1072. DAVID LILIENTHAL (1899 - 1981) American lawyer and first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, the author of the Lilienthal-Acheson Report adopted by President Harry Truman. Fine content D.S. "David Lilienthal" 3pp. 4to., [Washington, Feb. 3, 1947], a typed copy of "David Lilienthal's Definition of Democracy" given before the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy. In very small part: "...I believe...the fundamental proposition of the integrity of the individual; and that all government and all private institutions must be designated to promote and protect and defend the integrity of the individual...Any form of government...which make men means rather than ends...I am deeply opposed. The communistic philosophy...falls within this category...". Boldly signed at the conclusion, fine condition. $100 - 150