Deputy Secretary of Defense William Foster Hand Signed FDC Dated 1965

  

"Deputy Secretary of Defense" William Foster Hand Signed First Day Cover Dated 1965. This is a VERY RARE Cover as it was signed by The Secretary of Defense at the height of the Vietnam War.

27, 1897 - October 15, 1984 was an American businessman and high-ranking. States Under Secretary of Commerce. States Deputy Secretary of Defense. Later, he served as the first.

United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. While a senior at MIT, he enlisted. In what was then known as the. And served as a combat pilot in.

He told a story of how he got his pilots license. When there were no instructors. He was a sailor, so he knew the wind upon a. An airplane was similar, he said, with the sail horizontal.

Requirement was that you had to obtain an airplane. Then as long as you took. Off and landed without dying, you were awarded a license. In 1918, he entered the workforce.

As an engineer for various organizations including the. 1922, he went into business for himself as the owner of the Pressed &. Following a successful business career, Foster. Worked closely with the U.

Serving on the New York City mayors' post-war. In 1944, he took office as Deputy Director of the. Then Secretary of Commerce, picked Foster to. Be Undersecretary of Commerce, in part to help with rebuilding Europe after the. For that purpose in 1948, Harriman became.

The Special Representative of the effort in Europe and Foster became his. Foster was Administrator of the Marshall Plan formally the Economic.

Raged, Truman appointed Foster to be Deputy. Secretary of Defense, under Secretary. Foster played a major role in organizing. S procurement for the war.

Left government when the Eisenhower administration came to office. Upon deciding to leave his role in the government, Foster accepted the position. Of President of the prestigious. During his time there, he proposed a national-level air pollution abatement.

Committee, which eventually led to offices within the government prior to the. Foster had long-been a free trade advocate, and eventually. Left the MCA over its support of tariffs. He served as Executive Vice. Until 1958, and as Vice.

President and Senior Advisor of Olin Mathieson until 1961. Pass a law creating a new. And served as its founding director. Foster not only directed the agency, but also served as one.

Working relationship with his Soviet counterparts, he contributed to the. The hot-line accord in 1963 and was the lead U. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Foster's leadership is widely seen as having been the driving force behind a.

Wide range of disarmament and nonproliferation efforts. Government again at the end of the.