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The Navy's second noteworthy censorship move was to announce plans for cable censorship. Under Secretary James V. Forrestal told the House Naval Affairs Committee that Navy and Army have a joint plan for censorship of all cable messages and. of course, of radio messages and broadcasts. The plan...
DEFENSE PRODUCTION 13. Closely identified with the National Defense effort are all but one of the following businessmen: 1. James Forrestal 2. Donald Nelson 3. John Biggers 4. Robert McCormick 5. W. A. Harriman
Ben Fairless, Eugene Grace, Leon Henderson, Jesse Jones, John Biggers and Samuel Fuller of 0PM, and James Forrestal of the Navy, agreed to the expansion in two "secret" meetings, from which the news leaked out as quickly as if they had met on the Capitol steps. The money ($800,000...
Report from Britain While the President was still in bed last week, there was one important bearer of tidings whom he received: James Forrestal, 49, Under Secretary of the Navy, amiably cynical ex-Wall Streeter, who had just returned to Washington after two and a half weeks in Britain. Forrestal...
Most remarkable rumor of the week (not attributed to Mr. Forrestal): if U.S.British relations get out of whack, Prime Minister Churchill will fly to the White House himself.