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Said insiders, behind their hands: Harry Hopkins was mad because Jimmy Byrnes had not shown him his report before it went to Congress. And Henry Morgenthau was mightily put out because Byrnes had not consulted him on the tax proposals. In retaliation. Jimmy Byrnes's enemies began circulating the...
The double-barreled blast at sport by War Mobilizer Jimmy Byrnes (TIME Jan. 1) reaped a hectic harvest. His order padlocking U.S. race tracks produced a multitude of moans from horse-folk, but mightier still was the chorus of questions that sprang from all kinds of sport fans all over...
When he left Washington scores of other businessmen-in-government thought it was time to leave too. Even sage old Bernie Baruch, who had warned in February that "the bloodiest, costliest fighting in Europe still lies ahead," now wrote Home-Front Czar Jimmy Byrnes : "Hurry, hurry, hurry, not only in...
¶OWMR Boss Jimmy Byrnes suddenly ordered all horse and dog tracks (horse tracks alone handled a record-breaking $1,126,308,645 in pari-mutuel receipts this year) to shut up tight by January 3 and remain shut "until war conditions permit." He also threw a blunt question at...
After the race, his chubby French wife straightened his bow tie and Frenchy filled the ten-inch-across gold cup with water so that Happy Issue might quench her well-earned thirst. That evening, a dozen celebration guests straw-sipped champagne from the cup-and glowed with hopes for Happy...