Word: facings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington, the C.I.O. executive board put a squeeze on the eleven left-wing members it has been trying to purge since last year's convention. It ordered the eleven union leaders to get in line with C.I.O. policies (support of the Marshall Plan, Atlantic pact), get out, or face expulsion from the board at next October's Cleveland convention. The board called on the unions involved (e.g., the United Electrical Workers, the International Longshoremen's Union) to replace their Redline leaders with bosses who would follow C.I.O. policies. The noisy arguments carried out the window...
...Germany, where the Russians had staged an election for a People's Congress in the Soviet zone (TIME, May 23), they received a stinging slap in the face. Communist Party workers got out the vote, all right, but the vote was heavily antiCommunist. The Communist press had predicted an overwhelming victory, obviously expecting the customary Red majority of 90-plus percent. The Russians resorted to their usual poll shenanigans; e.g., they counted as "yes" votes all write-in ballots with remarks like "No more concentration camps!" and "Liberty!" Nevertheless, after mulling the returns over for two days, the Russians...
...highbrowed Giuseppe Saragat, this faction has pressured the Christian Democrats toward a new plan of land redistribution by progressive stages. Some 8,760 landholders would be affected. The state would buy up to 50% of the big holdings for resale, on easy terms, to small peasants. In the face of latifondiari resistance, the program will be hard to put over...
...Crimson varsity defeated Cornell by 10 seconds in winning the Eastern Sprint championships two weeks ago, but the loss of both Curwen and Iselin makes chances for repeating this feat precarious indeed. The jayvee boat, which also won its sprint race, did not have to face the Big Red, which was eliminated in the preliminary trails, but will undoubtedly have a tough time this week...
...contention of Dr. Ashby that it is 'kinder' not to make charges against Professor Akeley's not a matter for Dr. Ashby to decide. Professor Akeley resents such innuendo and justifiably wishes to face his accuser or accusers because it is his contention that Dr. Ashby is chiefly interested in silencing and removing a liberal professor. The failure of a 'red scare' to remove Professor Akeley two years ago lends weight to Professor Akeley's contention. At that time, nothing was proven which was detrimental to Professor Akeley's reputation...