Kenney, W. John Papers

Dates: 1946-1953

Under Secretary of the Navy, 1947-1949

See also W. John Kenney oral history.

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Size: 3 linear feet.
Access: Open.
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Processed by: Erwin J. Mueller (1982).

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FOLDER TITLE LIST

APPOINTMENTS FILE, 1949

Box 1

  • December-March, 1949

CHRONOLOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1947-1953

  • March 1947
  • April-June 1947

Box 2

  • October-December 1947
  • January-March 1948
  • October-December 1948

Box 3

  • January-March 1949
  • April-November 1949
  • January-July 1950

Box 4

  • August-September 1950
  • October-December 1950
  • January-June 1951

Box 5

  • July-December 1951
  • January-December 1953
  • Official Correspondence, 1947

SPEECH FILE, 1946-1949

Box 6

  • 1946: May 14: S. 2044 - (Unification of the Armed Forces)
  • 1946: May 28: H.R. 6448
  • 1946: May 28: H.R. 5911 - (Research and development - National Defense)
  • 1946: June 1: Dedication of Harkness Hall, Rochester, New York
  • 1946: June 5: H.R. 5940 - (Government-owned patents)
  • 1946: June 12: S. 1717 - (development and control of atomic energy)
  • 1946: June 21: Air research demonstration - Schenectady, New York
  • 1946: July 2: S. 2044 - (Unification of the Armed Forces)
  • 1946: July 8: U.S. Navy Intelligence School, Anacostia, D.C.
  • 1946: July 11: War-Navy Committee, U.S. Armed Forces Institute, Pentagon
  • 1946: October 2: USO campaign, New York
  • 1946: October 18: Texas Mid-Continent Oil-Gas Association, Houston, Texas
  • 1946: October 27: Commissioning of U.S.S. Toledo, Philadelphia
  • 1947: January 16: President's Advisory Board on Universal Military Training
  • 1947: January 22: Organization (Navy)
  • 1947: January 22: S. 70 (portal to portal pay problems)
  • 1947: February 3: H.R. 1366 (procurement)
  • 1947: February 23: Senate Committee on Expenditures re San Diego aqueduct
  • 1947: March 13: House sub-commitee (ships, stores and supplies); U.S.S. Drum commissioned as a training ship - U.S.
  • 1947: March 16: Naval gun factory
  • 1947: March 26: Ships' Service Stores
  • 1947: May 6: Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C. D. 758 (armed forces merger)
  • 1947: May 15: Victory Medals
  • 1947: May 22: H.R. 3471 (Leasing of real-personal property)
  • 1947: May 23: Graduation exercises (Navy Supply Corps School - Bayonne, New Jersey)
  • 1947: June 17: Surplus property
  • 1947: June 24: H.R. 1366 (procurement) Senate Armed Services Committee, Supplemental statement to H.R. 1366
  • 1947: July 1: H.R. 1366 (procurement) Senate Armed Services Committee
  • 1947: July 11: S. 1252 (Offices of Chiefs of Naval Operations and Naval Material)
  • 1947: July 12: "Our Foreign Policy" (NBC broadcast, Washington, D.C.)
  • 1947: July 19: H.R. 3471 (leasing properties)
  • 1947: August 15: Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, August 15, 1947, Glen Cove, Long Island
  • 1947: October 21: Renegotiation - statement by Kenneth H. Rockey, Chairman, of Navy Price Adjustment Board to the Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program
  • 1947: October 22: Community Chest, Departmental Auditorium
  • 1947: October 23: Community Chest (WWDC broadcast)
  • 1947: October 27: Arabian Oil Pipe Line
  • 1947: November 14: Tankers (Senate Committee to Study Problems of Small Business)
  • 1947: December 5: Honorary Consultants (Office of the Surgeon General of the Navy)
  • 1947: December 9: Petroleum supplies (statement of the Secretary of the Navy before the Sub-committee of Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committe)
  • 1948: March 31: Graduating class at Pensacola, Florida
  • 1948: April 5: S. 2285 (Wages of "blue collar" employees)
  • 1948: April 17: Women's Democratic Club, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1948: April 30: Study problems of American small business (Sen. Wherry Committee)
  • 1948: May 5: H.R. 6098 (Surplus industrial facilities)
  • 1948: May 16: Fiftieth anniversary of Admiral Dewey's victory at Manila Bay, Montpelier, Vermont
  • 1948: June 11: H.R. 6772 (appropriations)
  • 1948: June 17: Senate Sub-committee on Appropriations
  • 1948: September 14: Navy Industrial Association, San Francisco
  • 1948: October 22: American Standards Association, New York
  • 1948: October 27: Navy Day speech, Washington, D.C.
  • 1948: November 12: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, New York City
  • 1949: February 8: Safety Conference dinner, Washington, D.C.
  • 1949: February 12: Navy Hour broadcast
  • 1949: February 24: Hampton Roads Maritime Association, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1949: March 18: Armed Forces Medical Advisory Committee, Pentagon, Building; H.R. 2498 Code of Military Justice

TELEPHONE CONVERSATION FILE, 1948-1949

Box 7

  • November-December 1948
  • January-February 1949
  • March-April 1949
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