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Peace by Force. As flag secretary to Admiral William F. Halsey Jr., Commander Stassen had seen what the power of modern ships and planes and weapons can accomplish. Now he called for the U.S. "to remain strong on land, at sea and in the air," so that the nation may join with Russia, Great Britain, China, France and the other United Nations in furnishing a worldwide police power...
Commander Harold E. Stassen, 37, one of the G.O.P.'s most promising contenders for the 1948 Presidential nomination, just back from almost two years in the Pacific as flag secretary to Admiral Halsey, told reporters that his selection by President Roosevelt as a delegate to the forthcoming United Nations Conference at San Francisco was "a political liability within [his] own party"-but, of course, he would serve "without the least hesitation," and he hoped that San Francisco might "mean to the world of tomorrow what Independence Hall . . . has meant...
...Newspapers carried photographs of stern Admiral Ernest J. King-whose smiles are almost as rare as Stalin's-actually laughing; even more startling, both he and Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey were shown with drinks in their hands...
...apple stood on the bridge of the aircraft carrier Hornet, 850 miles from Tokyo. Marc Andrew Mitscher, muffled in blues, was the captain of the ship; he had small part in the decision reached by Lieut. Colonel James H. Doolittle (at his side) and Vice Admiral William F. Halsey (aboard the nearby carrier Enterprise) to fly 16 B-25 medium bombers off the Hornet for the first stunt raid on Japan's capital...
...pick, as he might have, the ranking minority member of the Foreign Relations Committee (Hiram Johnson), nor the titular leader of the party (Governor Dewey). He chose Michigan's Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg and Commander Harold E. Stassen, ex-Governor of Minnesota, flag secretary to famed Admiral "Bull" Halsey...