Talk:Henry J. Kaiser

Feebasfactor, nothing personal, but the links aren't the ones I wanted, so even though you have corrected them as it appears they should be, I need to change the links when I have time later............--şŷŝôρ-₮K^{Ṣρёаќǃ} 19:37, 16 September 2007 (EDT)

Fair enough. I'll leave this article until you're done with the links, then. Feebasfactor 20:20, 16 September 2007 (EDT)

Simkin

Here's some source material that needs to be checked out. Simkin John Simkin is founder of Spartacus schoolnet. I can't really use this material because generally, as a rule, I try to avoid citing Spartacus.net as a source and have differed with Simkin over methodology. [1] That is not to say all Spartacus schoolnet is not viable, it simply needs verification. Soooo.....if somebody wishes to verify the original sources for the following material, it would be greatly appreciated.

"Brown & Root wanted this contract and asked their friends from the Suite 8F Group to help them obtain it. [Tommy] Corcoran managed to persuade President Roosevelt to inform the Navy Department that Lyndon Johnson should be consulted before the contract was granted.

"Johnson suggested that Brown & Root should be given the contract that was worth $23,381,000 with a 5% per cent profit on top of that. Corcoran reported back that Brown & Root would have to share the profits of the deal with Californian businessman, Henry J. Kaiser.

"In October 1940, Roosevelt told Corcoran that he wanted him to resign from the administration. Roosevelt believed that the best way of stopping Japanese imperialism in Asia was to arm the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek. However, Congress was opposed to this idea as it was feared that this might trigger a war with Japan. Therefore, Roosevelt's plan was for Corcoran to establish a private corporation to provide assistance to the nationalist government in China. Roosevelt even supplied the name of the proposed company, China Defense Supplies. He also suggested that his uncle, Frederick Delano, should be co-chairman of the company. Chaing Kai-shek nominated his former finance minister, Tse-ven Soong, as the other co-chairman.

"... Corcoran's friend, Whitey Willauer, was moved to the Foreign Economic Administration...

"On 13th April, 1941, Roosevelt signed a secret executive order authorizing the American Volunteer Group to recruit reserve officers from the army, navy and marines. Pawley suggested that the men should be recruited as "flying instructors".

"In July, 1941, ten pilots and 150 mechanics were supplied with fake passports and sailed from San Francisco for Rangoon. When they arrived they were told that they were really involved in a secret war against Japan. ...

"...Corcoran had also helped Kaiser obtain lucrative government contracts while working for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

"Kaiser obtained $645 million in building contracts at his ten shipyards. Kaiser's two main business partners were Stephen D. Bechtel and John McCone. Kaiser had worked with Bechtel in the 1930s to build many of the major roads throughout California. (34) As I. F. Stone pointed out: “Mr. McCone's rising fortunes, financial and political, have been associated with the war and the arms race”. [2] Rob Smith 21:55, 16 September 2007 (EDT)