Detroit's Man in Washington
Ferguson's first action was to hold hearings on exactly what the Roosevelt Administration knew about Japanese plans before December 7th. As part of these hearings, over protests of the military and the Truman Administration, Ferguson released classified documents showing that the Roosevelt Administration had cracked the Japanese codes. One of Ferguson's aides in his futile quest, would later join an organization dedicated to disproving the Holocaust.
This, of course, proves nothing as far as anti-semetic views on Ferguson's part, and while politics makes for strange bedfellows, one has to wonder how many of his aide's views, if any, that Ferguson shared. This would also not be the last time that Ferguson was accused of revealing information he shouldn't have. His apparent link of the SEC report on Tucker to the press would be his second of at least three, and his most successful. Outside of his efforts to bring down Tucker, Ferguson is best known for introducing the phrase “Under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954.
Ferguson also, had some involvement in a small organization which styles itself as an alternative to the UN. Exactly what this organization does, and what Ferguson's involvement with it was, is unknown at this time.
Tucker, in the meantime, was trying to get his car into production. He'd pledged to have a car on sale in 1948, and if he was going to do that, he needed an engine which would work. The company was considering several different engines at the time, but the one provided by Aircooled Motors proved to be superior and Tucker quickly bought not only their engines, but the company as well. Tucker's reasoning was that the sale of engines for use in helicopters and small planes would provide additional revenue for the company, much as Kelvinator did for Nash.
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