Word: stimson
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Since Pearl Harbor the U.S. has produced 171,257 planes. War Secretary Stimson revealed that the Army now has 75,000 planes, of which 34,000 are combat craft. The Navy recently announced that it has 37,700 aircraft of all kinds, giving the armed services a total strength of 112,700 planes. Franklin Roosevelt added some figures of his own: since the beginning of Lend-Lease (March 11, 1941) the U.S. has built 175,000 planes, shipped 33,000 to its allies...
Reasons: the number of diplomatic decisions to be made are piling up; and the Republican convention meets in Chicago on June 26. In 1940, Franklin Roosevelt announced the appointment of Republicans Stimson and Knox on the very eve of the G.O.P. convention, successfully stealing the headlines. On convention eve, 1944, dopesters guessed, he may be making headlines on the white cliffs of Dover...
Jubilation. German captives were numbered at more than 15,000 in three weeks, an impressive proof of the swiftness of Allied attack, the disruption of German outfits. In Washington, Secretary Stimson jubilated over the performance of the new divisions of the U.S. II Corps who had never before been in battle. He attributed their "tireless energy" and "freshness and vigor" to the fact that casualties were immediately replaced by fresh troops to maintain the corps at full strength. Later it was announced that among the reinforcements were the U.S. 85th and 88th Divisions-not only battlegreen but entirely composed...
...Washington, Secretary Stimson quickly and emphatically pointed out that Patton spoke only for himself...
...when the Army's men, headed by Secretary of War Stimson, had testified, the Navy uttered a "No." Navy Under Secretary James Forrestal said that the Navy was "definitely in opposition" to any immediate step toward merger. Whether merger after the war would be acceptable Mr. Forrestal was not prepared to say. The Navy, he explained, thought the whole matter needed "a most objective and thorough study." With Navy opposition and Congressional indecision, the merger may be a long time coming...