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A Government Spokesman (later identified as OWMobilizer Jimmy Byrnes) said last December that in the next three months, with the invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe in prospect, casualties might run up to three times what they had been (at that time, 130,000).
Only two new jobs were recommended, both to fit under Baruch's own boss, James F. Byrnes, Office of War Mobilization director. One: a Work Director, to apply "a single unforgetful mind" to what Baruch called "the human problem" of reconditioning and reemploying servicemen and war workers. Two: a...
This week, just three days after Baruch submitted his report, Jimmy Byrnes dis closed that both jobs had been filled, by Executive order. Ex-Cotton King Will Clayton, 64, of Houston, resigned as Man Friday to Jesse Jones, became Sur plus Property Administrator.
Connally of Texas had the floor. "Mr. President," he cried, "the war in Europe is over, suh." Everyone cheered like mad. It had been over for two months already, but it was great to have someone say so officially. The New York Daily News promptly warned its readers that soon...
When a solution seemed finally impossible, the hot potato was tossed over to Elder Statesman Bernie Baruch and his assistant, ex-Wall Street Banker John Milton Hancock. The two cooled it off in just two months and two days. Then the Baruch-Hancock combination presented Home Front Czar James F...