Word: byrneses
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"I Therefore Leave. . . ." When the debate made it clear that only Poland's Oskar Lange agreed with him, and that Iran's Hussein Ala would be heard in spite of the Russian objection, Gromyko announced: "I am not able to participate further in the discussions . . . and I therefore...
Northern Lights. Byrnes proposed that UNO ask both Russia and Iran to report officially on the status of their negotiations, wanted answers by April 2. Other delegates suggested April 4 because "magnetic storms" were delaying communications. Chairman Quo Tai-chi compromised on April 3. While UNO waited for the Russian...
James F. Byrnes was still the U.S. Senator. He spoke clearly, sharply, now & then emotionally, and usually as if to a gallery. He made a little joke occasionally, flashing his Irish smile and looking around, as pleased as an Irish thrush, when the audience politely laughed.
The new, firm line of the Western powers had cleared the air before the Council met. The prompt U.S. and British refusal to grant the UNO postponement Russia had requested, coming hard on Byrnes's and Churchill's candid speeches, left Moscow in no doubt that the West...
In welcoming UNO to the U.S., Jimmy Byrnes read a warning from Harry Truman: "There can be no home anywhere for the United Nations unless the United Nations remain united." Another American put it more prayerfully; Council attendants were startled to find that someone had already cast a vote in...