Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rommel fled, Allied forces in central Tunisia jabbed at the Axis flanks, trying to slash through to the coast and intercept him. Along the edge of the Axis corridor, the fighting showed signs of developing into a major conflict. But at week's end determined German resistance still kept the corridor open for Rommel's escape. His junction with General Jurgin von Arnim, uniting some 130.000 Axis troops in a strong position, seemed certain...
When the 99th (Negro) Fighter Squadron was formed, Lawyer Hastie insisted that it should not be segregated from white outfits, either in training or operation. It was. In the conflict between the ethical right of the Negro soldier and officer to be treated like anyone else, and the practical impossibility of doing it in the face of existing prejudice, the Air Forces had chosen the practical...
...Have Met, We Have Talked." Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill did not have to go to Africa to bring General Giraud and General de Gaulle together. But the conflict between Giraud and De Gaulle was indicative of a basic disagreement between U.S. and British foreign policies. Expressive of the disgust which U.S.-backed policies inspired in many Anglo-Saxon minds was a false news bulletin, dated Jan. 7, 1945, which a wit posted in no less a place than Allied Headquarters in Algiers. It read...
Year of Promise. Said Franklin Roosevelt: "The past year was perhaps the most crucial for modern civilization; the coming year will be filled with violent conflict-yet with the high promise of better things...
Without suggesting how the Wagner Act should be amended, Kaiser would like to see it given an overhauling by Congress to make it "an effective instrument for settlement of industrial conflict." This week he seemed to be getting some backing from labor itself. In an open letter to Congress, William Green, head of A.F. of L., declared that "someone in authority within the government" has got to stop jurisdictional rows...