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For a few days last week Harry Truman had time to stop and catch his breath. The burden of crisis had shifted from the presidency to other hands. The tangled issues of OPA, the draft, labor legislation were squarely, if temporarily, up to Congress. Secretary of State Byrnes was off...
He was out at the airport next morning to say goodbye to Jimmy Byrnes and his party. "Why don't you come and visit us in Paris?" asked Senator Tom Connally. "I might do that," joshed the President, and sparked a brisk flame of false rumor.
¶ Appointed a three-man Cabinet committee to carry out the recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry for admission of 100,000 displaced European Jews to Palestine. Members: Secretary of State Byrnes, Secretary of War Patterson, Secretary of the Treasury Snyder.
When Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes heard of the Kennedy boom, he jumped to head it off. When the President asked for an alternative, Jimmy Byrnes suggested his friend Eugene Meyer, the rich, respected owner of the Washington Post. Within the hour, a surprised Mr. Meyer had the job.
Temporary Embarrassment. In the Azores, the U.S. had another setback. Portugal's Dictator-Premier Salazar had been ready to sign a far-reaching agreement, but premature publicity embarrassed both him and the State Department. Last week Secretary Byrnes announced that the U.S.-built air base on Santa Maria island...