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Josephus Daniels! A Legacy of Respectfor the American Sailor BIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPHUS DAN ELS Josephus Daniels 0862 l948D was a noted American newspaperman who served as Secretary of the Navy ll9l3 I92lJ and Ambassador to Mexico 0933 l94D Born on May I8 I862 at Washington North Carolina He was the second son of Josephus Daniels Sr and Mary Cleaves Seabrook Daniels After Daniel s father was killed in the closing months of the U S Civil War Cl86l l865J his mother moved with her three small sons to Wilson North Carolina where Daniels spent his boyhood He attended the University of North Carolina Law School briefly and was admitted to the Bar but he never practiced law professionally Daniels began his long career as a successful Raleigh North Carolina newspaperman in l885 when he acquired a controlling interest in the Raleigh State Chronicle He was Raleigh News and Observer and merged it with the Chronicle Daniels became a major editorial voice in the South championing such causes as prohibition better schools and the regulation of railroads and business trusts He was a mllltantly progressive Democrat and a close friend of the Democratic Presidential Candidate William Jennings Bryan a three time candidate for president But ln l9lI Daniels threw his support behind Woodrow Wilson s successful drive for the presidency Appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Wilson in I9l3 Daniels introduced a number of controversial reforms He abolished the officer s wine mess reorganized and democratlzed the naval service and fought vigorously against collusive bidding on armor plate and other Navy contracts Under his leadership the Navy expanded greatly ln size and fought effectively in World War I Resignlng as head of the Navy department in I92l Daniels returned to Raleigh resumed the edltorshlp of the News and Observer and took a prominent role In Democratic Party Politics When his former assistant in the Navy department Franklin D Roosevelt became President in I933 he appointed Daniels U S Ambassador to Mexico For the next eight years the Raleigh editor served as an eloquent spokesman for the Good Neighbor Policy to improve Latin American relations in spite of the Mexican governments expropriation of oil companies and agricultural properties owned by U S citizens Daniels retired from the Mexican post in late l94l and returned to Raleigh He died there on January I5 I948 Between l939 and l947 he published a five volume autobiography Tar Heel Editor l939 Editor in Politics l94l The Wilson Era Years of War and After l946 and Shlrtsleeve Diplomat l947 These five volumes present Daniel s own version of an Amerclan success story in three fields Press Politics and Public Service f .- V V , - - - 1 - ' - f ' V V , V , . V , V . . L V' . V ' s V V Q ,n . 5 ' V 1 1 . A ' V G .l A 1 V g sg Q ' l A . A s 7 .' V . . . , s . V, ' Q It . I . - I . Y . A ' A ' I ' 1 4 A V ' Q I ' Q . I A - Q . ' .Y V .. V . A . . A I ! , 0 l n ' I V I I ' . ' ' V , 1 Q . Q g .J . . V . , . 1 , 0 Vo . o I . ! V A J 'I V V - I - - 11 - - n - . . - then twenty-three years old. Nine years later he bought the Daniels also maintained friendly diplomatic ties with Mexico .. . - ..'. ' , L, . ' , A V ' . 1 ' , 1 ' , I l . . V 1 , , 3. .I D . ' . . , .. O, N V , D ,y U ' ' ' I ' H , . , . . , . .. . . V . 2 . . V 1 I ' , , , - ' ' V ' ' ' u - ,, . , ' . . . . , . . ,Q , . 1 . V. V g , , , ' ' 1 1 V 1 ' ' V n f - n . ' - 1 ' . , 4, L s 1 , V ' , r i , : , V V , V ,
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