Word: communist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dozed as Premier Baldwin, seemingly fatigued, "run down," replied to Mr. Lloyd George that the time for granting a subsidy had irredeemably passed. ¶ Perused with interest garbled reports of a general conference of Miners' Federation delegates in London at which A. J. ("Emperor") Cook, bitter-ender Communist secretary of the Miners' Federation, reputedly admitted that the miners may have to accept a lower wage than that for which they are fighting but enjoined them to a last ditch fight to retain the seven-hour day. The Seven Hours Act was temporarily abrogated by the Eight Hours...
...Chamber. From M. Raymond Poincaré, the Wartime president of France (1913-20), the post-War Premier (1922-24) who sought to collect German reparations by occupying the Ruhr, only one policy can be expected-direct, courageous action along "Capitalistic" lines. As he ascended the Tribune all the Communist Deputies and most of the Socialists leaped to their feet, stamping, screaming, hurling oaths and an occasional book, shoe, inkstand. . . . For almost five minutes absolute pandemonium reigned. From the Tribune M. Poincaré looked down with a sneer only partially masked by his beard. He, ever fearless, did not sneer rashly...
...organized the dread Communist "Cheka," or "Extraordinary Commission," an agency of suppression, destruction and terror, an agency of superb, fiendish efficiency. While the Tsarol police had favored the living death of Siberia for their victims, Dzerzhinsky, merciful perhaps, signed death warrants literally by the bale. "There is no god but the Cheka, and Dzerzhinsky is its pope!" became a black byword in the years...
...There would not be a Communist Party in England today worthy of the name if it were not suckled with Soviet sheckles...
...influence to a band of his henchmen, who counted on marching from Barcelona to Madrid and Power-even as Dictator Primo made exactly that same "march à la Mussolini" (TIME, Sept. 24, 1923). The active leaders of the revolt were 18 generals and a round dozen of Liberal and Communist politicians. General Aguilera, onetime Minister of War, was named as field generalissimo of the movement...