended by them , and eventually left France without ever engaging in formal negotiations . Gerry , seeking to avoid all @-@ out war , remained for several months after the other two commissioners left . His exchanges with Talleyrand laid groundwork for the eventual end to diplomatic and military hostilities . 

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 It is an American organization . 

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 Ellis , who had previously won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for History , wanted to write a book portraying the Founders neither as demigods nor villains , but as flawed men who were improvising in response to immediate crises . The book reached # 4 on The New York Times Best Seller list , and received largely positive reviews from critics . 
