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How he got the nomination is political history known to every voter. Jimmy Byrnes did not get it because P.A.C. would not take him. Henry Wallace did not get it because Southern Democrats would not take him. Harry Truman got it because he was palatable to all.
¶ His knowledge of foreign affairs is limited. He did not go to Yalta, was never given a complete fill-in on that conference. He must rely for that on Jimmy Byrnes (who was not fully informed either) and perhaps on Harry Hopkins (who returned to the Mayo Clinic after...
One of the first things Harry Truman did when he took over the reins of government was to sit down with tired, shrewd Jimmy Byrnes. Only two weeks before, Byrnes had stepped out of his job as "Assistant President."
The Judge took with him, as his general counsel and No. 1 adviser, young (30), rolypoly Edward F. Prichard, who had been his right-hand man in the Office of Economic Stabilization and also in the loan agencies. In substituting Vinson & Prichard for Byrnes and his military deputy, Major General...
The reconversion plan for U.S. industry after V-E day was formally unwrapped last week. Home Front Czar Jimmy Byrnes had given businessmen a good peek at it when he turned over his job to Fred Vinson fortnight ago, but he left it up to WPBoss Julius A. Krug to...