- Julius Albert Krug
Julius Albert Krug (
November 23 ,1907 –March 26 ,1970 ) was aU.S. Secretary of the Interior under PresidentHarry Truman .A native of
Madison, Wisconsin , Krug graduated from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison in 1929. His first notable jobs were with theTennessee Valley Authority , where he worked as chiefpower engineer , and then manager of power. In 1941, Krug was promoted to chief of the power branch of theOffice of Production Management . After the beginning ofWorld War II , this office became theWar Production Board . Krug was promoted to director of theOffice of War Utilities in 1943.In April 1944, Krug enlisted in the
United States Navy . He was recalled that August to serve as chairman of the War Production Board, where he served until the board's dissolution in November 1945. President Truman nominated Krug for the position of Secretary of the Interior onFebruary 26 ,1946 . Krug took office on March 18.As Secretary, Krug opposed
lumber companies' efforts to gain logging rights to huge forests inWashington state, and opposed the building of unnecessarydam s. As the administrator ofcoal mines in the United States, he led failed negotiations betweenJohn L. Lewis and mine owners in an attempt to end a nationwide strike by theUnited Mine Workers of America .Krug resigned from the cabinet effective
December 1 ,1949 , and moved on to private industry as a utilities consultant in Washington. He also served as chairman of the board ofBrookside Mills, Inc. , and cofounded theVolunteer Asphalt Company inKnoxville, Tennessee .Krug is buried in
Arlington National Cemetery alongside his wife, Margaret Krug, who was interred there in 1986. At the time of his death, Krug was also survived by two children, Marilyn and James Krug. After moving to Fresno, California in the early 1950's with her husband, Charles Grether, Marilyn Krug had five children, twins Christoper Dean and Margaret Dunn, Peter Krug, Susan Anne and Katherine Lynn. Marilyn died in 1980. Krug's son, James, currently lives in Knoxville, Tennessee with his wife, June.Popular Culture
Krug is to be portrayed by
Daniel Baldwin as the "secret true love of Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale" in the upcomingHBO television production ofGrey Gardens . [ [http://www.hollywood.com/movie/Grey_Gardens/3486956 Grey Gardens - Hollywood.com - Retrieved January 9, 2008] ]
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