The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were essential for a minimum German peacetime economy.

He opposed Roosevelt's efforts to purge conservative Democrats in the 1938 primary elections. Truman considered the “successes” of the conference to be “unreal” and was highly critical of Byrnes’s failure to protect Iran which was not mentioned in the final communiqué. James Francis Byrnes (US: /ˈbɝnz/; May 2 1882 – April 9 1972) was an American politician from the state of South Carolina.

James Francis Byrnes (US: /ˈbɝnz/; May 2 1882 – April 9 1972) was an American politician from the state of South Carolina. President Franklin D. During his career Byrnes served as a US Representative (1911–1925) a US Senator (1931–1941) a Justice of the Supreme Court (1941–1942) Secretary of State (1945–1947) and 104th governor of South Carolina (1951–1955).