Word: discussing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...began as just another brass hat's press conference. UNRRA's boss in Germany, Lieut. General Sir Frederick Edgworth Morgan, wanted to discuss a problem: the thousands of Jews who were streaming out of Poland into Germany...
...hardly a moment's consideration. Had anyone considered sending a physicist? A soldier of World War II? "I am not attacking the character of these gentlemen," he explained. "[But] we assume our representatives are being sent [to London] with a purpose-not to be good fellows, not to discuss Montana or whatever Mr. Walker is familiar with . . . or the strawberry crop in Delaware...
Only five republics (including the U.S.) had accepted. Most of the others said no, or had reservations to the Uruguayan proposal on intervention (TIME, Dec. 3). But the point last week was whether to discuss the proposal at the Inter-American Conference at Rio next spring. To do so would raise the hot issue of Argentine violations of the basic rights of man. This was exactly what the U.S. wanted...
Last week, as some republics still shied at the idea, U.S. officials talked about bringing up the topic of Argentina in the world assembly by invoking Article II of the United Nations Charter (which permits the UNO Assembly to discuss any problem relating to the maintenance of peace). The threat of such a global airing of regional matters might do much to induce sensitive Latin republics to handle their scandals inside the family...
Reuther: We will be prepared to discuss these demands in about the same schedule you were prepared to discuss our wage demands. About six weeks from now we will be prepared to talk about those things. . . . And then we will give you the union's demands. For every one you give us we will give you a counter-demand. . . . Because you ain't fooling anybody...