Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...question of whether the King-tall, blond Leopold-Philippe -Charles -Albert -Meinrad -Huber-tus-Marie-Miguel of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, otherwise known as Leopold III-should come back from exile to resume the throne. It is the overriding issue in the June 26 elections, and by last week the campaign was hot and ferocious. The Christian Social Party (Catholic) favored Leopold's return. The Socialists and Communists were against it. Labor threatened a general strike if Leopold returned...
Many middle-of-the-road Belgians, unimpressed by Le Peuple's poisonous campaign, nevertheless suspected that Leopold, a man of considerable intelligence and ability, was a natural autocrat who would never be comfortable within the limits of a constitutional monarchy. In 1940, two weeks after the Germans invaded Belgium, he had refused the pleas of the Belgian cabinet to leave the country and form a government-in-exile in London. In 1944, the Nazis took him to Germany; he was liberated there by the Allies and went to Switzerland. The Brussels Parliament installed his brother Charles as Regent...
Phillips Brooks House Book and Clothing Drive leaders announced yesterday that approximately half of its book and clothing quotas has been filled during the first week of the campaign...
...knows exactly why Moscow jams Voice of America broadcasts, yet permits the Russians to listen freely to the voice of Amerika. But Editor Sanders has a hunch. Says she: "We never preach, brag, quarrel or draw invidious comparison^ Ours is not a frontal attack; it is a loYig-range campaign." The campaign's major objective: to cast on Russian minds at least the shadow of a doubt about Communism's superiority. Recently Pravda and Izvestia assailed Amerika. Says Editor Sanders happily: "That means we must be getting read...
...lagged behind Catholics and Jews in the task of finding suitable places in America for Europe's displaced persons. Last week, Church World Service, an overseas relief agency for 20 Protestant and three Eastern Orthodox denominations, took a decisive step to make up the deficit: it launched a campaign to arouse Protestant interest in the plight of Europe's homeless. Designating June as "D.P. Action Month," C.W.S. asked each member church to join in furnishing the assurance of job, housing and transportation from port of arrival which the law requires before D.P.s can embark for America. For June...