National Defense Establishment (unification of the Armed Services): Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on S. 758, a Bill to Promote the National Security by Providing for a National Defense Establishment which Shall be Administered by a Secretary of National Defense, and for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy, and a Department of the Air Force with the Nationaldefense Establishment ... |
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... matters as procurement , supply of common items , storage , con- struction , provision of facilities , welfare ... matters , and several Assistant Secretaries for staff functions . ( b ) There would be an Under Secretary for business ...
... matters as procurement , supply of common items , storage , con- struction , provision of facilities , welfare ... matters , and several Assistant Secretaries for staff functions . ( b ) There would be an Under Secretary for business ...
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... matters . It would be the highest source of military advice . ( h ) There would be no single military Chief of Staff . ( The War Department agreed to drop this feature . ) ( 4 ) A Central Intelligence Agency , under the Council of ...
... matters . It would be the highest source of military advice . ( h ) There would be no single military Chief of Staff . ( The War Department agreed to drop this feature . ) ( 4 ) A Central Intelligence Agency , under the Council of ...
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... matter how excellent , can insure the cooperation and good will that I consider so essential . These attributes come from the heart rather than from the mind and therefore are beyond the scope of legislation . But if we can carry into ...
... matter how excellent , can insure the cooperation and good will that I consider so essential . These attributes come from the heart rather than from the mind and therefore are beyond the scope of legislation . But if we can carry into ...
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... matter of fact , very little has been done , has it not ? Because , to date , you have been operating separate departments here , so that you may have cut down the Navy's operations , or the Army may have cut down theirs , but you could ...
... matter of fact , very little has been done , has it not ? Because , to date , you have been operating separate departments here , so that you may have cut down the Navy's operations , or the Army may have cut down theirs , but you could ...
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... matter of choice with the President , and I think you will find , after a few years , it would be the custom for all of them to meet with the Cabinet . Senator TYDINGS . I do not know whether it would be or not ; the Cabinet is getting ...
... matter of choice with the President , and I think you will find , after a few years , it would be the custom for all of them to meet with the Cabinet . Senator TYDINGS . I do not know whether it would be or not ; the Cabinet is getting ...
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Admiral CARNEY Admiral NIMITZ Admiral SHERMAN agree agreement Air Corps armed forces armed services Army and Navy authority believe bill budget Bureau Central Intelligence Agency CHAIRMAN Chiefs of Staff civilian committee coordination decision direction EBERSTADT economy EDSON effect EISENHOWER Executive order functions integration Joint Chiefs Joint Staff KENNEY legislation logistic Marine Corps matter medical service ment merger Munitions Board National Defense Establishment National Security Council National Security Resources naval aviation Navy Department NORSTAD officers operations organization over-all personnel present President procurement programs proposed question requirements Research and Development responsibility ROBERTSON of Wyoming Secretary FORRESTAL Secretary of National Secretary of War Secretary PATTERSON Security Resources Board Senator BALDWIN Senator BRIDGES Senator BYRD Senator HILL Senator MCCARTHY Senator ROBERTSON Senator RUSSELL Senator SALTONSTALL Senator TYDINGS set-up SPAATZ statement strategic super-Secretary tary testimony thing tion unification United VANDEGRIFT War Department
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Page 306 - Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force...
Page 104 - Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1.
Page 13 - Defense, and the Secretary of Defense shall be the head thereof. (b) There shall be within the Department of Defense (1) the Department of the Army...
Page 230 - General; the Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of the Army; the Secretary of the Navy; the Secretary of the Air Force; the...
Page 71 - Navy, the chief officer of which shall be called the Secretary of the Navy, whose duty it shall he to execute such orders as he shall receive from the President of the United States, relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials and the construction, armament, equipment, and employment of vessels of war, as well as all other matters connected with the naval establishment of the United States.
Page 13 - Act, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended...
Page 562 - We may hear more about the National Association of Manufacturers, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the American Medical Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Farmers...
Page 20 - No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of any agency or other officer of the United States, in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of...
Page 305 - Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense...
Page 184 - Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign.