DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 4.S. Congress. House. HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas, Chairman m AT 195 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas ALFRED D. SIEMINSKI, New Jersey EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts DON MAGNUSON, Washington WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky HUGH Q. ALEXANDER, North Carolina ALFRED E. SANTANGELO, New York JOHN TABER, New York RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota EARL WILSON, Indiana BENJAMIN F. JAMES, Pennsylvania GERALD R. FORD, JR., Michigan EDWARD T. MILLER, Maryland CHARLES W. VURSELL, Illinois HAROLD C. OSTERTAG, New York FRANK T. BOW, Ohio HAMER H. BUDGE, Idaho CHARLES RAPER JONAS, North Carolina MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin KENNETH SPRANKLE, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 4 Ap 58 R.V.S, 24 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1959 ssachusett THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1958. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WITNESSES HON. J. SINCLAIR ARMSTRONG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE REAR ADM. GEORGE F. BEARDSLEY, USN, ASSISTANT COMP- CAPT. WALLACE L. ATKINSON, SC, USN, DIRECTOR, INTERNAL NORWOOD P. CASSIDY, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER OF THE NAVY, HON. FRED A. BANTZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY HON. RICHARD JACKSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (PERSONNEL AND RESERVE FORCES) Mr. MAHON. The committee will come to order. Secretary Armstrong, we are pleased to have you again before the committee today. I believe you are to give us a statement in regard to financial management in the Navy. You have been with us already for 2 or 3 days, so this is your fourth day. We are pleased to have you. How long have you been associated with the Navy, Mr. Secretary? BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Mr. MAHON. Will you put a little biographical sketch at this point in the record. Mr. ARMSTRONG. Very well, sir. (The information requested follows:) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF J. SINCLAIR ARMSTRONG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT) Mr. Armstrong was born in New York, N. Y., on October 15, 1915. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Harvard College in 1938 and a bachelor of laws degree from Harvard Law School in 1941. After passing the New York State bar examination in 1941, he moved to Chicago, Ill., in July 1941; was admitted to practice in Illinois in that year, and from 1941 to 1945 was associated with the law firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale. From 1945 to 1946, he was on active duty in the United States Naval Reserve, assigned to the Office of the General (1) |