Finletter
Americannoun
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He was appointed Air Force Under Secretary under Finletter in 1950, for 16 months campaigned tirelessly for a bigger Air Force slice of the defense budget.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the President nominated bald, sharp-eyed Thomas Knight Finletter for the job.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reticent, hardheaded and caustic-humored, Finletter has been called "the little acid drop."
From Time Magazine Archive
They heard brief talks by Stevenson, Mrs. Roosevelt and Finletter, then pledged nearly $100,000 for Stevenson's preconvention war chest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finletter explained that racial designations were not used for assignment or administrative purposes but solely for evaluating the integration program and answering questions from the public.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
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