Word: foment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said Figl: "Efforts [by the Communists] during the last two weeks to foment strikes and unrest among the workers ... [resulted] in a very sad collapse...
...Dachshund Howled." "The coming winter," said Protocol M in a message for Red operatives, "will be the decisive period in the history of the German working class. . . . This battle is ... for starting positions for the final struggle. . . ." Then the language became more explicit. Communist cadres would foment hunger demonstrations among factory workers to disrupt production. Transport workers would be prodded to tie up food distribution. The timetable charted general strikes for March, when stocks of fall potatoes would be running out and the Ruhr would be at its hungriest. "The Soviet Union," ran the assurance, "can and will support this...
...obvious to any thinking man today that this evil trend, if allowed to continue, will inexorably foment Communism and all such foreign-born philosophies, particularly in colleges and labor unions...
...fascinated Government officials he explained: "We were taught that it is essential for the Communist Party to entrench itself in the basic and key industries to foment strikes, the paralyzing of the economy, the arming of the workers and the winning over of the armed forces to become allies of the workers for the purpose of overthrowing the Government." He had often conferred with Santo, he said, explaining that "Santo's job was to organize the subway system in the City of New York...
Said R.I.A.: American Communists, whose "one principle is Russia first," will do their utmost to foment "class warfare," force the leaders of non-Communist labor organizations into extreme positions, embarrass management and the Administration. "With our stiffening foreign policy toward Russia the hostility will increase. . . . The key to understanding Communist labor activity lies in the basic Party philosophy . . . that the end justifies the means...