Word: disavows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When MacArthur was doing what he could with what he had on Bataan I didn't say, "MacArthur for President!" Later, when MacArthur was forced to disavow any intention of running for the presidency before Washington would give him the go-sign in Australia, I didn't say, "Politics as usual...
...They repeated and embellished their pledge of no wartime strikes. Promising to punish rebellious locals, Green declared: "I publicly disavow any strikes of any kind by any A.F. of L. union for the duration...
...Chicago Tribune, which had often hailed him as a hero, Representative Everett McKinley Dirksen a Republican from Pekin, Ill., longtime, profound Roosevelt-hating Isolationist, solemnly proclaimed on the floor the House his future support of the President's policy. He added, amid silence and Republican consternation: "To disavow or oppose that policy now could only weaken the President's position, impair prestige and imperil the nation...
...Wellner, business agent of the Brooklyn painters; Sam Kaplan, on the executive board of Local No. 306, New York Motion-Picture Machine Operators; John J. Dempsey, international treasurer of the ironworkers. Though a little brown around the edges, their careers have not been blighted. President Green has shouted "We disavow racketeering, gangsterism, and disregard for law most emphatically and without reservation"-but they still have their jobs...
...convention proceeded to seat new locals (whose members must disavow Communism before admission) in place of the ousted ones. Number of members in the new locals: 1,500. Ousted: 8,000. The Federation also re-elected President Counts and its anti-Stalinist executive council. Said Dr. Counts: "The revocation of the charters ... has cleared the way for positive and constructive work...