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...unions balked. Said Mr. Roosevelt: "I cannot wait until the last moment." That night reporters stayed on & on at the White House, for Secretary Stephen Early had refused to "put the lid on." At 7 p.m., in a 1,100-word statement, the President gave Secretary of War Stimson complete power over every one of the 233,670 miles of railroad track in the U.S., from the one-mile-long Valley Railroad in McKean County, Penna. to the $2,000,000,000 Pennsy (24,928 miles). The Secretary may even take over subways, tunnels and streetcar lines, if need...
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...
...praised the U.S. press for not jump ing the gun, then to War Secretary Stimson, Navy Secretary Knox, OWI Boss Elmer Davis be said: Hereafter no war information "having a security value" shall be issued in advance, on a hold-for-i'elease basis; such news will be available for printing or broadcast the moment it is issued...
...half a million jobs in the Army which women could fill: "Nothing leads me to believe that we are going to get a volunteer army of 400,000 or 500,000 women. We've never been able to get a volunteer army of men that big." War Secretary Stimson hoped that U.S. women would come to feel a personal responsibility "in this total war." But he did not have much hope. Mr. Stimson's recommendation: compulsory service...
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...