WWII - 1944, USA Government: Names In The News (Stettinius Sworn in - Mitscher on Pacific Naval Battles)

WWII - 1944, USA Government: Stettinius; Admiral Mitscher Intertitle: Names In The News - Edward Stettinius sworn in as Secretary of State. 08:25:30 01Dec44 MCU Supreme Court Justice Jackson w/ bible at swearing in ceremony. Chief of Staff General Marshall shakes his hand; Stettinius w/ wife & family, poses w/ them. 08:25:48 Stettinius to camera SOF: “I take up my new & heavy responsibilities humbly & w/ a deep sense of dedication. I shall do my upmost to carry out the high principles for which Cordell Hull has always stood in the conduct of our foreign policy.” 08:26:06 Intertitle: Admiral Mitscher Reports on Task Force 58. 08:26:10 SOF, Reads speech after returning from nearly 3 years in the Pacific; much in command of Task Force 58 & destruction of Japanese naval aviation after return from off Philippine Islands. “...we have practically annihilated Japanese naval aviation. The Jap is ready, even eager, to die for his country. We will give him plenty of opportunity to do so.” WW2 USA Homefront; Dec44; Navy; Naval battles; 1940s;