Word: chairman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Imperiled Health. At the White House two days later, the President met with U.S. Steel Chairman Roger Blough and five other top steelmen for half an hour, then with McDonald and three other United Steelworkers officials for about 20 minutes. At the closed-door meetings, said Press Secretary James Hagerty, Ike "did most of the talking," and was "quite firm." Later that day, the President issued a statement hinting that if the two sides failed to reach agreement by the time he got back from his vacation in California, he would invoke the Taft-Hartley Act's provision calling...
Atlantic District we would have to work ships diverted from the South. But we won't do it." Alexander P. Chopin, chairman of the New York Shipping Association, answered Bradley: "The public, which relied on the news of the extension to get thousands of tons of cargo moving toward the piers, have also been victimized by this flagrant violation of agreements. This may very well lead to one of the largest and costliest damage suits ever filed against a union...
ATOMIC ENERGY FOR PEACEFUL USE: In Vienna, where Atomic Energy Chairman John McCone went to attend a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, word leaked out that McCone and his Russian counterpart, Vasily S. Emelyanov, will trade inspection trips of their respective atomic energy labs and installations. A member of the Khrushchev party, Emelyanov told McCone that the development of atoms for peaceful use must be a joint program, "because it is just too expensive for one country alone...
...spruced-up Allen home. The housekeeper, Mrs. Emmet Reed, had opened the three-bedroom stucco bungalow in jig time, adding womanly bowls of flowers. But Ike's party was strictly a stag affair. With him, besides Host Allen and Press Secretary Jim Hagerty, were Coca-Cola's Chairman Bill Robinson and Freeman Gosden, original Amos of radio's Amos 'n' Andy...
...celebrate the tenth anniversary of Red rule in China. Just a step behind the two leaders loomed a tall, gaunt, grey-faced figure whose voice and countenance were far better known to the ruling circles of Communism than to the paraders below. His name: Liu Shao-chi. His rank: Chairman of the Chinese People's Republic. His potent role: the No. 2 man of Red China, and steely disciplinarian of the party...