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...Cabinet post an early foe of unification who had changed his mind last winter, when the Army withdrew its insistence on a single military commander. The man: Navy Secretary James Forrestal. The best bets to fill two of the new subordinate secretaryships: for Air, Yaleman W. Stuart Symington, now Assistant Secretary of War for Air, socialite, industrialist and son-in-law of New York's military-wise Congressman James W. Wadsworth; for Navy, handsome Under Secretary John L. Sullivan, New Hampshire lawyer and faithful Democrat, who got his Washington start in the Bureau of Internal Revenue...
...Lauris Norstad, one of the Army's keenest strategists, and Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman, an airborne sailor who has long been Fleet Admiral Nimitz' brain trust. Sitting in, when higher echelons were called for, were Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal and the Army's W. Stuart Symington, Assistant Secretary...
...week's speculation in Washington, it was Forrestal and Symington who were mentioned most prominently for the new post of Secretary of National Defense. Forrestal would please the Navy; his fairness made him acceptable to the Army. In that case, handsome Stu Symington, one of the President's Missouri friends, was almost certainly in line for the Secretaryship...
Both goalies, Harshman of the Crimson and Symington of the Blue, turned in sparkling performances, each handling the greasy ball without a slip. The wind, which was blowing from directly behind the South end of the field, completely distorted long kicks, some boots traveling the whole length of the field...
Although the experts rate the game as a toss-up, Coach James MacDonald refuses to be drawn into any predictions as to the outcome. "These traditional contests never follow the logical forecasting rules," Mac said yesterday. "Past season records often mean next to nothing." HARVARD YALE Harshman g Symington Purinton rfb Laurent, Capt. Merck lfb Keating Mavor rhb Rabinowitz Ogden chb Andrews Blanco, Capt. lhb Hilllard Smith or Cate orf Fergusson Morse lrf Buchanan Potter cf Ford Lazarus lif Hawley Corrigan olf McKenney...