Army & Navy - Navy Day, 1945
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This week, when he appeared before a Senate committee to argue against a bill creating a single "Secretary of Military Security," a job was suggested for him. Colorado's Ed Johnson, who wrote the bill, observed: "I'd like to say that I was recently told by one of this country's great military leaders that his candidate for the Secretary of this single department of defense was Secretary Forrestal." The Navy Secretary reddened slightly, answered: "I can assure you my ambitions have terminated."
* Forward-looking Marc Mitscher reassured his followers, however, by declaring that, while the carrier was now the backbone of the fleet, "new weapons may eliminate surface craft."
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