National Affairs: SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

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Nominated last week by President Truman to be U.S.

Secretary of the Navy: Dan A. Kimball.

Born: March 1, 1896, in St. Louis.

Education: Public schools, St. Louis.

Married: June 22, 1925 to Dorothy Ames. No children.

Appearance: Tall (6 ft. 3 in.), husky (more than 200 Ibs.), hearty, seldom without an expensive cigar in his mouth.

Military & Business Career: Trained as an Army pilot in the same group with Lieut. General James H. Doolittle in World War 1. Mustered out as a first lieutenant, moved to California, joined General Tire & Rubber Co. and eventually became General's manager for eleven western states, vice president and director (now on leave); also became executive vice president and general manager of Aerojet Engineering Corp. Has private pilot's license and flies own plane.

Political Career: Middle-reading Democrat who solicited funds from friends for Truman in 1948. He has never run for office, although he toyed with the idea of opposing James Roosevelt for the 1950 Democratic nomination for governor of California, dropped the idea when he concluded that no Democrat could beat Republican Earl Warren.

Naval Career: Navy Assistant Secretary for Air in February 1949, Navy Under Secretary the following May. First former Army pilot to head Navy. Has attended interservice meetings daily for past two years as Navy's representative; knows Pentagon and Navy's inner workings far more thoroughly than Predecessor Matthews (see below).