Word: stimson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Secretary of War Stimson apparently had intended to release a few Bari details at his weekly press conference. But after the Post story, newsmen found him sizzling. His anger seemed greater than was justified by a mere premature news "leak." He was brusque, stiff, and cut the conference short. When a reporter wanted to know if the Allies had actually been caught napping, Stimson snapped: "No! I will not comment on this thing...
Even if Kimmel and Short do not stand trial in June, the Administration will. Roared Missouri's enraged Senator Bennett Champ Clark: "I'm going to keep after them. Stimson and Knox want no part of a court-martial for Kimmel and Short ... in fact the Administration as a whole wishes to forget the whole thing. If the Administration has any idea that I will forget about this thing it is plain crazy...
...Eisenhower's command admitted that such doubletalk had been intentional. Now the spokesman said he was "a little ashamed" of having told the U.S. people, the day before ". . . not the complete truth." The complete truth was what the Senate Military Affairs Committee demanded next day from War Secretary Stimson...
...administration of truth in theaters of war, said Secretary Stimson stiffly, is up to the commanding generals...
...Americans wondered: What about Secretary Stimson? The great contribution of the Old Man had been moral. He had stood as a symbol 'of the Army's integrity before the American people. But now he seemed to stand with those who hold that generals can do no wrong...