Business Is Business

June, 1967

Shortly after the United States entered World War Two, I tried to obtain a commission in the U.S. Navy. On February 20, 1942, I had an interview in Washington, D. C., with Colonel Frank Knox, who was then the Secretary of the Navy.Colonel Knox, aware that I indirectly held a controlling interest in the Spartan Aircraft Corporation and the Spartan Aeronautical School, urged me to abandon my plans. Instead, he asked me to take over active personal management of these companies."That would be...

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