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But the chief reason for the change is not safety. The Navy switched to the "steam slingshot" mainly because it is faster and vastly more powerful. On larger carriers like the Forrestal, four steam catapults will launch as many as 32 interceptors in four minutes.
But even as that tale went its round, segregation was ending-and with it the old belief in "bug out" as an inborn Negro weakness. The Navy, under the firm hand of James Forrestal, had started integration first of all, but soon began to run aground on service traditions. The...
The Attorney General retorted by publishing the entire distribution list of the first FBI report, as recorded in his department's files. On Dec. 4, 1945: General Vaughan (marked for the President's attention), Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of State James Brynes; on Dec. 7: Navy Secretary...
An estate tax appraisal in Manhattan revealed that the late James V. Forrestal, investment banker who became the first Secretary of Defense, left a net estate of $1,201,019.
A new reshuffle of the arms program last week ended in a dollar balance, at least so far as orders to industry were concerned. While Air Force engine orders were cut by about $500 million, the Navy announced a shipbuilding program of $503 million. The Navy will build a third...