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Jimmy Byrnes read a short statement: "This is a memorable day for the peace-loving peoples of all nations." A handful of reporters in the State Department's press room took cursory notes. Photographers snapped a few pictures. The Secretary of State signed a bulky, historic document. In two...
But the President himself had chosen his official relatives, sometimes with a haste which now came back to haunt him. No matter how good a banker John Snyder had been, it was now clear even to his friends that the job of Reconversion Director was still too big for him...
U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes last week announced at a press conference that he had asked nine nations for advice on Japan. He had invited them to appoint delegates to a Far Eastern Advisory Commission which will convene in Washington on Oct. 23. The nine: Britain, China, Russia...
As the U.S. delegate, Jimmy Byrnes appointed Major General Frank McCoy, 70, U.S.A. (retired), who in his 41 years of active duty in many countries was sometimes referred to as "the Army's ablest diplomat." McCoy was on the Lytton Commission which tried to do something about the Japs...
Secretary Byrnes displayed staunch faith in MacArthur. According to obviously inspired dispatches from his headquarters, MacArthur was ready to step out if a really controlling control council should move in on Tokyo. No such thing being yet in sight, he calmly continued the ordeal which Japan must undergo before she...