Word: departmentals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The proposed alliance would link the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg in a one-for-all, all-for-one defense against aggression, i.e., by the U.S.S.R. In effect, the U.S. and Canada were joining themselves to the others, who had already formed a Western Union...
The Marshall Plan, said the State Department in outlining the plan, was not enough to insure Western Europe's recovery. Among the Marshall Plan nations of Europe, there was still fear of Russian aggression, fear which might "destroy the psychological basis upon which recovery depends." The North Atlantic Alliance...
Would Congress ratify the pact? The State Department was hoping that Congress still felt as it did last June, when by a 64-to-4 vote it passed the Vandenberg resolution, encouraging the President to negotiate with other Northern Atlantic nations. The pact would certainly preserve the right of Congress...
On one detail, the State Department spoke plainly and firmly. The U.S. wanted as many anti-Communist European nations as possible to join the alliance and was prepared to work with those who did. But some prospective members-e.g., Portugal, Eire, Iceland-so far were uncommitted. And Sweden hoped...
With the air of a man about to pluck a ripe plum, Beck also made a soft-voiced announcement of his plans for New York City. The teamsters, he said, would concentrate on department-store warehousemen, but would also claim jurisdiction over the big city's brewery workers.