Hait, James M. (James Merritt), 1906-

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and his party observe assembly work at the San Jose plant of the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation in California. From left to right: Vice President of the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation James Hait, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Lieutenant General Joseph M. Swing, and Philip J. Fitzgerald.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (foreground, left) walks through a parking lot of cars with James M. Hait, Vice President and Manager, San Jose Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation. Secretary Pace visited the Ordnance Plant of the company in San Jose, California. Others in photo are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace speaks to a woman reporter for the San Jose News during his visit to the San Jose Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation Ordnance Plant. From left to right: unidentified woman; Colonel Hans Jepson (partly obscured); Secretary Pace (back to camera); Brigadier General William Sexton; Lieutenant General Joseph Swing; James M. Hait, Vice President and Manager, San Jose Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation Ordnance Plant; Mr. Kane, Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary of the Army; and Dean Witter, District Chief, San Francisco Ordnance District.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace is walking up a hill outdoors at the San Jose Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation Ordnance Plant. From left to right: Dean Witter, District Chief, San Francisco Ordnance District; Lieutenant General Joseph Swing; General Brannan, Judge Advocate General; Mr. Fitzgerald, civilian aide, Office of the Secretary of the Army; J. M.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace visits facilities at San Jose Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation Ordnance Plant. From left to right: Brigadier General J. A. Holly (retired), Executive Assistant to Manager of Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation, Ordnance Division; Mr. James M. Hait, Vice President and Manager; Colonel Hans G. Jepson, Deputy District Chief, San Francisco Ordnance District; Secretary Pace; Mr. Dean Witter, District Chief, San Francisco Ordnance District; and Mr. J.E. Crummey, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation.