Word: byrneses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Byrnes has read little; he lacks the born statesman's personal dignity. The other night at U.N. he pushed and elbowed through the hat-check crowd for 15 minutes, while Bevin and Molotov went out special exits after having their coats brought to them.
Impatient & Infirm. In short, Byrnes is a practical politician with the limitations and assets of that breed. Among the limitations is the habit of not making decisions until they are forced upon him. While Byrnes has been saddled with negotiations on Europe, no U.S. policy ha's been made...
On the long overdue reorganization of the State Department into an agency capable of handling the war-multiplied U.S. responsibility in world affairs-and capable of planning ahead like Whitehall or the Kremlin-Byrnes has scarcely turned a wheel. (In the 546 days he has headed State, he has spent...
On the asset side of having a politician as Secretary of State in a time of crisis was Byrnes's handling of Henry Wallace's stab-in-the-back. One French diplomat who has watched Byrnes for a year made a point: "Never in our hearing did he...
Secretary of State Byrnes had promised to help Germans win their way back to a decent place among the nations. In the guise of a small Christmas gift, the U.S. again acted on his promise. On Christmas Eve, in Frankfurt's icy-cold Römerberg Square, where once...