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Harry Truman wanted to be in on a bit of U.S. history-making-the birth of the new National Military Establishment. He had planned a full-dress White House show this week for the swearing in of Defense Secretary James V. Forrestal. Last week the plans went out the window...
Cables popping into Washington told about the touchy little incident at Trieste. The top brass got a little excited. Jimmy Forrestal thought it was time to show some of the old hustle. He talked to Clark Clifford at the White House. Off went a radio to the President, who was...
Besides Marshall, two other political figures pushed into the limelight when James V. Forrestal took the oath as the nation's first Secretary of Defense and Harold E. Stassen, open candidate for the '48 Republican presidential nomination, called on President Truman for immediate action on food shortages and aid to...
Cheers for General Ike. By contrast, there were few fireworks in the convention hall. Guest speakers included New York's Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Mayor William O'Dwyer, Defense Secretary James Forrestal, General Carl Spaatz, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, but almost every man spoke on the same subject...
By presidential order last week, Defense Secretary James Forrestal took command of the three top lieutenants who will administer the service arms of his new, unified defense establishment. As expected, they were: