Word: byrneses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was nothing so terrifying about the newest pill: Jimmy Byrnes's midnight curfew on bars, nightclubs, theaters, and other places of entertainment. In most U.S. cities bars close by 1 a.m. and most U.S. citizens go to bed betimes, anyhow. Even on those it most directly affected-nightclub...
The truth about the Byrnes order was that it was mostly psychological, in orgin and intent. Last October Assistant President Byrnes went to Europe and got religion about the war. The curfew was a Byrnes attempt to operate the U.S. conscience.
Next day, OWMR Boss Jimmy Byrnes suddenly reappeared in Washington, having made the 6,700-mile trip from Yalta in 38 hours. Without wasting a minute, he called a press conference. It appeared that Jimmy Byrnes's role was to be the official interpreter of the Crimea Charter to...
To 125 newsmen, Jimmy Byrnes disclosed some new facts about Franklin Roosevelt's activities in the Crimea (see INTERNATIONAL). He said the President had: 1) chairmanned the conference; 2) devised the compromise on the Dumbarton Oaks voting formula; 3) written the section on treatment of liberated countries. Later the...
-Andrei Vyshinski, Russian Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs; Russian Foreign Minister Viacheslav MIolotov; Marshal Stalin; Ivan Maisky, Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs; Andrei Gromyko, Russian Ambassador to the U.S.; Admiral William D. Leahy; Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr.; President Roosevelt; Charles E. Bohlen, Chief of State Department Division...