Word: discreditment
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Nasser, who knows well that this is the surest way to discredit Syria in the Arab world, assiduously painted the new regime as a "reactionary" front for British interests. In Syria itself, the powerful socialist Baath Party charged that the government ''represents vested interests trying to stuff their own pockets." The government was determined to put Syria's plundered economy on an even keel and slow Nasser's precipitate nationalization program. But able, French-trained Economics Minister Awad Barakat said he would press forward with land redistribution, ''with certain modifications," and retain intact "social...
Here Phillips had to choose between attempting to swing enough liberal votes from Alberg to defeat the even more conservative Harff, or throwing his influence behind Harff to defeat their common liberal enemies. Because using the liberal votes would "discredit" his record, Phillips held to a previous agreement with Harff and threw his weight against Alberg, who was then easily defeated. Once out of the race for the chairmanship, Phillips compromised for an appointment as Director of Liason with Outside Organizations...
...Chinese comrades have conducted a surreptitious agitation against the principles of the Moscow Declaration" of December 1960, particularly the doctrine of "peaceful coexistence. ¶I The Chinese have tried to "discredit the leadership of the Soviet Communist Party and have sought to extend their influence to other Communist parties," particularly in France and Albania. They have made the Chinese embassy in Bern the control center for European subversion against Moscow...
...Items: ¶Said Richard Cardinal Gushing of the society and its founder, Robert Welch: "Everyone must salute the efforts of sincere and dedicated men who engage in anti-Communist efforts. Robert Welch is such a man. On the other hand, we must deplore the exaggeration and excesses which discredit even a good thing. Anyone who suggests that President Eisenhower promoted Communist causes is speaking in absurdities."¶U.S. Communist Chairman Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 70, solemnly refuted Welch's charge that Ike was a "conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy"' "That's ridiculous, of course." The society...
Responding to the Eastland charges, H. Stuart Hughes, professor of History and national sponsor of Sane, said the committee's motive "is to discredit the whole peace and disarmament movement by linking it to communism...