He was, says biographer Robert Lacey, the master of "the share-out," the cash skimmed in the counting rooms of gambling casinos and delivered in tidy, untaxed bundles to silent .
An Oklahoma corporation lawyer, he got his piece of the traditional share-out of office after a Presidential victory, being named Secretary of War in 1928.
Franz Josef Jung in BBC News Within Nato, we have agreed on a reasonable share-out of tasks, which in my view is very wise,said Mr Jung in Vilnius. "I think our contribution in Afghanistan is sufficient."