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It was eight years since Franklin Roosevelt and Mackenzie King met at Ogdensburg, N.Y. and pledged their countries to joint action in defense of North America. The agreement still stands, but because it keeps raising questions which have to be settled at the top policy level, U.S. Defense Secretary James...
In Ottawa, everything went smoothly. Forrestal enjoyed a round of parties and two rounds of golf. There was a two-hour brass-tacks session with the brass hats.
The protest was hardly necessary. The White House was aware of the report's explosive political contents. It had temporarily withdrawn the report after issuing it a fortnight ago. Last week Defense Secretary Forrestal dryly pointed out that the report was not "a pattern for legislative action . . . and does...
At the White House, President Truman conferred urgently with Secretary of State George Marshall and Defense Secretary James Forrestal. General Clay arrived and plunged into a round of top-level conferences at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill, with the National Security Council at the White House.
3. Chosen to administer ERP through the Economic Cooperation Administration, was: 1. Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch. 2. Defense Secretary James Forrestal. 3. General Electric President Charles Wilson. 4. Herbert Hoover. 5. Studebaker President Paul Hoffman.