World War II and beginning of the Cold War James F. Byrnes
1946 newsreel potsdam conference: sitting (from left) clement attlee, ernest bevin, vyacheslav molotov, joseph stalin, william daniel leahy, james f. byrnes , harry s. truman. sitting (from left): clement attlee, harry s. truman, joseph stalin; behind: william daniel leahy, ernest bevin, james f. byrnes , vyacheslav molotov. the foreign ministers: vyacheslav molotov, james f. byrnes , anthony eden, july 1945. byrnes left supreme court head roosevelt s office of economic stabilization, dealt vitally important issues of prices , taxes. how powerful new office become depended entirely on byrnes s political skills, , washington insiders reported in charge. in may 1943, became head of office of war mobilization, new agency supervised office of economic stabilization. under leadership of byrnes, program managed newly constructed factories across country utilized raw materials, civilian , military production, , transportation u.s. military personnel , credited providing employment needed offi...