Word: america
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...George Allen had served in another trouble spot during a troubled time, with conspicuous success. Recalled to Washington in 1948, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (i.e., propaganda chief) and took over the job of giving vigor and consistency to the quavering Voice of America. The U.S.S.R. gave him the firmest recognition of his work; it put more than 200 stations to the job of jamming the Voice, has not yet succeeded in fully muffling its programs...
...Council members be elected "with due regard" to "geographical distribution." According to a U.N. "gentlemen's agreement,"claimed Vishinsky, this article in practice bound the Assembly to accept the nominees chosen by each regional group; i.e., a caucus of Latin American countries could pick the member from Latin America, etc. To Vishinsky this meant that Russia, and Russia alone, could pick the member for Eastern Europe.† Since Russia backed the Czechs for the vacant seat and disapproved of Yugoslavia, it was both "illegal and improper" that her candidacy even came up before the Assembly...
...Fear of Fear. Nehru delivered a major address at a dinner given jointly by the Foreign Policy Association, the India League of America, the East and West Association, and the American Institute of Pacific Relations, in the Waldorf-Astoria's grand ballroom. Said he: "People talk about India's desire for leadership in Asia. We have no desire for leadership . . . [But] whether we want to or not ... we have to play an important role . . . There is no halfway house . . . Either India makes good [or] she just fades away...
...Nehru wasn't looking for allegories. He was in the United States to see what the place was like, to meet the every-day people, to get a fair idea of Western civilization. The Prime Minister of India, which he calls the "Third Power," simply wanted to see if America was better than Russia. That's why he liked the booming Wellesley reception so much; that's why he told the girls: "I don't know what else to say--I shall remember this visit for a long time...
John Ciardi, assistant professor of English, will be among speakers who will express their opinions on racial equality, religious liberty, and political freedom in America at a "Civil Rights" meeting in the auditorium of the Longfollow School tonight...