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Witnesses at the inauguration of President Truman included the Secretaries of State, Commerce, War, the Navy, the Treasury, Labor, the Interior, and Agriculture, in addition to Admiral King, Admiral Leahy, Fred M. Vinson, Senator Rayburn, House Majority Leader McCormack, and Minority Leader Martin...
...three branches of the U.S. Government, resigned this week. He had said last summer that he would quit on V-E day. In his letter of resignation to Franklin Roosevelt he wrote: "I think V-E day is not far distant." (He will be succeeded by Loan Administrator Fred Vinson...
...offhand comments on one another. They report who went to what luncheon, whose wife was not invited, who has been appointed to what. When a poem by a West Virginian gets into the Congressional Record, they rush the news to the home folks. When Kentucky-born Fred Vinson was appointed Federal Loan Administrator, they reminded their listeners that he had relatives "all over the western part of West Virginia," and read off the list of names...
...labor, already off on another tack, hoped that Davis would adopt a more liberal attitude than Vinson's in connection with "fringe" awards, i.e., increases for night-shift differentials, reclassifications, etc., which do not affect basic wage rates. This issue, now vital to the unions, was sizzling on Davis' desk before he had a chance to sit down...
...weeks, WLB had been chafing under firm Fred Vinson's restrictions on fringe awards, wanted him to loosen up, give the board more authority. Last week, as his last official act before becoming Loan Administrator, Vinson handed down a ruling, setting up specific and narrow limits for the granting of such increases. C.I.O. and A.F. of L. promptly howled that the Vinson formula was "completely unworkable," rolled up their sleeves for a shindig. That brought a new figure into the play. Will Davis' place as WLB chairman had been taken by roly-poly, moon-faced Dr. George William...