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...iron party discipline has limited all Communists?including the Dictator???to a salary of $1,800 per year. In proposing to jack this up to $5,400 Mr. Stalin naturally had to act with caution. The change was only being "considered," ran the public announcement last week, but such public "consideration" is the Dictator's mode of feeling his way, is usually followed by action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: His Salary, Her Sins | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...Biscay, where he had just won two races with his yacht Giralda IV in the annual Royal Regatta), to obtain power to put down the revolution. The Ministry then resigned, and the King recognized the revolution by royal decree, appointing General Don Miguel Primo Rivera virtual Dictator???" President of the National Directorate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Somaten!* | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

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