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Justice James F. Byrnes, warming up to his new job as head of the Office of War Mobilization, made news pop like a string of firecrackers. At his first press conference-generally a time of exuding good will and generalities-he was ready with four crackling announcements:
All Washington agreed that Jimmy Byrnes's new powers are ample, that the President expects him to boss the home front. Now came signs that Byrnes, unlike too many timid czars before him, really intended to use his powers.
Boss's Blueprint. By week's end Jimmy Byrnes had determined on a six-point program. Some points were a matter of record, others just a gleam in his shrewd blue eyes. Together, they presaged the most drastic Federal action yet taken to untangle the home-front snarl...
3) Attempts to iron out production "bugs" and smooth the flow of raw materials. (To succeed at this, Jimmy Byrnes will have to work hard on WPB.)
Jimmy Byrnes only too happily handed Fred Vinson his job as OES director. Said Czar Vinson, who still had a sigh left: "I am smiling for the last time today."