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Governor James F. Byrnes: "No man knows what the Kremlin will do. But I know that the Soviet leaders understand only the language of force. A firm stand by a united people may deter them from war. A timid course by a divided people will certainly encourage them to make...
Jaunty and happy, James F. Byrnes stood in the bright southern sunshine outside the Capitol at Columbia and raised his right arm. He swore that he would defend the South Carolina and U.S. Constitutions, that he had not engaged in any duels since Jan. 1, 1881, that he would not...
The Opportunity. Jimmy Byrnes, once a Congressman, a Senator, an "Assistant President," a Supreme Court Justice, was also the man whom Harry Truman had once accused of "failing miserably" as Secretary of State. But Governor Byrnes bore no grudges. Launching into his inaugural address, he called for national unity to...
Byrnes urged the U.N. to 1) declare China an aggressor, and 2) authorize an air and sea blockade of China. If it did not, U.S. forces should be withdrawn from Korea. He firmly supported the President's policy of sending troops to Western Europe. "The people of America do...
But on domestic issues, bantam-like Jimmy Byrnes, looking and acting younger than his 71 years, gave Harry Truman a keelhauling. Speaking as the natural leader and spokesman of anti-Fair Deal rebels in the whole Democratic South, he hoped that the "political proposals and socialistic programs" written into the...