Goodwin (Southern Victory)

Hank Goodwin was an Assistant Secretary of the Interior to Secretary Wallace during President Al Smith's shortened second term of office.

In late 1941 Congresswoman Flora Blackford telephoned Goodwin regarding a large appropriation for construction work in western Washington which did not explain what the work was for. Goodwin had no knowledge of the project and was angered the item appeared in his department's appropriation. Unbeknown to Goodwin this was the War Department's subterfuge to hide the funding for its superbomb project.