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...eastern seaboard and as far south as the Carolinas, there was no chance of getting to Washington on time. The ceremony was postponed until the next day. Then, in Harry Truman's White House office, in the presence of cabinet and congressional bigwigs, Chief Justice Fred Vinson was scheduled to administer the oath to General George Marshall, 48th Secretary in the line started by Thomas Jefferson...
...good reason, he was appointed Under Secretary of the Treasury. Other Truman appointments had provoked loud outcries. But Gardner was safe & sound, middle-of-the-road, and commanded respect in Congress. He had helped his friend Fred Vinson (then Secretary) on the laborious backstage negotiations for the British loan. A hardheaded Ambassador like Gardner will be useful to the U.S. next July when, under the loan terms, the British must thaw out enough currency now frozen in the sterling area to give U.S. current creditors payment in dollars. For hard-pressed Britain, this will not be easy...
WASHINGTON, November 12--In its first post-election session, the Supreme Court failed today to hand down any decisions, and attorneys speculated that the new Chief Justice, Fred M. Vinson, may be having trouble restoring harmony among the tribunal's feuding factions...
...Fred Vinson...
Byron ("Whizzer") White, All-America halfback, Rhodes scholar and Navy hero, who forsook professional football's enticements ($15,000 a season) to study law, got the job most coveted by fledgling barristers. The job: clerk to Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice...