5 5 . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁made ▁appoint ments ▁to ▁the ▁Commission , ▁President ▁Eisen h ower ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" an ▁historic ▁undert aking : ▁the ▁elim ination ▁of ▁fr ict ions , ▁dup lications ▁and ▁waste ▁from ▁Federal - state ▁relations ; ▁the ▁clear ▁definition ▁of ▁lines ▁of ▁Government al ▁authority ▁in ▁our ▁nation ; ▁the ▁increase ▁in ▁efficiency ▁in ▁a ▁mult itude ▁of ▁Government al ▁programs ▁vital ▁to ▁the ▁w elf are ▁of ▁all ▁Americans ." ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁chairman , ▁Clar ence ▁Man ion , ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁res ign ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁by ▁the ▁White ▁House , ▁apparently ▁over ▁his ▁advoc acy ▁of ▁the ▁Br icker ▁Am end ment ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Constitution . ▁ ▁He ▁had ▁also ▁been ▁critic ized ▁for ▁frequent ▁abs ences , ▁and ▁lecture ▁t ours ▁attack ing ▁the ▁Tennessee ▁Valley ▁Author ity . ▁ ▁Meyer ▁K est n baum ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁replace ▁him ▁in ▁April . ▁ ▁D ud ley ▁White , ▁Ohio ▁newspaper ▁publish er , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁appointed ▁executive ▁director ▁for ▁the ▁commission , ▁res igned ▁in ▁protest ▁over ▁Man ion ' s ▁ou ster ; ▁No ah ▁M . ▁Mason ▁also ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁Commission . ▁ ▁Commission ▁members ▁ ▁The ▁commission ▁had ▁twenty - five ▁members . ▁ ▁Fif teen ▁were ▁appointed ▁by ▁President ▁D w ight ▁D . ▁Eisen h ower , ▁five ▁by ▁the ▁Spe aker ▁of ▁the ▁House ,