Word: commissars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Baring his canine teeth in a merry grin, round little Maxim Maximovich Litvinoff. shrewd, sly Foreign Commissar of the U. S. S. R., arrived in the U. S. last week. He promptly reminded the Press that President Roosevelt had "taken the initiative in addressing Mr. Kalinin." repeated the statement he had made in Berlin that as far as he was concerned it would take "less than half an hour" to conclude recognition negotiations between his country and President Roosevelt's. Commissar Litvinoff and the world at large had been beguiled by the friendliness of Franklin Roosevelt's invitation...
...Most notable caller expected at the White House this week was Maxim Maximovich Litvinov, Russia's rolly-polly Foreign Commissar, who last week arrived...
Thus confronted, the 30 deputies spurned Judas Strasser and repledged their loyalty to Leader Hitler who three weeks later became Chancellor. Because he knew too many Brownshirt secrets, Judas Strasser was not punished. Later, recalling that in Munich Herr Strasser used to keep a drugstore. Chancellor Hitler made him Commissar (Nazi supervisor) of the great Berlin chemical firm Schering-Kahlbaum A. G. Last week Commissar Strasser suddenly invited all Berlin correspondents to visit his plant...
...shall take the liberty further to express the opinion that the abnormal situation . . . has an unfavorable effect not only on the interests of the two States concerned, but also on the general international situation. . . . The Soviet Government will be represented by Mr. M. M. Litvinov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, who will come to Washington at a time to be mutually agreed upon...
Moscow acted quickly. Every Soviet correspondent was withdrawn from Germany. The four German correspondents in Moscow were given 72 hours to leave Russia. Moscow papers scare-headed "Rupture of Press Relations!" Roly-poly Maxim Litvinov, Foreign Commissar, issued a statement...